By Mark Lagerkvist
Late in my career, New Jersey Watchdog provided an unexpected opportunity to show this old mutt still had plenty of new tricks.
Over five years, I cranked out nearly 300 investigative reports. I won two New York Press Club Awards, and NJ Watchdog was named top independent online site by the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
To get an idea of NJ Watchdog’s reach, here is a 51-page list of stories picked up by other news organizations in 2015.
After the site fell victim to the fiscal failings of Watchdog.org, the parent news organization, most of the reports vanished from the Internet.
Fortunately, I personally archived copies of the articles as they originally appeared online. Click on the links below to see a selection of 20 key NJ Watchdog stories, ordered chronologically from June 2010 to November 2015:
The Assemblyman & NJ’s ‘Runaway” Disability Pension System
Lt. Gov. Guadagno & the $170K State Pension Scam
Gov. Christie’s ‘Retired’ Budget Guru Pockets $1M in Payouts
NJ Attorney General’s 23 Double-Dippers Collect Millions
NJ Prosecutors Employ 125 Double-Dipping Retirees
Sixty NJ State Double-Dippers Collect $10M a Year
Retired, Rehired & Rich – Essex Sheriff Games $1M from Pension
Taxpayer Trauma – How Cops ‘Clean Up’ on Disability Pensions
‘Disabled’ Cop Rumbles on Reality TV
How 18 Double-Dipping Lawmakers Block Pension Reform
Meet the Three Stooges of Disability Pensions
The Real Secret of ‘Doublegate’ is Lack of State Investigation
Seven Deadly Sins of NJ Pensions Add up to $104B Debt
Big Ticket: Cost to Protect Christie Rises 1,800 Percent
Christie’s Publicity Blitz Costs NJ Taxpayers $5M
Christie Buys $300K of Food & Booze with NJ Expense Account
Gifts to Gov. Christie are Not Gifts, Rules NJ Attorney General
Christie Has No Receipts for Quarter-Million Dollars in Expenses
Court Allows Christie to Hide $1M in AMEX Charges
NJ Corruption Case Undermines Christie Claims as Prosecutor
NOTE: The broken links within the stories once led to the documents, photos, videos and other evidence that supported NJ Watchdog’s reporting. They were regrettably wiped from the Internet when Watchdog.org ceased to exist.
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