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TexasTowelie

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Mon Jul 25, 2016, 03:36 AM Jul 2016

N.J. gubernatorial hopeful Fulop must denounce shady $1M donor

We've finally learned the identity of a mysterious $1 million donor to a Super Pac supporting Jersey City mayor and aspiring {Democratic} governor Steve Fulop.

It's the wealthy mogul behind the most notorious price-gouging hospital in the nation. Fulop once recommended this man's company for a city contract. Which raises the question: Could it look any worse?

Vivek Garipalli and the for-profit hospital system he owns, called CarePoint, donated nearly a third of the $3.2 million raised last year by the Pac with close ties to Fulop, called "Coalition for Progress." More than three quarters of that total stash was from people who do business with Jersey City, either personally or through their companies, like Garipalli.

The hospital exec formed a shell company in Delaware the day before making his donation, for the sole purpose of hiding it. Thanks to the Supreme Court decision Citizens United, Pacs can take and spend unlimited money from corporations. But it's illegal to intentionally mask the source of the donation.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/07/fulop_must_denounce_shady_1m_donor_editorial.html

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