that did not know that he helped funnel $6 million in federal hurricane sandy money to a senior center in bellville, new jersey, a police that suffered no damage. there s chris christie, talking to the rich people of chicago about hurricane sandy and saying every dollar we ve been shorted will have an impact on the lives of people of my state. every dollar we ve been shorted. real new jersey language. and that audience doesn t know that he personally shorted $6 million from the people in his state who deserve hurricane sandy money, and directed it to a place that suffered no damage. now, only one of the four republican candidates running for governor in illinois attended any of chris christie s events there today, and politico reports that another gubernatorial candidate requested a private meeting with christie, the no-cameras kind
chris christie s appointee to run the port authority, david sampson approved a quality project that benefited a client of his brother s law firm. it looked like christie s brother may have benefited from the same deal, todd christie loaded up on real estate near that station on the path rail line before that huge deal was approved. todd and his business partners then sold those homes for triple what they originally paid. todd and his partners denied any improper dealings saying having done business in harrison most of our lives we have been well aware of plans not only to improve the station but to grow and redevelop many areas of our hometown. but it doesn t end there. we ve also told you about hoboken mayor s dawn zimmer s claims that is christie used sandy funds as leverage to win support for a real estate development deal in hoboken. now it looks like christie gave millions of that money to a
it shows you where the governor has his press conferences. walks in one door, his people would walk in one door. except the day of the big press conference, he fired them all. you said it sounds like it was a good story. now, my question is, is anybody reading that today saying chris christie is not involved in the day to day politics. he s sort of like barack obama. he s above it all. he s a professor type. is anybody going to say that? i think some people will say that. what the newer polls are showing is that democrats and independents are starting to have grave questions, republicans are not so much. but the more of in that comes out and the drip drip drip thing, the more people are going to believe that that s the case. well, you previewed my next segment. thank you. and thank you kendall coffey for the legal advice. coming up, the drip drip drip. stories that look bad for chris christie. did the governor use hurricane sandy money for political gain? did he spend it elsewhere?
christie s top democratic allies. a huge reason he s been able to get things through the legislature. joe endorsed chris christie for re-election last year. probably not the most prominent democratic allies for christie in the state. belleville is in his county. could you look at a mayor of belleville, a town of 35,000 endorsing christie in his town getting the senior project but you re looking at something i think bigger at work potentially which is this town sits at the epicenter of the christie crates if you will of north jersey. this town is in joe s backyard close to the northward political machine. all of that is right around here. you re talking about $6 million in sandy money getting steered towards a long-planned project. the key to understanding this senior project is what s your understanding? is it a proper use of money which people from the federal government and other forces are giving to people in a disaster area? is it disaster relief or not? you can make a case.
following this matter. it shows how office is set up, where the political people sit. it shows you where the governor has his press conferences. walks in one door, his people would walk in one door. except the day of the big press conference, he fired them all. you said it sounds like it was a good story. now, my question is, is anybody reading that today saying chris christie is not involved in the day to day politics. he s sort of like barack obama. he s above it all. he s a professor type. is anybody going to say that? i think some people will say that. what the newer polls are showing is that democrats and independents are starting to have grave questions, republicans are not so much. but the more of in that comes out and the drip drip drip thing, the more people are going to believe that that s the case. well, you previewed my next segment. thank you. and thank you kendall coffey for the legal advice. coming up, the drip drip drip. stories that look bad for chris christie. did