Whatever happened to N.J. ethics reform?

By Jonathan Tamari Inquirer Trenton Bureau Eight months after Gov. Corzine promised to push comprehensive campaign-finance and contracting limits into law, key parts of his ethics-reform pledge are languishing in the Legislature. Top Democrats in the Senate and Assembly said they did not expect to act on Corzine’s "pay-to-play" restrictions before the traditional summer break at the end of June and did not know when they would. In his 2005 campaign and again at a high-profile September news conference, Corzine said he would tighten rules on campaign donors seeking government contracts. A significant piece of his plan called for tougher restrictions on municipal and county bodies…

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