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Who Investigates the Investigators?

It’s always an issue when one is appointed the judge of others. Who judges the judge?

So it is with the New Jersey Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards. This committee is charged with investigating misdoings by the elected ones.

As we reported the other day, state senator Wayne Bryant is in a heap of trouble. An independent report issued Monday charged Bryant with coercing a no-show job from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. For this piece of cake job, Bryant was paid $35,000 annually. In return, Bryant used his leverage as a state senator to secure funds for the university. If true, Bryant should face prosecution.

The Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards is the next step in the process. On Monday, it scheduled a meeting for today. Yesterday, Sen. Gerald Cardinale, who sits on the Committee, stated that he was going to request that hearings be opened up into the Bryant mess.

Interestingly, however, this ethics committee ducked its responsibility. Because it was not interested in dealing with one of its own, the Committee cancelled today’s meeting.

Guess what? The Bryant mess is still here folks. But your actions highlight the problem in this state. No one is serious about cleaning up the messes. Those in Trenton just want to ride the gravy train, served by our tax dollars, and abstain from doing any work.

Remember this when they ask you for their vote . . .

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• Quit Yer Bitchin' - 2007
• Daily Journal Takes McGreevey to Task - 2006
• How Cool Is This? - 2005
• The First NJ Gubernatorial Debate - 2005
• Jon Corzine Believes You're An Idiot - 2005
• Life on the Rocks - 2003
• Cross Roads of Life - Which way too go? - 2003
• Look at my Weltz - 2003
• BIG OLD DEAD CACHE - 2003
• Shifting Sands - 2003
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