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1. Hurricane Irene puts a dent in Christie's anti-government attitude
(Opinion/Commentary)

... felt throughout the state, Governor Christie seemed to be taking his cues from the radically anti-government teabagger wing of the Republican party. From gutting the ARC tunnel project to his slash and ...

2. Chris Christie’s health scare was an asthma attack
(N.J./State)

... of the state throughout the day and had been in contact with Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Richard Bagger, his chief of staff. At one point, Christie tweeted Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) ...

3. Definition of Joy: Brooklyn gets the Nets, while the L.A. Dodgers file for bankruptcy!
(Sports/Professional)

...  Los Angeles should be renamed as Carpetbagger City. They stole the Rams from Cleveland, the Lakers from Minneapolis, and the Dodgers from Brooklyn. They even stole for a time the Raiders from Oakland. ...

4. NJ Tea Party
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... liberty and justice for even one of their citizens. Tea Baggers do not know who they are truly towing the line for ...... so much for personal liberty and justice. ...

5. Acting Gov. Sweeney directs Christie aides to apply for federal disaster aid
(N.J./State)

... Management Agency for disaster aid to cover damages and costs stemming from the Sunday blizzard. Sweeney sent a message to Richard Bagger, Christie's chief of staff, and Jeff Chiesa, the governor's chief ...

6. Lt. Gov. Guadagno wants archeological dig on Statehouse lawn buried
(N.J./State)

... burial of the site before the Statehouse Joint Management Commission on Tuesday. The panel is chaired by Richard Bagger, Christie's chief of staff and determines moves affecting the Statehouse property. ...

7. Christie skipping League of Municipalities convention next week in Atlantic City
(N.J./State)

... Richard Bagger (Christie's chief of staff) called me back in late August to inform me of the conflict and that he would work with me. "As it turned out Lieutenant Governor Guadagno is speaking at our ...

8. Schundler says $400 million mattered less to Christie than not compromising with NJEA
(N.J./State)

... the events that led to his firing on Aug. 27, Schundler reiterated that he reminded Christie and Chief of Staff Richard Bagger several times not to tell the news media that a mistake on the application ...

9. Christie’s elimination of NJEA/Schundler compromise doomed Race to the Top application
(N.J./State)

... Schundler told him he personally told federal officials of the mistake at the Washington meeting. Schundler insists he twice warned Christie and his chief of staff Richard Bagger that he did not tell the ...

10. Christie expected to tell aides to boycott Assembly hearing into the $400 million ‘Race to the Top' debacle
(N.J./State)

... requested in a timely manner," Assemblywoman Nellie Pou (D-Passaic), the committee chairman, said late Friday afternoon. Among those "invited'' to appear are Schundler and Richard Bagger, Christie's chief ...

11. Ousted education chief Schundler blames Christie and Bagger for Race to the Top missteps that led to his firing
(N.J./State)

... Wednesday blamed the governor and his chief of staff Richard Bagger for the missteps that led to his firing last week. As Christie and his aides hoped more pressing events like the approach of Hurricane ...

12. Brett Schundler releases information related to Race to the Top debacle
(N.J./State)

... when putting together our application. In no way did I try to spin things otherwise. A little while later, the Governor's Chief of Staff, Rich Bagger, called me with Maria Comella on the speakerphone ...

13. A fired Bret Schundler not going away quietly
(N.J./State)

... They said sure.'' Drewniak, responded "Since the issue was raised by Bret, let me explain the chain of events,'' Drewniak said. "The chief of staff (Richard Bagger) called Bret Schundler last night and ...

14. Schunder’s financial situation played into Christie firing
(N.J./State)

... on the firing. "Since the issue was raised by Bret, let me explain the chain of events,'' Drewniak said. "The chief of staff (Richard Bagger) called Bret Schundler last night and requested his resignation, ...

15. Gov. Christie and wife, Mary Pat, made over $500,000 in last 12 months
(N.J./State)

... bonds in four companies. Richard Bagger, the governor's chief-of-staff and a former Pfizer executive, reported making over $500,000 with the company before joining the Christie administration, The Star-ledger ...

16. What can N.J. do to renew the Transportation Trust Fund?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... more really good ideas will come out. The main thing is to be creative. There are lots of ways to squeeze (or squeegee) money out of people without raising taxes. Richard Bagger, Gov. Chris Christie's ...

17. The effect of the tea-baggers
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The tea-baggers are just a sad group of old, white, rich, malcontent republicans who hate blacks, hispanics, asians, the middle class and the poor and hate the fact that we have a black president. When ...

18. Racist? Really?
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Mr. Montgomery - you really have to resort to the tried-and-true liberal tactic of calling people racists? Come on, get a clue. While this local iteration of the Tea Party (calling them teabaggers ...

19. cost/benefit is right
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... of life, the health of your fishing industry or if your food chain has been decimated and contaminated. They are carpet baggers who pull out of their home port on their huge gas guzzling yachts and ...

20. Tea-baggers
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The tea-baggers are just a sad group of old, white, rich, malcontent republicans who hate blacks, hispanics, asians, the middle class and the poor and hate the fact that we have a black president. When ...