Cliffside Park Deputy Clerk's Election-Pay Trial Under Way

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › April 21, 2009

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Suspended Cliffside Park Deputy Clerk Carol Lynn Palma turned less than $200 in yearly overtime into a $10,000-a-year payday, an assistant Bergen County prosecutor argued as Palma's trial on theft charges began Tuesday.

Palma's lawyer, Paul Faugno, countered that his client had no control over payments she received for running the annual school board elections and is being blamed for the Board of Education's faulty accounting.

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Cliffside Park Deputy Clerk's Election-Pay Trial Under Way

Faugno added that Palma is taking the fall for deals between her boss at the time, former borough Clerk Brian McGuirt, and former Sup...

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