With the passing of baseball legend Yogi Berra last week, just about everybody dusted off a story about the beloved Yankees catcher and longtime Montclair resident.
The Auditor is no different.
In 1989, news was spreading fast along press row at the Statehouse: "Yogi's here!" Big-time politicians were a common sight in Trenton, but word that Berra was in the house sent reporters scrambling.
Yogi came to Trenton to watch his Montclair neighbor, Peter Perretti, win state Senate approval as attorney general. He watched the proceedings from a small gallery in the Statehouse Annex, where lawmakers presided while their chambers at the Statehouse were being refurbished.