Jr.: How did you get interested in working for the government? I always had a desire to help people and this seemed like a great way for me accomplish that. So when I bumped into Rav Naftali Neuberger ztz”l of Ner Yisrael with whom I was close at a chasunah I broached the idea with him and he encouraged me to go for it. Well I did and it certainly has proven a fascinating though sometimes turbulent journey! A short while afterward I received a phone call from a state senator asking me to run on her ticket (meaning that if she won I would be part of her committee) as State Central Committee. It was a deal that benefitted both of us. For her it meant that she could hope to get the Jewish vote; for me it meant I had a better chance at winning the African-American vote.