I like what Gov. Chris Christie did at this town hall in New Jersey. I
like that he goes to a Black audience and speaks to them as adults,
not like welfare recipients or moochers. I also like that someone
spoke out about education and he directly addressed the matter and
said who was blocking attempts at progress:
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/03/chris_christie_town_hall.html#incart_river
At his second-ever town hall in an urban church, Christie singled out
Assembly Speaker Shelia Oliver (D-Essex) for blocking a vote on the
Opportunity Scholarship Act, which would provide students with
vouchers to attend private and parochial schools. (Instead of waiting
for the Legislature to act on the bill, Christie’s budget proposal
includes $2 million to test out the program in what he calls failing
districts.)
“You know who blocks this, the very people who represent urban New
Jersey,” Christie told hundreds packed into the church and more in
overflow rooms.” Without using her name, Christie called Oliver an
“African American female Assembly speaker" who "refuses to let people
vote on this bill.”
“I have Republicans who would vote on that bill tomorrow even though
not a dime of that money will be spent in their districts,” said
Christie, who is seeking re-election this year along with all seats in
the Legislature.
“Why is it taking a Republican governor from the suburbs to fight the
teachers union and the urban political machine?” said Christie who was
born in Newark, raised mostly in Livingston and now lives in Mendham
Township. “Let me tell you what that is, that’s the worst kind of
discrimination in my view … this isn’t about saving money, this is
about expanding opportunity.”
I like this.
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