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I saw this story this a.m. at NYT and couldn’t wait until it landed here. Full of gems like this below.
The governor, a Republican now preparing a run for president, shot to national prominence as a cheese-steak-on-the-boardwalk Everyman who bluntly preached transparency and austerity as the antidote to bloated state budgets. But throughout his career in public service, Mr. Christie has indulged a taste that runs more toward Champagne at the Four Seasons.
He has also quietly let others pay the bills.
That tendency — the governor himself says he wants to “squeeze all the juice out of the orange” —
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Relax, costs could have risen to $120K if the Governor had ordered that take-out pizza delivered to his rooms from King of Pizza in Cherry Hill, NJ.
This has to be a full blown ethics violation in any state in the union.
Clearly, the Governor is a man of such outstanding and self-evident probity that there is never a question of favoritism or quid pro quo. And since he is obviously above reproach, there is nothing wrong with him accepting the occasional “thank you” from a grateful world. NEXT!
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Chris Christie for Freeloader-in-Chief! He’ll balance the federal budget by getting other countries to pay our bills.
He’s a republican, I expect no less. In fact, he needs to step up his game if he thinks he can compete on a National Stage. This is chump change to his opponents.
Bruce, we are waiting for a song, please.
Ironic huh? A king springing for a king…All the bullshit we read about the Obama the monarch…can do anything,no checks balances,etc when the real embodiment of this behavior is in the NJ governors mansion.