New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's nominee for a vacant seat on the Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority board may not be legal because his choice is not a casino representative.

Corzine nominated union official Richard Tolson, director of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Administrative District Council of New Jersey.

According to state statute, the board must contain "six public members, at least two of whom shall be representatives of the New Jersey casino industry, to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate." Presently, the only other member of the board who meets that description is Mark Juliano, CEO of Trump Entertainment Resorts.

If approved, Tolson would assume the seat vacated by Ken Condon, former president of Bally's and now a consultant for Harrah's Entertainment in Atlantic City.

By Staff