Farber was shoved out the door
In yesterday's blog, I raised doubts about whether Gov. Corzine was being truthful when he said Farber's decision to resign was her own, and that he didn't ask for her resignation.
A story in today's N.Y. Times recounting the events leading up to the press conference announcing Farber's resignation indicates Corzine was telling the truth only in a technical sense. Clearly, she was forced out against her will.
Citing unnamed Corzine aides, the Times reported that at a meeting between Corzine and Farber Tuesday morning, Corzine told her it would be best if she stepped down, but he stopped short of asking for her resignation. Farber would not relent. As the pressure from lawmakers to get her to resign mounted during the day, Corzine's staff informed Farber around 3 p.m. that if she didn't agree to step down, Corzine would hold a press conference at 4 to publicly ask her to do so. At that point, she asked that the press conference be moved back to 6 p.m. so they could appear jointly to announce her resignation.
In the end, Farber did what was best for the state by resigning. But she really didn't have any other choice.
The Times story: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/nyregion/17attorney.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin
A story in today's N.Y. Times recounting the events leading up to the press conference announcing Farber's resignation indicates Corzine was telling the truth only in a technical sense. Clearly, she was forced out against her will.
Citing unnamed Corzine aides, the Times reported that at a meeting between Corzine and Farber Tuesday morning, Corzine told her it would be best if she stepped down, but he stopped short of asking for her resignation. Farber would not relent. As the pressure from lawmakers to get her to resign mounted during the day, Corzine's staff informed Farber around 3 p.m. that if she didn't agree to step down, Corzine would hold a press conference at 4 to publicly ask her to do so. At that point, she asked that the press conference be moved back to 6 p.m. so they could appear jointly to announce her resignation.
In the end, Farber did what was best for the state by resigning. But she really didn't have any other choice.
The Times story: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/nyregion/17attorney.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin
posted by Randy Bergmann at 11:25 AM
2 Comments:
Corzine seems to have a problem when it comes to pushing people who are not doing the job out the door.
Even when he has the evidence he stalls.
Farber had to go. All he needed to say was that" you have to go" . Why the charade?
It is almost like he wants others to do the dirty work.
His next two problems are going to be BPU and Jeanie Fox, and the Department of Corrections and George Hayman. Neither of these two could pass a confirmation hearing right now if they had to.
Both have a lot of questions to answer and the evidence that is public points in the wrong direction for both.
Will Corzine keep with his ethics crusade?
Listening to farber's exit speech on the 6 o'clock news, she was still saying she did nothing wrong.
How arrogant!!
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