Jon Corzine Is Part Of The Problem: Oblivious Bystander On Corruption

An email from the Christie campaign:

Jon Corzine and Family Contribute $384,850 to Hudson County Political Machine

Please view this video on The Corzine Family's Hudson County Democratic Organization




While corruption indictments and convictions continued to rain down on Hudson County Democratic officials over the last six years, Jon Corzine has proven himself to be a loyal and frequent contributor to those same elected officials and political bosses. Governor Corzine's steady and reliable contributions show a stunning lack of judgment and a complete obliviousness to a system where corruption has deep seeded roots.

Instead of using his money and influence to stand up to the entrenched Democratic Party powerbrokers, Governor Corzine chose to ignore the endemic corruption problem, instead writing increasingly larger checks to the Hudson County Democratic Organization. Governor Corzine was seemingly naïve about the political wheeling and dealing in Hudson County while donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to a corrupt machine.

"Instead of demanding a higher standard of conduct from his fellow Party leaders, Governor Corzine paid into the system, contributing 12 times over ten years to the Hudson County Democratic Organization despite ongoing federal corruption investigations, indictments and convictions of its leaders. New Jersey can't afford this kind of obliviousness when the culture of corruption has permeated every level of government." noted Bill Stepien, Christie-Guadagno campaign manager.


The Numbers Don't Lie...

Jon Corzine donates $332,100 over ten years to corrupt party boss Robert "Bobby J" Kaniszewski, former Assemblyman Lou Manzo and the Hudson County Democratic Organization while failing to take a stand against the consistent corruption plaguing Hudson County.

In addition, Governor Corzine's former wife contributed another $52,750 to Bobby Janiszewski's political party organization...

Bringing contributions from the Corzine family to Janiszewski and the Hudson County Democratic Organization to a total of $384,850.

May 1999:

Jon Corzine Donates $7,500 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

November 1999:

Jon Corzine's Senate Campaign Boasts Of His "Much Stronger Position" In The Democratic Primary After The Endorsement From The Hudson County Democratic Organization. (The Jersey Journal, "Corzine's big boost," 11/03/1999)

May 2000:

Corzine 2000 Inc. Donates $30,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

September 2000:

Jon Corzine Donates $30,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

November 2000:

Joanne Corzine Donates $15,750 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

July 2001:

Jon Corzine Donates $25,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

September 2001:

County Executive and Democratic Party Boss Robert "Bobby J" Janiszewski Abruptly Resigns His County Executive Position And Disappears Amid Rumors Of An FBI Corruption Investigation. (Ronald Smuthers, "Former New Jersey Official Admits Extorting Bribes," The New York Times, 10/04/2002)

October 2001:

Joanne Corzine Donates $37,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

June 2002:

Jon Corzine Donates $37,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

October 2002:

Democratic Party Boss Robert "Bobby J" Janiszewski Resurfaces To Plead Guilty To Extortion Charges Related To Over $100,000 In Bribes. (Ronald Smuthers, "Former New Jersey Official Admits Extorting Bribes," The New York Times, 10/04/2002) Democratic Freeholder Nidia Davila-Colon Indicted On Extortion And Mail Fraud Charges. ("Chronology of events leading up to Davila-Colon's conviction," The Jersey Journal, Accessed: 08/10/2009) Corzine Remains Silent, Fails To Send A Message To Party Bosses On The Indictment, And Continues To Donate Thousands...

May 2003:
Jon Corzine Donates $37,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

September 2003:
Former Hoboken Mayor Anthony J. Russo Indicted On Bribery And Extortion Charges.(United States Department of Justice, Press Release, 09/25/2003) ...More Silence From Corzine On Ongoing Corruption In Hudson County, But Donations Continue.

July 2004:
Jon Corzine Donates $37,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

June 2005:
Jon Corzine Donates $2,600 To Former Assemblyman Lou Manzo, Who Was Indicted In July On Corruption And Bribery Charges.

October 2005:

Jon Corzine Donates $37,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization. June 2006:
Jon Corzine Donates $37,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

November 2007:
Jon Corzine Donates $15,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

May 2008:
Jon Corzine Donates $37,000 To The Hudson County Democratic Organization.

July 2009:

Over A Dozen Hudson County Democratic Elected Officials And Party Operatives Indicted On Corruption Charges.("Complete list of 44 New Jersey officials, others arrested in FBI sweep this morning," The Jersey Journal, 07/23/2009)

Now That It's "Political Season," Corzine Finally Decides To Take A Stand On Hudson County's Corruption Problem, But His Words Are Too Little, Too Late After Years Of Funding The Corrupt County's Political Organization.

*All contribution citations are attributed to New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, http://www.elec.state.nj.us/, Accessed: 08/09/2009