Sunday, May 26, 2013

Hellwig's Out-of-State Residency Confirmed

Several people have told me that Police Director Hellwig lives out of state now. He did receive a residency waiver when first appointed in Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs' first term in 2006 and has served to present as director of the Department of Public Affairs & Safety since then. He was named Police Director in 2009  as well.

So today I came across a White Pages listing that showed Martin R. Hellwig and Huiling Liu living in Staten Island, N.Y.
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Hellwig married Huiling Liu in September 2009 in a ceremony at City Hall.

The mayor might not have a problem with this residency, as she did not meet the City Charter's four-year residency requirement when elected. The matter went to court and a judge ruled that  even though Robinson-Briggs did not register to vote in Plainfield until Sept. 30, 2002, she was a “legal voter” in that she could have registered earlier.

Robinson-Briggs used addresses in Plainfield, North Plainfield and Piscataway before she bought her Pemberton Avenue home in 2002. She voted in Piscataway while living in North Plainfield and Plainfield, according to court documents.

Hellwig used to live in Nutley and later in Lake Hopatcong. His new address about 22 minutes from Plainfield Police Headquarters, compared to about 40 minutes for the Lake Hopatcong address.

Public officials in New Jersey are required to fill out annual statements disclosing sources of income. The forms also require an address. Plaintalker filed an OPRA request recently for Hellwig's statement, but the latest one available listed only "515 Watchung Ave." as an address.

So does the initial residency waiver cover any and all locations outside of Plainfield? The City Council must approve such waivers. Maybe we'll ask on June 11.

--Bernice

3 comments:

  1. There we have it. Once again, Sharon thinks that she and her cronies can do as they please. I hope Plainfield wakes up and gets rid of this dead weight.

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  2. Not an issue. If crime was tolerable for walking around after dark I would not care if he lived in Cape May [although the City does pay for his gasoline and I now assume E-Z Pass] but this town is so out of control [who would think of coming to a branch of their bank in Plainfield from out of town?].

    Just try to walk from one border to another [except straight down Park Ave in the daytime] without wondering if you will make it their in one piece.

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  3. If you cannot live amongst the people you swear to serve and protect, you should not have the position of Police Director.



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