Christie statement (on Mayor Zimmer's allegations)
Source: MSNBC
Colin Reed, a spokesman for Gov. Chris Christie, released the following statement on Saturday after MSNBC reported that top officials in the governor’s administration warned Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer that her town would be starved of Hurricane Sandy relief funds unless she approved a redevelopment plan supported by Christie.
“MSNBC is a partisan network that has been openly hostile to Governor Christie and almost gleeful in their efforts attacking him, even taking the unprecedented step of producing and airing a nearly three-minute attack ad against him this week. Governor Christie and his entire administration have been helping Hoboken get the help they need after Sandy, with the city already having been approved for nearly $70 million dollars in federal aid and is targeted to get even more when the Obama Administration approves the next rounds of funding. The Governor and Mayor Zimmer have had a productive relationship, with Mayor Zimmer even recently saying she’s ‘very glad’ he’s been our Governor. It’s very clear partisan politics are at play here as Democratic mayors with a political axe to grind come out of the woodwork and try to get their faces on television.” . . .
Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/steve-kornacki/christie-statement
Looks like Mayor Zimmer hit the target squarely with Christie responding on a Saturday afternoon. Congrats, Steve Kornacki. Here's a related column by a NJ Star-Ledger columnist that also hits the nail on the head: http://blog.nj.com/njv_tom_moran/2014/01/hoboken_blackmail_charge_worse.html
Might be very cold this week in New Jersey, but it's sure warming up for Chris Christie.
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Where have I heard that before?
... so since they responded - this one must be true
2. MSNBC has dedicated nearly twice as much coverage to Governor Christie over the last week and a half than CNN, and three times as much as Fox News.
“[T]he chart above literally shows that MSNBC has a hard-on for Christie.” (Tommy Christopher, “The Only Question That Matters in Chris Christie’s Bridgegate,” Mediaite, 1/17/14)
And Chris Christie flamed "Jersey Shore" for giving people the wrong impression of New Jersey????
Edited to add: I think that since MSNBC is SO partisan, SO UNFAIRLY ANTI-CHRISTIE, that JOE AND MIKA SHOULD RESIGN IN PROTEST!!!!!!!!
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frustrations with not getting the access to top officials for a smooth transition when he declined to endorse his Crispiness for gov.
"Allegations of retribution are at the center of the bridge scandal, in which top aides to Christie caused a massive traffic jam, possibly to punish Fort Lee’s mayor for not endorsing Christie. Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop has said the administration suddenly yanked his access to a contingent of top officials slated to offer guidance on navigating the state bureaucracy after he declined to back the governor."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrat-mayors-who-backed-christie-struggled-to-weigh-politics-vs-local-needs/2014/01/18/f3586bf8-7e2d-11e3-93c1-0e888170b723_story.html
I saw it on Rachel's show, paused it, and copied it down. It's disgusting..
"Mayor Fulop's words and actions must be viewed through the lens of partisan politics and his attempt to advance his own political agenda."
Can you imagine Mayor Fulop's reaction to that? Shit like this is precisely why Revenge for the Culture of Bully's ACTIONS is going to be so SWEET.
