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Christie s name was no longer on that list and he wasn t fired. a clear link between the pressure to meddle in politics and the leak about the menendez investigation has never been established. christie has steadfastly maintained that politics had nothing to do with his actions. but it s an episode that veteran watchers of new jersey politics remember and that they are thinking about now as news of another investigation of menendez begins to emerge and it s an episode politics watchers are thinking back to as a story that received little attention just a few months ago suddenly getting a second look from the press and the public. this is the story of a man named bennett barland who for 16 years held the position of county prosecutor in new jersey, a quiet, almost bucolic swath of the western part of the state near the delaware river, one of the more republican counties in the state. it was big news in 2010 when he intighted the republican sheriff, deborah trout, and two of her deputy s ....
Many of that grumbling in 2006 was more than drowned out by voices in politics, in the media, even from the general public. voices that gave christie the benefit of the doubt. he was doing important work, most seemed to agree, and he was willing to go after members of both parties. it wasn t like he was on a partisan witchhunt. the story broke in september of twik. not only were new jersey voters told he was under federal investigation, but the man investigating him had a reputation for never going after anyone unless he had the goods. and i ll be the first to admit that i was one who fell for it. when menendez pushed back against the report and attacked christie s office for leaking it, it was, quote, a weak response given the number of corrupt republicans brought down by chryistopher christie. the u.s. attorney on the menendez inquiry. but a funny thing happened. after word of the investigation leaked, nothing else happened. ....
Like you re going to run. yep. you want to have that same burst. all right. we formed a hockey caucus, the congressional hockey caucus to advance the game and, for me, principally that means providing greater access to the sport for all kids. arthur ashe said something that struck me when i thought about hockey. he said, tennis shouldn t be a country club sport. kids in the inner city should be able to play. men and women who have come back from afghanistan or iraq with purple hearts, legs missing, arms missing. the usa warriors. those folks use hockey as therapy, as fun, as exercise. we play them in a game once a year. we try to advance the issues and causes that they re facing. why is it so hard to work with house republicans today? ....