The Auditor - Questions

When The Newark Star-Ledger ran the following story I had to read it twice;

"Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura was out eating with his wife and daughter at Birichino Northern Italian Resteraunt on West 29th Street in Manhattan recently when he noticied a familiar face: TV gangster ChristopherMoltisanti from the HBO's The Sopranos, in real life he is actor/ writer Michael Imperioli".

The story goes on to tell how the Sheriff confronted the actor about how he doesn't like the work he does in Essex County. But then the good part;

"He told Imperioli, stay out of Essex County. But in spite of that here is a card for you in case you get caught speeding as your leaving the county. It was a card identifying the holder as a honorary deputy sheriff in Essex."

The Star-Ledger who only months ago was all over the then Attorney General for trying to fix a ticket does nothing to follow through on the story. Are you kidding me? The last time I checked the Sheriff was an elected official who is admitting to giving out cards to get people out of tickets. I bet the hard working residents of Essex County would like the same opportunity to get out of a ticket. It is one thing for someone to have one of those cards and try to get out of a ticket, but for the newspaper to write a story and not follow it up makes you wonder if any reporters have the card as well.