Jon Corzine realtionship with a union leader is making news back home. Corzine had extended Carla Katz a $470,000 mortgage while the two were dating and then when they were breaking up he forgave it. This ammounts to her giving her that money. Katz is president of Communications Workers of America Local 1034, which represents 9,000 state workers, and will be fighting for employee benifits and salaries with whomever the new governor is.

Republicans have questioned Corzine’s ability to negotiate with a union led by a woman he dated for several years. The GOP also questioned why Corzine did not reveal his loan to Katz on his Senate disclosure forms, even though he disclosed two other personal loans.

I have to say those are actually good questions.

Furthermore, when Corzine ran for his seat in 1999, he promised voters he would put his assets in a blind trust to avoid possible conflicts of interest should he be elected. Corzine is under no obligation to put his money in a blind trust. But he told voters he would do so and he failed to keep his promise. Also, the Newark mailing address for the trust is the same as his U.S. Senate campaign committee.