Byran Baer

June 27, 2007 - 6:03pm

Baer laid to rest

In a final farewell to a political mentor, Senate President Dick Codey recalled in his eulogy for Sen. Byron Baer one particularly telling story: as soon as Jim McGreevey resigned and Codey learned he was going to become Acting Governor, he received a call from Baer asking him about his agenda.

“I’m still reeling from the shock, and I’m scared,” said Codey. “So I said ‘Byron, right now I have no agenda… So you can rest assured that Byron followed that phone call with many others in which he talked my ear off trying to help me set an agenda.”

It was not the first political advice Baer bestowed on Codey – he and his running mate, Al Burstein, worked closely with Codey as soon as the young Assemblyman entered office. Over time, the two grew close enough that Baer specifically requested Codey give his eulogy.

 

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