Comments on: NJ Gov Christie Fuming At Federal Bureaucrats, Congress, Obama

By: YonasonW

YonasonW — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:09:54 +0000

gavra (#9) – See this morning’s Star-Ledger –

The paper reviewed video tapes of the NJ presentation at the Department of Education – it turns out that Education Commissioner Shundler may not have been straight with the Governor – the Feds gave NJ several opportunities at the presentation to come up with the ’08 and ’09 numbers – but they stumbled, paused and ummed – and finally had to admit they didn’t have the numbers.

When asked about this, the Governor said he was relying on what he was told by Shundler . . and that he would be “…very disappointed…” if it turns out he was not told the truth. He wasn’t.

By: ny100k

ny100k — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:30:15 +0000

I am sure as a prosecutor he prosecuted individuals who submitted tax figures for the wrong years.

By: gavra

gavra — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:03:00 +0000

#1 and #4 – If you read the entire transcript of Gov. Chris Christie’s responses to reporter’s questions, you will see the the governor is indeed correct.

Here is what he said before the abovementioned rant:
“when we went in for the personal interview, two weeks before the decision was made they raised the issue with us. Commissioner Schundler gave them the 08 &09 numbers two weeks before the decision was made.”

By: mark levin

mark levin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:13:45 +0000

He was probably doing more venting than anything else. However they did correct the error. Anyway, Ill bet SOMEONE doesnt have as good a job anymore.

By: Your Sister

Your Sister — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:14:11 +0000

YonasonW, I partially agree with you. Bureaucracy doesn’t work unless it is the military, intelligence, and law enforcement. However, the Governor is trying to have it both ways. Until he is willing to privatize New Jersey Transit and stop trying to meet Trenton’s budget by trading carbon footprints, then he is becoming like another bureaucrat too.

By: gevaldikguy

gevaldikguy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:52:45 +0000

Perhaps if the clerk was better educated. . .

By: michali

michali — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:27:07 +0000

Governor Christie is soooo right. The people in government are mindless drones who can’t think for themselves, even after the mistake was corrected. I would not be suprised if this was a political move by Obama not to grant NJ the funding.

Message to Governor Chrisite: Please run for President to fix the mess done by liberals.

By: YonasonW

YonasonW — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:47:59 +0000

The Governor certainly knows better, and is being disingeneous. This is like any other governmental grant or procurement deadline. You have to provide a firm and absolute deadline to create a firm level playing field. If NJ (my State) would get a pass on this, it would open the door to other Strates asking to make adjustments to their documents that they didn’t have trime to make prior to the deadline.

By: apushatayid

apushatayid — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:54:26 +0000

Nu. That’s government buracracy for you. As a federal prosecutor and now a politician he should know this as well as anyone else.

Perhaps now he will begin to understand how the average citizen feels when they have to deal with government buracracy, at any level, especially at the state and local level where as governor he can affect some change.

By: midwesterner

midwesterner — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:59:02 +0000

Good luck getting the money back from Ohio. They will claim that they did what they were supposed to, and were awarded it legally. It is not a question of the money disappearing. There is a limited budget, and the top 10 split it.
Maybe the Ohio people should recheck their report. If there’s just a 3 point error on theirs, they’d still be ahead of New Jersey!