Another Media Event : Garrett Criticized over Sandy Response
October 3,2014
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Here they go again , less than a month after getting spanked with the silly “fake bridge-gate scandal ” . New Jersey’s mainstream media groups are back at it again looking to demonize Republican Scott Garrett over a pro-ported embellished flier on Garrets work on Sandy relief..
Yes Garret Voted against “Sandy Relief” just like he voted No over Katrina relief. The Heritage Foundation noted that “While Hurricane Sandy was a major disaster, the majority of the funds originally requested by the Obama Administration and in the subsequent Senate passed Sandy bill were to be spent beyond FY 2014. Furthermore, far too much of the funding goes toward superfluous programs that are not related to Hurricane Sandy relief, from repairs to the Smithsonian Institution to upgrades to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration airplanes to more funding for the federal government’s epic educational failure known as Head Start, among myriad other extraneous items. The inclusion of $16 billion in wasteful community development funds is also concerning, especially because the Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated it would need a comparatively much smaller $5.2 billion for its “unmet needs.” These non-emergency measures prove how irresponsible Washington has grown, unabashedly using a natural disaster to spend more taxpayer money.
This legislation not only contains glaringly excessive spending, but it also feeds into Congress’s problem of failing to budget responsibly. ” https://heritageaction.com/key-votes/no-on-supplemental-appropriations-for-disaster-assistance-2/
On top of the pork barrel nature of the “Sandy Aid” worse yet has been the distribution of funds in New Jersey which the Record not surprisingly failed to mention that since the “Sandy Aid ” has passed even Jersey City’s Democratic mayor called New Jersey’s allocation of federal disaster relief a “disaster,” and said the state “has a poor track record” of working with local municipalities. https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/04/fulop_tells_congress_njs_distribution_of_sandy_aid_is_a_disaster.html
“The distribution of federal Sandy relief aid was arguably not entirely based upon non objective data, slow to be forthcoming, unresponsive to homeowners and business,” Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop said. “In a word, the distribution of the aid was in and of itself a ‘disaster’ of our own making.”https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/04/fulop_tells_congress_njs_distribution_of_sandy_aid_is_a_disaster.html
Some people take their fiduciary responsibility very serious Garrett said in April, “Our fiscal situation is dire. Each of our children and grandchildren are on the hook for nearly $56,000 of our $17.5 trillion dollar debt. It’s time for us to put an end to the overspending and borrowing of more and more money each year. Today, the House Budget Committee puts forth a budget that recognizes that the status quo is unacceptable and unsustainable. Rather than continuing on the road to debt and decline, we instead offer a path forward that focuses on economic growth, expands opportunity, and restores fairness. Years of foolish overspending have brought us to this point, but America’s current economic path is no laughing matter.”
Some people even politicians care about their Kids and the future and Scott Garrett is one of them . In April Garret issued the following statement , “Our fiscal situation is dire. Each of our children and grandchildren are on the hook for nearly $56,000 of our $17.5 trillion dollar debt. It’s time for us to put an end to the overspending and borrowing of more and more money each year. Today, the House Budget Committee puts forth a budget that recognizes that the status quo is unacceptable and unsustainable. Rather than continuing on the road to debt and decline, we instead offer a path forward that focuses on economic growth, expands opportunity, and restores fairness. Years of foolish overspending have brought us to this point, but America’s current economic path is no laughing matter.”
Meanwhile Garret helped out with the Post Sandy clean up even taking time to hand out Turkeys for Thanksgiving at Lowe’s in Paramus . In Ridgewood Our Lady of Mount Carmel church made a massive effort to reach out to the community offering food and shelter with little or no help from “sandy aid” .
The funny thing is now the New Jersey “media”like the Bergen Record or NJ .Com , the Star ledger and a few others , organizations that never covers Scott Garret, never attend his press briefings , never reports or bills or policy debates in Washington hosted by Garret , suddenly are experts on everything Scott Garret was up to during the post Sandy cleanup ? We seem to have heard all this before
So this all begs the question , What was Investment Banker Roy Cho , doing in the aftermath or hurricane Sandy
Really. What was Cho doing? Garrett was rhe elected representative.
generally when you plan to run for higher office you get involved in the community
I despise Garrett (and every other politician that “doesn’t believe in evolution”) BUT it is very legitimate to question Cho’s actions on Sandy or at least past storms. He did work for Port Authority for a period after all.
what have you been smoking ???
Nothing but some truth…
Garrett on evolution:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070315065119/www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2NzgyMDI1
From Roy Cho website, “According to Roy: “I’ve always had an interest in public service and was lucky to have the opportunity to work in the New Jersey Governor’s office, for a U.S. Senator on Capitol Hill, and for an executive at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.”
you don’t know hat intelligent design is ? or NKS – A New Kind of Science’ ? , as for Cho interest in public service looks like a whole lot of nothing to most of us
Cho may not be the best person to run against Garrett but it seems to me that Garrett does not represent Bergen County or the state in general he seems to be an extremist who is against everything and for nothing.
you dont know a single thing about Garrett , but we will enlighten you in the next couple of days
I know that anything that is not evolution is BS
As for Cho, I agree. It is sad we do not have a better choice.
Yes you will enlighten us with your extreme blog views only.
you may even learn to think for yourself
Garrett is Mr. No. He votes no on everything.
What does he stand FOR?
Great article about Garrett and Sandy Aid
https://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-campaign-flyer-doesn-t-represent-garrett-1.1107122
typical anti Garrett gobble gook from the record like I said ” The funny thing is now the New Jersey “media”like the Bergen Record or NJ .Com , the Star ledger and a few others , organizations that never covers Scott Garret, never attend his press briefings , never reports or bills or policy debates in Washington hosted by Garret , suddenly are experts on everything Scott Garret was up to during the post Sandy cleanup ? We seem to have heard all this before ” Remind me of the fake Bridgegate concocted by the Record
What part of bridgegate is fake?
So far the governor’s fingerprints are not on it. But it happened and it was his staff who called it in.
the whole this was FAKE concocted by the Bergen Record ,if and when you ever have a job working in NYC you will notice there is a traffic jam every single day at the GWB and most importantly CHRISTIE WAS EXONERATED BY THE FEDS geez , beside Cho works at the port authority why dont you ask him about it ????
Why ddi Christie apologize and fire staffers if it didn’t happen?