Joint Committee on Ethical Standards

Senator Diane Allen issued this letter today in response to federal prosecutor’s investigation into Senator Joseph Coniglio’s legislative grants.

Senator Diane Allen Chosen for Seat on Joint Committee on Ethical Standards

Senate Republican Leader Leonard Lance (R-23) has chosen Senator Diane Allen (R-7) to become a member of the Joint Committee on Ethical Standards. Senator Allen will fill a vacancy following Senator Robert Martin’s resignation from the committee.

CORODEMUS SAYS HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION

Deputy Assembly Republican Leader Steve Corodemus announced today that his eighth term representing the people of Monmouth County's 11th legislative district in the state Assembly will be his last. With eight consecutive victorious elections, he is the longest serving legislative incumbent in Monmouth County history. Corodemus has been in elected office for 19 years having served as a Borough councilman for his hometown of Atlantic Highlands.

Bogota Mayor Steven Lonegan, a former gubernatorial candidate who has emerged as the leader of the state GOP's most conservative faction, has filed an ethics complaint against Republican State Senator William Gormley -- long viewed as an icon of the party's moderate wing. Lonegan alleges that Gormley used his political influence to help his wife's employer, Atlantic City Medical Center, receive state funding.

Lonegan has filed complaints with the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards against more than a quarter of the member of the New Jersey Legislature.

BIONDI AND CORODEMUS ASK THAT JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE MEETINGS BE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC

REQUEST THAT MEETINGS BE BROADCAST ON THE INTERNET, AS IS DONE WITH VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES

Assembly Republican Conference Leader Peter Biondi and Assemblyman Steve Corodemus today sent a letter to the chairman of the Legislative Joint Committee on Ethical Standards asking that the panel's next meeting, and all subsequent meetings, be available to the public via the internet.

KEAN: ETHICS CHAIRMAN SHOULD KNOW STEERING FUNDS FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES IS NOT HARMLESS