Gov. Christie: Teachers, public employees should take days off to serve in Trenton
Gov. Chris Christie today said the days of making it easier for public employees to serve as lawmakers in Trenton should come to an end.
He said if police officers, teachers and other public employees want the responsibilities — and salary — that come with being a lawmaker, they should be required to take days off from their full-time jobs when coming to Trenton for votes and committee meetings.
“They should take time when they come down and serve,” Christie said during a news conference in Plainsboro. “People in the private sector are not getting that benefit, so I don’t know why people in the public sector should.” (Renshaw, The Star-Ledger)
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When our governor is out of state to campaign for others do the taxpayers still pay him for that day?