Atlantic City mayor drops out of sight

[Soldier4Christ]

Atlantic City mayor drops out of sight
Falsely claimed in campaign ad to have been Green Beret in Vietnam

Investigators in New Jersey are looking for Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy.

The mayor is the focus of an investigation and he hasn't been seen for a week and a half.

Levy's disappearance was certainly creating chaos. On Friday, the ordeal turned into a spectacle both on the boardwalk and inside city hall.

Residents were locked out of city hall.

The turmoil that's engulfed Atlantic City's government literally took over city hall Friday.

"This is a disgrace," one resident said.

A group of residents, led by local activist Steven Young, eventually did get past that locked door to demand answers from City Business Administrator Domenic Capella about the whereabouts of Levy.

He hasn't been publicly seen or heard from in more than a week. Last Friday, his office announced Levy was on medical leave until further notice and that Cappella would serve as acting mayor.

"We don't actually see you as an acting mayor. We don't see anybody as mayor right now at all," Young said.

"If Mr. Levy resigns then there's a different venue, until then, here I am," Capella said.

A source told NBC 10 Levy was receiving treatment at an undisclosed medical facility.

In a campaign ad, Levy claimed he was a Green Beret in Vietnam but he became embroiled in scandal last year, when it was revealed he never actually was a Green Beret. However, he did serve in Vietnam.

On Friday, a source confirmed that the U.S. Attorney's Office is investigating if Levy made the false claims to receive veterans' benefits he wasn't entitled to and talk of a possible plea deal in the case is now swirling.

On the same day Young came face-to-face with Atlantic City's police chief trying to force his way into the mayor's office -- resort Councilman Bruce Ward filed papers in court trying to have Levy's seat vacated.

"Would you please sign here, your acknowledgement of service. I'm serving you with these papers," Ward said.

"I'm not signing anything," Capella said.

"The situation that is today can't go on for any extended period of time," New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said.

Meanwhile, Corzine said the state is not poised to try to take over the city right now but had this reply when asked how long he would wait if the crisis isn't resolved.

"Not very long, not very long," he said.

It's unclear when a court decision might come on that effort to vacate the mayor's seat.

[Soldier4Christ]

 Imagine this scenario: A Republican Mayor of a famous city lies about his service in Vietnam and is caught at it but before that revelation comes to light he was already in trouble as he was about to be recalled by the citizenry for commonly being absent at city council meetings. What's more he also presides over a city council that has several members under investigation for sexual misconduct, drunk driving and at least one recent council member who is in jail serving a conviction for bribery. Imagine how the MSM would howl over the Republican "culture of corruption?" And yet, this scenario that I describe actually exists with but one small alteration in the particulars. The mayor in question actually exists. His city council is as corrupt as I describe. Only the mayor is a Democrat instead of a Republican... not that the MSM seems to have noticed.

Once again, the AP seems to have forgotten to mention the party affiliation of a wretchedly corrupt Democrat who is under fire for his perfidy.

Yet, with all the fire Rush Limbaugh -- a radio guy with no legislative power -- is under for not saying that soldiers that come out against the war are "phony soldiers," a New Jersey Democrat -- a man who has the reins of power under his control and who really IS a phony soldier -- is forgotten by the wild-eyed media elites.

It seems that, while Mayor Robert Levy, (Democrat - New Jersey) was a decorated U.S. soldier from the Vietnam era, he felt the odd need to embellish his military service by falsely claiming that he was a member of the Green Berets during his tour of duty.

But that is the least of his worries. He is also under scrutiny for being very close with a convicted and jailed former councilman as well as for his spotty attendance record at city council meetings. And, now he seems to have driven off and disappeared. No one has a clue where he went.

And the AP is not the only ones to have forgotten to mention that "D" beside Mayor Levy's name. So did Editor & Publisher,Reuters, USA Today's Blogs, even Fox News seem to have somehow forgotten to mention that Mayor Levy is a Democrat.

So, what's the deal? Is "corruption" only a Republican thing as far as the entire media establishment is concerned? Is Democrat corruption somehow more obviously unconnected with party affiliation than is corruption perpetrated by a politician who happens to be a Republican?

How is it that the MSM feels the need to alert everyone that a corrupt politician is a Republican, but that the same MSM seems never to notice if a corrupt politician is a Democrat?

Should we all just imagine that this is just an accident?

Well, I, for one, would certainly believe it to be merely accidental... if the elves and fairies that wrote the news rode in to work on their unicorns, that is.