Christie Faces Criticism For Police Helicopter Ride To Son's Ballgame
State police defend use of helicopter, say flight hours would have been logged on new craft anyway for training purposes.
Against a backdrop of school budget cuts and state layoffs, Gov. Chris Christie faced mounting criticism Wednesday for using a state police helicopter to travel to his son's baseball game in Bergen County. Christie landed on a sports field at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale in the $12 million chopper Tuesday afternoon, minutes before his son was about to take the field as the catcher for the Delbarton School in their playoff game against St. Joe's. He and his wife, Mary Pat, left in the helicopter after the 5th inning. State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) blasted Christie, saying she "fully expects" the governor to reimburse the state of New Jersey for the cost of the ride. "If this was for an official reason, that would …
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Brian Hurrel
11:03 am on Thursday, June 2, 2011
"All of the criticism comes from Democrats and organizations that make up the Democrat coalition like the Sierra Club. " Really? All of the criticism? I'm not a Democrat and I know plenty of Republicans and Independents who have also taken issue with this. No matter how one spins this it is unacceptable, and in the midst of the worst economic downturn in most people's living memory, it is at the … more ›