N.J. Scandals Just Not As Fun Anymore

There’s another scandal in the New Jersey governor’s office! People are angry! At Jon Corzine! And he may have done something wrong! Turns out, he gave his ex-girlfriend money.

Wait, that’s it? He’s not appointing his secret gay lover to a homeland security position or anything? Man, this is kind of disappointing. Ooh, he gave his ex-girlfriend money. Yawn.

Apparently, Corzine gave cash to union leader Carla Katz after their relationship ended in 2004 to end “ongoing financial connections,” whatever that means. Corzine says he won’t say what he gave her, but he would come up with an entirely “hypothetical” scenario.

In acknowledging to The Star-Ledger that there were other gifts, Corzine on Friday wouldn’t disclose exact details or amounts, but did indicate that they were more than tokens.

“If you were - I’m hypothesizing; I’m not stating anything - if you were going to pay a tuition bill or something over a period of time… you pre-funded it. I could have done that,” Corzine told The Star-Ledger.

But Corzine backpedalled when asked if that meant he paid for Katz’s children to go to a private school. “I’m not saying that at all,” he said.

So, instead of telling you what I actually gave my ex, I’m going to make up this scenario. That should help clear things up!

Corzine acknowledges more gifts to union boss ex-girlfriend [AP/Camden Courier-Post]