Vote new people in to state offices

I am an advocate of voting for anyone who isn't an incumbent. It's not that I think that any particular legislative incumbent is the cause of the rampant corruption around this state. It's because I cannot tell the difference between a loyal public servant and a crooked politician. Any politician in the Legislature that has been there for more than a couple of years is part of the problem. Either they accepted the corruption, or are ineffective in stopping it.

This state is reporting $25-billion in unfunded pension obligations since Florio, the Whitman and McGreevey governments used those funds to balance their wild spending sprees; with the legislatures apparent approval. If this doesn't convince the voters of this state to do something, nothing will. Maybe when U.S. Attorney Chris Christie gets done there will only be honest public servants in office. Wishful thinking.

Steven Birnbaum

Old Bridge