Shutting down this website!

Tower 1 – 69 Fire Code Violations - Reinspection
Tower 2 – 55 Fire Code Violations - Reinspection
Tower 3 – 74 Fire Code Violations - Reinspection
Tower 4 – 24 Fire Code Violations
Tower 5 – 3 Fire Code Violations - Reinspection
Garage – 51 Fire Code Violations - Reinspection

Notice Violations In Garage For New Drain Pipes Installed Without A Permit Blocking Sprinkler Heads

2 Fire Alarms Fail To Activate

Fire Safety System Official Letters

Fire Official File Letters

History Of Being Reckless With The Truth

Ellinger* And Blank Resign From The Board To Avoid Recall - Owners Rejoice

Deluca Returns + Board Goes To Camp

Ellinger's Resignation Video Part 2

Luane Spingola Speaks Out - New Video

GTCA Pays For Damage Caused By Contractor But Won't Fix Owners Damage Caused By The GTCA

Ellinger's Resignation Letter

Lobby Water Chiller Contract Released

$280,000 Lobby Change Order Video

THE DELLE DONNA INDICTMENT

Michael Kingman Esq Opinion: "Buckalew and Ellinger's Actions Deprived Owners Of Their Legal And Democratic Rights"

Mayor Delle Donna's Home and Town Hall Raided By FBI - -

Luane's Letter to Director Bolasco

Marika And Gina Speak Out Videos

Truth, Lies, and The Video Tape

Why The "Galaxy 4" Must Go

Stop The Recall Dance For Peace

Luane's 10th Floor Saga Continues.....

The Galaxy OK Corral

Ask The Galaxy Magic 8 Ball

Olympics To Be Held At The Galaxy

Freedom Of Speech

Galaxy History of Oppression 98' - 99'

Galaxy History Of "Demonizing" Critics

Lobby Design Contract Released

Spingola Strikes Back Again Video

The History Of the Driveway

The History Of The R+R Loan

Loan Agreements Released

Galaxy History Of Outside Management

Galaxy Freedom Of Speech Lawsuit Resumes Wednesday 9-12-07

Deluca v. Guttenberg Pretrial Conference

Galaxy Resident Buys Magnificent Condo

Owners Rally To Remove The Board

Luane Speaks Out Again - Video

Assets and Liabilities Released

Board President Arrested in Kickback Scheme

Fire Safety System Video

Is Your Board Carrying Out Its Fiduciary Duty?

Red Flags Of Fraud

The Beginning of the End?

Hall Of Shame: Who Is Next?

Condo Insurance Video

D&O Insurance Premiums

What Is The Town Trying To Hide ?

Deluca v. Town of Guttenberg 06-126

Terrace Railings Video

229vs231

Former Galaxy Resident Bob Rand Hit By Car

Did The New Lobby Design Need Zoning Board Approval?

Video:

This Open Board Meeting VIDEO From 02/03/05 Is One Of The Reasons I Created This Website. I Invite You To Watch The Video And Read The Facts And Then Decide If I Am The "LIAR" And "FRAUD", Or If The Board, General Manager, Mayor, and Association Attorney, Were Being "Reckless With The Truth".

The CUOG Mission Statement does not say the State Investigation was still active at the time it was distributed to the residents in February of 2005. In the video, the Attorney claims that if you were selling something with this, it would be equivalent to fraud because it says the investigation is still active even though I knew it ended months earlier. See if you can find where it says the investigation is still ongoing.

This is the State Report on the investigation by the DCA that states violations were issued during the course of the investigation to the Galaxy and contractors for lack of permits.

This Violation was issued on 2/21/04 for NO Electrical Permit in the Garage Area of the Galaxy. In the Video, they say this violation was not part of the investigation and was issued to the contractor. When you look at the violation, it is issued to the GTCA and marked "paid". When you look at the State Report, it mentions this violation as being issued "during the course of the investigation".

This Violation was issued on 2/26/04 for NO Electrical Permit, NO Building Permit and No Fire Permit in the Garage Area of the Galaxy. In the Video, they say this violation was not part of the investigation and was issued to the contractor. When you look at the violation, it is issued to the GTCA and marked "paid". When you look at the State Report, it mentions this violation as being issued "during the course of the investigation".

This Violation was issued on 3/23/04 for NO Electrical Permit, NO Building Permit and No Plumbing Permit in the Berm Area of the Galaxy. The violation for no building permit for the new walls and stairs was rescinded because the Guttenberg Building Official; didn't know the berm was the roof of the Mall, the "ALL" box was checked on the waterproofing permit, and the "plans" submitted to the Town had the proper documentation, but when I asked to see the plans the Building Department refused to show them to me because of "security issues" due to "09-11"

The electrical violation for no permit for the lights in the berm walls was rescinded because the Building Official found a permit from 2001 for another job and by another contractor that he said was "ongoing" but if you look at the permit it says "six months after work has ceased the permit is void". The 2001 permit was used to rescind the violation but it did not change the fact that a permit had not been issued because one week after I filed the complaint, the Building Official issued this permit for the lights in the berm.

The rescinding of the plumbing violation for no permit for the irrigation system was never explained to me. I believe the plumbing violation was rescinded because the original irrigation system was disconnected after the violation and then replaced by the "drip" system that we now have. A permit was issued for the "drip" irrigation system (hose system) months later when it was installed. At the time of the violation, the State inspector told me that they had connected the original irrigation system into the drain system of the Mall and it required a plumbing permit which they did not have. The violations may have been rescinded but that doesn't change the fact that permits were missing for the work in the berm area prior to my filing a complaint.

What puzzles me is the fact that the State Report claims that the waterproofing permit was issued on June 2, 2003 with the plans for the reconstruction. If you look at the permit, it was submitted to the Official on May 19, 2003. The change order for the additional work in the berm that required more permits; the new stairs, the new walls, and the lights in the walls, was signed by the contractor on June 19, 2003. I cannot find in any of the minutes of Board meetings from 2003 and 2004 when the Board voted to approve the additional $336,000 change order. But it would have to be after June 19, 2003, 17 days after the permit was issued! So how do the plans submitted to the Town Official prior to June 2, 2003 include work that has not been approved by the Board and not drawn up and signed by the contractor until June 19, 2003? For background information on the Construction Official who issued the June 2, 2003 permit, please read these newspaper articles from the Bergen Record. And if you can find the minutes of the Board meeting when the Board approved this $336,000 change order, please send it to me.

This letter was sent by the Mayor of Guttenberg on 02/25/04 to the General Manager of the Galaxy stating that he checked with the building official and found that there were no problems with lack of permits at the Galaxy. It was written four days after the 02/21/04 violation mentioned above, one day before the 02/26/04 violation mentioned above, and one day before the Building Official's letter to the State inspector stating that he had issued multiple violations in response to nummerous complaints. This letter from the Mayor was put under every resident's door on 03/02/04, five days after it was written.

This letter was sent by the Building Official of Guttenberg 02/26/04, five days before the General Manager's letter, to a State Official stating that he had issued violations for lack of permits and that he had received "numerous complaints", not just mine.

This letter was placed under every resident's door by the General Manager on 03/02/04, the night before a Board election. It claims that I was making "unfounded allegations" about lack of permits. The Mayor's letter was attached to the back of her letter, five days after he wrote the letter and almost one week after the two violations were issued to the Galaxy.

This is the State Report on the investigation by the DCA that states violations were issued during the course of the investigation to the Galaxy and contractors for lack of permits.

In the video, the General Manager and Association Attorney claim that I accused the General Manager of having an "improper relationship" with or that she is "related to" the Construction Official. I never said or wrote those accusations so I couldn't understand why and how the General Manager and Association Attorney could say something that was "objectively false". I requested the full file from the State Department of Community Affairs and found this letter written to the State Official by the Association Attorney. The only mention of the allegations of "improper relationships" mentioned in the video are in the letter written by the Association Attorney. I didn't find any mention of anything like what they said in the Board meeting in any of the documents. Does someone have the right to say something is true because “they” wrote it in a letter? The State report mentions an allegation of a "business relationship" between the management of the Galaxy Towers and the former Building Official Mr. Rogers. It does not say "an improper relationship between the General Manager and Mr. Ribarro" and it does not say that the General Manager is "related" to Mr. Ribarro as they claim in the video. The Association Attorney may have thought what he said was true when he wrote his letter, but on the night of the Board meeting he was holding the State report in his hands so how could he not have known that what he was saying was not true?

Still not convinced that I am not the "liar and fraud"? In the video, the Association Attorney claims that I sent a tape about the General Manager to the State Official after I received and was unhappy with the results of the State report. The problem with that statement is the fact that I sent this letter to Mr. William Connelly who is in charge of the Office of Regulatory Affairs on April 4, 2004, six months before I received the State report. In this letter I suggest to Mr. Connelly that he watch the tape about the General Manager that I had already given to Mr. John Maher, the State Official from the Department of Community Affairs who was investigating my complaint. Still not convinced? Then read the State report again because the tape is mentioned in the report so how could I have sent it after I read the report. And if you are still not convinced, then you are probably a member of the Board, a member of the Return to Reason Group, or a member of the Association Attorney's law firm.

Violations Issued After The State Investigation:

This Violation was issued on 7/26/06 for NO Electrical Permit in the Garage Area of the Galaxy.

This Notice of Unsafe Structure was issued on 07/11/06 for failing to produce a valid bonding and grounding certificate for the indoor/outdooor pools, kiddie pool and sauna.

This Stop Work Order was issued on 7/6/06 for NO Electrical Permit in the Garage Area of the Galaxy.

This Stop Work Order was issued on 7/6/06 for NO Electrical Permit in the Pool Area of the Galaxy.

This Notice of Unsafe Structure was issued on 08/30/05 for Fire Damage and Termite Infestation.

This Violation was issued on 2/01/05 for NO Final Inspection for Berm Lighting of the Galaxy.

The Corporate Challenge:

Prove Me Wrong And I Will Shut Down This Site!

I have corrected my misleading paraphrasing of the conclusions by the Ethics Committee in Chapter 2 of this Website.

I am honored to see the Association Attorney is reading my life story with such precision. As someone who will be purchasing an apartment at the Galaxy in the very near future, it is good to know the Board of Directors are putting the Associations’ money to good use.

The Association Attorney claims in his August 4, 2006 letter that I "wrongly accuse" him of making false statements. It has been 17 months since he alleges I wrongly accused him but I have never received or been presented with the facts to prove these were in fact, "wrong accusations". Furthermore, I have never been "demanded" or requested to retract these "wrong accusations", either by the Association Attorney or General Manager.

This Attorney jumped at the opportunity to demand I correct my "misleading paraphrasing" of the Ethics Committee conclusions in Chapter 2, after I was presented with the facts to prove I was in error. Now, 17 months later, there still has been no presentation of any facts to support his contention that I "wrongly accuse" him. There has been no demand to retract my false accusations. And that speaks VOLUMES!

During the 2005 campaign for the election of three Board of Director positions, the Association Attorney sent a letter to all members of the Association listing “door to door” campaigning as one of the reasons for the Freedom of Speech lawsuit filed by the Concerned Unit Owners Group. At the time, two members of the Concerned Unit Owners Group were running for Board positions. When presented with the facts and asked to correct the record by a standing Director who believed the “door to door” part of the letter the Board and Attorney communicated to the members of the Association was “grossly, objectively false”, The Association Attorney refused to correct the record. The Director repeatedly asked the Attorney to correct the record and he explicitly refused, even when it was presented to The Attorney and the Board in an open session of a Board Meeting in May of 2005. The Board and Attorney have never corrected this misrepresentation to the Association members.

Show me the facts that I "wrongly accused" the Association Attorney and I will not only retract my accusation,

I WILL SHUT DOWN THIS WEBSITE!

Here are the letters sent to the Association Attorney and General Manager. I removed the names and replaced them with their title. I challenge you to prove me wrong!

GTCA ATTORNEY
GENERAL MANAGER
Galaxy Towers Condominium Association
7000 Boulevard East
Guttenberg, New Jersey 07093
RE: BOD Meeting 02/03/05

February 8, 2005

Dear Mr. Attorney and Mrs. General Manager

This is in response to misstatements made by you both at the televised open Board of Directors meeting held on February 3, 2005. I am very troubled about the misrepresentation of the facts, the attack of my credibility or character, and the impact of these comments on my well-earned reputation within the Galaxy community.

I have decided to demonstrate the many false assumptions, below, and expect at a minimum, that after reviewing the same, that you will correct your misstatements at the next Board meeting.

Misstatement: The Concerned Unit Owners mission statement said that there was an “ongoing and pending investigation by the DCA”. You said that I distributed this statement even though I was aware that the investigation was closed.

Fact: There is no mention anywhere in the mission statement that the investigation is pending or ongoing. The only mention of the State investigation is contained in item number five. “To question why the Board and Management, During a Board election, would attest that all permits were in place for the on-going work on the property-while there was a State investigation and later, violations issued for lack of the same”. The words “during a board election”, gives the time frame of the “attesting letters” and State investigation, one year ago, while “later” clearly presents the results.
Misstatement: The two violations the GTCA received for not having a permit; the water cooler violation and the 11th floor garage electrical violation were “not part of the investigation”.
Fact: Page two paragraph two of the Department of Regulatory Affairs report dated September 22, 2004, clearly states the opposite. “During the course of the investigation, Mr. Ribarro had issued several Notices and Order to Pay Penalties for work without permits to the Building and electrical contractors”. “February 18, 2004/$2000.00, February 21, 2004/$2000.00, February 26, 2004/$6000.00”. The February 21 violation is the electrical violation in the garage and the February 26 citation is the cooling tower violation (No electrical permit, No building permit, No fire permit for conduits running in parking garage). Both violations are made out to the GTCA, faxed to me by the State investigator assigned to my complaint, and they were issued a few days before you placed letters, on March 2, 2004, from you and the Mayor stating that there were no problems with lack of permits, and that I was spreading false rumors.
Misstatement: The GTCA was never issued any violations and had all of the permits needed.
Fact: Page three paragraph two of the State investigation report it says, “It is apparent through Mr. Ribarro’s actions that he was properly enforcing the regulations. When Mr. Ribarro discovered, or was notified that work was taking place without permits, he issued the appropriate Notice of Violation and then issued the appropriate permits”.
Misstatement: In support of the GTCA compliance, you read the last paragraph of the report, “Based on the evidence during the investigation, this office has concluded that there are no Violations of the Uniform Construction code. Therefore I recommend this case be closed with no further action from this office”.

Fact: This statement is in reference to Mr. Ribarro, the person I filed the complaint against. I believed at that time, Mr. Ribarro was not enforcing the Uniform Construction Codes. This does not clear the GTCA of anything. It means that they found Mr. Ribarro was doing his job, finally. He issued violations and permits. This is from page two paragraph two of the State Investigation report: “When Mr. Ribarro discovered, or was notified that work was taking place without permits, he issued the appropriate Notice of Violation and then issued the appropriate permits”.
Misstatement: I sent a tape about a relationship with Mrs. General Manager and the Town official Brian Ribarro, to the DCA, after I received and was unhappy with the results of the final report of the investigation.

Fact: Page two paragraphs three of the State investigation final report, talks about a relationship between the previous official, Mr. Rogers and the management of the Galaxy Towers. There is no mention of Mrs. General Manager. The tape was sent months before the final report was sent to me. It was your own words, Mrs. General Manager, at last years Annual meeting that prompted me to send the tape soon after the meeting. At the meeting, you said, “For many years a lot of work has been done here and no permits were procured. I can’t find many permits in the files from prior years, at all”. “The Galaxy did whatever they wanted and didn’t involve the Town”.
Misstatement: “He lied and continued to lie” and “if this mission statement were used to sell something, it would be equivalent to fraud”.

Now that I have pointed out the facts, I expect that you will correct your misstatements at the next televised Board meeting on February 15, 2005.

Michael R. Deluca
cc; Board of Directors
Cathy Cardillo Esq.

CATHY CARDILLO ESQ.
VIA FAXIMILE AND REGULAR MAIL
GTCA ATTORNEY
RE: GALAXY TOWERS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION

Dear Mr. Attorney:

I am troubled by your misrepresentations, as well as those of The General Manager, at the February 3, 2005 televised Open Board of Directors Meeting, regarding the "mission statement1' of the Concerned Unit Owners Group and in particular, about Michael DeLuca, one of the founders of the Group - and the Board's refusal to permit Mr. DeLuca any opportunity to openly respond to these misrepresentations. It is also troubling that you both would stage this personal attack on the Group and Mr. DeLuca during an election, when Group members are running for office. Of note, this personal attack is an exact replica of what was staged during last year's elections, with letters placed under every unit owner's door, and oddly on the same question –the failure of the Association to ensure that all permits had been acquired before renovation had begun.

Mr. DeLuca wrote you and The General Manager on February 8, 2005, detailing your "misstatements" and the true "facts," with documents to support them. He politely asked that you and The General Manager correct your remarks at the February 15,2005 Open Board Meeting. Oddly, he never demanded an apology - which is something he clearly deserves. Well, February 1 5, 2005 has now come and gone - and neither you nor The General Manager have made any effort to correct your comments, either publicly or privately. :

While your misrepresentations could have been initially ignored because you and The General Manager may have been negligent in not fully verifying them first - Mr. DeLuca's subsequent appraisal changed all of that I, thus, ask you to consider all the potential consequences of: 1. calling Mr., DeLuca "a liar'1 and saying "he continues to lie;" and 2. stating the Group's mission statement was "equivalent to a fraud” - when you know now that it is not the truth.

And you wonder why the Group and Mr. DeLuca filed suit against the Association, during the on-going election -for the purpose of having a "level-playing field," How can you possibly argue that the field is balanced when you publicly malign members of the Group - not permit them to publicly respond - or pertinently, publicly admit that you were wrong. How can any unit owner be comfortable that others are acting in their best interests in such an environment?

Again, it is a shame that this kind of unsubstantiated mudslinging, and in some cases, outright untruths must be disseminated to “win." Shouldn't it really be about everyone winning? Imagine the quality of life at Galaxy Towers where everyone worked together. We can only hope that such an event will occur while we can still appreciate it.

Sincerely yours,
Cathy C Cardillo, Esq.

Witch-Hunt Investigation

It wouldn’t surprise me if the Board spends more Galaxy owners money on legal fees trying to close down this website. And what possible justification could there be to approve what I consider a witch-hunt investigation of my open public records requests? This letter was sent in 2005. The Board now blames excessive legal fees from that year as one of the reasons for the resent mid-year maintenance increase adjustment. Another letter was sent in July of 2006 and this letter was sent in October of 2006 for the same reason.

This letter was sent on August 4, 2006. The Association Attorney claims in his August 4, 2006 letter that I "wrongly accuse" him of making false statements.

Freedom Of Speech Lawsuit Depositions:

Director Braitman Deposition

Freelance Videotape Engineer Hank Deposition

Former President Of The GTCA Deposition

Galaxy News Editor Deposition

NY1 TV : FOS Lawsuit Click Here

Twin Rivers Oral Arguments

Election Rules PDF File And Videos

Interview With Prof. Frank Askin: Part 1 and Part 2

DiGiovanni Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed - Freedom of Speech Prevails

View GTCA-Belfer Lease Here

View Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Complaint Filed 05/02/06

DOGS - BEWARE OF GTCA - GALAXY DOGS STRIKE BACK

Download GAAP Record Denial Complaint Form:

If you have been denied access to Association GAAP documents, you can print out this complaint form and send it to the Mr. Edward Hannaman from the Department of Community Affairs.

Garage Dust Information:

If you feel there is too much dust in the garage and your health may be at risk during the renovation, you can contact Mr. Demjanick at the Hudson County Health Commission. He will come to the Galaxy and inspect the garage.

If he determines there is problem, he will direct the contractor to use the proper vacuums to collect and contain the dust if they are not in compliance.

Mr. Demjanick's contact info:

John Demjanick, RTK Coordinator
Hudson Regional Health Commission
Meadowview Campus
595 County Ave, Building #1
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Phone: (201) 223-1133
Fax (201) 223-0122
e-mail: jdemjanick@hudsonregionalhealth.org