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Bob Ingle's Blog

Written by Bop Ingle
Thursday, 13 March 2008
They want 'Clean Elections' killed (Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:05:00 +0000) Opponents of the state's Clean Elections program say the public campaign financing program is a failure and should be killed. They want the Legislature to concentrate on ending pay to play and legislative leadership accounts. The latter allows leadership to control a majority of campaign money with looser rules. Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, R-Sussex, questioned why Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr., D-Camden, was pursuing the "Clean Elections" program that costs taxpayer dollars while the other measures have a stronger link to curbing corruption. McHose said, "I'm saying he's a hypocrite because he's not looking to police himself, but yet... Here we go again (Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0000) Another public worker is leaving the job with a ridiculous amount of claimed unused sick, personal holiday and vacation time. The Daily Record's Rob Jennings says Rockaway Police Chief Walter Kimble will get over $266,000 which is more than double his $125,955 annual salary. He will get $80,880 annual pension when he officially retires in September. He has been on paid vacation since July. There is no way his town or any other can budget for such payouts. Plus the sick time claimed for 25 years ago is being paid out in today's dollars. Vacation and personal holiday time should... Has Hell frozen over yet? (Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:14:00 +0000) Attorney General Anne Milgram was running errands on her own time and got pulled over for speeding. Considering the actions of her recent predecessors you'd think there would be back room deals to get it fixed or at least sweep it under the rug. Not so. We found out about it quickly because her office put out a press release, and not on a Friday where it would be overlooked but on a slow news day, Monday. Milgram said she doesn't plan to contest the $176 fine or try to get the four points reduced even though that is her... Beck's idea too good to have much of a chance (Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:53:00 +0000) First term Sen. Jennifer Beck of Monmouth County wants politicians convicted of political corruption stripped of retirement benefits no matter when the corruption occurred. A law that went into effect in April of '07 eliminates pension benefits for corruption convictions or guilty pleas for government employees. Beck is sponsoring a bill to amend that law to include all political corruption crimes, not just the ones after the 2007 law took effect. She told the AP, "The Legislature must create a disincentive in order to discourage that small minority who view public service as a business opportunity." If Beck's bill had... Corzine might look here for money (Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:59:00 +0000) While Corzine is looking for ways to raise money he might consider collecting all the rent owed from people using the state's parklands. My colleague Mike Rispoli reports the Department of Environmental Protection has 232 leases on file -- everything from homes to education centers to utility lines -- but there is no complete list. It's estimated there are around 300 leases. There are at least 10 agreements reached since 2006 that aren't included. That's ironic because Corzine was willing to raise park user fees for the rest of us or even close parks. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility director...