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Human101948

(3,457 posts)
Fri Sep 4, 2015, 10:22 AM Sep 2015

Chris Christie by the numbers...He's a HUGE waste of NJ money!

http://www.onenewjersey.org/christie-by-the-numbers/

Abusing Taxpayer Money:
$23.8 million – The total cost for primary and special elections to fill the seat of U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in October of 2013, rather than waiting until the November general election one month later. (Bloomberg, 6/6/13)
$150 Million – The amount AshBritt secured in no-bid contracts from 53 municipalities throughout New Jersey after Christie Administration secured their contract (Star Ledger, 3/29/2013)
Over 100 – Chris Christie uses taxpayer money to fund GOP rallies under the guise of town hall meetings
164 – Christie and Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno have flown 164 times on state police helicopters…and counting (Bloomberg, 4/1/2013)
$390,200 – Amount Christie and Guadagno have cost taxpayers using state police helicopters (Bloomberg, 4/1/2013)
$1.2 Million – Paid to politically-connected lobbying law-firm Patton Boggs for fighting demands from federal government to return $271,000,000 spent on Access to the Region’s Core project (NorthJersey.com, 7/5/11)
$279 Million – Loss to NJ taxpayers as a result of Governor Christie canceling the ARC Tunnel project for his own political gains (NorthJersey.com, 1/8/2012)
$300,000 – Taxpayer dollars wasted in January 2010 to lure businesses from Illinois to New Jersey; to-date, not a single business has relocated
- See more at: http://www.onenewjersey.org/christie-by-the-numbers/#sthash.rcPHBTN9.dpuf
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Chris Christie by the numbers...He's a HUGE waste of NJ money! (Original Post) Human101948 Sep 2015 OP
Biggest abuse: letting Exxon off the hook for like 8 billion dollars!!!! winstars Sep 2015 #1
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