August
4, 2016
Dear
Editor,
The
threat of Public Employee Unions withholding donations from politicians is news
like-“Man bites dog”. Not only do unions but professional corporations of
engineers, attorneys, accountants etc. provide large flows of donations to
politicians but the receivers are the largely the Democrats. The last
Gloucester County Democrat Freeholders race was a great example of money flow
and questionable economics. The Democrat PAC for Freeholders spent over
$650,000 for three seats that pay a salaries of $17,000 per year. Just think of
the contracts they control.
The
source of the reporting on the NJ State web site reflects the largess of the
political contributors. New Jersey’s Election Law
Enforcement Commission (ELEC) is dedicated to administering
The New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures. What a great service it
would be if the reports for competing politicians would be a rolling election
period page. The monies the unions dispense to politician are inveigled from
the pockets of public unionized employees. It is obviously legal to contribute.
The ethics can be questioned when Contracts are negotiated or Contracts are
awarded by State, County and Municipal offices whose campaign kitties are
endowed. Senator Sweeney has; ‘Been there – Done that’. Senator Sweeney, how much have you received in
your campaign kitty? Many employees pay their dues under duress and watch union
dollars flow to political parties and candidate election funds. Voters have a
right to know. It is a duty of the Fourth Estate to inform what is being paid
for, and who is benefiting at tax payers expense.
Gerald Keer
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