New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, in his first public comments since being seriously injured in an automobile accident two weeks ago, said, “I’m the most blessed person who ever lived.” Meanwhile, a citizen filed a complaint against Governor Jon Corzine for failing to wear his seat belt in the highway accident that left the governor critically injured. A judge will review the complaint next week and decide whether to hold a hearing, which could lead to a $46 fine, said Roseanne Lugg, court administrator for Galloway Township, where the crash occurred April 12.
The citizen complaint was filed Wednesday by Larry Angel of neighboring Mullica, Lugg said. Angel, 65, did not respond to a phone message or an e-mail seeking comment.
Corzine, is recovering at a Camden hospital and is expected to be released next week. He walked for the first time on Wednesday, two days after his condition was upgraded to stable.
(Yeshivaworld was the first website to report the Corzine crash HERE)
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The cost of holding a hearing in court will be way more than the asking price of a ticket. And it will just turn into a media field day. What type of complaint does this old guy have anyway against the governor?
The guy has a good point to make the complaint. The fact that it will cost more money is irrelevant in light of the potential gain.
If the Governor is actually ticketed/fined, the rest of New Jersey’s residents will feel that the law is enforceable. If he gets away with it, everyone else can question why the law is selectively enforced.
BORUCH ROFEH CHOLIM!!!
corzine should do what is right and pay the fine BEFORE the court hearing.
mdlevine – a consistant voice of common sense.
Translation – I was about to write the same thing.
Yosi Bishuk & mdlevine: The governor has not been fined yet. The state police have not (yet) given him a ticket for not wearing a seat belt. The court hearing would be to decide whether this guy’s complaint has any merit. So THERE IS NO TICKET for the governor to pay BEFORE the court hearing.
If your friend almost got killed in an accident and three days later the police showed up with a simple seat belt ticket, you’d be outraged!
I say GIVING a ticket is a double standard and political correctness gone mad.
What happened to everyone’s seichel?
The governor was not driving.The driver should get a speeding ticket, and the governor should be ticketed for bot wearing the seat belt.Let him pay it without a court case. Anyway,it’s just going from one pocket to the other.
you’re a smart man Yosi!
Come on Give him a break He already got his fine & learnt his lesson.
Going after him now for a ticket is just vicious & stupid.
Sometimes you have to be a mentch.
I agree that he should have been given a ticket with maximum penalty
and no exceptions had he been caught by police (no serious accident)
burich:
$46 to corzine is pennies to us. The point is not whether or not he will be ticketed – he should make a public statement that he was wrong and nearly paid with his life for his mistake AND to put his money where his mouth is, present a check for the $46.
Baal Boose:
at accident scenes (even serious accidents), stops for speeding or other driving infractions, tickets are issued for a variety of reasons including seat belts violations.
i bet that larry angel gets an irs audit & has troopers follow him around on the road until the guy goes broke from paying tickets
editor,
You missed the scoop. Forget about some goofy fine. This guy is going to foot the entire hospital bill (hundreds of thousands) to spare the taxpayers the burden (the skeptic is screaming that there are other motives – the nice guy is whispering “shhh”)
mdlevine: You wrote that “corzine should do what is right and pay the fine BEFORE the court hearing.”
There was no fine at that time. Ergo, there is no fine to pay. His ability to pay is immaterial. Furthermore, as you note, $46 to Corzine is pennies, if that. Paying $46, for Corzine, is not “put[ting] his money where his mouth is.”
I would argue, in fact, that presenting $46 to the courts when there is no fine will likely inflict more bureaucracy than the hearing itself, costing the state even more.