Former NJ Senate president pleads guilty to tax, fraud charges

The AP reports:

Admitting he betrayed the trust of New Jersey residents, a former state Senate president who wielded enormous power over the state's Democratic political machine pleaded guilty Friday to fraud and tax evasion charges involving his efforts to help a Middlesex County company get a project approved.

John Lynch, a former mayor of New Brunswick, admitted in court that he accepted $25,000 from a Middlesex County sand mining company in return for helping the company in its efforts to build a recreational park.

He also admitted failing to declare $150,000 in extra income he earned in 1999.

Activist government attracts these sorts of people.