Political impunity for campaign crimes shows dire need to rebuild NJ’s election finance rules | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Neither political party seems a bit perturbed by the fact that the watchdog charged with enforcing the rules on campaign money in New Jersey is facing sabotage on its most important case, the long-stalled investigation of Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, better known as Joe D. The reason is clear: DiVincenzo has friends in both parties,…