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New Jersey Watchdog.Org:...During a town hall meeting in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey...(a) 7-year-old Cub Scout...asked the Governor, “How many bodyguards do you have?”
“There are 30 men and women who work for me, who are in the state police, and they’re members of what’s called the Executive Protection Unit,” answered Christie...
EPU travel costs reached $492,420 in 2014...The total for EPU travel in Christie’s first five years as governor exceeds $1.15 million. How most of that money was spent remains a mystery...
(A) public records lawsuit is scheduled to be heard May 28...The governor’s office argues (that it)..would jeopardize the governor’s safety by disclosing how many troopers are assigned to EPU. Yet that’s exactly what Christie detailed at the town hall meeting...and again by posting a clip of the episode on YouTube.
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And here's the best part -- two weeks later,
the video is STILL there! Whoever replaced Mike Drewinak as spokesman really dropped the ball on this one -- or is Christie planning to testify that he lied to the kid?
And speaking of kids, guess who's suddenly noticed that she's left hers home alone too much?
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NJ.com: First Lady Mary Pat Christie said Monday her recent decision to resign from her lucrative job at a Wall Street investment firm is “absolutely not” an indication that her husband has already made a decision on a 2016 presidential campaign. She has had “lots of conversations about” with the governor about a potential White House run and the couple has yet to decide.
“I’m spending a lot of time with my children and my husband, and really enjoying the opportunity..." Mary Pat said...Stepping down from her job will allow her to...spend time with the couple’s two youngest children, who are 14 and 11 years old...
The household earned just under $700,000 in 2013, according to the Christie’s tax returns. The bulk of that money, some half a million dollars, came from the first lady's salary and other compensation from a partnership payout at Cantor-Fitzgerald that year...
In a recent interview...with Matt Lauer, Mary Pat Christie had said she was "not sure" whether she would take a leave of absence from her job if her husband sought the presidency...
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The interview was aired April 16. Mary Pat's last day was Friday April 24, and it was announced the following Monday? That's not how senior-level executives resign of their own free will, especially if they want to keep future job prospects on the table: four weeks' notice (with a formal public announcement) is a
minimum. And even if her children were not well past the age of baby tending, surely running for America's first lady will be just as much a full time job.
On the other hand, if Christie gets indicted, too, you'd think they'd need all the income they can get their hands on. But on the OTHER other hand, neither of Mary Pat's hands are that clean --
the firm she's leaving continued to collect fees for a state pension fund that was no longer theirs. Are the Feds starting to breathe down HER neck, too? Did she jump from her job because she knew she'd get pushed? Or WAS she pushed?
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Originally Posted by Old Joysey
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Now that the first round of indictments have come down, it's entirely possible that he's practicing for having his last meal on the outside! Stay tuned...