Bashaw Walking Ethics Fence
Former Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) , Curtis Bashaw, wants to build a casino in Atlantic City. We first reported that to you in June. The apparent conflict of interest stinks of shadiness.
Today, the Courier-Post highlighted the ethical issue that Bashaw finds himself in.
The former director of the state agency that doles out casino taxes to redevelopment projects now wants to build his own gambling hall — well before the two-year “cooling off” period dictated by state ethics rules has lapsed.
The waiting period is there to prevent state employees from cashing in on their work at taxpayer expense.
Bashaw was in a position to develop land in and around Atlantic City. If he were permitted to turn right around and build a casino, one might question why the CRDA did not develop the land that such a casino was to be built on. That is why Bashaw is required by law to wait two years before entangling himself in the casino industry.
Bashaw did not wait. Just a mere nine months after leaving his post, it was reported he was working on a deal. Even now, it has been but a year. I’m asking, “Why didn’t the CRDA develop this land?” Could it be that Bashaw sat on this land for his own private interests?
The public has a right to know.
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Tags: CRDA, Curtis-Bashaw, ethics, New Jersey
By MCS on Oct 6, 2006
You might want to question his appointment to the CRDA in General. Does the fact that he is obviously gay have anything to do with his appointment? What about his timing to step down? No one finds any problem with the fact that he was appointed by an obviously corrupt individual who hid his sexual preferences. I am not a homo phobe but come on, why is everyone afraid to talk about this in a negative light. I was told 18 months before the govenor revealed his orientation, and was told that it was common knowledge in the statehouse. This definitely does not pass the smell test.