Chris Christie and his history of living high on government expense

Much is being made today, and justifiably so, about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) and his somewhat absurd use of state resources to pop in on his son's high school baseball game. While the use of the taxpayer-owned helicopter to enter the stadium was a nice touch (and a whale of a dramatic entrance, no doubt), what really makes the story sing was his use of a government car to travel 100 freaking yards from where the helicopter landed to the bleachers where he sat, flanked by state troopers acting as his security detail.

Then, like a true baseball fan, he bolted the game in the 5th inning, so he could hustle back to the governor's mansion, where he was meeting with Iowa GOP donors and activists once again beseeching him to run for President.When this story exploded this morning, I couldn't help but find it oddly familiar. Sure enough, Christie's penchant for using state resources for his convenience was indeed an issue back in the 2009 gubernatorial campaign:
Newly released travel records show that Chris Christie occasionally billed taxpayers more than $400 a night for stays in luxury hotels and exceeded the government's hotel allowance on 14 of 16 business trips he took in 2008.
"Generally, U.S. attorneys, assistant U.S. attorneys and all federal staff stay within the government rate," said Justice Department spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz. "The government rate is not a suggestion, it's a guideline."

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a million dollar dessert, or some such thing. But the Gov is SPECIAL....:sarcasm: