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In reply to the discussion: Christie Crime Digest-Vol. I [View all]Laxman
(2,419 posts)306. You Can Pick Your Friends.....
and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. But when it comes to family, Christie's brother Todd just keeps popping up all over the place. It was Todd's Wall Street connections that enabled Christie to rise to power in the first place as a "Bush Ranger". They've been using their positions ever since.
Chris Christie Officials Give Atlantic City Contract To Firm Of Governors Brother
As one of its first moves in its state takeover of financially strapped Atlantic City, Chris Christies administration has awarded a lucrative government contract to the financial services firm that employs the Republican governors brother, Todd Christie. The deal followed an even bigger contract given to the firm by Christie officials only weeks after the governors brother began working there.
In January, Chris Christie signed an executive order installing an emergency management team to develop a plan to place the finances of Atlantic City in stable condition on a long-term basis. Two months later, Reuters obtained documents showing that Christie administration officials signed a contract with Ernst & Young, which hired Todd Christie as a New Jersey-based director in March 2013. Todd Christie is listed as working on the firms business development in campaign finance records.
The Christie administration contract will pay Ernst and Young more than $250,000 to provide financial analysis of Atlantic City. As the casino town faces a $101 million deficit and hotel closures, the deal cemented by Christies Department of Law also will allow Ernst & Young to bill taxpayers $455 per hour for other services, according to Reuters. The Christie administration gave the contract to Todd Christies firm at a time when New Jerseys executive branch ethics code says that public officials may not use their positions to secure a job, contract, governmental approval or special benefit for yourself, a friend or family member.
I hope the governors advocacy for the state takeover of Atlantic City was not simply to repay a favor to his brother, Todd Christie, for all of the support Todd has given him over the years, said Assemblyman John Wisniewski, the Democrat who co-chairs the legislatures investigative committee. It is fair to ask questions any time you have the executive branch taking actions that at least on the surface appear to uniquely benefit somebody very close to the governor.
In a statement provided by Christie spokesman Kevin Roberts, the New Jersey attorney generals office said Ernst & Young was selected based on its expertise in this area, and noted that the firm had been involved in Detroits bankruptcy proceedings, which it says are functions similar to the services they are providing in Atlantic City.
Roberts did not answer whether the governor or his staff spoke with Todd Christie about conducting financial analysis of Atlantic City, and referred any questions about Todd Christies role at Ernst & Young to the company.
John La Place, a spokesman for Ernst and Young, said in a statement that, as a matter of company policy, "Todd Christie has no involvement in any work with the government of New Jersey." La Place said the Ernst and Young employees working on the contract are "highly qualified" and "have performed similar work for several other municipalities, most notably the City of Detroit." Todd Christie did not respond to International Business Times request for comment.
The Christie administrations Atlantic City-related contract to Todd Christies firm follows Todd Christie delivering more than $50,000 to the Republican Governors Association, which backed his brothers election campaigns. The governors brother also delivered a maximum $3,800 contribution to his brothers reelection campaign after he started at Ernst & Young.
This is not the first time Todd Christies business has intersected with the government business his brother oversees.
Only weeks after Todd Christie started at Ernst & Young, Christie administration officials awarded the firm separate contracts worth more than $550,000 for auditing services in connection with the states expenditures on Hurricane Sandy recovery. Ernst & Young has said Todd Christie was not involved in the deal, and noted that Ernst & Young is a large company with many employees.
Todd Christie also was part of a group of investors who purchased and sold properties near public transit facilities that his brothers appointees redeveloped, according to the Bergen Record. At an event touting the redevelopment, the governor joked that his father was the lobbyist in the Christie family for this project.
Todd Christies business dealings also came up during the 2012 presidential campaign.
As one of its first moves in its state takeover of financially strapped Atlantic City, Chris Christies administration has awarded a lucrative government contract to the financial services firm that employs the Republican governors brother, Todd Christie. The deal followed an even bigger contract given to the firm by Christie officials only weeks after the governors brother began working there.
In January, Chris Christie signed an executive order installing an emergency management team to develop a plan to place the finances of Atlantic City in stable condition on a long-term basis. Two months later, Reuters obtained documents showing that Christie administration officials signed a contract with Ernst & Young, which hired Todd Christie as a New Jersey-based director in March 2013. Todd Christie is listed as working on the firms business development in campaign finance records.
The Christie administration contract will pay Ernst and Young more than $250,000 to provide financial analysis of Atlantic City. As the casino town faces a $101 million deficit and hotel closures, the deal cemented by Christies Department of Law also will allow Ernst & Young to bill taxpayers $455 per hour for other services, according to Reuters. The Christie administration gave the contract to Todd Christies firm at a time when New Jerseys executive branch ethics code says that public officials may not use their positions to secure a job, contract, governmental approval or special benefit for yourself, a friend or family member.
I hope the governors advocacy for the state takeover of Atlantic City was not simply to repay a favor to his brother, Todd Christie, for all of the support Todd has given him over the years, said Assemblyman John Wisniewski, the Democrat who co-chairs the legislatures investigative committee. It is fair to ask questions any time you have the executive branch taking actions that at least on the surface appear to uniquely benefit somebody very close to the governor.
In a statement provided by Christie spokesman Kevin Roberts, the New Jersey attorney generals office said Ernst & Young was selected based on its expertise in this area, and noted that the firm had been involved in Detroits bankruptcy proceedings, which it says are functions similar to the services they are providing in Atlantic City.
Roberts did not answer whether the governor or his staff spoke with Todd Christie about conducting financial analysis of Atlantic City, and referred any questions about Todd Christies role at Ernst & Young to the company.
John La Place, a spokesman for Ernst and Young, said in a statement that, as a matter of company policy, "Todd Christie has no involvement in any work with the government of New Jersey." La Place said the Ernst and Young employees working on the contract are "highly qualified" and "have performed similar work for several other municipalities, most notably the City of Detroit." Todd Christie did not respond to International Business Times request for comment.
The Christie administrations Atlantic City-related contract to Todd Christies firm follows Todd Christie delivering more than $50,000 to the Republican Governors Association, which backed his brothers election campaigns. The governors brother also delivered a maximum $3,800 contribution to his brothers reelection campaign after he started at Ernst & Young.
This is not the first time Todd Christies business has intersected with the government business his brother oversees.
Only weeks after Todd Christie started at Ernst & Young, Christie administration officials awarded the firm separate contracts worth more than $550,000 for auditing services in connection with the states expenditures on Hurricane Sandy recovery. Ernst & Young has said Todd Christie was not involved in the deal, and noted that Ernst & Young is a large company with many employees.
Todd Christie also was part of a group of investors who purchased and sold properties near public transit facilities that his brothers appointees redeveloped, according to the Bergen Record. At an event touting the redevelopment, the governor joked that his father was the lobbyist in the Christie family for this project.
Todd Christies business dealings also came up during the 2012 presidential campaign.
Read the rest here: http://www.ibtimes.com/chris-christie-officials-give-atlantic-city-contract-firm-governors-brother-1888988
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Let us not forget the DMV in Elizabeth. I'm still "sauced" over that one..LOL...n/t
monmouth3
Jan 2014
#7
Is it your prediction that Christie will be charged with a crime or crimes?
Exciting Trip
Jan 2014
#48
Since I believe that it's DOING something criminal that makes you a criminal
rocktivity
Jan 2014
#50
For the record, I think he should be charged and am cautiously optimistic that he will be
rocktivity
Jan 2014
#54
The New Brunswick apartment tower that got $4.8 million in Sandy relief funds
LiberalEsto
Jan 2014
#65
Next time you write a post like this, put it in its own OP, please , so more people can see it.
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#89
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rocktivity
Feb 2014
#94
Christie's problem being, of course, is that Samson reports to him directly
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#162
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Apr 2014
#203
"kicked $10,000 of it right back to the Republican Governor's Association?"
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Apr 2014
#213
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#238
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...After Illinois declared the first privately run U.S. state lottery a failure
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