Re: In Chris Christie's New Jersey, unions and the GOP go together
Date: September 29, 2013 07:04AM
The democratic governor wasin bed with the unions.
Literally.
They are the most fiercely protected secrets of the Jon Corzine years: the contents of e-mails between the former governor and Carla Katz, his girlfriend and a powerful union leader.
From Jan. 25, 2007, through March 26, 2007, while both were involved in heated negotiations over a new state workers contract, Corzine and Katz exchanged scores of e-mails. Of those the newspaper obtained, she sent 100, he sent 23.
The Corzine-Katz relationship had been a popular political sideshow in New Jersey from just about the minute Corzine announced in December 2004 he would be seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.
As Corzine campaigned, it was revealed that he had paid off a $470,000 mortgage Katz had on her Hunterdon County home.
In 2007, Corzine acknowledged for the first time he had actually given Katz millions of dollars. Scrutiny of the two took on a more serious tone as the contract talks arrived at center stage in Trenton.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/29/2013 07:08AM by BEH.