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Christie fails to report income, avoids $152,000 in taxes
FOUR: Images of Chris Christie stroll the garden at Drumthwacket mansion, Princeton, NJ, in a photo illustration by the governor’s staff photographer By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Gov....
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Christie keeps $95K expense account secret
Chris Christie practices a speech in the library of the governor’s mansion at Drumthwacket in Princeton, NJ By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie defended his...
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Travel club: Cost of Christie cops continues to climb
PROTECTION – Gov. Christie is guarded at taxpayer expense, no matter where or why he travels By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog As Chris Christie pursues his political fortunes outside New...
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Christie reveals state security secrets to Cub Scout at public event
NO SECRETS: Cub Scout gets Gov. Chris Christie to spill the beans on state security details By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog In a bizarre turn of events, Gov. Chris Christie revealed state...
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Christie stiffs New Jersey for security travel while Walker PAC pays
ROAD TRIP: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, traveled to Wisconsin last year to campaign for Gov. Scott Walker at an event in Hudson, Wis. By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog When a...
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High security: Guarding Christie costs 5 times more than Walker
SECRETS: Gov. Chris Christie keeps taxpayers in the dark on the travel costs of his security detail By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog New Jersey’s Chris Christie and Scott Walker of Wisconsin...
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Bill to force Christie to disclose $95K expense account hits Assembly
NO SECRETS: Legislation to force Gov. Chris Christie to account for his $95,000 a year expense allowance is being introduced in the State Assembly By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Two State...
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Christie buys $300K of food & booze with NJ expense account
FOOTBALL, FOOD & FUNDS: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (left) talks with New Jersey governor Chris Christie before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in 2014 at MetLife Stadium in...
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State claims release of $1M in Amex bills would endanger Christie
ON GUARD: Gov. Chris Christie fights disclosure of $975,000 in credit card bills for security travel By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Chris Christie’s lawyers say the governor’s safety will...
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Gifts to Gov. Christie are not ‘gifts,’ rules NJ attorney general
HAVING A BALL: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (left) talks with New Jersey governor Chris Christie before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in 2014 at MetLife Stadium in East...
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Christie’s YouTube moment backfires in court
INSECURITY: Gov. Chris Christie spills the beans to a Cub Scout in a town hall meeting last month. By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog A New Jersey judge is giving Gov. Chris Christie one more...
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Christie has no receipts for quarter-million dollars in expenses
MISSING: Gov. Chris Christie does not have receipts for two-thirds of his expenses By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Details of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s $82,000 spending spree at NFL...
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Christie wins as court declares his pension reform unconstitutional
REVERSAL: The pension reform signed by Gov. Chris Christie in 2011 was declared unconstitutional Tuesday by the New Jersey Supreme Court By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog With billions of...
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Political games: PAC pays for Christie’s ticket at NBA Finals
PLAYER – Gov. Chris Christie shows his stuff at a charity softball game earlier this month. By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie continues to live large as a sports...
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Christie challenges court order to release public record
IT’S MINE – Gov. Chris Christie is fighting public release of a “valuable” media list created at taxpayers’ expense By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Gov. Chris Christie is challenging a court...
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Christie and lawmakers fight budget battle over pension crisis
Gov. Chris Christie delivers his 2016 budget address on Feb. 24 as Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (left) and Senate President Stephen Sweeney (right) watch By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog...
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Christie runs for president – and away from $170 billion pension mess
RUNNING – Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to announce his candidacy for president next Tuesday By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Fresh from a failure to fix New Jersey’s pension system and...
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Christie vetoes tax hikes as he nears White House run
HALT: Gov. Chris Christie vetoed $1 billion of tax increases on Friday By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Preparing to run for the White House, Gov. Chris Christie polished his image as a...
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Christie promises to ‘tell it like it is,’ but hides truth in New Jersey
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announces his bid for the Republican nomination for president By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Chris Christie declared his candidacy for president Tuesday,...
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No one protects Gov. Christie from himself, despite costly security
SCOUT’S HONOR? Gov. Chris Christie reveals state security “secrets” to Charlie Taraglia, a 7-year-old Cub Scout, at a town hall meeting in April By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog State...
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New Jersey pensions sue Christie for $4 billion in missed payments
REFORM AWRY: Gov. Chris Christie faces challenge on skipped pension payments By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog New Jersey’s three largest public pension plans are taking Gov. Chris Christie to...
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Christie presidential bid gets ‘Trumped’ in New Hampshire
TRUMPED: Gov. Chris Christie is losing to Donald Trump in his White House run By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog As Donald Trump rises to the top of political polls among Republican candidates...
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New Jersey looking for feds to bailout state pensions
PASSING THE HAT – New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney (right) offers Gov. Chris Christie a gift cap as Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto applauds By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog The U.S....
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Christie squeezes into GOP prime-time debate
HE MADE IT: Gov. Chris Christie is one of 10 GOP candidates in Thursday’s prime-time debate By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Chris Christie squeezed his way into the prime-time Republican...
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Court allows Christie to hide $1 million in Amex charges
ENTOURAGE: Gov. Chris Christie keeps secret $1 million in security travel expenses By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Based on secret evidence, a New Jersey court is allowing Gov. Chris...
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Court orders Christie to release his ‘valuable’ media list
BIG NEWS: Chris Christie is interviewed by Martha MacCallum on Fox News in April 2010, three months after taking office as New Jersey governor. By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog A New Jersey...
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NJ Watchdog pursuit of public records strikes blow for transparency
IN THE DARK: Gov. Chris Christie battles to keep public records secret The news media are buzzing about New Jersey Watchdog’s court battles with Chris Christie over public records. In state court...
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Christie appeal may postpone ‘harm’ past primaries
BIG SECRET: Gov. Chris Christie fights to protect his taxpayer-funded publicity campaign Choosing political ambition over transparency, Gov. Chris Christie plans to appeal a Superior Court decision...
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Citizen groups sue Christie over campaign security costs
DOUBLE-TAKE: Gov. Chris Christie is being sued for charging his campaign security costs to the state. Three citizen groups are suing Chris Christie in an effort to stop the New Jersey governor from...
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Criminal probe secrets center on Christie’s second-in-command
SECRETS: New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno escaped charges in pension scandal. The public’s right to know the outcome of a criminal probe of an alleged $245,000 pension fraud involving New Jersey Lt....
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Three-fourths of NJ sheriffs double-dip, led by 25-year ‘retiree’
For the past quarter century, Armando Fontoura has been looting a New Jersey state pension fund. But it won’t do any good to call the cops. Fontoura is sheriff of Essex County. A dean among...
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Double-dipping tricks cost millions in NJ’s Essex County
TWO-TIMING TRIO: Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura, County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo and Sheriff’s Chief John Dough have collected $2.8 million in retirement checks while still drawing county...
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Overruled: Judge orders Christie to release ‘valuable asset’
NO STAY: Chris Christie is ordered to release taxpayer-funded ‘secrets’ he uses to seek publicity Gov. Chris Christie lost another court battle in his attempt to keep secret a key cog in his...
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Taxpayers beware! NJ debt nears $200 billion for benefits
STALEMATE: Gov. Chris Christie is at odds with Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (left) and Senate President Steve Sweeney (right) over pension and health benefit reforms Guard your wallets, New Jersey...
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Dead last: NJ debt hits $52,300 per taxpayer, study shows
New Jersey ranks worst in the country for state debt, according to a new nationwide study. Each state taxpayer would need to pay $52,300 to erase New Jersey’s existing bills — including public...
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Worse news: New Jersey debt hits $170 billion
FISCAL FICTION? Gov. Chris Christie signs New Jersey’s 2016 budget For New Jersey taxpayers, the bad news is even worse than a report showing their state government is $160 billion in debt. The...
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Phantom of New Jersey? Christie attends first state event in 51 days
GOV. WHO? Chris Christie makes his first New Jersey public appearance in 51 days. Mark your calendars! Gov. Chris Christie made his first New Jersey public appearance in 51 days on Tuesday. The...
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The magic of power: Christie’s transparency disappears
ABRACADABRA! Half of a record Gov. Christie was ordered to release has vanished Chris Christie and the case of a public record that mysteriously shrunk in half are returning to Superior Court. Last...
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Christie shoots from hip, but wounds his credibility
SHAPE UP! Gov. Chris Christie orders Brig. Gen. Michael L. Cunniff (right) to lose weight Chris Christie has never been one to mince words. The New Jersey governor says what he thinks, but it’s not...
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Judge rules Christie obeyed order on record partially withheld
FIGHT’S OVER: Gov. Chris Christie obeyed a court order to turn over a record — or least part of it. A New Jersey judge ruled Wednesday that Gov. Chris Christie obeyed a court order to turn over a...
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Exposed! Watchdog reveals Gov. Christie’s ‘valuable asset’
QUESTION: Why did Gov. Chris Christie fight so hard to keep a public record secret? For nine months, Chris Christie fought hard at state expense to keep a public record secret – even though it...
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Court examines state’s role in NJ public record requests
SO SUE ME: Gov. Chris Christie plays hardball with public record requests Gov. Chris Christie and New Jersey Watchdog will battle in appeals court Thursday in a case that could change how the state...
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NJ lawmakers run from $194 billion liability for employee benefits
DISASSEMBLED – The New Jersey Assembly has been on recess since June. With an election for New Jersey Assembly two weeks away, the numbers don’t look good for the fiscal reform urgently needed in...
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Camden voters must choose between double-dippers for sheriff
DOUBLE-DIPS: Three-fourths of New Jersey sheriffs collect public pensions while drawing county salaries The next Camden County sheriff will be a double-dipper. Voters have no other choice in next...
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Tuesday’s election won’t solve New Jersey’s fiscal woes
ALARMING – Tuesday’s election is unlikely to change governmental gridlock in Trenton New Jersey’s statewide election on Tuesday is unlikely to break the governmental gridlock that threatens the...
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Four GOP incumbents lose NJ Assembly seats as Christie watches
NO COATTAILS: Gov. Chris Christie voted in Tuesday’s election, but did not publicly campaign as four GOP incumbents lost their New Jersey Assembly seats Four incumbent Republicans lost their seats...
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Election over, 16 New Jersey sheriffs still double-dip
DOUBLES – Three-fourths of New Jersey sheriffs receive public pensions while drawing salaries. This week’s election did nothing to change the fact that three-fourths of New Jersey sheriffs are...
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Christie misses cut for prime-time GOP debate
UPSTAGED: Gov. Chris Christie is not invited to next week’s prime-time GOP debate Poor poll numbers will keep Chris Christie off the main stage for next Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate on...
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Appeals court orders release of NJ corruption probe records
NUMBER TWO: New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno frequently serves as acting governor when Chris Christie is away campaigning for president A New Jersey appeals court has ruled the state must release two...
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NJ corruption case undermines Christie claims as prosecutor
JERSEY JUSTICE: The administration of Gov. Chris Christie appears to be trying to bury a corruption probe involving Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno On the presidential campaign trail, Chris Christie boasts...
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