Healy Attempts to Thwart Fulop's Mayoral Run, Ethics Reform

Politicker NJ reports that Downtown councilman Steven Fulop's other ballot initiative-- a ban on Pay-to-Play-- is being used by Mayor Healy in an effort to rebuff Fulop's presumed mayoral challenge to Healy.

Healy proposed amending Fulop's pay-to-play reform bill whereby candidates would reveal their net worth and yearly earnings. If a candidate met a threshold of personal wealth, pay-to-play rules would not be enforced. Fulop, an investment banker, likely has a large enough net worth that if he entered the race, the pay-to-play rules would not be in effect for Healy. By contrast, Healy has suckled from the public teat long enough his assets may not qualify, meaning its a win-win-win for Healy.