Kingmaker, no more

Tom Moran’s interview with former state Senate President John Lynch in today’s Star-Ledger, while relatively short, offers some useful insight into the former powerbroker’s mindset — and all that is wrong with New Jersey politics. There is a willful arrogance in his responses that I’ve encountered from far too many powerful politicians in the state. And his unwillingness to see why his connection to Monroe Mayor Richard Pucci — while legal — would have at least the appearance of impropriety underscores the lack of understanding that most politicians have of the pay-to-play issue.

Channel Surfing, The South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press

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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