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NEW JERSEY COPS ■ JANUARY 2014
Two rising stars
Under the administration of former State PBA President Mike
Madonna, Smith worked diligently to digitize the PBA’s member database among other tasks that most might call tedious.
He treated each day and each job with the same dedication he
was known for. He was so impressive, in fact, that he caught the
eye of then-PBA Vice President Anthony Wieners.
“What I immediately noticed about Matt,” reminisced
Wieners, “was that he wasn’t nervous; he just seemed so
focused. He had a work ethic like you wouldn’t believe. Matt was
the kind of kid that when you gave him something to do he’d put
his head down and do it to the best of his ability. He loved his
work at the PBA, seeing what the union is all about and how we
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