Another day in the ethical quagmire

This just doesn’t seem like it goes far enough. So Sen. Bryant is leaving his post as chairman of the state Senate Appropriations and Budget Committee over accusations that he took a no-show job with the University of Medicine and Denistry to essentially “lobby himself,” as a report noted.

And Gov. Jon Corzine has ordered “his counsel to review Bryant’s activities as budget chair,” according to the Star-LEdger.

“There are enough things that raise questions that it’s appropriate to find out what happened, when it happened and why,” he is quoted as saying in the Ledger.

But he still wields an awful lot of clout. And, given the way his Democratic colleagues are tip-toeing around, he likely will continue to do so unless an indictment is handed down or he is forced to resign.

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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