Articles about “GovernorChristie”
Whitney Houston's Livestreamed Funeral Will Feature Aretha Franklin, Kevin Costner, Stevie Wonder
The funeral for Whitney Houston is open only to invited guests—who include Aretha Franklin, Kevin Costner, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey, and Stevie Wonder so far—but the public will get a chance to observe the services through...
NJ GOP Leader Dies In Statehouse Bathroom After Marathon Legislative Session
NJ Assemblyman Alex DeCroce died at the NJ Statehouse last night, after participating in the Legislature's final voting session. DeCroce, who represented Morris County and was the Republican minority leader since 2003, "collapsed and died in...
Chris Christie Helps Pal Mitt Romney Raise $1 Million
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie helped embattled Republican candidate Mitt "Crackers And Water, Thanks" Romney raise over $1 million at a fundraiser in Parsippany last night. But isn't Christie concerned with being associated with someone who'll...
Video: Chris Christie Heckled By OWS Protesters, Mocks "Hope And Change Garbage"
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie derisively mocked protesters who interrupted his speech endorsing presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Iowa last night, at the headquarters of Kum & Go, a regional gas station and convenience store chain. Minutes...
Obama Visit Irene-Ravaged NJ, Promises Federal Aid
Yesterday afternoon, President Obama visited some of New Jersey's most Hurricane Irene-damaged areas—Paterson and Wayne. After being welcomed by Governor Chris Christie and Senators Lautenberg and Menendez in Newark, the President was greeted with cheers (see video)....
Chris Christie: Port Authority Fare Hike Isn't A Tax, It's A "User Fee"
Governors Christie and Cuomo finally ended their "outrage" of the Port Authority's massive proposed toll hikes by pitching much smaller increases—an extra $1.50 for Hudson River crossings and $0.25 a year for the next four years for...
Chris Christie: "I Weigh Too Much Because I Eat Too Much"
Yesterday, NJ Governor Chris Christie suffered a severe asthma attack and was hospitalized for a few hours. The rumored 2012 presidential candidate—or VP candidate—admitted his weight causes problems. "I think the weight exacerbates everything," he said last...
Chris Christie, "24/7" Governor, Pays NJ For Personal Helicopter Rides
NJ Governor Chris Christie wants NJ to know that he's paying back the state for using the state helicopter for personal use so everyone will shut up about it already.
Chris Christie Takes State Helicopter To Son's Baseball Game
Photograph of Christie and his soccer game transportation from Patch.com Yesterday, a group of Republican businessmen from Iowa came all the way to New Jersey to beg Chris Christie to run for president. After two and...
Prayers Answered: NJ Mall "Xanadu" Resurrected
Check out that sexxxy ample parking! Via Wikicommons Xanadu is the perfectly named New Jersey shopping mall that never was. Though ground was broken on the project in 2004, it turns out that indoor ski slopes...
Video: Constituent Seriously Calls Gov. Christie "Hot And Sexy"
With all this talk of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's political "hotness," someone was bound to take the metaphor at face value. At one of Christie's favored town hall meetings in solidly Republican Sussex County, a...
Christie To Paterson: Quit Screwing With NJ
NJ Governor Chris Christie has a farewell message for outgoing NY Governor David Paterson. Okay, it's more of a F-U: Discussing how he will not allow the Tappan Zee Bridge to be added to the Port...
This Lady Helped Kill Trans-Hudson ARC Tunnel Project
Mary Pat Christie As the feds await NJ Transit to repay the $271 million in federal assistance funds sunk into the now-cancelled Trans-Hudson ARC Tunnel project, NJ Governor Chris Christie explained who convinced him to kill...
ACORN Video "Pimp" Back With New One About Teachers
Right-wing gadfly James O'Keefe's recent attempts at gotcha citizen journalism—such as allegedly bugging the phones in Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu's office and trying to lure a CNN reporter onto his dildo lube boat—have not gone so...
NYC Marks 9th Anniversary Of September 11 Attacks
Yesterday, the city remembered those lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center with a ceremony at Zuccotti Park. A victims' relative said, after reading some of the victims' names, "I love you,...
NJ Holding Hearing On $400 Million Education Funding Oops
The New Jersey Assembly wants an answer for who is responsible for the misreading of a Race to the Top application that cost the state $400 million in education funding, cost Education Commissioner Bret Schundler his...
NJ Education Commish Asked To Be Fired For Unemployment
Bret Schundler The saga of New Jersey's $400 million education funding SNAFU continues. When we last left off, Governor Christie was so upset over the mistake that he fired state Education Commissioner Bret Schundler. But now,...
After $400 Million Oops, Christie Fires Education Commish
Bret Schundler Days after an error on NJ's Race to the Top application for hundreds of millions in federal education funds became widely publicized, NJ Governor Chris Christie has fired his education commissioner, former Jersey City...
Gov. Christie To Obama: Ever Heard Of Google?
According to New Jersey's Governor Christie, their loss in the competition for Race To The Top funding was a federal government conspiracy. Christie says that the feds should have just called if they wanted to know...
Paterson Finally Breaks Silence Over Jersey Shore
It's silly enough when civilians spend valuable time talking about Jersey Shore, but when politicians do it, it's just, well, sigh-worthy. In a recent interview NJ Governor Chris Christie said the show was negative for his...
NJ Governor Christie On Being "Confrontational"
The Post swoons over this video of NJ Governor answering a question from Star-Ledger columnist Tom Moran, "Here's something you don't see this side of the Hudson -- a politician who talks straight." (The Post also calls...