Submitted by Leftblankthistime t3_yhj264 in newjersey
What’s up with all the Chris Christie posts lately?
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Leftblankthistime OP t1_iue0uxc wrote
The Lardass provided little to-no help. Why give him a second thought over it?
Chris2112 t1_iuilmni wrote
I mean his handling of Sandy was easily the highlight of his career as governor. It was everything that followed, namely bridge gate and his subsequent attempts to salvage a 2016 presidency nomination that causes him to go out as hated as he did
Leftblankthistime OP t1_iuioru8 wrote
I wouldn’t say that- he was all show. His daily briefings with the power companies was just perception setting and there was no real policy setting as outcomes of policy for future events. No updates to infrastructure, communications gas supplies or anything like that. Other than getting in front of a microphone and going out to “survey the damage” he really didn’t do much. My power was out for a week and my fridge died when the power did come back on so I wasn’t as bad off as a lot of people - but I don’t think he did a good job at all
Chris2112 t1_iuir2tk wrote
But that's what being a politician is about during a crisis like that. Nothing he did could have fixed power faster but he actually took control of the situation rather than say, flying to Cancún where there's still power
Leftblankthistime OP t1_iuisad9 wrote
Upvote for the reference- and while I agree with the incident response, a real leader would have gone a step further to use some of the emergency response funding to prepare for the next emergency.
vocabularylessons t1_iue11hd wrote
It's Halloween.
peter-doubt t1_iueu0ex wrote
Oh .. that is scary
Algae-Ok t1_iueebre wrote
The gas prices are caused by a policy he implemented when he left
bergenbbwlover t1_iuhlig8 wrote
Finially someone else knew that !
peter-doubt t1_iuetxq3 wrote
Please refresh our recollection
joe_digriz t1_iughwej wrote
About a year before he left office, he "negotiated" (read: did the Republican thing of shutting down parts of government - in this case, the Department of Transportation - until he got what he wanted) with the legislature both an immediate increase in the gas tax (over 20 cents/gal) and a reformulation of how it worked.
In addition to the base rate, which the tax cannot go below, it basically relies on two major factors - how much revenue it generated during the previous year, and how much it is projected to generate during the upcoming year. (There's also a small adjustment for inflation.) That formula then determines if the tax goes up or down from year-to-year, and by how much.
It was announced in Sept the gas tax would be about a penny less than it was last year, thanks to the increase in driving as people are trying to move past the pandemic, but that still puts us just outside the top-10 for gas tax as compared to other states.
Algae-Ok t1_iuhu7yl wrote
Also it was kinda of a exchange where they raised the gas prices and reduced the sales tax on certain retail items. It was weirdly done because we all knew that money would not go back to the roads to be fixed.
joe_digriz t1_iuhxu6w wrote
Oh, right, I forgot about the sales tax part. And the "don't worry, the funds are *constitutionally protected* from being used for anything but the Transportation Trust Fund" thing. Right, because that's really stopped them from reallocating (excuse me... "borrowing") the funds before.
peter-doubt t1_iugi9vg wrote
If I recall we were near the top 10 almost forever.
5footfilly t1_iuehfto wrote
Isn’t it about time for him to retire to Florida? Or maybe Texas?
Leftblankthistime OP t1_iuelpi4 wrote
Maybe the 7th circle of hell?
5footfilly t1_iuf11l6 wrote
Works for me
hopopo t1_iueks1j wrote
Pre election Dog Whistling
Leftblankthistime OP t1_iueln2d wrote
He’s not running for anything
hopopo t1_iuemr1a wrote
Nether is Trump, but we were getting flooded with posts about his flags, bumper-stickers, and lawn signs. Or in other words Dog Whistling
peter-doubt t1_iueu5n1 wrote
He can bring out the roaches who voted for him
Thejerseyjon609 t1_iufpxta wrote
He can’t run, literally.
beeps-n-boops t1_iuf9xdl wrote
They keep letting that fat sack of congealed failure on TV.
_TommySalami t1_iug60za wrote
The big mouth blowhard won't go away, after humiliating himself... now he's trying to claw his way back to relevancy.
Leftblankthistime OP t1_iuhcxa9 wrote
He had the lowest approval rating of any governor anywhere ever - especially in his last year. Between almost going to jail and throwing his cabinet members under the bus over bridge gate and his lack of delivery of literally everything he planned to do (fixing taxes, fixing education, fixing transportation etc.) - even Trump wouldn’t go anywhere near him even after he went and kissed the ring. I’m shocked that anyone is thinking about him - even republicans
Redditdotcomment t1_iue0i55 wrote
Sandy