Jersey needs clean elections now

The Asbury Park Press on Saturday hit the nail on the head with its editorial on “clean elections” in New Jersey. As the editorial points out, the problems with the recent experiment in public financing were with the way the legislation was crafted, setting contribution thresholds that were too high and not providing equal funding for third-party candidates. Real campaign reform requires a real attempt at making public financing work — then, maybe, the tangle of connections that have ensnared Mayor Richard Pucci in Monroe might be prevented in the future. Read the full legislative committee report here.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet