Money to Corzine's ex may be conflict of interest

Conflicts of interest in business can accrue to jail time if the accused is convicted. Filing false tax returns can accrue to fines and jail time if the accused is convicted. Insider trading can accrue to fines and jail time if the accused is convicted. Now, we have the problem with our governor and the union boss, financial dealings that appear to have been ongoing while the governor and she were wrangling with the union negotiations. This looks and feels like collusion between the two.

How can Carla Katz be fixing one house and buying another with funds from a newly (six weeks) formed corporation with no income? How come the governor is mum on the possible gifts? Why would he give her money, anyway, especially, when prudence in any financial matter should have been taken? Can they be so stupid or is it arrogance?

Gov. Corzine can cry personal matters all he wants; it is the appearance of wrong-doing that needs to be quieted. He needs to come clean and come clean fast and correctly.

When he can settle a union contract with an ex-girlfriend union boss and then she buys a $1.1 million condo in his building, me thinks something stinks in Trenton, maybe Hoboken.

When the governor cuts $3.2 million from a scholar's program (see article in Friday March 9 edition of The Star-Ledger) while giving the CWA a 13 percent hike in wages, better benefits with minimal cost, bonuses for individuals earning less that $37,000, guarantees $1 billion in the teachers' pension fund without receiving a penny from the NJEA members, and possibly gave his ex-paramour money, I have to wonder who we elected. I think it is time to have a recall election to get rid of Corzine, and also find a way to nullify the CWA contract, even if it is ratified.

Bruce Papkin

Edison