Belmar Councilman Jim Bean Lodges Ethics Complaint Against Mayor Matt Doherty Over AshBritt Contracts

Sat, 04 May 2013 16:00:39 GMT

Source: www.moremonmouthmusings.net --- Saturday, May 04, 2013
Bean cites Local Finance Board’s Decision Against Marlboro Councilwoman Randi Marder To Support His Complaint Doherty Dismisses Complaint As Politics Belmar Councilman Jim Bean. Photo credit: Belmar.com Belmar Councilman Jim Bean, a Republican, has written to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs’ Local Finance Board requesting an investigation into a “potential violation” of New Jersey’s Local Government Ethics Law by Mayor Matt Doherty, a Democrat. Doherty’s wife, Maggie Moran, a former Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Jon Corzine, worked as a consultant for AshBritt , the Florida company that performed debris removal throughout much of New Jersey after the Superstorm Sandy. Belmar paid $2.67 million to AshBrit and its affiliates, according to Bean’s complaint which can be found here. Doherty said that Bean is “Belmar’s Bayshore Tea Party….a cancer on the Republican Party.” “This is the second, politically motivated, baseless complaint Bean has filed against me in the past 8 months, ” Doherty said, ”If he didn’t waste his time on this nonsense maybe he could actually do something useful for the people of Belmar.” Since Sandy, Doherty has repeatedly claimed that he recused himself from any votes regarding AshBritt and that he delegated the decision to hire AshBritt, which was not subject to a vote by the borough’s council, to the Borough Administrator, Bill Young. Young has since left his position at Belmar and works ...

Following Provost Jim Bean’s resignation, UO faculty hopes for voice in replacement search

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:52:39 GMT

Source: dailyemerald.com --- Monday, February 25, 2013
The past year was a roller coaster of triumphs and tribulations for the University of Oregon, but with the firing and hiring of a new president, widening state disinvestment in higher education and Governor John Kitzhaber’s plan to overhaul Oregon’s public education system, the announcement of UO Provost James Bean’s resignation effective July 1 brings the state’s flagship institution to yet another crossroads. The announcement came this past Wednesday in a letter from UO President Michael Gottfredson. Bean has served as the UO’s chief academic officer for the past four years with a one-year sabbatical from which he returned at the beginning of this academic year. His return was perfectly timed with Gottfredson’s campus debut to help transition the UO’s new leader into the role. “His efforts to develop a transparent budget system for the University and to place the campus on a better financial footing have been especially noteworthy,” Gottfredson wrote. “I am also personally very grateful for his guidance, counsel and leadership during my first months here.” Bean says that he is excited to get back to teaching but will continue to work with the administration in an advisory role even after he steps aside. He believes his previous experience of working at the University of Michigan’s engineering and business schools can translate to success here at the UO. “I’ve been honored to be able to serve in this position, but I want to retu ...