Hit the beaches! New Jersey budget deadlock broken

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

(CNN) - New Jersey beaches and parks that had been closed because of a government shutdown should be open to the public Tuesday for the Fourth of July, state legislative leaders said.

Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto announced at a news conference that a budget compromise had been reached.

Gov. Chris Christie had shut down the Garden State government Friday night after the state Legislature failed to pass a budget by the July 1 deadline, furloughing an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 state workers and forcing the temporary closure of state parks, beaches, recreational areas, and historic sites for the July 4 holiday.

Those recreation areas should be open for business Tuesday, the Fourth of July, Sweeney and Prieto said.

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By Ralph Ellis, CNN
Updated 10:27 PM ET, Mon July 3, 2017


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/us/new-jersey-budget-christie/index.html?adkey=bn

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Is Christie on board and on record for this?

After all, he's not going to get his mitts on Horizon's billions of dollars that he wanted for the State.

[Eugene]

5. "Sources say," according to NJ.com. They compromised.

The state gets additional control over Horizon.

It's a done deal: Christie will end state shutdown in time for July 4, sources say

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/07/christie_likely_to_approve_deal_to_end_shutdown_so.html

[Astraea]

2. I live in a desert state so maybe I don't understand...

but how do you close a beach? Do they put up chain fences around the ocean? Would it be illegal to go to the beach?

[George II]

3. Land access to the beaches is closed.

[Eugene]

4. In this case, police cars blocked the entrances and access roads.

It could be considered trespassing.

[Princess Turandot]

6. Limited access...some are on barrier islands that are connected to the 'mainland' by only a few

bridges or only a single road. That's the case with Beach Island State Park, which the Christies were using this weekend because of 'governor's privilege'. (It's here on Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/fVU2GqnDw5u )

[uppityperson]

7. Poor Christie, has to share his beach

[orleans]

8. i'm looking at the source for this article & it's probably FAKE NEWS

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Since the Drumpenfuhrer tackled it outside the ring, the source should be

in the hospital at this point.

[Ilsa]

10. I hope the neighbors that were forced to leave their beach houses

Leave some flaming dog shit for Christie. Or light a big smoky bonfire if the wind carries it to the governor's house. Maybe send some dead fish to his section of the beach.