and now, some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. the good poem of new jersey let some tv hosts down yesterday by not hammering governor chris christie about the bridgegate scandal. the republican governor held a town hall, fielding questions from residents. what he knew about a plan to close lanes on the george washington bridge never came up. msnbc has covered that story extensively. and many hosts seemed shocked that it was not at the top of minds for new jerseyans. they blamed it all on what they called a warning from the governor before he started fielding questions. with the possible exception of some of the media who is here to cover this today, all of us are from new jersey. and so you know what that means. what that means is if you give it, you are getting it right back.
about helping people after sandy. that s why there s not going to be any questions about anything else although there have been hecklers about this meeting. well, this is new jersey, isn t it? well, yes, but he s not used to being heckled. i challenge them, go ahead and ask the question, see what happens. there are hecklers out there. new jerseyans are straightforward. they get to the point. not to mention, he s talking about sandy funding, but sandy funding in and of itself is going to be a separate problem with the lane closures. is this surprising that they re not going for it here on bridge gate? well, i guess so. you ve got people, they re going to decide what they ask. sandy funding is a big deal in the state. it s not because people are going to forget about that because of lane closures. it s something that a lot of people in the state are going to care about. bob, to you, critics of the
the paper going on to note the governor needs to provide substantive, honest answers to the questions new jerseyans continue to ask about the snails-pace progress of getting federal sandy aid into the hands of people who need it. christie must be reminded that telling people to just be patient is unacceptable. and it s not just the editorial board of a local paper. it s actual sandy victims. monmouth university spent months surveying 854 new jersey residents who were directly affected by hurricane sandy. 64% of them are dissatisfied with new jersey s sandy recovery efforts so far. 55% says it s been difficult to even get information out of the state. 74% don t think the recovery effort is focused on helping people like them. that they have largely been forgotten. joining me now, bob jordan, statehouse reporter for the asbury park press. the editorial in your paper kind of surprised me today, it s fair to say. is there growing discontent among the folks who read your paper with way th
governor needs to provide substantive, honest answers to the questions new jerseyans continue to ask about the snails-pace progress of getting federal sandy aid into the hands of people who need it. christie must be reminded that telling people to just be patient is unacceptable. and it s not just the editorial board of a local paper. it s actual sandy victims. monmouth university spent months surveying 854 new jersey residents who were directly affected by hurricane sandy. 64% of them are dissatisfied with new jersey s sandy recovery efforts so far. 55% says it s been difficult to even get information out of the state. 74% don t think the recovery effort is focused on helping people like them. that they have largely been forgotten. joining me now, bob jordan, statehouse reporter for the asbury park press. the editorial in your paper kind of surprised me today, it s fair to say. is there growing discontent among the folks who read your paper with way the sandy aid has been distribute
point. as the asbury park press which endorsed christie in november issued an editorial entitled christie s answers overdue on bungled sandy aid. the paper going on to note the governor needs to provide substantive, honest answers to the questions new jerseyans continue to ask about the snails-pace progress of getting federal sandy aid into the hands of people who need it. christie must be reminded that telling people to just be patient is unacceptable. and it s not just the editorial board of a local paper. it s actual sandy victims. monmouth university spent months surveying 854 new jersey residents who were directly affected by hurricane sandy. 64% of them are dissatisfied with new jersey s sandy recovery efforts so far. 55% says it s been difficult to even get information out of the state. 74% don t think the recovery effort is focused on helping people like them. that they have largely been forgotten. joining me now, bob jordan, statehouse reporter for the asbury park press.