"Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine’s office got U2 and Bruce Springsteen seats the public couldn’t buy last year, at the same time the state was suing brokers over ticketing practices, according to documents showing 22 elected officials received special treatment," reports Bloomberg's Adam Satariano here.
"Corzine’s office reserved 57 tickets for U2, Springsteen and the Jonas Brothers at Giants Stadium and IZOD Center from July to October 2009 through the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, agency records show. The documents, evidence in a state lawsuit against ticket Web sites, indicate more than 350 seats for 15 concerts were set aside for elected officials.
"Officials got a jump on some of the season’s hottest shows by obtaining seats through the state agency, which operates the two venues. At the same time, New Jersey was suing online brokers over marketing tactics including taking orders before tickets are on sale. Tapping the agency for tickets may violate ethics rules that bar officials from taking “unwarranted privileges,” the head of the state ethics commission said... 'I would like to see an investigation,'" said Paula Franzese, chairwoman of the state Ethics Commission...
"Corzine, the former chairman of Goldman Sachs & Co., never personally used the tickets and the orders were placed on behalf of people who contacted his office for help getting seats, said Josh Zeitz, a former policy adviser and Corzine’s current chief of staff at MF Global Holdings Inc..
"Elected officials had 150 tickets set aside by the agency for four Springsteen concerts from Sept. 30 to Oct. 9, including 19 for Corzine’s office... Tickets for New Jersey politicians came under scrutiny in 2008, when U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg ordered seats for campaign contributors...
Fred Scalera, the deputy assembly speaker who drafted legislation to crack down on scalping, had 40 seats set aside for Springsteen, the Jonas Brothers, U2, AC/DC and Eric Clapton... Democrat Senator Paul Sarlo’s office reserved a total of 68 tickets, the most among elected officials... The office of Senator Richard Codey, the former acting governor and president of the New Jersey Senate, received a total of 60 tickets, second-most on the list."
wow, great non-story— Phillybilly
There are a lot of things in the Democratic party I have to hold my nose and just soldier on, but Springsteen tickets, SPRINGSTEEN TICKETS, NO! A thousand times, NO!- BUSTED— sasquatches
- Corruption in the New Jersey governmnent? Now, I have heard it all.— AreaMan
- Can I get a shout-out....WHO CARES!!! We have real problems!!!!and they aint ticket problems!— Agonza2000
- This is nothing. Wait until national healthcare is in place. The rich and famous and well connected will always get to the front of the line.— Phillies2008WSChamps
Comment removed.- Wow people in the governor's office bought concert tickets. Do they get a lunch break also? Get on it!— zion
- Obama's been president for over a year so if Haliburton is still getting and still profiting from no-bid contracts, it's not Bush's fault anymore. You need to get with reality and get off the left wing loon websites.— Phillies2008WSChamps
- Boy the one party system has been a resounding success here in New Jersey. We are drowning in debt, our public pension is underfunded to the tune of 15 billion, and 70 billion of wealth has vacated NJ as result of massive tax increase on anyone making over 400K. But as Trenton burns, Corzine and company still got their perks.— CrashTestCorzine
- alexpkeatonIII, that's why I own Halliburton stock— section707
HUH - Republicans would do this - but Springsteen is a little too independent for them. I guess a Miley Cyrus concert they could handle.- On the surface, this doesn't seem like a big deal. The point that is being missed by many, though, is the hypocrisy of going after brokers, but making sure you're first in line for tickets. This is just another sign of the corruption and do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do mentality that is killing our country.— Izzie
- Soundground - Cons & rethugs prefer Toby Keith and Ted "I Just Shot and Ate A Cat For Breakfast" Nugent. Tellingly, there are usually plenty of tickets available for conservative rock and roll (quite an oxymoron there).— CiceroSpuriousDeodatus
- "Wait until national healthcare is in place. The rich and famous and well connected will always get to the front of the line." Whereas in the current system, the rich and famous and well-connected wait in the same line everybody else waits in???? I love the chutzpah of people who pretend that the Republicans are populists.— Whispers
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