September 4, 2007 - 9:04am
The Story of the Week: Jon Corzine and Rocco Riccio
By Wally EdgeIf you were away for Labor Day weekend, you missed the Star-Ledger's story on Jon Corzine's latest problem: a $15,000 cash gift to Rocco Riccio, the brother-in-law of CWA President Carla Katz. The gifts, $10,000 last spring and $5,000 last summer, came despite Corzine's claim that he no longer had financial dealings with his former girlfriend. The story is bad for Corzine, who seems to have done a poor job convincing people that he's been forthcoming with information relating to his personal finances and how they potentially conflict with his job as Governor. "The disclosure is likely to stir a new round of questions about how the Democratic governor's love life and fortune have influenced his actions, and about the romantic relationship with Katz that has haunted him as much as any legislative issue or political stance dur ing his short tenure," wrote reporters Josh Margolin and John Martin.
If you're looking for Republican comment on the Corzine scandal, which comes two months before the mid-term elections, you won't find it. The GOP took Labor Day weekend off, and there was no comment from the Republican State Committee or the legislative leadership on Sunday or Monday.
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so what
that Ledger story was much ado about nothing. Carla Katz and her sister and brother-in-law don't even speak anymore.
So Corzine gave a down-on-his-luck guy some money...what's the big deal?
Its not like the guy runs a union and is negotiating a labor deal w/ the state.....
You kidding me?
What else is hidden away in the closet? I guess this proves that even electing rich politicians (who don't owe a thing to anyone!) still have a lot of obligations. They are just different from the run-of-the-mill politicians.
Another Indicator of the Pro-Corzine/Democrat Bias
Everyone ran an AP story on Monday following up the Ledger story. Why would Republicans put themselves in a story that's already writing itself? The Kushner family website (operated by big Democrat operative Bob Sommer) can't help but show their obvious Democrat bias at every turn.