UPDATE: Gov. Chris Christie Spent $300K On Food, Alcohol, NFL Concessions Using N.J. Taxpayer Money

[Human101948]

Gov. Chris Christie has spent $360,000 from his state allowance during his five years in office -- more than 80 percent of which, or $300,000, was used to buy food, alcohol and desserts, according to a New Jersey Watchdog analysis of records released by the governor’s office.

Some of Christie’s most notable expenses happened during the 2010 and 2011 NFL football seasons at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, where the Giants and Jets play their home games. Christie used a debit card, on 58 occasions, to pay a total of $82,594 for concessions at MetLife, according to the report.

The governor’s office wouldn’t provide any receipts or records for the expenses to New
Jersey Watchdog, but defended the governor’s spending practices.
http://patch.com/new-jersey/mendham-chester/christie-buys-300k-food-alcohol-using-nj-taxpayer-money-0

[Mike Nelson]

1. Too much!

...and why do taxpayers pay for his alcohol?

[Human101948]

2. "Consuming mass quantities..."

Since a bad beer costs about $8 in the nosebleed section of the stadium, can you imagine what top shelf liquor costs in a VIP suite? (And Christie always demands the best! He deserves it!)

[Gothmog]

3. Christie is not going to be the GOP nominee

[C_U_L8R]

4. El Gordo

Seems to be giving Mr Creosote a run for his wafer thin mints.

[exboyfil]

5. And the Republicans pound the poor

for wanting to treat themselves to an occasional steak or crab or heaven forbid even grapes (which was one complaint that I heard).

[AgingAmerican]

7. Almost everyone I know on food stamps is a Republican

It's those OTHER people on food stamps that don't deserve them.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. There's a joke here that just writes itself.

But I'll pass.

[stevenleser]

8. NJ Governor apparently gets a $95,000 a year expense allowance. I'm not up in arms about

him spending it on food, drink and entertainment. Governors, Presidents, Mayors, Ambassadors and such have allowances for those purposes.

What this reminds me of is the hypocrisy the GOP has about, as others have mentioned, poor folks wanting something nice for themselves every so often. Why is that 'bad' and this completely OK for Republicans?

[Human101948]

9. Because they work so very, very hard and are so unappreciated...

They deserve special treatment.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. kick