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STEVE CORODEMUS: PURSE STRING POLICY MAKER

After 14 years in the Legislature, Assemblyman Steve Corodemus has learned to ignore his instincts, his colleagues and good government initiatives in favor of constantly pursuing the almighty dollar.

For Immediate Release
October 25, 2005
Contact: James Sverapa IV
Phone: 732-389-3103

STEVE CORODEMUS: PURSE STRING POLICY MAKER

EATONTOWN

-After 14 years in the Legislature, Assemblyman Steve Corodemus has learned to ignore his instincts, his colleagues and good government initiatives in favor of constantly pursuing the almighty dollar.

Case in point: In 2004, legislation was introduced to require health care facilities to give familial notification of death, after an incident in which a New Jersey family discovered their sick relative had died only after tracking her corpse to the hospital morgue.

The legislation, S-1534 introduced in May of 2004, would require health care facilities to "adopt and maintain written policies and procedures to delineate the responsibilities of its staff for prompt notification... about a patient's death" at their own expense. [Source: NJ Pamphlet Law, Ch. 90]. Even though the health care industry lobbied hard against the bill, it quickly made its way to the floor of the Senate, where it was passed unanimously and was reported on favorably. When it reached the floor of the General Assembly, it was passed into law by a vote of 76-0-3.

The health care industry had at least one friend that day: Assemblyman Steve Corodemus. Despite overwhelming support from both parties, Corodemus refused to support the bill. He didn't care about patients and their families. What he did care about was the almost $10,000 in campaign donations from the health care industry he'd received.

So, Steve Corodemus takes a pile of cash from special interests and then carries their water in the Assembly.

Coincidence? You be the judge.

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JAMES SVERAPA IV can be reached via email at jamessverapa@gmail.com.

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