Did Jon Corzine ditch the aide who survived his near-fatal wreck with him because he was getting "too close" to the "tall and attractive" 25-year-old? Page Six conveys rumors and innuendos that the New Jersey governor's 62-year-old girlfriend was apparently suspicious of the relationship. (And our favorite rumor: that the aide was sitting with Corzine in the back seat during the crash.) Our take: The guy has more money than God, he's the most powerful state executive in the country, and he's dating some broad who's two years older than him? Public service really is a thankless task. [NYP]

Jon Corzine Keeps Crash Driver, But Ditches Survivor Aide

What do you get the employee who survives a brutal high-speed accident with you? Well, New Jersey governor Jon Corzine may be retaining the same driver who was behind the wheel during his vicious crack-up back in April, as the AP says—but he won't retain the traveling companions. We hear Samantha Gordon, the Huma to his Hillary, his mid-20s body woman who emerged largely unscathed from the crash, has been reassigned from her job. In the crash, Corzine was supposedly in the front seat, and not wearing a seatbelt, unlike his primary aide Ms. Gordon, who, though also not wearing a seat belt, was in the back seat alone. Ms. Gordon did not return a phone call this afternoon. Sounds like a rough deal to us.

Jersey Girl Totally Has Dirt On Governor, For Reals

It's taken a while, but we've somehow shed our embarrassment about having grown up in the Jersey suburbs. (Our therapy included a combination of Springsteen and "The Sopranos.") So it was with some amusement, and a good deal of interest, that we read today's Cindy Adams love-in with Carla Katz. Katz is the head of the Garden State's Communication Workers union; more importantly, she used to bang the governor. She tells Cindy that, contrary to speculation, she's got "nothing on" seatbelt-averse Jon Corzine, who apparently proposed to her but then backed out when it became clear that he could leave the boredom of the Senate behind for the top job in Trenton. While Cindy chooses not to air the rumor that former New Jersey Senator and ethical weasel Bob Torricelli set Corzine up with Katz for the express purpose of getting something on the Goldman Sachs millionaire, she does give Carla the chance to explain herself. More »

In Wishing Corzine Well, Sympathy Is Mixed With Lack Of Self-Awareness

Today's Times has a story on the reaction to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's recent injuries. Apparently, Garden Staters are concerned for their governor, but also resentful because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. How are the palpably angry Jerseyans feeling besides angry? More »