>Bergen County Pay-to-play reform stalled ????
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011
BY MICHAEL GARTLAND
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Pay-to-play reform in Bergen County was impractical because of likely legal challenges, Democrats contended last year. But such reform was essential to dispel the perception that county government was for sale, Republicans countered.
The county’s political landscape has shifted significantly since then and so have the dynamics of a pay-to-play debate that has dominated local and state politics for more than a decade.
Republicans took control of the county freeholder board in January for the first time in eight years, and all but one of them voted in June to delay the latest pay-to-play reform proposal. The reason? Legal considerations.
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