“They are the yin and the yang of the State PBA, and I couldn’t
think of a better duo,” Burgess expressed. “You got the wellspeaking, well-thought-out, meticulous Pat Colligan and the pit bull
of Marc Kovar, who is every cop’s cop.”
A year later
If there is an indication of how far the NJ State PBA has come during the past year, it might have come when Colligan was in Atlantic
City in – on one of those rare occasions – no official capacity. Around
11:30 p.m., somebody he did not know came up to Colligan and
asked if he was president of the PBA. When Mr. President asked why,
the man responded, “Because I just wanted to say you are doing a
great job.”
But there is no rest for the wary. The agenda for Year Two includes
getting Locals to improve their participation, get them to be financially secure and re-engage Locals that have not been very active.
Another PBA Day in Trenton is in the works, and Colligan
anticipates double the number of members showing up for this
one.
“Overall, it’s certainly been a good ride,” Colligan added. “We will
keep going because we feel like we’re getting things done.”
The feeling ͕