Should New Jersey’s ethics laws uniformly cover localities, too? That’s the topic of this NJ.com analysis. New Jersey has 566 municipalities, 611 school districts, 190 local authorities, and 121 fire districts. The costs of supervising all of those is staggering. Moreover, the potential for abuse is plain. Supervision and control varies, and too often is […]
Month: April 2009
Lobbying State of Play
Sunlight Foundation reports that there’s been a “K Street boom” since January, without 1,700 new registrations.
Pay to Play (on Committees)?
Authorities are allegedly investigating a scheme to provide committee chairmanships in exchange for campaign contributions, according to this report. The investigation into alleged political favors dates at least to 2008, when House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, was in charge of the chamber. Jetton, who did not seek re-election last year because of term limits, […]