For all those who think Hawaii is too expensive to visit: Not when you go on the taxpayer’s dime!

A merry group of New Jersey mayors will be making the trek for a four-day convention of the United States Conference of Mayors this summer, to “network, share, and glean ideas from other parts of the nation.”

This includes a 7-person contingent from Plainfield, and Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage, who will presumably find out how other cities discipline racist police directors, in Honolulu. He refused to fire his own until the Attorney General demanded it.

Now, Bollwage can brush off questions from reporters about why his dysfunctional police department has ignored excessive force complaints, while enjoying Hawaiian music, hula, and fire dancers beneath the stars.

The mayors of Kearny and Rahway, at least, told NJ Advance Media’s Cassidy Grom that they will pay for their own airfare, room and board. Fanwood’s mayor is using League of Municipalities money, some of which comes from taxpayers.

But the rest of the mayors who’ve signed up – including Bollwage and his counterparts in Pleasantville, Piscataway, Irvington Township and Plainfield – are refusing to say who is footing the bill for their trip, if not their constituents.

The optics are so bad it makes “Joe D” look good, the Essex County Executive known for jaunts to Puerto Rico, paid for by campaign dollars; or Sen. Bob Menendez’s free flights to the Dominican Republic on his shady friend’s private jet.

Should these New Jersey mayors decide to stay at the lovely Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, where the convention is being held, their rooms could cost taxpayers between $279 and $389 a night.

Yes, for the mere price of absolutely free, thanks to you, they could get stunning views of the Pacific Ocean and Honolulu coastline, soak in the sun on a balcony overlooking the beach, sample five outdoor swimming pools, lei-making, hulu and ukulele classes.

We don’t have time for such silliness, or lounging poolside with a tropical cocktail, they might say, frostily – we will be busy talking infrastructure and paramedic services and trying to secure valuable grants for our communities.

Of course. Thankfully, a few replenishing breaks are written right into the agenda: The mayors and their staffers get “exclusive access” to explore the opulent Iolani Palace, official residence of Hawaii's monarchy, on June 30th.

And they will gather under the stars for dinner, drinks and a rooftop performance by “one of Hawaii’s most revered entertainers, Willie K.”

Granted, it’s not as if they were the ones who picked a temperate, 75-degree night on a rooftop in Honolulu, or booked the revered Willie K. Some are regular attendees at this event, held somewhere different every year.

But when people in Elizabeth or Irvington could never in their wildest dreams spring for a trip like this, how long do you suppose it took their elected officials to decide to go, for “free”?

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