Christie used Sandy funds for senior complex in town where mayor endorsed him

[babsbunny]

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/questions_raised_about_christies_use_of_sandy_funds_to_build_complex_in_town_where_mayor_endorsed_hi.html

By Matt Friedman/The Star-Ledger

TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie helped channel $6 million in federal Sandy recovery dollars to a project conceived years before the storm struck, in an Essex County town that was not particularly hard hit .

The funding, pushed for personally by the Republican governor, was announced less than two weeks before the town’s Democratic mayor formally endorsed him for reelection.

The development is an $18 million senior center and housing complex in Belleville called Franklin Manor. One third of the cost — $6 million — is being paid for by a $1.8 billion pot of federally funded Community Development Block Grants to help the state recover from Sandy.

[kentuck]

1. I guess he thought the Congress meant it to be his "slush fund"?

When they voted to give him the money?

[vt_native]

2. Bye, Chris