Webber: Corzine avoiding 'transparency' on hedge fund issue; Darcy says GOP Chairman doesn't get it
By EditorAssemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains), the Republican State Chairman, today accused Gov. Jon Corzine and his campaign staff of avoiding transparency and "providing excuses without evidence" by claiming that the state Attorney General's forensic review found no connection between TPG and TPG-Axon.
Webber says that "evidence provided by major publications" confirms a relationship between the two companies, and wants all documents related to the Division of Gaming Enforcement's review of TPG to be made public.
The Corzine campaign releases documents related to the DGE review on Sunday. Click here to view: Division of Gaming Enforcement 1 | Division of Gaming Enforcement 2 | Division of Gaming Enforcement 3
"The facts as we understand them appear clear: Governor Corzine is a partner of casino owners in violation of state law. Although Governor Corzine and his campaign claim to have documents that vindicate their position that the Governor has not violated the law, they have failed to provide evidence to support their claims," Webber said. "A potential violation of state law is a serious matter, and the Governor has an obligation to the people of New Jersey to be transparent on the issue. We shouldn't have to rely on the word of paid Corzine campaign operatives to get answers that supposedly are in black-and-white."
The “facts” as they understand them are wrong. Changing the names on a press release and re-sending it over and over again does not change the fact that Governor Corzine does not own casino stock," said Sean Darcy, a spokesman for the Corzine campaign. "None of his investments are managed by anyone who has a casino license. He can’t profit one penny from the casino business because his investments are not connected to it in any way. Not a single one of the 22 jurisdictions that regulate Harrah’s casinos lists a financial connection between TPG and TPG-Axon."
"In fact, casino regulators in New Jersey conducted a forensic audit of TPG and nowhere in its filings was there a single reference to TPG-Axon. Unlike Chris Christie, who repeatedly failed to disclose his financial interests and failed to pay his taxes, Governor Corzine has disclosed his investments in a fully transparent way. It is clear that Christie and his fellow Bush Republicans still don’t want to answer to the fact that Mr. Christie didn’t pay his taxes and ignored ethics laws by failing to disclose details about a real – not imagined – conflict of interest," Darcy said. "Chris Christie has a well-established pattern of having one set of rules for himself and another for everyone else, and now his campaign is desperate to do everything they can to distract away from it."
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Darcy--please come back to "Planet Earth"
"Unlike Chris Christie, who repeatedly failed to disclose his financial interests and failed to pay his taxes, Governor Corzine has disclosed his investments in a fully transparent way."
You work for a guy who has perfected the way to "loan" money and then forgive loans...has a history of "loaning" money to people who worked for him and have left---old girlfriends...This guy is the definition of sleazy. Hey Sean--remove the 2 X 4 from Corzine's eye, before you worry about the tooth pick in Christie's.
"Don't let facts get in the way"...Corzine '09