Judge
Blocks Regulator's Ouster From Redevelopment
Panel
A Superior Court judge
on Tuesday blocked acting Gov. Richard J. Codey's
attempt to remove New Jersey's top casino regulator
from her spot on a panel that oversees the distribution
of millions of dollars of casino revenue for
redevelopment projects in the state.
Judge M. Allan Vogelson, sitting in
Camden, issued a temporary injunction against
bouncing Linda Kassekert from the Casino Reinvestment
Development Authority's board and set a Sept.
30 court date to hear the matter.
Kassekert, chairwoman of the Casino Control
Commission, filed her challenge in Camden County,
where she lives.
"This is nothing more than an offensive
and unprecedented act of political retaliation,
attempting to remove a highly respected competent
female leader from a leadership position in
government," said Kassekert's lawyer, William
Tambussi. "It was done without regard to
the law and was appropriately thwarted by the
court."
The state Attorney General's Office appealed
the injunction to the Appellate Division of
Superior Court Tuesday. Vogelson stayed his
injunction, pending action by the appellate
court.
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