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Article: Adler, Myers campaigns spar over 'slush fund' [Derived headline]
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- Burlington County Times
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- October 8, 2008
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Adler, Myers campaigns spar over "slush fund'
By David Levinsky
BCT staff writer
dlevinsky@phillyBurbs.com
TRENTON -- A controversial grant fund once administered by the state Department of the Treasury has emerged as an issue in the 3rd Congressional District race between Medford Mayor Chris Myers and state Sen. John Adler of Cherry Hill.
Myers, a Republican, and New Jersey Republican Committee Chairman Tom Wilson held a news conference yesterday where they described the grant program as a "slush fund'' controlled by Democrats for their own pet projects. They specifically attacked Adler, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, for helping to secure $10,000 grants for ...