The Soprano State

It's Not a Joke New Jersey leads the country in corruption "Ingle and McClure have been chasing the people, politics,and plundering for years in the best Ben Hecht Front Page style. Investigative journalism in New Jersey is not for the faint at heart, the lazy, or the impatient." from the Foreword by Dick Hughes "We're often asked by people elsewhere if New Jersey residents are aware of what the rest of the country thinks and why they don't do something about it. The answer to the first question is: They know. The second is harder. Do they like being the national butt of jokes? Do they wait for the day when they can get their share of graft? Are they too busy working more than one job to afford the extraordinary cost of living? Have they given up?" from The Soprano State "This book is a page-turner. You start out laughing and end up pounding the table for reform. May the book inspire those who care about New Jersey to imagine a better place." Tom Curley, CEO, The Associated Press "New Jersey is arguably America's most corrupt state, and it is not an achievement to be proud of, as Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure starkly demonstrate. Only the people of the Garden State can stop the jokesboth the ones elected to office and the ones told about the crooked truth of political life there." Dr. Larry J. Sabato, author of A More Perfect Constitution and director of the Center for Politics, University of Virginia This three-decade journey through the political and economic weeds of the Garden State, led by two of its finest journalists, will astound, outrage, and empower any American taxpayer.McClure, Sandy is the author of 'The Soprano State', published 2008 under ISBN 9780312368944 and ISBN 0312368941.