AP - A jury convicted a former national Republican official of two telephone harassment charges for his role in a phone-jamming plot against New Hampshire Democrats on Election Day 2002.
In case you missed it, "New Jersey governor's race exploded into a firestorm yesterday, with the revelation that super-rich Sen. Jon Corzine gave $470,000 to a former flame (girlfriend) who runs one of the biggest state-employee unions," the New York Post reports. News of the gift sparks accusations that "the gift represents a conflict of interest because Katz and other unions have vowed to seek billions in taxpayer funds for pay hikes from the next governor." Republican candidate for governor Doug Forrester said " I believe that if someone is responsible for representing the public interest in a negotiating process of any form, the nature of the financial relationship that existed or continues to exist should be known, There needs to be no question on the part of the public that the actions that are being taken are being taken solely with the public interest in mind. " http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/pfriendly_new.php