Yeah, that’s pretty bad. When I was a kid in Kearny (early 1980s) we had a police chief, mayor, and councilman go to prison. Distrust of government is sown early in Hudson County...
My father was a Fire Captain in Jersey City who wouldn't cow down the Whalen administration. He missed out becoming a fire Chief.
And he a lifelong Democrat.
They would eat you alive in Hudson County