Dual Officeholding: Sweeney Does Back Flip
source www.philly.com
New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney, (D., Gloucester)
back-flipped last week on a pledge to not seek another term on the
Gloucester County Freeholder Board.
Sweeney still hasn't gotten the message that dual officeholding ill serves the public. One constituency has to wonder if it's playing second fiddle. There's also an implied arrogance that only he is capable of filling either job.
A new state law bans officeholders from doubling up jobs to collect dual salaries and benefits while fattening their pensions. But a grandfather clause allows lawmakers who held two offices as of Feb. 1 to keep both.
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