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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2015, 07:36 PM Jan 2015

Christie goes all in on Detroit-style manager for Atlantic City

This is the exact same thing that happened in Greece, Italy and Spain...Democratically elected heads were replaced by unknown "managers"
who proceeded to impoverish thousands of workers.

The democratically elected mayor and city council of Detroit, Michigan, had virtually no legal authority from March 2013 to September 2014 after Republican Gov. Rick Snyder put a corporate lawyer in the driver’s seat. Kevyn Orr, the first emergency manager to control a major U.S. municipality, guided the city through the grueling process of Chapter 9 bankruptcy in a process that seemed often at odds with Detroit residents.

Now with Atlantic City in financial turmoil, New Jersey is gambling on Michigan's stringent emergency management system to improve their own hand, but it’s a bet many say shouldn’t even be on the table.

Late last week, New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie installed his own emergency manager to govern Atlantic City. The decaying casino town, though much smaller than Detroit, has found itself in dire straits for similar reasons: Both cities have suffered from shrinking tax bases, widespread poverty and the collapse of an industry that was central to its economy.

Orr has had a hand in managing both fiscal crises; Christie named him as a consultant to Atlantic City’s emergency management team.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/1/26/atlantic-city-looks-to-detroit-takeover-as-its-future.html?utm_content=bylines&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow


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Christie goes all in on Detroit-style manager for Atlantic City (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jan 2015 OP
Christie is a championship level criminal, with offices filled to the ceiling with bribe monies. NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #1

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
1. Christie is a championship level criminal, with offices filled to the ceiling with bribe monies.
Mon Jan 26, 2015, 07:38 PM
Jan 2015

Monies he has received and monies he will use to bribe.

He is a disgusting puke fuck who pushes female school teachers around, and by now the fact that somebody hasnt punched the fucker, is amazing.

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