2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumChris Christie Spent $82,000 In Taxpayer Money On Concessions At NFL Games
Yow!! I know concessions are expensive at NFL games but this is ridiculous.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) spent more than $82,000 in taxpayer money on concessions at NFL games -- a sum that Republicans later reimbursed to the state Treasury to avoid impropriety.
According to a New Jersey Watchdog analysis of records from the governor's office that was published Monday, Christie used $300,000 of his $360,000 state allowance over five years to purchase food, alcohol and desserts. Some $82,594 of that sum went to Delaware North Sportservice, which operates the concessions at MetLife Stadium, the home of both the New York Giants and Jets teams.
To avoid a potential scandal that could embarrass their rising political star, the New Jersey Republican State Committee reimbursed the Treasury in March 2012 for Christies purchases from DNS Sports. Since then, the governor has refrained from using his expense account at MetLife and other sports venues.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chris-christie-spent-dollar82000-in-taxpayer-money-on-concessions-at-nfl-games/ar-BBjBJwP
tanyev
(42,618 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,380 posts)Leave Chrisney alone.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)What's the interest rate for borrowing against the State taxpayers?
Just wondering.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)The sorry state of the media is how they are like rabid dogs when it comes to flimsy evidence of Clinton Cash, but decide to curl up and lick their own balls when a Republican is literally peeing away taxpayer money while engorging himself in a frenzy of public and documented corruption.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I keep waiting for the day he takes his perp walk in a orange jump suit.
John Poet
(2,510 posts)And he makes too much money to qualify for food stamps....
meow2u3
(24,773 posts)He's growing horizontally...
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)Are you fucking kidding me?
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)Persondem
(1,936 posts)is having with bridges, game munchies and disappearing pension money. He should just stop all this presidential nonsense, just stay at home and wait for the indictments.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)czarjak
(11,296 posts)Nice gig if you can get it.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)That money should've come out of Cristie's pocket.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)It's not just Chris Christie who lives like a King on the taxpayer dime, they all squander and spend Americans money. Christie is republicans current whipping boy, a target for the unwashed, a shield against their corruption. They will get a lot of use out of him and his 'run for president'
DFW
(54,443 posts)Something like "And that was just on beer and popcorn during one playoff game!"
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)One of the 99
(2,280 posts)meow2u3
(24,773 posts)I don't care if the repukes paid it back. Christie never should have tapped the taxpayer till to begin with--especially when he's stuffing his piehole! I've heard of corruption, but the reason for dipping into taxpayer money is ridiculous!