Ed, when Solomon Dwek bounced a $25 million check and was arrested on federal bank fraud charges, he became an FBI informant. It was just another horrible example of the dirty politics in our state. An entire array of pols, mostly Democrats, have been implicated. Dwek offered bribes and made campaign contributions. We should not be surprised that it is more or less accepted that giving money and influencing politicians is pretty much one and the same thing.

“Just Asking”

Who said they were surprised?—Ed. Note