Teabagger darling Chris Christie wants to spend state $$$ on "New Jersey's ugliest building"

[KamaAina]

no, not The Onion.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20110324/US.Christie.Xanadu/

Calling it the ugliest building in New Jersey, and possibly America, Christie said Thursday that any deal to finish developing a troubled multibillion-dollar retail and entertainment complex at the Meadowlands will have to include a new exterior.

Late last year, Triple Five, which owns the Mall of America in Minnesota and the West Edmonton Mall in Canada, signed a letter of intent with lenders to complete the development of the "Xanadu" complex and possibly expand it....

The decor, which cost an estimated $40 million, has been a source of curiosity for motorists on the turnpike and a joke for late-night comedians.

Christie has backed findings of a panel studying the state's gaming, sports and entertainment industries that determined $875 million was needed to finish the Xanadu and recommended the state help find some money to complete it, likely in the form of tax-exempt bonds. But, on Thursday the governor said there would be a caveat to using any state money on the project; the state wants a piece of the equity.

So he can't find money for teachers, but he can for this?



I can hardly wait until New Jerseyan Jon Stewart gets hold of this! :rofl:

[zbdent]

1. why not insist the "free market" beautify it?

I mean, isn't the "free market" the silver bullet/magic elixir?