Christie vetoes Trump-inspired bill to require tax returns from presidential candidates
Source: Politico
By MATT FRIEDMAN 05/01/17 12:53 PM EDT
Calling it unconstitutional and a “transparent political stunt,” Gov. Chris Christie on Monday vetoed a bill that would require future candidates for president to disclose their tax returns in order to appear on New Jersey’s ballot.
“Unwilling to cope with the results of last November’s election, the Legislature introduced this unconstitutional bill as a form of therapy to deal with their disbelief at the 2016 election results, and to play politics to their base,” Christie, a friend and ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, said in his veto message.
The veto was not a surprise. The question was whether Christie, a Republican, would simply veto the measure or conditionally veto it in order to highlight hypocrisy by state lawmakers, who are not required to disclose their tax returns. Instead, they fill out vague financial disclosure forms.
Christie instead rewrote the bill to expand the state’s Open Public Records Act to legislative records, most of which are exempt from the law. He eliminated its provisions requiring presidential candidates to disclose tax returns.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/05/01/christie-vetoes-bill-to-require-tax-returns-from-presidential-candidates-111677
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I thought it over very carefully , It came down to six of one or a half dozen of the other. So I decided it's my way or the highway ,although those roads are in pretty rough shape.
On his road trip he tried to look at it in context thinking he would find a way to make a split decision. It didn't seem to pan out.
Gov. Christie craves more than your vote.
The New Jersey pol and former presidential candidate veered off I-95 Saturday morning to pick up some cinnamon rolls at a Delaware rest stop.
So he than decided to take it out of context,in a lawyer'ly way of course ,than look at again in part. Hence six of one ,half dozen of the other. Of course fresh off the highway trail it suddenly came to him. Except for those bumps in the road and again of course.
