Doherty’s Lawlessness Costs Belmar Taxpayers

Belmar Mayor “Lawless Matt” Doherty lost in court again this week.

Belmar taxpayers are stuck with a $47,306 legal bill because Doherty placed a fraudulent interpretive statement on a bonding referendum ballot last summer.

Judge Katie Gummer ruled in Monmouth County Superior Court on Wednesday that Belmar taxpayers will pay the legal fees for the citizens who sued Dirty Doherty over the fraudulent statement which Gummer ruled was a Civil Rights violation. Belmar taxpayers are paying the legal fees for both sides of the case because of Doherty’s sneaky dirty lawlessness.

Doherty tried to get Gummer to let him stick Belmar beach tag buyers with the bill, so that he could continue to create an illusion of fiscal responsibility and keep the bill off of the Borough Council’s bill list. But Gummer would have none of Dirty’s shenanigans. Belmar taxpayers are footing the bill.

Gummer is scheduled to rule on another case this afternoon regarding Doherty raiding the Beach Utility Fund to pay Borough expenses. If that ruling goes against Doherty, Belmar taxpayers could be on the hook for over $1 million in funds that have been raided from the Beach fund during Lawless Matt’s tenure as mayor.