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Ajay Patil, edison councilman, faces new legal issues in fake flyer case

It’s a political report than a committee decision, says Patil

Our Bureau with helping Shi, the report said.

Edison, NJ The fine levied against Patil was
a symbolic $100.
dison Councilman Ajay Patil has denied all charges.
Patil is facing some “Welcome to the Edison
Eadded legal issues after Politics where people seeking
the Edison Ethics Board vot- for the office for their election
ed unanimously to fine him for or re-election would go to any
leaving off properties he owns extent that includes character
in town off his personal finan- assassination, using their pow-
cial disclosure, according to a er and situation for the politi-
report in New Jersey Globe cal gain, use their resources to
website. The ethics panel con- push others down,” Patil said, as
tinues to consider allegations per the report. “This report is
that Patil failed to disclose his not from the committee which
ties to a shadowy political action heard everything and asked for
committee, People for Progress, over our school board,” it said. decision, the Ethics Board de- the proofs which I gave and
the report said. “The Chinese and Indians cided to punt on that issue since committee did agree that it was a
Patil, as per the report, is one are taking over our Town! Chi- it’s the “subject of separate on- technical mistake. However, re-
of the Edison Eight, which face nese School! Indian School! going investigation(s) by the port states many things that are
a probe after allegedly partici- Cricket Fields,” the flyer said. U.S. Postal Inspection Service, irrelevant — as it’s a political re-
pating in a scheme to send out “Enough is Enough.” the New Jersey Office of the port than a committee decision.
allegedly fake racist flyer aimed As per the report, the PAC Attorney General, and/or other I will have all these things an-
at inciting the township’s Asian treasurer, Cesar Suarez, is a applicable law enforcement au- swered publicly unearthing di-
American community in a 2017 tenant at the one of the proper- thorities.” rect and indirect relationship of
school board race. The mailer – ties owned by Patil that he didn’t Now there are allegations the involved people in making
“Make Edison Great Again” – disclose. State law requires dis- that the PAC, whose treasurer political opponent look bad,” he
urged voters to “Stop Jerry Shi closure of all major assets for lo- is a politically uninvolved tenant added, as per the report on New
and Falguni Patel from taking cal elected officials. In a written of Patil, was somehow involved Jersey Globe website.

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