Christie flying by state chooper to state park amid shutdown

NOTE:  Illinois is not the only state having budget impasse problems.  Eleven states are, including New Jersey.

TRENTON, NJ  –  (Michael Catalini and Bruch Shipkowski, the Trentonian.  Please click on the link above for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie lounged on the beach with his family Sunday afternoon before flying on a state helicopter to Trenton and back again to the shuttered state park where his family is staying at the state-owned governor’s residence there amid a government shutdown that showed little sign of ending.

Christie lounging on a New Jersey beach, which is part of a state park that is closed. His beach house is located around the state park. (Daily Mail photo.)

Christie said Sunday at a news conference in Trenton where he worked without result to end the shutdown that he flew on the state chopper to the residence at Island Beach State Park.

“That’s where my family is sleeping so that’s where I’ll sleep,” he said. “When I have a choice between sleeping with my family or sleeping alone, I generally like to sleep where my family is.”