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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: TigerPaw who wrote (120858)4/17/2008 1:32:36 PM
From: TideGlider   of 173976
 
After James Conviction, GOP Senators Push for Change
By Scott Goldstein
4/17/2008

In the wake of yesterday's corruption conviction of former Newark Mayor and former State Sen. Sharpe James, Republican state senators are pushing a package of ethics reforms that would immediately ban dual-office holding and place stricter limits on campaign contributions.
"It's a sad day for all the people of New Jersey when the former mayor of our largest city is convicted of violating the public trust for personal gain," said Republican Senate Leader Tom Kean Jr. (R-Union) and Sen. Leonard Lance (R-Hunterdon) in a joint statement.

James, a Democrat who left the mayor's office in 2006 and left the Senate earlier this year after his terms were complete, and his ex-mistress, Tamika Riley, were found guilty by a federal jury of corruption stemming from the cut-rate sale of city land to Riley. James, 72, who was mayor for two decades, was convicted on all five charges he faced, including fraud and conspiracy. Prosecutors say the charges carry about seven to eight years in prison.

The legislation being pushed by the GOP would ban dual-office holding (S-769 and S-685); set stricter regulations on contributions to and between county political parties (S-760); limit contribution by public contractors (S-287); and prohibit campaign contributions by buyers of property involved in eminent domain proceedings (S-600).

The bills require the support of Democrats who hold majorities in both houses.
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