Posted on 08/05/2005 11:57:38 AM PDT by neverdem
TRENTON, Aug. 4 - Saying that New Jersey cannot endure another governor hobbled by personal entanglements, New Jersey Republican leaders called Thursday for Senator Jon S. Corzine to disclose any other financial dealings he may have had with a union leader to whom he gave $470,000.
Their statements came after news reports that in 2002 Mr. Corzine provided a $470,000 mortgage to Carla Katz, president of Communications Workers of America Local 1034, which represents 9,000 state workers and will be among the labor groups lobbying the next governor for billions of dollars in wages and benefits.
In an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, Mr. Corzine, the Democratic candidate for governor, said he and Ms. Katz were dating at the time he made the loan. He forgave the debt in December 2004, several months after they ended their relationship, he said.
Mr. Corzine and Ms. Katz said this week that their past relationship and financial dealings would not prevent them from representing their constituents, but they declined to say whether they had other financial interactions.
Mr. Corzine's Republican opponent in the November election, Douglas R. Forrester, called that response inadequate, saying New Jersey voters had the right to know whether their official duties as governor and union leader might be swayed by their personal and financial relationship.
"I think they should disclose everything, especially if there is any ongoing financial arrangement," he said. "It suggests an all-too-familiar pattern in New Jersey of public officials entangling themselves in relationships that are not private matters but in direct conflict with the public interest."
While Mr. Forrester approached the topic rather gingerly, saying that he respected their right to privacy, other Republicans were more pointed in their criticism of Mr. Corzine.
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It's what she does on the side for the Senator I was thinking of...
He was fired.......the polite term is bought out.....he was locked out of the building and his office.
Ummmm....Not gonna go there, wouldn't be prudent :)
LOL. Oops.
Don't know... but I do know that whatever we are aware of is the tip of the iceberg.
It would seem that New Jersy whores are unionized.
For somebody reportedly worth over $200M, $0.5M is a quite reasonable present for somebody he cares about and has spent a few years with
Bump what Alberta's Child said - did Corzine pay the gift tax or the income tax? Forgiveness of debt income tax is payable by her, not him.
And what is fair about a married man hooking up with a married woman?
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