NEWARK — The lawyers for Bridgegate defendants Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni urged a federal judge Monday to throw out the cases against the former allies of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, saying federal prosecutors stretched the law too far. In court papers filed late Monday, the lawyers argued impeding traffic flow is not a… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — Avoiding possible bankruptcy and hostile state takeover of a once-glittering gambling resort town, top political leaders and the Atlantic City mayor Tuesday announced a compact to repair the city’s finances. The arrangement stops short of the kind of intervention the Democratic state Senate president was seeking and the bankruptcy Mayor Don Guardian threatened to… Read the rest of this entry »
During his press conference this afternoon, Governor Chris Christie confirmed published reports that he has personally apologized to North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello for calling him “crazy” during a Town Hall meeting on the presidential campaign trail in New Hampshire yesterday.
Christie said that the “crazy” remarks were not the first time, and probably won’t be the last, that he got carried away at town hall style event.
He said he felt bad about the remarks when he woke this morning and called Rosenello at 8 or 8:30 a. m.
Christie said that he suspected that the young woman who asked the question that prompted his rant was a plant from an adversary, since the woman would not give the governor the names or phone numbers of her family in New Jersey so that he could call them.
View the interaction that caused the controversy below:
Posted: January 26th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie | Tags: 2016 Presidential politics, Chris Christie, New Hamsphire, North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello, Winter Storm Jonas | 1 Comment »
TRENTON — For the second time in four days, a Wall Street credit rating agency has painted a dire outlook for Atlantic City. Moody’s Investors Service said in a report Monday that Gov. Chris Christie’s recent rejection of a financial aid package leaves the Jersey Shore gambling resort likely to default on debt services as early… Read the rest of this entry »
Governor Chris Christie has three campaign stops in New Hampshire this afternoon and three tomorrow, according an email announcement by his campaign this morning.
This morning, he thanked New Jersey resident for staying home.
Posted: January 24th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, Christie Administration | Tags: Chris Christie, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Winter Storm Jonas | 4 Comments »
BAY HEAD — Bay Head oceanfront homeowners went on the attack on Saturday after Gov. Chris Christie called them “selfish” for r efusing to sign over easements for a protective dune in their town. “If the state dune was in place now, it would be washed out to sea like every other temporary Band-Aid solution and… Read the rest of this entry »
Amanda Marzullo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) NEWARK — Gov. Chris Christie has declared a state of emergency as a major winter snow storm approaches New Jersey and the East Coast. The… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 23rd, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Christie, New Jersey | Tags: Chris Christie, New Jersey, Winter Storm Jonas | 1 Comment »
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie has just declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the blizzard due to blanket the state beginning Friday night. As ominous as it sounds, a state of emergency means more for the police, fire and other public safety officials responding to the event than it does for the average person.… Read the rest of this entry »
Governor Chris Christie is scheduled to brief the press on the State’s storm preparedness from a Department of Transportation garage in Newark (New Jersey) this evening at 8 p.m.
Christie, seemingly put-upon, told a town hall gathering in New Hampshire that he is returning to New Jersey ” …to make sure that the people of my state feel safe and secure and know that despite the fact that I’ve been on the phone seven or eight times in the past two days to get updates from the National Weather Service and to lay out the plans for how we’re going to deploy resources, talk to the National Guard, talk to the Department of Transportation, talk to the Department of Environmental Protection, make sure everybody knows what they’re doing, they’ll feel better if I’m there. So I’m going to go back this afternoon. …”
Posted: January 22nd, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie | Tags: Chris Christie, Winter Storm Jonas | 1 Comment »
WASHINGTON — New Jersey got only $15 million of the $326 million requested in disaster relief under a program funded in the Hurricane Sandy aid package in part because the state submitted “a weaker application,” a top federal official said Thursday. The award, announced Thursday by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro at an event… Read the rest of this entry »
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