April
27, 2005
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Symposium
on Campaign Finance Reform Asks: Can The “Culture
of Corruption” Be Abolished?
(Mahwah)
- A panel of state and municipal government leaders will
participate in a symposium, Campaign Finance Reform: Can
the “Culture of Corruption” Be Abolished? on Monday,
May 9 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Trustees
Pavilion at Ramapo College of New Jersey.
The Honorable Robert H. Franks, former Republican State Chairman;
the Honorable Dennis McNerney, Bergen County Executive (invited);
and the Honorable Loretta Weinberg, Assemblywoman (District
37) and Majority Conference Leader (invited) will discuss campaign
finance reform.
Following
their discussion, GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Honorable
Todd Caliguire, Esq., former Bergen County Freeholder; the
Honorable Paul DiGaetano, Assemblyman (District 36), the
Honorable Steve Lonegan, Mayor of Bogota; the Honorable John
Murphy, Freeholder Morris County; and the Honorable Robert
Schroeder, Washington Township Councilman, will have the
opportunity to outline their proposals to end what has been
called “the
culture of corruption” in New Jersey politics.
The Honorable
Gary S. Stein, a former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice
is the guest speaker during the dinner, which begins at 6:45
p.m. He is the former associate justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court, appointed by Governor Thomas Kean. Stein
served on the court from 1985 to 2002. During his 17
years on the bench, he authored over 365 opinions including
220 majority ones. Among his prominent decisions are State v. Novembrino (1987), State v. Pierce (1995), State
v. D.R. (1988) and State v. Brunson (1993). He
also authored many significant dissenting
opinions, including those in Abbott v. Burke (2002).
A native of Irvington, Justice Stein graduated from Duke University
and with distinction from the Duke University School of Law
where he was associate editor of the Duke Law Journal and
a member of the Order of the Coif. He practiced law until
being appointed by Governor Thomas Kean to the position of
director of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Planning,
which he held from 1982 to 1985. Stein is currently counsel
to the Hackensack firm of Pashman Stein.
The symposium
is offered without charge as a community service by The Ramapo
College Foundation and the School of Administration
and Business in conjunction with the Center for Business
and Public Policy. Registration and refreshments begin at
4:30 p.m.; the program is scheduled for 5 p.m. Advance
registration will be accepted by calling
201.684.7373, faxing 201.684.7957 or e-mailing
cbpp@ramapo.edu.
The Center
for Business and Public Policy at Ramapo College provides
a nonpartisan forum for the examination of issues that affect
the economic well being and quality of life of New Jersey’s citizens. The Center’s focus
is on taxation, health care, education and business regulation. The
Center hosts colloquia, workshops, conferences
and other programs, and publishes journals
and papers.
