a surprising tax increase

Amongst the new sales tax items in the Governor's proposed budget is a new tax on bail bonds services. I wonder how Sen. Wayne Bryant (D-camdem) will vote on that.

The inquiry by the U.S. Attorney's Office centers on Sen. Wayne Bryant (D-Camden), whose committees approved significant additional funding for the university's School of Osteopathic Medicine in southern New Jersey, after he was hired there as a $38,220-a-year community affairs consultant.

At issue is whether Bryant sold his office to financially benefit his employer. The senator declined to discuss the allegations.

The interest in Bryant grows out of a widening federal examination of corruption at UMDNJ, which already has led to the resignations of several top administrators and, most recently, the dean at the osteopathic school where the senator worked.