Posted on 05/15/2006 2:28:02 PM PDT by Incorrigible
Detectives were watching when the suspect walked to the car of the chairman of the state Democratic Party, opened the unlocked door and left a note inside.
Karen Golding, a $100,000-a-year lobbyist for Prudential Financial and a well-known player in the New Jersey Democratic Party, was taken to the prosecutor's office in Elizabeth and charged with sending anonymous letters and e-mail messages over a span of 15 months to the party chairman, Joseph Cryan, and two women he dated.
Even by New Jersey standards, the story of the fallout from the relationship between Golding and Cryan is a bizarre one. Interviews and dozens of internal documents obtained by The Star-Ledger reveal a melodrama featuring political intrigue, stalking, sexually explicit messages, mystery phone calls and a response by law enforcement perhaps more fit for a mob boss, terrorist or drug kingpin.
In a final twist, Golding called Gov. Jon Corzine the evening of her arrest for the money to make bail.
Corzine had recommended her for a job at Prudential, and she remained active in politics on her own time.
It was then that Golding made a decision that would thrust her into the headlines. It was about 9 p.m., her parents were in Florida, and she said the only person she knew who could get that much cash that quickly was the governor.
Corzine, who was at the governor's mansion in Princeton hosting a reception for lawmakers, dispatched an aide with $5,000 in cash. The governor later said he posted Golding's bail only after speaking with a detective who assured him she was not a danger to herself or others.
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Maybe "Ma Pru" should be renamed "Madame Pru"!
These are the people who will take over our government if we don't fight them tooth and nail in November.
Exactly!
Wow.. It's worth reading the whole thing.\
Those Democrats are some sick dogs.
Gee! This happened in New Jersey? What a surprise!
That she is not in jail was a gift, an undeserved gift since she doesn't think she did anything wrong.
Have pity on us conservatives that must endure our neighbors who vote these people into office.
When she asked for a job he should have said, "Not going to do it. Wouldn't be Prudential."
Groan! :-)
Is this the same bim he was dallying with back when, the lobbyist for the union, he gave the non-loan loan to?
Nope, that was Carla Katz, a different bim!
Corzine Gave $470,000 Loan to Head of New Jersey Union
Nevertheless, I'm glad they bagged her.
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