| נשלח ב-12/8/2004 22:07 |
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ברעיקינג ניוס: מעקגריווי רעזיגנירט
ניוס טשענעל 4 און 880 זאגן אז גאווערנאר מעקגריווי פון ניו דזשוירזי גייט רעזיגנירן
ס'האט גארנישט צו טאן מיט די קארופציע קלאגעס קעגן אים, נאר עפעס א סיוויל לאוסוט וואס איינער ברענגט קעגן אים.
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| נשלח ב-12/8/2004 22:15 |
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NewsChannel 4: N.J. Governor McGreevey To Resign
POSTED: 2:42 pm EDT August 12, 2004
UPDATED: 3:03 pm EDT August 12, 2004
NEW YORK -- NewsChannel 4 has learned that New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey is planning on stepping down from office after more than 2 years of service.
McGreevey, a former prosecutor, came into office vowing to end corruption, but in recent months a number of his political aides and fundraisers have been accused of corruption ranging from alleged payoffs to hiring a prostitute.
McGreevey has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and has denied any wrongdoing in the past.
Should McGreevey indeed leave office, his successor under the state constitution would be Richard Codey, the current president of the state senate.
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| נשלח ב-12/8/2004 22:24 |
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http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_081204_golan.html
McGreevey to Discuss Allegations Made by Former Aide
(New York-WABC, August 12, 2004) — New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey's office has announced a news conference at 4:00 p.m., where McGreevey is expected to discuss allegations made by a former aide.
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The aides's name: Golan Cipel.
Gov. McGreevey will hold a news conference at 4 p.m., where he is expected to discuss sexual harassment allegations made by his former aide, Golan Cipel.
McGreevey held an emergency cabinet meeting at approximately 2:00 pm., where he discussed his future political plans, including whether he will plan to seek re-election in 2005.
There was discussion as to whether McGreevey with either leave in November or not seek re-election in 2005. He is not expected to announce his resignation today, however, a senior official cautioned that the situation is fluid. McGreevey's parents arrived at the Statehouse, and aides were said to be crying.
Next in the line of succession is Senate President Richard J. Codey, a 57-year-old Democrat from Essex County who has served in the legislature since 1974.
Cipel is expected by state officials to file a sexual harassment suit against McGreevey, most likely in Mercer County Court.
Cipel, a former McGreevey aide, was hired as his homeland security advisor following the Sept. 11th attacks -- but resigned under suspicious circumstances months later.
McGreevey relied on his anti-terrorism credentials to justify hiring Cipel, a 33-year-old Israeli national, as a highly paid adviser.
Cipel, an Israeli citizen, was hired by McGreevey for the $110,000-a-year security post in the governor's office, even though he was ineligible for a federal security clearance. Cipel's appointment as personal homeland security adviser to the governor created a firestorm of criticism, with Republicans and newspaper editorials questioning McGreevey's judgment.
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| נשלח ב-12/8/2004 22:28 |
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Sean Hannity said that he knows that it's got to do with some sexual scandal involving Jim. Although it is unconfirmed yet. Listen to Sean, he will carry the resignation live
We'll see
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| נשלח ב-12/8/2004 23:37 |
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He resigned for his sexual position
(Suffice... right?)
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| נשלח ב-12/8/2004 23:41 |
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he annoncned that he is Gay and had an affair with an other man.. amazing... a
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| נשלח ב-13/8/2004 07:48 |
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"New Jersey governor resigns over gay affair with israeli"
By The Associated Press
TRENTON - In a stunning declaration, New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey announced his resignation and acknowledged that he had an affair with another man. "My truth is that I am a gay American," he said with his wife by his side at a nationally televised news conference.
Two sources close to McGreevey, both speaking on condition of anonymity, said the man involved in the affair was Golan Cipel, an Israeli poet who worked briefly for the governor as a homeland security adviser despite having no security experience.
"Shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affairs with another man, which violates my bonds of matrimony," the twice-married father of two said. "It was wrong, it was foolish, it was inexcusable."
McGreevey, a Democrat, said his resignation would be effective Nov. 15.
McGreevey, 47, refused to answer questions at the Statehouse news conference. He said "it makes little difference that as governor I am gay," but added that staying in office and keeping the affair and his sexual orientation secret will leave the governor's office "vulnerable to rumors, false allegations and threats of disclosure."
"Given the circumstances surrounding the affair and its likely impact upon my family and my ability to govern, I have decided the right course of action is to resign," he said without elaborating on what the circumstances were.
One source, a senior McGreevey political adviser, said Cipel threatened McGreevey several weeks ago that unless he was paid "millions of dollars," Cipel would file a lawsuit against the governor charging him with sexual harassment.
That source said a lawyer for Cipel "indicated that should the money be paid, Cipel would disappear until after the 2005 election."
The second source, a high-ranking member of the McGreevey administration, said Cipel made several threats about a lawsuit and demanded "an exorbitant sum of money to make it go away." Cabinet members and administration officials learned of that threat Wednesday night, the official said.
A phone number for Cipel could not immediately be found, and he could not be reached for comment.
Rumors had been circulating for several years that McGreevey was gay, reaching the level of open hints on New Jersey talk radio shows.
A Roman Catholic, McGreevey had a daughter with his first wife, Kari, who lives in British Columbia with the child. He has another daughter with his current wife, Dina. McGreevey spokesman Micah Rasmussen declined to answer any questions about the future of McGreevey's marriage.
As a candidate and governor, the former altar boy proudly discussed his Catholic faith but publicly disagreed with church leaders over his support for abortion rights and same-sex partnerships. He pushed for the state's domestic-partnership law, which went into effect this year.
In an announcement that at times was deeply introspective, McGreevey referred to his lifelong struggles with his sexuality.
"Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am," he said. "As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused.
"At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is," McGreevey added.
Scandal marred McGreevey's tenure following questions over a series of questionable appointments, including the naming of Cipel to the newly created post of homeland security adviser. Cipel was named to the job without any background check or official announcement.
Reporters soon questioned what Cipel did to earn his $110,000 salary and in March 2002, he was reassigned to a "special counsel" job. A few months later, Cipel left his state government position.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/464383.html
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| נשלח ב-13/8/2004 20:47 |
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די נייעס באלאנגט נישט דא אויף "חדשות אנש"
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| נשלח ב-13/8/2004 21:40 |
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וואס האלט איר?
זאלן די היימישע צייטונגען שרייבן וועגן די רעזיגנאציע, אדער נישט משום הרחק מן הכיעור וכדומה.
מיין מיינונג איז אז זיי זאלן בכלל נישט שרייבן
איך געדענק ווען ס' איז געלאפן א קאנדידאט פאר פרעזידענט (גערי הארט) און ער האט שוין געהאלטן גאנץ ערנסט, אינמיטען איז מען אויגעקומען מיט א ענליכע סקאנדאל, און ער האט זיך געמוזט אפזאגען, און ס' איז נישט געשטאנען קיין ווארט אין די היימישע צייטונגען,
אזוי האלט איך דארף יעצט אויך זיין.
אפשר בין איך נישט גערעכט, וואס זאגט איר
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| נשלח ב-13/8/2004 21:47 |
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איך האב געפרעגט מיין שכן ח. פריעדמאן וואס ארבעט אין די צייטונג. ער האט מיר געזאגט אז ער גייט ווארשיינליך שרייבן די נייעס זייער טרוקן, אז מעקגריווי האט רעזיגנירט צוליב סקאנדאלן.
צום מזל האט מעקגריווי טאקע געהאט קארופציע סקאנדאלן, אזוי אז די אידישע צייטונגען וועלן נישט האבן קיין פראבלעם צו שרייבן אז ווי באקאנט פלאגט ער זיך מיט קאנטראווערסיעס.
איר קענט אבער זיכער זיין אז דער בלאט וועט עס באשרייבן די מערסטע בהמיש. איינער פון זייערע נייע קינדערישע שרייבערס וועט שרייבן א שארפן ארטיקל קעגן מעגריווי, אז ער האט פארשעמט אמעריקע. אפשר וועט גאר זיין דארט אן ארטיקל: "מעקגריווי האט געזאגט; די פאקטן זענען" און ס'וועט קומען פאקטן אז ס'וועט גיין א רויעך...
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| נשלח ב-13/8/2004 22:11 |
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גולן סיפל
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