Neptune Committeewoman Tassie Young–appointed, not elected.

Paul Goldfinger,  MD,  Editor Blogfinger.net

Source:  the

Asbury Park Press. 2/4/22

Tassie Young is a familiar face in Neptune Twp starting when she was a Scarlet Flyer at NHS.  When Carol Rizzo, Committeewoman from OG, resigned, Tassie Young was chosen to replace her.

Recently Ms. Young attempted to influence police charges/tickets  against her son-in law, Tristan Charleau, who was stopped by Neptune Police for failing to react lawfully  to traffic signage and for reckless driving.

The Neptune Police were found to have done their jobs by-the-book according to the Monmouth County Prosecutors’ office which investigated after Ms. Young accused the NTPD  of racial profiling.

This is from that report, “Our review indicated no misconduct whatsoever by any of the officers involved,” the prosecutor’s letter said.

“The motor vehicle violations committed by Charleau were clear and were captured on the (police cameras). The officers who dealt with Charleau at the scene and with York when she called the police department were professional and respectful.”

And Young also called upon the Neptune Municipal Prosecutor James N Butler, Jr. to do something about the charges, and he did,  creating a plea deal favoring her son-in-law.

Now Young and Butler face an investigation by a New Jersey Department of Community Affairs ethics agency.  The investigation was requested by the Neptune Mayor Williams.

This situation could explode in multiple directions.

As far as racial charges against the Neptune police, there have been other charges based on race which have surfaced in the past involving the NTPD.

So this one case causes the State to come in right away, and that is appropriate given the climate regarding such matters locally.

But the Committee must be squeaky-clean itself.

This Committeewoman, by accusing the Neptune Police of racial profiling, may have opened a can of worms.  If she is found to have been unethical in this matter, then she must be fired by the Mayor.  And the same for the Township’s Municipal Prosecutor who seems to have caved to pressure from a Committeewoman.

It will be fascinating to see what Mayor Williams does, because the buck stops with him, and and there have been ethical concerns when it comes to the Committee’s approval of the North End plan zoning.  It would be for the public good if that subject could be scrutinized by the State of New Jersey.

When it comes to investigations, what’s good for the goose……

BOB MARLEY AND THE WHALERS:   “Stir It Up.”

Come on and stir it up; …, little darlin’!
Stir it up; come on, baby!
Come on and stir it up, yeah!
Little darlin’, stir it up! O-oh!