The Guv at it again, and he's becoming toxic in the southern part of NJ now.
NEW CASTLE, Del. (CBS) – The Delaware River and Bay Authority — which runs the Delaware Memorial Bridges and various entities in New Jersey and Delaware — wanted to give workers their first pay hikes in several years.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed that idea, prompting a blistering response from some Delaware board members and catching the board chair, a Christie appointee, in the middle of it all.
Jim Hogan, in his second term, says he’s “frustrated” with tensions on the panel. He says they’ve made reforms sought by Christie, but saw this idea rejected over the size of healthcare contributions DRBA workers make.
The rejection prompted three Delaware commissioners to bemoan what they called Christie’s “New Jersey way or the highway” approach.
The implications could be far-reaching, but as he's shown in the past, the people of New Jersey's safety has never been a paramount concern.
As for the aftermath of the veto, Hogan says the agency will continue to lose people vital to the operation, particularly on ferries and in the police department.
Surely there will be more to follow. The rest of the article can be found
here.