Fire corrupt officials; hire Christie

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on March 18, 2009 at 3:00 AM, updated March 18, 2009 at 3:05 AM

To the Editor:

Concerning “(State Supreme) Court to consider Bryant legal bills,” article, March 11:

I can't imagine a court allowing leftover campaign funds totaling $600,000 to pay for former the legal bills of Wayne Bryant, the former state senator. His campaign ended. The excess money should not belong to him. It should be donated to a charity.

Bryant was the one who disgraced his name, and should be the one to foot his own bill. Why would the Supreme Court even grant certification (to consider reversing lower court rulings that denied Bryant use of these funds)?

Bryant was convicted last year on federal corruption charges, including getting a “no work” job at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and he is still awaiting sentencing.

We need a dedicated gubernatorial candidate like former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie to sweep this state of the fraud and corruption. Christie is just that -- a corruption buster. He is somebody who will take a close look at all the problems that exist in this state, and eliminate all the waste and predators.

We need new management of those minding the books to review where the waste is going.

We don't need any more Wayne Bryants or Jim McGreeveys to fill our state offices and bring shame and corruption. Is Bryant still going to get a bloated state pension, obtained partly from his illegal activities? I see no mention of that yet. Why do we tend to reward these corrupt people?

A stronger and forceful governor needs to oversee and end misuse of taxpayers dollars. Where did billions of taxpayers' money evaporate in some of the “Abbott” (special-needs) school districts and for construction projects there? It was cited as sloppy books and mismanagement. Who was hired to oversee the books? This seemed deliberate to fill greedy pockets.

Should we all keep sloppy bank accounts? How many times are taxpayers held responsible for fraud and mistakes?

Gov. Jon Corzine is now appropriating millions of dollars more to these same school districts. Problems will repeat themselves unless there is tighter and total control of spending.

Chris Christie would be the right man to serve the state and its people. We need an honest person to show these crooks they will not be tolerated, and that they will be prosecuted and dismissed from public office. We need to clean house with a new breath of fresh air.

When election time arrives, be sure to vote wisely. Take a moment to look back and absorb all the negative exposure this state has had. It's not a pretty picture.