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  • How Corzine's giving keeps on giving back to him,

    02/19/2005 9:40:31 PM PST · by Coleus · 18 replies · 1,027+ views
    Newark Star Ledger ^ | 02.14.05 | DEBORAH HOWLETT
    On an oddly shaped lot at the intersection of Westminster Place and Passaic Street in Garfield, the steel frame of the Rev. Calvin McKinney's new church rises to meet the clear, February sky. McKinney has dreamed of building this church for 33 years, since he took over as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, where the modest stucco building belies McKinney's status as one of the most influential blackministers in New Jersey. It was a dream deferred, until Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine gave McKinney $1.8 million from his charitable foundation. The foundation, with Corzine as its only trustee, has showered charities...