Make it public

This probably won’t quiet the small squall surrounding the governor, but he is asking “a panel of ethics advisers to review his conduct during recent negotiations over a new contract for state workers and his financial ties to union leader Carla Katz.”

I can understand his reticence about going public with some of the information here, but at the same time he is a public official, the chief executive of the state and his behavior needs to be above board. This is especially true in the wake of the McGreevey scandals and all of the other ethical problems facing the state.

His past relationship with Carla Katz is always going to be an issue. The two of them can make it less so only by allowing us into some areas they might prefer to keep private. That’s not comfortable and may not be fair, but he’s the one who chose to run for governor.

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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