Christie didn't just close the NJ beaches for spite

[deminks]

he threw 6 families out of their homes.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/07/christie_tans_while_island_beach_homeowners_burn_d.html

Howard and Betty Height are not the governor, but they have a house on Island Beach State Park.

So do five other families.

But while Gov. Chris Christie and his family tanned, the other families burned -- with anger.

The other Island Beach residents were ordered out of the homes Friday night under the threat of arrest. They packed up and drove off, right past the governor's summer retreat, its lights ablaze with activity.

The other Island Beach residents pre-date Christie by a half-century. They were grandfathered-in back in 1953 when the state bought the island to make it a park.

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[Squinch]

1. How the hell is that legal?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. They will probably sue and settle with the state

as more money needlessly hemorrhages out of the NJ state coffers.

[DK504]

27. I hope they sue the hell out of the state and Christie personally.

I hope they don't settle either. This has be shown to the entire country and make the wrath of the people known. Granted it will be only get press because they are rich and white. Seems the "others" in our country aren't so lucky.

[BumRushDaShow]

32. Usually elected officials are immune

from a personal suit - and particularly if it had to do with a government shutdown. I wouldn't be surprised if they requested a waiver of a couple years worth of property taxes as a settlement given the state has the highest property taxes in the country.

[maddiemom]

17. Yes, and I thought Christie said...

Others who had private beach front property could do the same as he was doing (?) Having work summers at the Jersey Shore when I was in college, I remember that the Fourth was a HUGE tourist weekend. Surely restaurants and boardwalk businesses are suffering major losses.

[maddiemom]

19. Oh, and the hotels must be packed!

Reservation are usually made well in advance, so there go the deposits, as well.

[Blue_true]

43. The Fourth and Labor Day are the last summer days that families can

Vacation before kids go back to school.

[spanone]

2. he's a fucking pig.

[Soxfan58]

8. I dont think you realize

Pigs are very useful animals, and quite intelligent. The Governor not so much!

[MoonRiver]

15. THIS!

FU Chrispie Cream! You are definitely NOT a beautiful pig. You are pond scum.

[spooky3]

25. Squeee! To the little pink pig 🐷

[rogerashton]

28. Will somebody say something for pond scum? nt

[NastyRiffraff]

35. In defense of pond scum!

It's actually green algae which has environmental benefits, unlike Christie. Christie is more like the black mold that forms in the bathroom. (I'm currently waging WAR on my bathroom's black mold.)

[drmeow]

40. HIV infected blood stain? eom

[jmowreader]

41. Naah...he's not black mold

He's more like the algae that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning. some of which is so bad one oyster will kill you.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

51. He's Rat Lung Worm.

I heard that described on the radio the other day while I was eating. Just about gagged on my burger.

[Blue_true]

44. I have found that a medium strenght chlorine bleach solution shot through

a garden sprayer works for my problem with black mode. It is ugly stuff, can't blame you for going to war with it.

[NastyRiffraff]

47. Thanks for the tip!

I'll definitely try it. I've been using a commercial bleach-based spray which sort of works, but the straight bleach sounds like a plan.

[Blue_true]

48. It works for me. But you may have Biotech lab escape

black mold. At any rate, try the chlorine bleach solution. Have the area vented well because it has a kick. BTW, I tried the commercial mold solutions, they work some, but I still had a problem.

[dixiegrrrrl]

53. off topic...but

have not had to scrub the shower stall for months now, I spray it with undiluted white vinegar couple times a week. Kills mold on contact.
dunno how t would do on black mold....

[MFM008]

54. Christie would be lucky

To be an adorable piggy.

[mdbl]

39. LOL

[malaise]

10. He should be in prison

[3catwoman3]

42. How about a apeworm or a liver fluke.

He is a parasite for sure, and I can't find anything defensible about parasites.

[avebury]

4. Too bad the six families didn't immediately

go to the press and report that, while NJ went without a budget the Governor shut down the beaches to the public and proceeded to hold a beach party for his family and cronies.

[judesedit]

5. Once a scumbag always a scumbag

[jaxind]

6. OK, so his excuse....

Ok, so his excuse that this is his residence, doesn't hold water anymore! This was the residence for these families also!!

[onetexan]

7. time for those residents to SUE the pants off Christie's arse

what a freaking hypocritical idiot.

[tonedevil]

34. Please...

take all else he owns, put him in prison, but do not remove anything that covers his hideous flesh.

[YCHDT]

9. OK, wait ... why couldn't the families just say no to leaving?

[forgotmylogin]

12. Because lately, polite refusal seems to imply

"I've got a gun, Copper, you'll never take me alive, sheee?" and then law enforcement gets a little scared, which means they're later acquitted of all subsequent behavior.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

30. "Sheee"

[avebury]

36. Had they not left the State Police

threatened to arrest them.

[mr_lebowski]

46. I'd have called the press, then their bluff ...

Make the press cover the state police forcefully removing my family from our home ...

[LakeArenal]

11. Stay classy Republicans..

[maddiemom]

18. Lack of consideration of others is in the Republican party platform, it would seem.

[HelenWheels]

13. Families should resist

This is so hard to even believe. How can Christie be so blatantly disgusting and even illegal? He is really living it up because he is not running for election again. Gov. Walker (WI) is nasty but not that bad.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. fuck the people . fuck the people, who gives a shit about the people.

let them eat cake . what good is the elitest class anyway.

[Hugin]

16. I'll wait for this to be reported by Fox news before I believe it.

GOTCHA!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAOWIHURTMYBACKAGAIN!

[bdamomma]

20. Why didn't Christie just take a trip

somewhere like Florida.

[radical noodle]

22. Oh please...

we don't want him here!

[madinmaryland]

24. Heh. He would be the next Floriduh man!

[radical noodle]

29. We have far too many of them already n/t

[Blue_true]

45. But, we also have 20 million people. Bound to have a few morons. nt

[radical noodle]

49. So true!

I met a lot of great Dems here during the 2016 campaign.

[bdamomma]

58. yea, I feel for you guys

bad enough you have tRump!

[JI7]

50. costs money and time

[Volaris]

21. OK now THAT is some bullshit.

I wasnt cool with the optics when everybody got told
'Guvs house is on the beach. Wanna be on the beach, then run for guv, because I figured other people live on that state park beach too and therefore also have the RIGHT BY OWNERSHIP TO BE THERE.

Yeah, they're going to sue the fuck out of him. How does he even remotely have the right to throw somebody out of their own home because 'the budget'? If anything, I would bet the standards for owning and maintaining a home inside a state park are HIGHER than the surrounding community and I doubt seriously that the State is going to help anybody with that additional financial burden.
Lastly, if I were a resident my argument would be related to the one Christie himself made, ie, the BEACH is Public, and of therefore, closed. My HOUSE is private, and as long I'm not ( apperently, in my own friggin backyard, which the State also part-owns) everythings cool and you can fuck right off. But here's the rub...even THAT logic isn't enough for the pleebes, but it sure as hell is good enough for Chris Christie.

[MontanaMama]

23. It's just so odd that

Christie didn't get a WH cabinet post...his value systems seem right in line with 45's. Two doughy peas in a pod.

[Shrike47]

26. This seems like a possible 3rd Amendment violation and an interesting lawsuit.

Love one Amendment, love 'em all.

[Thinkingabout]

31. The Christi mafia at work. He's done, he knows it.

[Bengus81]

33. By all means voters in NJ,be sure and pull a lever for another Republican for Gov.

You know,like they do in Kansas. These people HURT them,SHIT on them,take as much away as they can and then let Corporations RAPE them. Election time,yup pull a lever for another Republican.

[cstanleytech]

37. Sounds like its time for a lawsuit. nt

[Historic NY]

38. Whod oes he think he is

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[orleans]

52. he's a bigger asshole than i thought. n/t

[Alea]

55. Yep Crispy is done

Stick a fork in him

How could he have even thought this was going to go well?

[LostOne4Ever]

56. Fuck Christie that corrupt PoS! Nt

[riverbendviewgal]

57. Island Beach State Park is so beautiful

I went to it as a teenager with my boyfriend who surfed there. There were also surf fishermen. When I married and visited NJ with my family we visited there. It has a natural beauty. I remember there were no restaurants, just a hot dog ice cream stand by the restrooms.
restaurants and rides on the state' s town boardwalks along side the private pay to go on beaches did not lose any money. I am sure they were packed more than they would be otherwise.

It is sad those families who had houses (bungalows) were not allowed to enjoy them. I hope they do sue the state and Christie.