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In reply to the discussion: Christie Crime Digest-Vol. I [View all]Laxman
(2,419 posts)277. While Christie Was In Nebraska Campaiging....
back home the emperor's minions were hard at work abusing people to burnish his image. An old story to folks here in New Jersey. You see that's one of his guiding principals-along with Quod Est In Loco!
Chris Christie's Quarantine Quagmire Is Over (for now)
Hickox was being held in a tent within a building adjacent to the hospital. She was given take-out food by personnel in protective gear, and she was allowed use of a computer, smart phone and temporary toilet, but she had no shower or TV. At one point, she threatened to sue.
Soon, federal officials were criticizing Hickox's quarantine, saying it violated the protocol of the Centers for Disease Control and risked making Americans less likely to fly to Africa to treat patients. By Sunday night, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had called a news conference with Mayor Bill deBlasio, in which the New York governor seemed to soften his stance on the same mandatory quarantine that he had announced Friday alongside Christie.
Cuomo deferred any questions about Hickox to New Jersey officials, which put Christie in a tight spot. He was now in the position of solely enforcing a quarantine against a nurse who had just spent a month saving lives in Africa. Also complicating matters was that Hickox said she was healthy, even as Christie reaffirmed that she was running a fever.
The political risk for Christie was that he wasn't even in the state. He spent the weekend campaigning for Republican candidates and laying groundwork for a possible 2016 presidential run. On Saturday and Sunday alone he appeared at a college football tailgate party with the Republcian gubernatorial candidate in Nebraska, at a pheasant hunt fundraiser for a conservative congressman in Iowa, at a birthday party for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (where he slammed President Obama for his failure of leadership), and in Florida, where he did five events Sunday for Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
Who was in charge? Christie or the acting governor, Kim Guadagno? A spokesman didn't respond to questions about that on Sunday. And the quarantine led to lots of other questions, too, and not just among reporters. A source in New Jersey said high-level authorities didn't yet know if military personnel were also subject to the quarantine -- or if they had a legal basis for arresting someone who might refuse the mandatory quarantine. And which agency was in charge? The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey technically controls the two airports receiving Ebola patients, Newark and JFK, but at some point Port Authority Police Department was removed as the lead law enforcement agency for Ebola, a source said.
By Monday morning, Christie put an end to the Hickox quarantine. Saying she had shown no signs of illness for 24 hours, she was to be taken by private aircraft back to her home in Maine for possible quarantine there.
Hickox was being held in a tent within a building adjacent to the hospital. She was given take-out food by personnel in protective gear, and she was allowed use of a computer, smart phone and temporary toilet, but she had no shower or TV. At one point, she threatened to sue.
Soon, federal officials were criticizing Hickox's quarantine, saying it violated the protocol of the Centers for Disease Control and risked making Americans less likely to fly to Africa to treat patients. By Sunday night, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had called a news conference with Mayor Bill deBlasio, in which the New York governor seemed to soften his stance on the same mandatory quarantine that he had announced Friday alongside Christie.
Cuomo deferred any questions about Hickox to New Jersey officials, which put Christie in a tight spot. He was now in the position of solely enforcing a quarantine against a nurse who had just spent a month saving lives in Africa. Also complicating matters was that Hickox said she was healthy, even as Christie reaffirmed that she was running a fever.
The political risk for Christie was that he wasn't even in the state. He spent the weekend campaigning for Republican candidates and laying groundwork for a possible 2016 presidential run. On Saturday and Sunday alone he appeared at a college football tailgate party with the Republcian gubernatorial candidate in Nebraska, at a pheasant hunt fundraiser for a conservative congressman in Iowa, at a birthday party for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (where he slammed President Obama for his failure of leadership), and in Florida, where he did five events Sunday for Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
Who was in charge? Christie or the acting governor, Kim Guadagno? A spokesman didn't respond to questions about that on Sunday. And the quarantine led to lots of other questions, too, and not just among reporters. A source in New Jersey said high-level authorities didn't yet know if military personnel were also subject to the quarantine -- or if they had a legal basis for arresting someone who might refuse the mandatory quarantine. And which agency was in charge? The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey technically controls the two airports receiving Ebola patients, Newark and JFK, but at some point Port Authority Police Department was removed as the lead law enforcement agency for Ebola, a source said.
By Monday morning, Christie put an end to the Hickox quarantine. Saying she had shown no signs of illness for 24 hours, she was to be taken by private aircraft back to her home in Maine for possible quarantine there.
Read the full article here: http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/10/27/chris-christie-s-quarantine-quagmire-is-over-for-now
or better yet, listen to an interview with the author here: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/news/news20141027_ebola_christie_katz.mp3
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Let us not forget the DMV in Elizabeth. I'm still "sauced" over that one..LOL...n/t
monmouth3
Jan 2014
#7
Is it your prediction that Christie will be charged with a crime or crimes?
Exciting Trip
Jan 2014
#48
Since I believe that it's DOING something criminal that makes you a criminal
rocktivity
Jan 2014
#50
For the record, I think he should be charged and am cautiously optimistic that he will be
rocktivity
Jan 2014
#54
The New Brunswick apartment tower that got $4.8 million in Sandy relief funds
LiberalEsto
Jan 2014
#65
Next time you write a post like this, put it in its own OP, please , so more people can see it.
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#89
Christie begins an "internal investigation" though he's his own prime suspect
rocktivity
Feb 2014
#94
Christie's problem being, of course, is that Samson reports to him directly
rocktivity
Mar 2014
#130
Christie administration broke law in ignoring greenhouse gas rules, court says
rocktivity
Mar 2014
#162
New York Prosecutors Open Another Front of Scrutiny for Port Authority!
yortsed snacilbuper
Apr 2014
#203
"kicked $10,000 of it right back to the Republican Governor's Association?"
yortsed snacilbuper
Apr 2014
#213
GWB inquiry expands scope, subpoenas files from Christie political strategist!
yortsed snacilbuper
May 2014
#223
Christie and Wrestler "The Rock" Star in Online Pension Reform Video (For Seven Hours)
rocktivity
Jul 2014
#235
U.S. Attorney Fishman: Reports about Bridgegate investigation 'Almost entirely incorrect'
rocktivity
Jul 2014
#238
Gov. Christie Shifted Pension Cash to Wall Street, Costing New Jersey Taxpayers $3.8 Billion
rocktivity
Aug 2014
#241
...After Illinois declared the first privately run U.S. state lottery a failure
rocktivity
Dec 2014
#298