Corzine Amended Tax Returns to Reflect Gift to Katz

Governor Corzine did not think that we the citizens of New Jersey needed to know he gave union boss Carla Katz in excess of $600,000. He ran a campaign to become governor by promising:

Like you, I am a proud New Jersey citizen. And part of my motivation to run for Governor is that this state’s reputation is at risk - as a result of repeated episodes of corruption, favoritism and fraud.

I want to restore people’s trust in what should be the people’s government.

We can, and I will, lead this state on the path of honest, open, and effective government.

But when the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee investigated the gift, Corzine sung a different tune. In November 2006, it is revealed, Corzine amended his personal financial disclosure reports for 2002, 2003, and 2004 to reflect the gift that he told us was none of our business.

“I continue to believe that the correct position is that a loan by a member to his girlfriend is not a reportable event,” Elias [Corzine's lawyer] said in a phone interview. “Rather than fight over something that was a matter of the past and not of much consequence, we filed the amended disclosure.”

Now that we have learned that Corzine has given even more, we here at eCache look for more disclosure from the governor. Despite his claim, Corzine is under an obligation to come clean with his constituents. Gifts to a union boss is the public’s business. He agreed so when Congress investigated him. It’s too bed he has such disdain when his constiuents ask.

Dear reader, this is the corruption, favoritism, and fraud that he promised to rid the state of.

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