TO: All CWA Local 1081 Members
FROM: David H. Weiner, President
DATE: February 8, 2010
SUBJECT: 251st CWA Local 1081 Email Trivia Contest
Below, please find the following ten (10) questions for the 251st CWA Local 1081 Email Trivia Contest regarding the letter of February 6, 2010 our Union wrote to the Essex County Board of Ethics opposing the renaming of a County building after Acting New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow while she serves within that capacity.
The first member of our Union to correctly answer all of the questions, via an E-mail message sent to cwa1081@aol.com, wins $50.00. You must provide your full name, title and the office to which you are assigned. Beginning with this contest, the winner is ineligible to play the contest again for ninety (90) days. Good luck!
- CWA Local 1081 respectfully submitted that for the executive and/or legislative branches of the government of Essex County to honor now Acting New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow by naming a county building after her, as she serves in her present capacity, represents an apparent what and is therefore what?
- Ordinance #1, as submitted by the administration of Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo and included within the agenda of the February 3, 2010 pubic conference meeting of the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, proposes the “Authorization to name the Essex County Crime Scene Unit Headquarters on Thomas Boulevard in Orange as the ‘Essex County Prosecutor Paula T. Dow Crime Scene Unit’ in honor of” whom?
- CWA Local 1081 completely concurred with Mr. DiVincenzo when he asserted “Ms. Dow restored stability to the Prosecutor’s Office, set higher standards for professionalism, improved employee morale and worked with Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Essex County Board of Freeholders to provide functional working conditions, modern equipment and proper resources that have better prepared the office to” do what?
- However, Section 52:13D-14. of the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law stipulates “No State officer or employee, special State officer or employee, or member of the Legislature shall accept from any person, whether directly or indirectly and whether by himself or through his spouse or any member of his family or through any partner or associate, any gift, favor, service, employment or offer of employment or any other thing of value which he knows or has reason to believe is” what?
5. On January 21, 2010, the administration of Mr. DiVincenzo issued a press release regarding the Essex County Crime Scene Unit Headquarters stating “This $2.5 million facility was funded with money from” what?
6. The County of Essex receives millions of dollars in grants from the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. For example, Resolution #4, also submitted by the administration of Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo and included within the agenda of the February 3, 2010 pubic conference meeting of the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, states “the County of Essex has received a grant from the State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Division of Criminal Justice for County Office of Victim Witness Advocacy in the amount of” what?
7. Within one of his internet blogs, consumer reporter and investigative journalist John Stossel notes “This practice of naming buildings after living public figures is relatively new. The Lincoln Memorial didn't appear until more than” how many “years after Lincoln's death”? “The Washington Monument came” how many “years after Washington died”?
- While CWA Local 1081 certainly does not contend that the possible naming of the Essex County Crime Scene Unit after Ms. Dow should occur only posthumously, our Union does maintain that the worthwhile and justified gesture should minimally await the conclusion of her stint as the what?
- While CWA Local 1081 conceptually opposed the naming of South Mountain Arena after New Jersey State Senator Richard Codey the Richard J. Codey Arena at South Mountain, the possibility of a conflict of interest appeared not as clear inasmuch as Senator Codey may not unilaterally provide the County of Essex what, does not serve as the state’s what and has no official capacity to oversee the state’s what?
- Lastly, our Union noted that the County of Essex Employee Handbook stipulates “It is unlawful for an employer to discharge, suspend, demote or take other action against an employee because they disclose a policy or practice they believe is a” what?