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Fighting for a seat Who runs N.J.? It’s still mostly men. Powerful boards lack women, despite Murphy’s pledge for diversity. Published on May 02, 2021 Some states have laws requiring or encouraging state boards and commissions to have a 50/50 split between men and women. New Jersey is not one of them. Twitter Share At her first meeting as a new commissioner of the state Sports and Exposition Authority, Karen Kessler said officials handed her a gift. It was a men’s necktie. “What am I supposed to with this?” Kessler recalls saying. The neckties, featuring the logo of the Sports and Exposition Authority, were given to every member of the powerful board. At the time, it never occurred to anyone that a woman might be a voting member of the board at the public agency that oversees sports arenas and racetracks. ....
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon wants to hire a special prosecutor to review and re-evaluate police shootings with questionable use of force. On Friday, he sent an official letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors requesting approval to hire former Federal Prosecutor Lawrence Middleton. Things have progressed in the hiring process to the point that Gascón sent an official letter to the members of the county’s Board of Supervisors, asking for their authorization to hire Middleton for a four year contract, with options to extend. “To promote public confidence in the decision-making process and the outcome of any such investigations,” he wrote to the board members, “the DA has determined the need for a Special Prosecutor to reevaluate, and if the facts support it, to criminally prosecute any officers whose actions unlawfully caused the death of the victims in those cases.” ....