Alan Rosenthal

Dr. Alan Rosenthal, a political science professor at Rutgers University, has been named chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards.  The announcement was made jointly by the Legislature's Democratic and Republican leadership, who named him under a new law that removes incumbent legislators from the watchdog panel.

RUTGERS EXPERT ALAN ROSENTHAL NAMED CHAIRMAN
OF LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMITTEE
Respected Expert on Ethics and State Legislatures To Lead
Reconstituted, Empowered Ethical Watchdog

(TRENTON) - Senate President Richard J. Codey, Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr., Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean, and Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce today announced that Rutgers University professor Dr. Alan Rosenthal will be been named chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards.

Three newspaper columnists will join Michael Aron on Reporters Roundtable this weekend to talk about Gov. Jon Corzine’s monetization plan and the retirement of Rep. Mike Ferguson: Paul Mulshine of the Star-Ledger, Bob Ingle of Gannett New Jersey, and Charles Stile of The Record.

And if you don’t eat turkey and still want a dose of tryptophan, this week’s On the Record features Rutgers Prof. Alan Rosenthal, Jon Shure of New Jersey Policy Perspective, and Gregg Edwards of the Center for Policy Research of New Jersey. 

Missing from Friday’s Ledger and Record stories about the failure by the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards to reopen an investigation into Sen. Joseph Coniglio was any mention of earlier promises by leadership to independently review the Legislative Code of Ethics.

BTW, recommendations were promised by June . . . that’s June 2007.

Hey, it’s tough to meet deadlines when constantly being distracted by subpoenas and agents rifling through your files.

The examination has seemingly disappeared into a news Black Hole.