Don;

            You have pounded your stake into the ground, tied the rawhide thong to your ankle, drew your knife, and are now facing the enemy counting many coups. Good for you.

            Socrates said, “False words are not only evil in themselves, they also infect the soul with evil.

            You know, my wife and I occasionally like to visit Las Vegas, see a few shows, play a little poker, and a few slots. If we knew that the mayor of that city was a liar, wouldn’t that make us less comfortable about visiting a town where many worry about getting cheated out of their money already? Would that not also apply to Atlantic City?

            The men of the US Army Special Forces are all about honor. I had a friend in Vietnam from a sister A Camp of mine. A young gung ho Green Beret first lieutenant just like me back then in 1968, he had 3 sucking chest wounds from AK-47 rounds, and he refused medical evacuation until all of his wounded Montagnard strikers were first placed on dustoff helicopters. He died when one came back for him, but he died a Green Beret and so typical of what so many have stood for. What so many have died for. Your mayor has cheapened such valor and has tried to steal the honor of men such as my friend. Why? To get votes in an election, to increase his power base, because his prior honorable service in the war was just not good enough for him. Well, I have a question, what if at some point, he decides his salary is just not quite enough? What if his expense account is not what he thinks he is worth, but he has availability to a petty cash fund? Gee, he is the mayor, so he actually has the whole city budget available to him, huh? What if someone crosses him? Would he use his powers as mayor to attack them? Why not? He has already proven that honor means little to him.

            Honor and integrity are twin brothers, in my opinion. If a man will steal the honor of others, where is his dividing line on honesty and integrity, and is that dividing line moveable according to his whims and his willingness to justify his actions?

            The men of the US Army Special Forces are also noted for other things besides honor. One that is most noteworthy is the experience, single-minded tenacity, courage, and overall ability and determination to accomplish their mission, no matter what it is. We are noted for “thinking and outside the box” and “coloring outside the lines” to accomplish our missions. Your mayor does know that about us.  As I mentioned previously, your mayor IS going to apologize to the men, past and present, of the US Army Special Forces for trying to pose as one of us for self-centered personal gain. He can do it the hard way or the easy way, but he is going to apologize. Please feel free to pass my words on to him. I speak for many . . . and they all wear or wore Green Berets, something the mayor has never done in his life, legally. He has never earned the right.

            Keep after the bear, Don, and your brother Harry, too, Great job! Great steadfast community involvement and protection, too, on your parts. The citizens of Atlantic City are blessed to have neighbors like you two.

            Personally, Don, I would much rather give up my life than to shirk my responsibility to try to right great wrongs when I see them. You and your brother apparently live by the same credo, and I respect that.

De Oppresso Liber

Don Bendell  

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A Growing Scandal In Atlantic City

The Levy Cover Up Continues

By Don P. Hurley

Contributing Editor

HarryHurley.com

November 9, 2006

 

On November 4, 2006, I made a written request for public information to the City Clerk of Atlantic City, Rosemary Adams.

 

My communication was a request to obtain the Military Discharge Certificate Form DD 214, of Robert William Levy, Sr., the Mayor of Atlantic City.

 

Levy has been outted as a Phony ,Wannabe Green Beret by three separate investigations into Levy's false claims of military service in the Vietnam War.

 

I investigated the policy for the city of Atlantic City, and discovered that it is "a condition of employment" within the city to require employees to place on file a copy of their DD 214.

 

Therefore, this makes Levy's DD 214 Form, public information.

 

I decided to telephone the City Clerk, Rosemary Adams this morning and a polite gentleman answered the phone.

 

I asked to speak with the City Clerk, and the man said to please hold, and that she was in. The man got back on the phone and asked me to identify myself, which I did.

 

Once I said who I was, the man said "oh....please hold on". After a brief moment, the man stated that Rosemary Adams was not in after all.

 

I asked to speak with someone in charge and to get a status report on my request for information.

 

The Assistant Clerk got on the phone and informed me that she had no knowledge of my request for information.

 

I asked her if she could look into this matter and to please call me at home with an update.

 

I also informed the Assistant Clerk, that I received very reliable information that Bob Levy, or someone working for Bob Levy had already removed his DD 214 Certificate from the files, since after the time I had made public request for it.

 

I informed the Assistant Clerk that I hoped that this was not true, as there has been a pattern of cover up by this administration that I was hoping had not reached their office, too.

 

The Assistant Clerk promised to get back to me shortly. It should be noted that this never happened.

 

I went on with my day and returned home at approximately 4:00 PM, and thought I would call the Clerk's office once again, since their was a long weekend for city government about to begin.

 

It is ironic that the holiday about to be celebrated is Veteran's Day.

 

I called and tried to speak with Clerk Rosemary Adams, and reached the Assistant Clerk again, who informed me that Adams was in a meeting this time.

 

It should be noted that Rosemary Adams has never made herself available this entire year, to me or any other citizen that I know. She is always either not in, of she is in a meeting which never ends.

 

The Assistant Clerk placed me in contact with a lovely female worker who said that my question had been answered in a letter mailed to me yesterday in Atlantic City.

 

I informed the Assistant Clerk that I had just received my mail and there was no letter from the city, and more importantly, I had asked to pick up my information in person.

 

I asked if the female could read me the letter over the telephone; which she did.

 

The letter indicated that Bob Levy's DD 214 was not on file with the city. The letter also said that even if the city had the DD 214 on file, they would not give it to me, as Bob Levy had rights of privacy.

 

It is important to note that the letter to me was signed by Kimberly Baldwin, the City Solicitor. 

 

This is the same Attorney who involved herself in a cover up for Levy with the letter of threat she wrote on behalf of Bob Levy to The Press of Atlantic City to stop them from printing the truth about Bob Levy, in a story that was set to run on 10-17-06.

 

This story from The Press would have revealed that Bob Levy was a Phony Green Beret, carrying on a more than 42 year fantasy of Special Forces Service in the Vietnam War.

 

I informed the worker that I had reliable information that Levy's DD 214 had been removed from the files of city hall after I had made my public request for this document.

 

It is also important to note that Bob Levy and Kim Baldwin are hiding behind whatever information is contained in this DD 214, and have no intention of releasing this form easily.

 

If this form had the exculpatory evidence that Bob Levy claimed in his threat to The Press; than why doesn't he just release it?

 

The truth is, this form contains nothing more than the information that has already been released by the National Personnel Records Center, which revealed that Levy is a fraud and imposter, with no record of service as either a Ranger or Green Beret in the United States Army.

 

The truth be told, Bob Levy was in communications assignments, and a Recruiter for the United States Army.

 

Two of these jobs, Levy did in Vietnam, which would have been fully impressive and completely honorable, in and of themselves.

 

But this was not enough for Levy, who apparently wanted to be more than just this.

 

Hence the creation of the 42 year long fantasy that Levy created for himself as a "Wannabe Green Beret".

 

This is a tall tale complete with false exploits of legendary status, that was as real as the story he made up last year that he was "kicked out of Atlantic City High School for dating his African-American girlfriend", in order to try and get himself elected Mayor of Atlantic City.

 

I suppose that this story was just more impressive than the truth, that Levy was on the verge of being kicked out of school on his own, rather than for the noble fantasy that he created in pursuit of young love.

 

Levy finally admitted this to Derek Harper and The Press of AC, after this lie was exposed by my brother ,Harry Hurley, of Hurley in the Morning fame. 

 

The same goes for the Vietnam experience for Levy, I would surmise. That being a Bogus Green Beret, to Levy, would far outweigh being just a Communication Specialist in Vietnam or Recruiter in Atlantic City, NJ.

 

This lie by Levy, has now also been exposed.

 

But to date, this is a lie that Levy is having a harder time letting go.

 

Bob Levy promised to come out on his dependable local talk radio station this past Monday, 11-6-06, to fully address his Green Beret Status.

 

Levy appeared on the early show and refused to speak about it, and the host never asked the Green Beret question.

 

The mid-morning show host, at least, did ask the Green Beret question, when Levy went on to ramble about his service that is not being called into question by anyone.

 

At this time, Levy for the first time says that he was "attached to a Green Beret Transportation Mission".

 

This would  seem a far cry from actually being a Green Beret, and it will be interesting to see one day if this is even true, either. But, perhaps this mission is where Levy's fantasy actually began. Who knows?

 

It was after this, that Levy canceled all other appearances and has gone into hiding. Levy was not even seen on Election Day in Atlantic City.

 

The fact remains simple, though. Levy continues to dig himself in a deeper hole, as his attempts to cover up his scandal grows.

 

The cover up is usually worse than the original incident, so Levy is not disappointing corruption theorists anywhere, who have seen him act for nearly a year now, as the shill-Mayor for a Crime Boss, who is heading to Federal Prison next month.

 

I re-new my challenge to Levy, to fire the entire cabinet that his Crime Boss coerced him into hiring.

 

I further urge Levy to then fire himself, and step down as Mayor of Atlantic City.

 

And, most importantly, it's time to give back the honor and valor to our real members of the United States Army Special Forces that you, Bob Levy, attempted to steal from them...BUT YOU WERE CAUGHT in the act. I urge you to do this before Veterans Day.

 

The entire city knows what you did, Bob Levy. And soon the rest of the world will, too, due to the terrible manner in which you have conducted yourself throughout this scandal.

 

Shame on you, Bob Levy.

 

Respectfully,

 

 

Don P. Hurley