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Local conflict, state crisis, from Trenton Times |
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TrentonTimes - Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Local conflict, state crisis
Budget clash points to OPRA shortcomings
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
BY DARRYL R. ISHERWOOD
HAMILTON -- As council members await the results of a subpoena filed to
obtain township financial information, advocates for transparency in
government say it is just this type of clash that has contributed to a
crisis of confidence the public is experiencing over its elected
officials.
"Access and transparency are the twin pillars of good government," said
Seton Hall Law School professor Paula Franzese, who chairs the State
Ethics Commission. "Citizens need to be able to participate if we are
to have a truly participatory government and that participation depends
on access to records and it depends on transparency."
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A Cleaner New Jersey (NYT, Feb. 4, 2007) |
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OpEd from New York Times, Feb. 4, 2007, by Annette Catino, proposing a Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the state of New Jersey. nyt-oped-nj sarbox-feb4-07
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