Where’s the fleece? #STTS

Thanksgiving like weather did not keep thousands of people from flocking to the Jersey Shore for the Memorial Day Weekend summer kickoff.

A rapidly slimming Governor Chris Christie braved the cold and dressed for the calendar and cameras.  From the looks of the OceanCityPatch photos, there was no lack of warmth for Christie coming from the swarming crowd.

It took 45 minutes for Christie to move from the boardwalk ramp at Eighth Street three doors down to Manco & Manco Pizza through a mosh pit of well-wishers hoping to shake hands or rub elbows with the rising Republican star. Even outside the swarm of onlookers around Eighth Street, the boardwalk was jammed with visitors on the sunny but brisk first day of the holiday weekend.

Christie crept along to the popular pizza store to greet co-owner Chuck Bangle and a host of Ocean City officials and community leaders in a staged photo-op.

Christie’s visit included no speech to the public and no comment on issues related to the storm — just an opportunity for the governor to meet and greet shore residents and visitors.

As a crowd waited for the governor’s arrival, his staff announced that Christie would walk from Eighth Street past Gillian’s Wonderland Pier to Sixth Street. But after about an hour and a half, Christie had not made it to Seventh Street.

No one complained about beach badges.

Posted: May 26th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: #STTS, Chris Christie, Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: #STTS, Chris Christie, Jersey Shore, Ocean City, Ocean City Patch, Stronger than the storm | 2 Comments »

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