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Asbury Park Press: Speaker's town his pay-to-playground

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Posted by GET NJ on April 12, 2004 at 06:58:14:

Speaker's town his pay-to-playground

Published April 11 in the Asbury Park Press
By TOM TRONCONE
STAFF WRITER

If you want a no-bid town contract in West New York, it pays to have a friend in town hall, especially if that friend is Mayor Albio Sires, who is also the speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly.

In West New York, Sires is the king of pay-to-play, the practice of rewarding major campaign contributors with no-bid contracts, a Gannett New Jersey newspapers' investigation shows.

Sires, in his role as the Democratic leader of the state's lower house, has personally blocked comprehensive pay-to-play reform from passing the Assembly for more than a year.

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: Published April 11 in the Asbury Park Press 
: By TOM TRONCONE
: STAFF WRITER

: If you want a no-bid town contract in West New York, it pays to have a friend in town hall, especially if that friend is Mayor Albio Sires, who is also the speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly.

: In West New York, Sires is the king of pay-to-play, the practice of rewarding major campaign contributors with no-bid contracts, a Gannett New Jersey newspapers' investigation shows.

: Sires, in his role as the Democratic leader of the state's lower house, has personally blocked comprehensive pay-to-play reform from passing the Assembly for more than a year.

: . . .

: For the complete piece, see the Link.


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