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Paterniti for holding onto three jobs simultaneously, as mayor and State Senator, while still maintaining an active dental practice. Paterniti insisted that there was no issue in his holding the multiple jobs, citing "the art of delegation and the ability to structure
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by discouraging homosexual activity at these stores. Under the terms of
Paterniti's bill, store owners would be held liable if individuals contracted AIDS as a result of sexual activity on the premises.
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time properly". In the June 1991 primaries, Paterniti lost the
Democratic state senate nomination to lawyer Harry Pozycki of Metuchen, who in turn lost the general election to Republican
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