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G.O.P. Wants More Details of Corzine Aid
NY Times ^ | August 5, 2005 | DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: ads; carlakatz; corzine; jonscorzine; labor; lobbying; lobbyists
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1 posted on 08/05/2005 11:57:39 AM PDT by neverdem
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To: jocon307; Coleus; Alberta's Child; Pharmboy; Clintonfatigued

ping


2 posted on 08/05/2005 11:59:04 AM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: neverdem
He forgave the debt in December 2004,

I'm sure she reported the forgiveness of debt income on her 2004 1040... Anybody care to ping the IRS tips line?...

3 posted on 08/05/2005 12:01:11 PM PDT by talleyman (Sharks, terrorists & criminals - if we'll just be nice to them, they'll leave us alone...)
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To: neverdem

Can we say Influence Buying? Corzine should go down for this.


4 posted on 08/05/2005 12:03:05 PM PDT by Peach
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To: neverdem
"He's just chosen not to discuss a private relationship," said Corzine spokesman, Tom Shea.

So basically, if you’re a corrupt politician who doesn't want to answer questions about payments to corrupt union leaders, you just have to #**! them first.

John Sweeney’s going to have trouble walking.

5 posted on 08/05/2005 12:04:30 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: neverdem
I hope they cripple this creep's chances at the Drumthwacket (the name of the NJ Governor's mansion in Princeton, NJ).

I live in NJ, and we simply cannot escape the stranglehold that the demorats have on the state. They're taxing us into oblivion, overloading the government with one state agency after another, all staffed by the under-qualified.
6 posted on 08/05/2005 12:05:12 PM PDT by Neever
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To: talleyman

Corzine also paid the gift tax on the money, which increases the size of the payoff, but satisfies any IRS regulations.


7 posted on 08/05/2005 12:05:30 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: neverdem; Liz
Corzine's office has just issued the following statement:

"While Sen Corzine maintains that there is absolutely no impropriety in his financial dealing with Ms. Katz, despite the efforts of GOP right-wing extremists to blow this way out of proportion, Sen Corzine understand that the people must be reassured of his total innocense. However, he also doe not want to reveal every aspect of his persoanl financial matters to the public. Therefore he has appointed two special masters who will have access to all his financial records, examine them, and issue a report to the public. Sen Corzine is very pleased that Senator Robert Torricelli and Governor James McGreevey have agreed to serve in this capacity."

8 posted on 08/05/2005 12:06:38 PM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: dead

I want to see if/or how much her union donated to Corzine's campaign


9 posted on 08/05/2005 12:09:39 PM PDT by OXENinFLA (Aug. 6th, the anniversary of Hiroshima. Let's celebrate by Nuking Tehran!!)
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To: ken5050

Did you type this or copy it?


10 posted on 08/05/2005 12:10:42 PM PDT by Buck W. (Yesterday's Intelligentsia are today's Irrelevantsia.)
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To: neverdem

I don't call him Corslime for nothing.


11 posted on 08/05/2005 12:10:43 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (fiat voluntas Tua)
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To: talleyman

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12 posted on 08/05/2005 12:11:17 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: neverdem
This is a non-story. It is only a crime for a Republican to be corrupt.

Democrats, on the other hand......

13 posted on 08/05/2005 12:12:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ken5050

You had me going until the last sentence-- and even then I had to read it a couple of times! How sad it is that this could easily be TRUE.


14 posted on 08/05/2005 12:12:44 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (fiat voluntas Tua)
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To: ken5050
GOP right-wing extremistsI guess everyone in America are right wing extremists except for environazis, gays, islamofascists, abortion rights supporters, and government workers.
15 posted on 08/05/2005 12:14:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: neverdem

Whats with the kid gloves treatment from The NY Times. What do you think the reaction from the Times would be if the party affiliations were reversed?


16 posted on 08/05/2005 12:14:08 PM PDT by coffee260 (coffee)
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To: neverdem

Whats with the kid gloves treatment from The NY Times. What do you think the reaction from the Times would be if the party affiliations were reversed?


17 posted on 08/05/2005 12:14:16 PM PDT by coffee260 (coffee)
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To: ken5050
"While Sen Corzine maintains that there is absolutely no impropriety in his financial dealing with Ms. Katz, despite the efforts of GOP right-wing extremists to blow this way out of proportion....."

LOL Not good for a candidate when he becomes a sleazy sex joke.....then again, look at Clinton.

I understand Corzine also intends to pull out of a casino deal as well....but it's not clear if this will occur before or after Jon pulls out of Ms Katz.

18 posted on 08/05/2005 12:17:19 PM PDT by Liz (You may not be interested in politics; doesn't mean politics isn't interested in you. Pericles)
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To: ken5050

I almost thought this statement was serious until I saw the reference to Torricelli and McGreevey. ;-)

Anyway, I pretty much wrote off NJ as a lost cause when the returned LOUSE-enberg to the Senate, 14 months after the 9/11/01 attacks, even after he said he still would oppose the death penalty for terrorists who kill Americans. Can you believe that?!


19 posted on 08/05/2005 12:23:54 PM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: Liz
You're not kidding!


20 posted on 08/05/2005 12:24:31 PM PDT by hang 'em (We eradicated smallpox and polio, we can eradicate Islam.)
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