Christie billed state $85K on VIP boxes; GOP reimbursed it
Source: AP
By JILL COLVIN and JEFF HORWITZ
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spent $85,000 in public money to entertain in luxury boxes at sports venues between 2010 and early 2012, when state Republicans started to pay for the expenses and reimbursed the state for those already incurred.
The money came from an account, worth $95,000 a year, that Christie can use to pay for official entertainment or other expenses associated with his job. The details of spending from that account were obtained by The Associated Press via the state's open records law.
Much of Christie's spending from the account is used to pay for entertaining at the governor's mansion, known as Drumthwacket. Though Christie does not live there, the state's budget provides money for the property's maintenance, official receptions and "other expenses."
The documents obtained by the AP do not list at which events, including those at the sports venues, the governor was entertaining and who was present.
FULL story at link.
Stephanie Rhodes, left, shake hands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., accompanied by his wife Mary Pat, as they arrive for a roundtable discussion at the Farrnum Center, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Kind of like the Palin family wardrobe.
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No wonder the Feds didn't give out any Bridge(t)-Gate immunity!
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