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Link to mean article.
Link to report.
From the Report:
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Link to report.
From the Report:
In addition to his $175,000 a year salary, the governor receives $95,000 a year in expense advances, paid quarterly by the state. In the state budget, it is listed as ?an allowance of funds not otherwise appropriated and used for official receptions on behalf of the state, the operation of an official residence, for other expenses.?
well, okay, but still:
On 58 occasions, Christie used a debit card to pay a total of $82,594 to Delaware North Sportservice, which operates the concessions at MetLife. The governor?s office did not provide any receipts, business reasons or names of individuals entertained, but defended the expense.
that's $1,423 per game! That's a lot of food and drink...
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Meanwhile, Christie found other ways to enjoy the allowance.
The governor used it to buy $102,495 worth of groceries and alcoholic beverages from retail stores. It?s not clear from records whether the goods stocked the pantries and filled the refrigerators at Drumthwacket, the governor?s official mansion in Princeton, or the Mendham house where Christie and his family live. The store addresses were not disclosed.
Christie did most of his serious food shopping at Wegmans Food Markets, where he spent $76,373 during 53 shopping runs. He patronized ShopRite supermarkets 51 times for $11,971 in purchases ? plus another $6,536 in seven visits to ShopRite?s liquor stores.
Those grocery bills dropped dramatically in early 2013, shortly after Barbara Walters asked on network television whether Christie was too overweight to be president.
?There are people who say that couldn?t be president because you?re so heavy,? said Walters in an ABC special that aired in December 2012. ?What do you say to that??
?That?s ridiculous,? Christie shot back. ?I mean, that?s ridiculous.?
Two months later, the governor underwent Lap-Band surgery in an attempt to lose weight. Nearly two years after the operation to restrict the size of his stomach, Christie boasted he had shed 85 pounds.
It also shrunk Christie?s supermarket bills.
hahahah, he's fat!The governor used it to buy $102,495 worth of groceries and alcoholic beverages from retail stores. It?s not clear from records whether the goods stocked the pantries and filled the refrigerators at Drumthwacket, the governor?s official mansion in Princeton, or the Mendham house where Christie and his family live. The store addresses were not disclosed.
Christie did most of his serious food shopping at Wegmans Food Markets, where he spent $76,373 during 53 shopping runs. He patronized ShopRite supermarkets 51 times for $11,971 in purchases ? plus another $6,536 in seven visits to ShopRite?s liquor stores.
Those grocery bills dropped dramatically in early 2013, shortly after Barbara Walters asked on network television whether Christie was too overweight to be president.
?There are people who say that couldn?t be president because you?re so heavy,? said Walters in an ABC special that aired in December 2012. ?What do you say to that??
?That?s ridiculous,? Christie shot back. ?I mean, that?s ridiculous.?
Two months later, the governor underwent Lap-Band surgery in an attempt to lose weight. Nearly two years after the operation to restrict the size of his stomach, Christie boasted he had shed 85 pounds.
It also shrunk Christie?s supermarket bills.
