Wilson says now that Corzine has made his point, he should turn over Katz emails

By Matt Friedman | March 18th, 2009 - 1:57pm
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With no legal options remaining to force Governor Corzine to turn over emails between himself and ex-girlfriend Carla Katz, a former public employee union leader, Republican State Chairman Tom Wilson said today Corzine should release the emails on his own volition.  

“With the legal question now answered, all that is left is for Jon Corzine to answer the real question. Did his backchannel communications with Carla Katz, away from the bargaining table, influence his actions on the state worker contract?  The only way for people to know the answer is for Corzine to now release the e-mails,” wrote Wilson in his formal response to the State Supreme Court’s decision not to hear his legal challenge to Corzine today.

Corzine claimed executive privilege in keeping the emails out of view and said last year that the public would find most of the content “extraordinarily boring.”

Wilson said that now that the Governor’s executive privilege point is made, there’s no reason he should not release the emails.  

“The Governor has said he has nothing to hide and this ruling gives him the chance to stop hiding. If he refuses to release these e-mails, no one should believe for a moment that his actions were above board,” he said. “Jon Corzine pledged to restore trust in government, demanded to be held accountable, and said that transparency in his own actions would be central to achieving those goals”

Did you try......

saying, "pretty please" and then follow that up with, "with sugar on top"?

You are getting pathetic, Tom.

Stick, meet dead horse.

Now that Republicans have made their point on his tenure, Wilson should probably drop this issue.

As a fan of letting Republicans flop

I have to say that I am begining to feel really sorry for Tom Wilson. No one cared about this story short of people who read politickernj. If the GOP had leadership that could mount a fight for a change on issues they would still lose to the Dems here (thankfully) but at least they would have their dignity. A stronger GOP would produce a better quality Dem party

Go Away Tom

Just be happy you didn't go to jail when your business partner did. Maybe if someone asked to see all of your emails it might be a different story.

Go away Tom. All the party has done under you is LOSE!

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