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Symptom of the Disease: Federal funds used for N.J. Hurricane Sandy relief

By Steve McGough / January 13, 2014 /

This is the kind of stuff that always comes up when the federal government steps in to provide funding to a local area with a bail out. New Jersey and Gov. Chris Christie is being investigated concerning how they spent federal dollars for a marketing campaign to promote the state and its shoreline.

Ann Coulter: If Christy doesn’t run he’s a jerk. Matthews: Republican field of dog pound

By Jim Vicevich / April 12, 2011 /

it’s a “twofer” my little mobsters. Ann has never been one to mince words, which is why we love her so much. The simple fact is she could very well be right.  Chris Matthews on the other hand is squealing with delight. Video below the fold.

Chris Christie to Dan Malloy: I got the job done. How ’bout you? Video

By Jim Vicevich / June 27, 2011 /

Fresh off his “huggable” performance on Meet The Press, Christie was in rare form this morning on the Morning Joe. Maybe rare is the wrong term? How about typically blunt form. Joe Scarborough brings up that he had just spent some time with Mika talking to CT Governor Dan Malloy and Christie was off and…

Gov. Christie to school administrator … “Let me help you pack”

By Steve McGough / November 14, 2010 /

As school administrator contracts expire in New Jersey, employees will be subject to a salary cap. Of course, if you’re contract is about to expire and you’re making more than the proposed cap, that means a pay cut. To keep the high-paid administrators on staff at the current (or higher) salaries, school boards are suggesting…

Governor Chris Christie: what will you tell your children …

By Jim Vicevich / October 18, 2010 /

… if you let this opportunity slip away. Chris Christie paid a visit to Connecticut to campaign and endorse Linda McMahon and the most telling moment came in the first video below, toward the end of the speech. “You need to stand up and fight.”

Do we need more politicians like New Jersey Governor Christie?

By Steve McGough / May 14, 2010 /

I think… yes. This is a video from a May 10 press conference where a columnist asks Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) about his confrontational tone. The way I look at it, politics by definition is partisan. That’s the whole idea of politics.

Check out how Gov. Christie deals with a Social Security question

By Steve McGough / February 17, 2011 /

Not a third rail for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R). During a visit to Washington, D.C. yesterday, Michael Barone asked Christie if he thought Social Security was still the third rail of politics nobody wanted to touch.

New Jersey lawmakers still want to steal unused gift cards

By Steve McGough / January 3, 2011 /

Last summer, New Jersey ammended the state’s Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, allowing the state to seize (steal) unused money on gift cards. The law was signed by Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.). In November, a judge temporarily struck down the law. How I missed this before, I just don’t know, as is a prime example of actions…

Chris Christie to Brian Williams: I can’t print money – UPDATE

By Jim Vicevich / October 22, 2010 /

The subject: Christie canceling the “Big Dig” boondoggle in New Jersey, a railroad tunnel between New Jersey and New York. It’s cost is already estimated to cost the state $2.5 billion more than planned. Christie will decide definitively today … but … has he says … there’s no more money. Guts.

Lie to New Jersey Gov. Christie … you goin’ down, down, down

By Steve McGough / August 27, 2010 /

New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler has been relieved of his duties. Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) made it a point to note Schundler provided the correct budget figures at a “Race to the Top” presentation in Washington D.C. Did anyone have a camera focused on Schundler when Christie made that claim?