By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog
Former Bergen County Freeholder John Mitchell, running to retake his place on the board, celebrated on Tuesday after County Prosecutor John Molinelli announced his resignation. Mitchell also says he played a key part in making it happen.
“I’m happy that the pressure I helped bring in this situation worked, and only wish the Democrat Freeholders had joined my call for action long ago,” Mitchell said in a statement. “Even though the Democrat Freeholders tried to hold onto the last vestiges of the corrupt Ferriero days, the public interest has prevailed.”
Mitchell, running with fellow Republicans Ken Tyburczy and Daisy Ortiz, has made a campaign issue of the scandal over Molinelli’s controversial handling of the case of a Teaneck doctor accused of sex crimes relating to his patients. The former freeholder says the Democrat-controlled freeholder board ignored the scandal until OPRA requests by the Bergen Dispatch forced the issue. It’s an interesting story you can find here.
“The Democrats refusal to act in this situation – despite overwhelming evidence of the need to do so – extended this disgraceful situation much longer than it should have,” Mitchell added. “I would have immediately called for the Attorney General to step in and correct this situation. Thankfully, it looks like this cloud will be lifted from our justice system and we can begin to rebuild the trust of the people of Bergen County.”
“The fact that the Democrat Freeholders refused to act in this situation until it began to threaten them politically is inexcusable. As Freeholder, I will never put the integrity of our courts, or the safety of our citizens, in danger,” Mitchell concluded.
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Dont worry Cappola and Yudin will help bring down Mitchell soon enough.