Bob Ingle
Autore di The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption
Sull'Autore
Bob Ingle is coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Soprano State (St. Martin's Press), which was made into a 2011 documentary. He is an award-winning veteran journalist and broadcaster. His political blog, Politics Patrol, is read in all fifty states and more than seventy countries, and his mostra altro commentary is heard frequently on radio and TV across America. Michael Symons is a veteran New Jersey journalist, currently based on Press Row in the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton. He has covered seven governors and is well respected for his objectivity, balance, and thoroughness. His blog, Capitol Quickies, is a must-read for every politician and politically connected person in New Jersey and Washington, D.C. mostra meno
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A well researched account of political corruption in New Jersey. Despite attempts by the authors to show some silver lining to the situation in the fact that many of the politicians written about in this book were brought to justice, the reader is left with the feeling of hopelessness in the face of such systemic problems. An entire chapter dedicated to a path forward would have made the book a better addition to the public discourse instead of another depressing reminder of how bad things are.
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- Opere
- 5
- Utenti
- 96
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- #196,089
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- 3.3
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 10
The history is all laid out here by Ingle and McClure, long-time corruption hunting New Jersey journalists. The book is, in some ways, not that compelling reading, because it is essentially a recitation of one faulty, corrupt system and politician after another. But the shear size and pervasiveness of the problem after awhile becomes fascinating and horrifying at the same time. I suppose this is all really only of interest to people with a direct interest in the life of New Jersey. Although I now live in California, I am a Jersey native, so I'm in that camp.
Interestingly, one of the few public figures who comes off well in this book is U.S. prosecutor Chris Christie, who is shown to be intent in rooting out and prosecuting the corruption whenever he can make a case. Christie is now the state's governor, one of the recent spate of hard-line right wing politicians to take office across the U.S. Whether he is now waging the same battle against corruption from the governor's office that he did as a DA, or whether he has followed the lead of previous governors who joined the patronage party once gaining office, I have no idea from this far remove.… (altro)