Photo By Bob Jagendorf from Manalapan, NJ, USA [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Wanna break bread with a leading contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination? All it takes is a $10,000 check made out to the Vermont Republican Party.
When New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie comes to town next Wednesday, he’ll speak to nearly 700 of the party faithful at the Vermont GOP’s “Welcome Winter Gala.” Fifty-dollar tickets to the event at the Robert E. Miller Expo Centre in Essex Junction sold out two weeks ago.
But the real schmoozing will take place ahead of the gala, during two exclusive events featuring heftier price tags and more access to the would-be president. Tickets to a two-hour private reception cost $1000 per couple, while access to a “Policy Roundtable” with the governor costs $10,000 per couple, according to an invitation obtained by Seven Days.
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$10k for this guy? Are you kidding? Since he took office, the top 3 creditors have downgraded New Jersey’s credit ratings, the state ranks only 44th in job growth and has an unemployment rate at least 1% higher than the national rate. He spent so much in office as a federal prosecutor it triggered an audit. If you want to lose your shirt and listen to a gigantic windbag talk nonsense, go ahead and throw away your ten grand. I’ll go put mine into a CD that will at least earn me a little interest.
Hopefully, someone will take some footage with the cam on their cellphone and Gov. Christie will explain about the 47 percent.
Paul Heintz, can’t you talk 7Days into ponying up $10,000. Take you significant other, chit chat, smooze a little. Leave the pen at home, so when you are done enjoying a good meal you can jot down your thoughts from the evening.
It’s not like you can piss the RGA off any more then you already have Shummy and the DGA.