Ngaba uJim Johnson Beat NJ weDemocratic Machine?

UJim Johnson, owayesakuba ngunobhala wezomthetho kwi-Ofisi kaNondyebo wase-U.S., Wangena kumdyarho werhuluneli yaseNew Jersey ngasekupheleni kuka-2016 emva kokuba sele ephumelele.

Ukusukela ekuqaleni kuka-Okthobha, ubulumko obuqhelekileyo obuvela kwiintatheli zeendaba kunye neepundits babambe ukuba iDemocratic primary-eyayihlelelwe uJuni 6 -yayeyigqibile ngenxa yokuba owayengummeli we-US u-Phil Murphy wayebambe iziqinisekiso ezininzi wayekulungele ukuba yirhuluneli elandelayo yelizwe.

KuJohnson, ukubekwa etroneni kukaMurphy kwiinyanga ezisibhozo phambi kokuba abavoti bokuqala babenobunzima kwaye kwakungumqondiso wengxaki ebanzi kwezopolitiko zaseNew Jersey.

Ukusuka kuzo zonke iintlobo zabantu ndasiva isikhalazo esithi, 'Asinalo ilizwi kwinkqubo. Sixelelwa ukuba zeziphi iinkokheli zethu. Asibanyuli. ’Oko, kum, kwabonakala kuyimpazamo enkulu, utshilo uJohnson kuBraganca NJ. Kwakucacile kwelo nqanaba ukuba ndiza kugijimela irhuluneli kodwa umbono wokuba, nangaphambi kokuba kunyulwe unyulo lukamongameli, abantu babezama ukuqonda ukuba ngubani na oza kuba yirhuluneli elandelayo kum, wayengenademokhrasi kwaye kufuneka iceliwe.

Ke ucele umngeni.

Emva kwesiqalo esithobekileyo kwisithunzi sikaMurphy, iphulo likaJohnson ngoku lelona liphumelele kakhulu kulo nyaka ngokweemali. Ngaphezulu kwe- $ 100,000 yeminikelo yakhe ivela kumalungu angaphambili e-firm firm yakhe, i-New York powerhouse Debevoise kunye ne-Plimpton, apho uJohnson kude kube kutshanje wayeliqabane elijongene nomthetho kunye ne-white-collar law defense law. Uthathe iiprojekthi ezinkulu zoluntu ezinje ngokujonga indawo yokuhlala esemthethweni kwizindlu ezifikelelekayo ngo-2009 athe urhulumente wephondo wafikelela kwiWestchester County, eNew York, ekhokelela Ukuxabana neRephabliki yeNqila yeSigqeba uRob Astorino . UJohnson ukwakhokele iqela laseNew Jersey elacebisa iikhamera zomzimba wamapolisa ngo-2015.

UJohn Kiernan, usihlalo wekomiti yeenqobo ezisesikweni kunye nosihlalo wesebe lezimangalo eDebevoise nasePlimpton kude kube kutshanje, uthe uJohnson akanabuchule okanye uqhelaniso lwe-technicolor.

Amaxesha akhe okufezekisa kakhulu ibingamaxesha apho wacelwa ukuba abe ngoyena mntu ubalulekileyo ekuncedeni ekusebenzeni ngemicimbi etshisayo… enomdla onzulu kumacala omabini, utshilo uKiernan, umnikeli kwiphulo likaJohnson. Xa wonke umntu ekhala, unqwenela ukuba ngoyena mntu ubalaseleyo kweli gumbi.

Ngoo-1990, uJohnson wasebenza kwi-Ofisi kaNondyebo wase-US ngethuba lolawulo luka-Mongameli u-Bill Clinton kwaye ejongene neqela lee-arhente eziquka i-Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, i-Secret Service kunye ne-U.S. Customs. Ngexesha lokugcina kwakhe uNondyebo, uJohnson noDeval Patrick, owayesakuba ngumlawuli waseMassachusetts kunye nomphathi olawulayo waseBain Capital, wabamba iqela le-National Church Arson Task Force, ukusabela kuludwe lwemililo eyabekwa kwiicawa ezimnyama ngo-1994.

Xa bendikwi-Treasury njengo-underretretary, bendongamela ngaphezulu kwama-29,000 abantu, ngokuthe ngqo nangokungathanga ngqo, utshilo uJohnson. Ndinegunya kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali elingaphezulu kwe- $ 4.6 yezigidigidi. Ndijongene nemicimbi enzima kakhulu ejikeleze, hayi kuphela imiba yokusebenza kukarhulumente, kodwa malunga nemiba yezokhuseleko lukarhulumente, ukhuseleko lwezitrato zethu, ukhuseleko lwemida yethu.

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku uJohnson ungomnye wabagqatswa ababini kwiiprayimari zeDemokhrasi, kunye neNdibano yeNdibano uJohn Wisniewski, ukuze bakulungele ukufumana imali yokuhambelana noluntu. Kwaye ufumene uninzi lwayo nayiphi na i-Democratic Republic okanye iRiphabhlikhi yomgqatswa ophambili kwezi mali, $ 1.16 yezigidi.

Oko kumbeka ngasemva kwimali mboleko ka-Murphy eyi- $ 10 yezigidi eyanikezela ngephulo lakhe, kodwa ingaphezulu kancinci kune- $ 1.16 yezigidi i-Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno-oyiRiphabhlikhi-aqokelele imali ehambelana nolwakhe ugqatso. Umthetho welizwe uvumela abagqatswa abonyusa ubuncinci be-430,000 yeedola ukuba bafumane imali yokulinganisa esidlangalaleni: iidola ezimbini kwidola nganye ephakanyisiweyo, efakwe kwizigidi ezingama-6.4 yezigidi kwiphulo lokuqala kunye ne- $ 13.8 yezigidi kunyulo jikelele.

Abaviwa abafumana iimali ezifanayo bayacelwa ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwiingxoxo ezimbini. Kwinyanga ezayo, ezi ngxoxo-mpikiswano ziya kunika uJohnson ithuba lokujongana noluntu ecaleni kukaMurphy (ongathathi mali karhulumente), uWisniewski kunye no-Sen Sen. Ray Lesniak.

Idemokhrasi uPhil Murphy kudala ethathelwa ingqalelo njengothandiweyo-wokuphumelela ugqatso lwerhuluneli.UKevin B. Sanders woMqwalaseli

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Baza kubona indlela esicinga ngayo, utshilo uJohnson. Baza kubona ukuba siphendula njani phantsi koxinzelelo kwaye baya kusiva sicelomngeni izimvo zomnye nomnye. Kuloo meko, ndicinga ukuba lithuba elihle kum kwaye ndicwangcise ukubeka olona nyawo lwam phambili.

UJohnson ngeendlela ezininzi usebenza njengomphandle, ehlasela inkqubo yeNew Jersey yoomatshini abakwiDemokhrasi yenqanaba lesithili ngaphezulu kwakhe nawuphi na umgqatswa othile. Yinto edidayo, kuba kweminye imimandla emininzi, uJohnson wayeza kubonwa njengomntu ogqibeleleyo ngaphakathi. Waphumelela eHarvard kabini (izifundo zesidanga sokuqala nezomthetho), wakhonza njengegosa eliphezulu eWashington phantsi kukaBob Rubin, wavuka waba liqabane kwenye yeefem zomthetho ezihlonitshwayo zeli lizwe. Yiseti ephezulu yemisebenzi kunye neziqinisekiso- kwaye iphulo likaMurphy ligxininisile kweli cala le-biography kaJohnson njengoko beza kuhlaselwa.

UJohnson wayengusihlalo webhodi kwiziko laseBrennan lezoBulungisa kwiYunivesithi yaseNew York kangangeminyaka esixhenxe, apho wagxila kumalungelo okuvota kunye nephulo lezemali kunye nohlengahlengiso kubulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho, kwaye ekuqaleni kobomi bakhe wayesebenza njengegqwetha laseMelika kwiSithili esiseMazantsi. yaseNew York.

Uwukhulisile umbutho kwaye wawuguqula, wenza ukuba usebenze ngakumbi ndicinga kwaye ndazi ngcono, utshilo uMichael Waldman, umongameli weZiko laseBrennan kunye nomnikeli wephulo likaJohnson.

Wayengusihlalo webhodi efanelekileyo kuba wayenenjongo ecacileyo kodwa wayexhasa kwaye akazange enze i-micromanage, utshilo uWaldman, owayeqesha uJohnson kwiziko laseBrennan. Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lweqela luqale nge-5 yezigidi zeedola kwaye ngoku iphindwe kathathu ngobukhulu, okunye kokukhula kwenzeka emva kokuhamba kukaJohnson, utshilo.

NgokukaJohnson, uluhlu lwamava luya kubaluleka ukuba wonyulwe njenge-rhuluneli.

Iintlekele azilindi de ugqibe enye ukuqala enye, utshilo uJohnson. Ndingaba yirhuluneli engagxili kuphela kwimigangatho ephezulu yokuziphatha kwabantu kodwa iphinde isonge imikhono yayo ingene kwiinkcukacha zento eyenzayo ukwenza urhulumente asebenze. Ayinakulungiswa ngumntu ongazange alawule amaziko amakhulu oluntu ngaphambili. Umonakalo mkhulu kakhulu.

Iqonga likaJohnson ligxile ekuvuseleleni uqoqosho lukarhulumente kunye nokuphucula izibonelelo zothutho, athi zikwimeko yentlekele yokungalungiseki. Uthe ufuna ukugxila ekwandiseni amathuba emfundo nokwenza urhulumente afikeleleke ngakumbi ukuze ulutsha luhlale eNew Jersey kwaye lukhulise iintsapho zalo eGarden State.

Xa kuthelekiswa nabanye babaDemokhrasi kunye namaRiphabhlikhi kugqatso, izindululo zomgaqo-nkqubo kaJohnson zikwicala lokugcina. Isindululo serhafu asikhuphileyo kwiveki ephelileyo sichaze indlela anokufumana ngayo i-1.3 yezigidigidi zeedola kwimali yomdibaniselwano kunolawulo lukaRhulumente uChris Christie ngaphezulu kweminyaka esixhenxe enesiqingatha. Kwimeko ene- $ 35 yezigidigidi ngonyaka kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali kunye ne-135 yezigidigidi emngxunyeni kwinkqubo yomhlala-phantsi, ngokweenkcukacha zeBloomberg, i-1.3 yezigidigidi zeedola ngaphezulu kweminyaka esibhozo yemali ayisiyo mali ininzi.

Xa ebuzwa ukuba angalibetha njani iphulo likaMurphy lokwala, elinezigidi ebhankini kunye nokuvunywa kuwo onke amaqela ezopolitiko abalulekileyo ekuphumeni kwevoti yeDemokhrasi, uJohnson wakhankanya unyulo lukamongameli kwaye wathi abavoti abangafumananga baninzi phaya, badiniwe zezopolitiko njengesiqhelo eNew Jersey. Abapolitiki ababini batyhola ngokuchasene nokusekwa-uMongameli uTrump kunye ne-Democratic Senator yase-US u-Bernie Sanders-badibene kunyaka ophelileyo nezigidi zabantu abangahlali belandela ezopolitiko.

Ngaba abo bantu bayasiva isigidimi sakhe? UJohnson wenze iinzame zokuqala zokunyusa igama lakhe lesazisi ngabavoti- wathenga Intengiso yexabiso yeTV esasazwe ngoMgqibelo ebusuku ngokuPhambili ekuqaleni kuka-Matshi- kodwa kunzima ukufumana ukufundwa okuqinisekileyo malunga nokhuphiswano kulonyulo lwasesidlangalaleni, ngokutsho kwe-Monmouth University Poll Institute Director uPatrick Murray, kuba uphando lwabavoti ababhalisiweyo alubonakalisi ngokwenyani iseti yabavoti abathi phuma kwiziprayimari ze-gubernatorial.

Ngokwenene, kunzima ngenene ukufumana abo bavoti bangachaswanga abaphuma ukuba uBernie Sanders avuye ngezopolitiko zaseNew Jersey, utshilo uMurray. Ngokwembali, ilizwe eliphantsi kokhuphiswano lwedemokhrasi eNew Jersey liza kuvela naphi na kubavoti abangama-250,000 ukuya kuma-500,000. Umda wedolophu uza kuba ne-200,000.

Uqhubeke wathi: UMurphy utshixe yonke indawo efumanekayo kwaye uJohnson, Lesniak, Wisniewski, okanye nawuphina omnye uMdemokhrasi ukuze akwazi ukuphumelela kuloo meko, oko kuthetha ukuba ukukhanya kufuneka kubethe ngendlela engazange ibekho ngaphambili. .

Kuya kuba kuhle ukuba besingenayo imigca yommandla kwaye singathetha ngemigaqo-nkqubo, utshilo uMurray.

Umhlali waseMontclair nowokuzalwa eNew Jersey, uJohnson, 56, utshatile noNancy Northup, umongameli weZiko lamaLungelo okuzala. Unguyise weentombi ezimbini, utitshala wesikolo saseBronx u-Abigail kunye nomfundi waseColumbia u-Amalya, kunye notata wesibini kubantwana ababini baseNorthup, uMiles noNatalie. Uthe ufuna ukulawula ngendlela evumela abantwana bakhe ukuba bahlale kwimeko kwaye baphumelele.

Kuya kuba mnandi kakhulu ukuba iitalente zabo zibuyiselwe kwilizwe apho banokufikelela khona ukuze baphile, utshilo uJohnson, eqonda ukuba iintombi zakhe zizizukulwana zesihlanu zosapho lwakhe eziza kukhuliswa kurhulumente. Ndiyalithanda ilizwe lam. Ndibaleka ukuzisa utshintsho. Ndiza kuqhubeka nokutyhalela phambili naleyo.