Chris Christie Spent $82.6K in Taxpayer Money on Food and Drink at NFL Games
Watchdog.org’s Mark Lagerkvist took a look at Chris Christie’s expense account, and found that of the $360,000 in state allowance spent by the New Jersey governor, more than 80% went to food and drinks. Of that, a relatively substantial portion was expended at Jets and Giants games at MetLife Stadium:
On 58 occasions, Christie used a debit card to pay a total of $82,594 to Delaware North Sportservice, which operates the concessions at MetLife. The governor’s office did not provide any receipts, business reasons or names of individuals entertained, but defended the expense.
“The official nature and business purpose of the event remains the case regardless of whether the event is at the State House, Drumthwacket or a sporting venue,” said Christie’s press secretary Kevin Roberts in a prepared statement.
These expenditures largely occurred in 2010 and 2011; I’ll defer to policy experts as to whether or not this represents unethical governmental pork.