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(72,902 posts) Sun Jan 19, 2014, 10:06 PM Jan 2014

Christie Vetoes Sandy Relief Oversight Bill (April 26, 2013) [View all]

Christie Vetoes Sandy Relief Oversight Bill

New York (April 26, 2013, 1:24 PM ET) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed legislation establishing oversight and transparency measures to ensure that federal Superstorm Sandy relief money is properly allocated, saying the bill was redundant, wasteful and duplicates existing safeguards already in place.

Christie vetoed Assembly Bill 61 — which sought to establish a recovery funding transparency website and require comprehensive quarterly reports on how the funds were spent — saying recovery funds and projects were already prioritized expeditiously and transparently through the Office of Recovery of Rebuilding, which was established...

hmmmmmmmmm?
http://www.law360.com/articles/436304

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Christie Vetoes Sandy Relief Oversight Bill (April 26, 2013) [View all] kpete Jan 2014 OP

Yes he did! hrmjustin Jan 2014 #1

Cockroaches hate daylight. jsr Jan 2014 #2

Thank you for finding this. Raine1967 Jan 2014 #3

Premeditation to crime. jsr Jan 2014 #6

Very interesting! nt dorkzilla Jan 2014 #4

very interesting.... SummerSnow Jan 2014 #5

You know what else he vetoed? ProSense Jan 2014 #7

So basically Christie doesn't want anyone to know anything dorkzilla Jan 2014 #8

Christie doesn't want anyone to know anything rocktivity Jan 2014 #17

LOL! ProSense Jan 2014 #18

hee-hee. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #9

I didn't know about this! herding cats Jan 2014 #10

Smoking Gun #15 by my count. Kingofalldems Jan 2014 #11

For Christie there are only 2 possibilities, defacto7 Jan 2014 #12

No, Something Completely Different... Laxman Jan 2014 #16

and you don't call that defacto7 Jan 2014 #20

Oh why? 'Cause he better things to do with the Cha Jan 2014 #13

It's a good thing Obama is not running for President again. Christie would tarnish his image. nt kelliekat44 Jan 2014 #14

Yum! rocktivity Jan 2014 #15

Sounds like audit needed and all results posted to web on point Jan 2014 #19

No matter how all this eventually turns out calguy Jan 2014 #21

I wonder if that got overridden? Because they do have a "transparency" web site pnwmom Jan 2014 #22

That's why he's known as "Richard Cranium" in New Jersey! George II Jan 2014 #23

Curiouser and curiouser... The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2014 #24

Festivus for the rest of us!!! DillyDally Jan 2014 #25

Someone needs to send this to Josh Marshall and Steve Kornacki n/t RandySF Jan 2014 #26

Interesting how he BOOMS lists at the listener. Festivito Jan 2014 #27

Oops! malaise Jan 2014 #28