Former EnCap developer indicted
William Gauger, who a decade ago had grandiose dreams of building a new residential community and a couple of luxury golf courses in the Meadowlands, on Monday was indicted on more than a dozen...
View ArticleUnveiling the pages from the EnCap playbook
For years, my colleagues and I at The Record have been trying to lay out for you how the “game is played” when it comes to insider deals between private interests and Trenton elected officials. But...
View ArticleTrump’s NJ cards
One thing I’ve come to conclude about Donald Trump is that he may be the most famous person on earth who is willing to chat with ink-stained media wretches without handlers around trying to manage the...
View ArticleThe War at the Shore, revisited
Veteran observers of the Atlantic City casino industry well remember the epic battle between entrenched mogul Donald Trump and Las Vegas czar Steve Wynn starting in the mid-1990s, when Wynn decided he...
View ArticleWayne Bryant acquitted in EnCap case: summarizing the court’s decision
State Sen. Wayne Bryant, D-Camden, was acquitted Friday of allegations of fraud related to the failed Meadowlands EnCap golf and housing project and other New Jersey brownfield developments. Here’s how...
View ArticleFormer EnCap President William Gauger seeks dismissal of 7 extortion counts
[4/19/13 UPDATE with federal response at bottom] There hasn’t been a substantial filing in the federal case against former EnCap Golf executive William Gauger since last summer – until last week....
View ArticleThe curious, unique blend that is the Meadowlands region
Former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean recalled Tuesday a Meadowlands region that once was so polluted that “you could see fires burning so extensively that they could never be put out.” “Who would...
View ArticleAt the intersection of The Sopranos and the Meadowlands
I wrote in today’s edition of The Record about the experiences of 50 or so tourists who took a 4 1/2 hour bus ride all over North Jersey on Saturday, catching up on “Sopranos” sites (story also in the...
View ArticleEx-EnCap boss’s trial delayed – again
The wheels of justice continue to grind slowly in the case of William Gauger, the chief executive of EnCap from the early days of the plan to turn Meadowlands landfills into golf courses – and...
View ArticleEx-EnCap exec seeks dismissal of extortion charges
The trial of former Meadowlands EnCap chief executive William Gauger regarding an unrelated Asbury Park real estate deal has been postponed again, this time until Jan. 6, 2014. But the legal...
View Articlebreaking: Joseph Ferriero indictment includes a “retail and entertainment...
The former chairman of Bergen County’s Democratic Party used his position to pay kickbacks, ask for bribes and extort an out-of-state company — the former developer of Xanadu, the proposed retail and...
View Articlebreaking: Meadowlands EnCap founder William Gauger pleads guilty to one count...
[almost two years ago, I noted in news about the indictment of a former EnCap executive that "it never hurts to mention how profound “innocent until proven guilty” is when someone’s freedom is at...
View ArticleAcquitted EnCap defendant disbarred for unrelated corruption charges
from colleague Peter Sampson: “Wayne R. Bryant, the once-powerful Democratic state senator from Camden County, has lost his license to practice law in New Jersey, more than five years after his...
View ArticleEnCap founder has 10 of 11 charges dismissed
All but one of 11 criminal charges against Meadowlands EnCap founder William Gauger were dismissed by a federal judge on Monday in a Newark courtroom as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, seemingly...
View ArticleEnCap saga – lots of investigations, but some key questions likely will never...
So it Ens – er, ends – not with a bang but a whimper. In mid-2011, the federal government touted quite a scheme that it claimed EnCap founder William Gauger had concocted: forcing a longtime friend to...
View ArticleFrom Trump at the Dump to warehouse hub: the saga of the infamous Meadowlands...
Guest post from colleague Linda Moss: “Several major North Jersey real estate companies have submitted bids to purchase the biggest parcel of developable land left in the Meadowlands, a 718-acre tract...
View ArticleNJSEA to subsume Meadowlands Commission under bill sent to Gov Christie
Interesting story today by my colleague, Dustin Racioppi, on the future of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and the Meadowlands Commission: “It took more than four hours of waiting and...
View ArticleMeadowlands enviro institute fate latest twist in Liberty State Park bill
Guest post from colleague Scott Fallon on a Meadowlands Matter: “Legislation that has already prompted concerns about the future of Liberty State Park would turn a state environmental agency into a...
View ArticleFerriero wants case against him dismissed; Menendez role in obtaining Xanadu...
FEB. 6 UPDATe on bottom with Ferriero response to that. FEB. 5 UPDATE on bottom with Fishman response to Ferriero effort to have him disqualified even if the case is not dismissed entirely. FEB. 4...
View ArticleIzod Center to close March 22; NJSEA moving its meetings out of Meadowlands...
The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority has pulled listings for the Young Voices and Richard Nader’s Doo Wop concerts from their websites; those acts are expected to be moved from the Izod...
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