Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:45:00 AM EST
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One of Governor-elect Chris Christie's first decisions as Governor will be to decide who will join him in his administration and he's not ruling out some names that garnered attention during the election:Gov.-elect Christopher Christie told the Star-Ledger that he would not rule out appointments for Ralph Marra and Michele Brown, two of his top colleagues at the U.S. Attorney's office.
"People who have real problems won't be in the administration. People who have problems that are contrived for attempted political advantage won't be hurt by that. That doesn't necessary mean they're going to be in, but if they're not in, that won't be the reason why they're not," Christie told the Star-Ledger's Claire Heininger.
Christie could also be talking about former Morris County Freeholder John Inglesino, who stepped out of the spotlight after he became a campaign issue during the primary election.  Michele Brown became a lightning rod in the campaign through her involvement in numerous stories from slowing of processing for FOIA requests, to allegations of pushing for timed indictments by July 1, saw the details of a loan that was not disclosed revealed and even was involved with one of the new Governor's traffic incidents.
 John Inglesino became a campaign issue when he offered Rick Merkt a job in a potential Christie administration if only he would get out of the primary campaign. He made more news in the campaign when he ended up quitting his part-time government job with State Senator Joe Pennacchio to end allegations of pension padding.
Fmr. Acting US Attorney Ralph Marra made headlines in the campaign when news came out that he was being investigated internally for comments he made during the corruption busts that occurred in July and how they may have helped Christie's campaign for Governor.
Lets not forget what Christie said when he was running for Governor: You know, we're going to ferret out waste and fraud and abuse in the government. I think you know I'll do that better than anybody. I've got a group of assistant U.S. attorneys sitting down in Newark still doing their job. But let me tell you, they are watching the newspapers. And after we win this election, I'm going to take a whole group of them to Trenton with me and put them in every one of the departments because they saw a lot of waste and abuse being investigated while we were in the U.S. Attorney's office that didn't rise to the level of a crime. So I told them, the good news is, when we get to Trenton we don't have to worry about beyond a reasonable doubt anymore. We'll have to see how the Governor-elect defines people with real problems and which people have been watching the newspapers. |
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