Labor & Employment Law

With Jersey Deep in Snow, Gov. Christie had Fun in Sun

By Mike Hall

Meaning no disrespect to the world?s most famous and lovable rodent, but New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie?s (R) response to last week?s massive snow storm that hammered the Garden State and other east coast states, was literally Mickey Mouse.

While tough and dedicated New Jersey state workers?the same workers Christie has spent his tenure attacking?cleared snow-covered roads and worked to keep residents safe and warm, Christie was vacationing at Disney World.

In fact, he’s out of the state so frequently a new website, ?Where?s Chris Christie? chronicles his vagabond ways for New Jersey voters. The website was launched by Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC).  In an e-mail to some 19,000 New Jersey members, PCCC co-founder and New Jersey native Adam Green writes:

Partying with Mickey Mouse while serious incidents are happening back home isn’t leadership. This is just the latest time that Christie has left the state at a critical moment?putting his own interests above New Jersey?s.

Green asks supporters who are on Twitter to spread the world with this message:

?Where in the world is @GovChristie? Anywhere but in NJ solving problems: bit.ly/i1XQyy He’s no @CoryBooker! RT!?

Cory Booker, the Democratic mayor of Newark, has earned praise for his snow removal efforts, which have included using Twitter to find unplowed roads and digging some vehicles out of the snow himself. Says Green:

Together, we’ll show that when New Jersey was losing billions in federal education funding and suffering a massive transportation shut-down, Christie was hopping around the country campaigning for Republican candidates instead of putting his state first. Please share on Twitter and Facebook.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on January 03, 2011 (boomark / email).