Editorial | Wayne Bryant

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, March, 2007

It would be a dreadful oversight to allow state Sen. Wayne Bryant (D., Camden) to retire without a few appropriate remarks.

Fare thee well, thou king of pork.

And don't let the grand jury's door hit you on the way out.

We won't miss not seeing you at all of your various no-show jobs.

Safe to say you were the best-paid ghost lecturer in the history of Rutgers University.

You certainly reached the height of your chosen profession. You are the Empire State Building of pension-stackers.

In a corrupt state, you stood out.

So, in days to come, be a stranger.

Bryant, 59, has announced that he will not seek reelection this year. To call his decision a "retirement" would be like saying that Barbaro decided to retire from...