Vin Martin needs strip clubs to pay for college tuition. How do other Lodi residents do it? (Post Date: April 22, 2019)

This is the quote Vin Martin gave to the newspaper after he was listed as a new owner with the notorious “strip joints”:

“At the end of the day, I’ll have two kids in college next year, and I have to make a living,” he said. “It’s a business and I feel I’m entitled to own a business if I want to.

Link to article on northjersey.com:

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/lodi/2017/12/29/satin-dolls-j-s/990977001/

Why would “strip joints” be necessary for Councilman Vinny Martin to pay for college tuition?  The councilman's public positions put him at a great financial advantage over most Lodi residents.

1)  The last time Vin Martin ran for council, the borough was still paying him a retirement payout of $ 101,187.80

https://www.scribd.com/document/338057017/Vinny-Martin-s-Retirement-Payout

2)  Vin Martin currently receives a public pension of $89,560/yr.

3)  While collecting a public pension, Vin Martin appears to bounce around from hospital to hospital doing some type of security work.

4)  Vin Martin’s wife is employed by the Lodi BOE.

5)  Vin Martin’s children have appeared on the Lodi payroll.

6)  Vin Martin receives a stipend for being on the council.


7)  The Lodi taxpayers pay for Vin Martin's health benefits as well as the benefits for his family.

Vin Martin couldn’t pay college tuition with all the income sources listed above?  Affiliation with “strip joints” is the only way someone can pay for college?

Shady Bunch: Councilman Vin Martin must have been waiting in the wings to assist shuttered strip joints (Post Date: April 22, 2019)…

On December 7, 2017, the Office of the Attorney General ordered that all live entertainment cease at the two strip joints by December 17, 2017.  The OAG also ordered that the liquor licenses be sold or transferred to a bona fide third party by January 3, 2018. 

  

Click on the link below to read more from the Office of the Attorney General: 

https://nj.gov/oag/newsreleases17/pr20171207a.html

Nj.com reported that the liquor license for Satin Dolls was sold in December 2017 to Joseph Pallonetti of Parkland, Florida.  

https://www.nj.com/bergen/2018/03/sopranos_bada_bing_strip_club_satin_dolls_could_ma.html

On December 29, 2017, northjersey.com reported that Lodi Councilman Vincent Martin partnered with Pallonetti for ownership of the Secaucus strip joint:

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/lodi/2017/12/29/satin-dolls-j-s/990977001/

Think about this timeline.  The OAG order is dated December 7, 2017.  By December 29, 2017, newspapers were already reporting that a Lodi councilman would be part of the new ownership.

Was Vinny Martin just waiting in the wings to assist the shuttered strip joints?  Does Vinny Martin have a plausible explanation for even knowing his business partner from Parkland, Florida? 

The order stated that the OAG received information from the Lodi Police Department.  As a Lodi councilman, Vinny Martin has influence over the Lodi police department.  Months after partnering with the owner of Satin Dolls, Vinny Martin voted to appoint his close personal friend Donald Scorzetti as Lodi’s new police chief.

In mid-December 2017, news outlets questioned the futures of the two strip joints.  On March 26, 2018, northjersey.com reported that Satin Dolls was back in business.

Vincent Caruso who happens to be one of Vinny Martin’s best friends was quoted in the article:

“Borough Manager Vincent Caruso, meanwhile, said he had been unaware of the club's reopening until last week.

"Everything was done by the Alcoholic Beverage Control at the state level," Caruso said. "We had nothing to do with the investigation or the transfer of the [liquor] license."”

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/lodi/2018/03/26/satin-dolls-nj-sopranos-bada-bing-club-back-business/458555002/

Do the wheels of the ABC spin a little faster for Lodi Councilmembers/former law enforcement?

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Another New Jersey Strip Club is in the News. It's Much Different from the Articles About Vinny Martin's Strip Club. The Owners Don't Get a Free Pass for Running a Prostitution Business.

Link to article from nj.com:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/n-j-strip-club-owners-charged-with-money-laundering-promoting-prostitution/ar-AAYKgY6?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=434c584faf8e4c5092d7598ac2747c27

When Vinny Martin's strip club was in the news, not one article mentioned him or listed an owner.  

https://nypost.com/2021/12/16/drug-prostitution-probe-at-nj-go-go-bar-leads-to-9-arrests/

We live in a State and a country where there are different standards for different people.  There is no justice.

Councilman Vinny Martin: Legit owner or just a front?

Please read the news release dated December 7, 2017 from the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General linked below:

https://nj.gov/oag/newsreleases17/pr20171207a.html

https://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/2019/03/lodi-councilman-must-have-been-waiting.html

At the end of that same month, Vinny Martin was so proud to be named as one of the new owners of the strip club along with a partner from Parkland, Florida (how do the two know each other?).

https://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/2019/04/2018-vinny-martin-vs-election-time.html

Well, almost a year and a half later, the property of Vinny Martin’s strip club is still owned by those named in the AG report.   They use so many different LLCs and addresses but campaign contribution reports clearly show that 515 Westminister is one of the addresses used by the owners listed in the AG's report.

Once so proud of his “ownership”, Vinny Martin doesn’t list his business on any campaign material, his LinkedIn page, or anywhere else.

When people question why a Lodi councilman jumped at the opportunity to join a business shut down by the state and with pending charges of prostitution, those closest to Vinny say that he just lent his name so the strip club can reopen. 

Did a Lodi councilman use his public office title to front a business?  Did he use his public title to sell influence?  What did he supposedly pay to buy into the business?

Lodi deserves better than these shady characters running as PRIDE.