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This is What Political Posturing Looks Like

Partisan Loyalty and Gov. Christie’s Presidential Aspirations Come First

Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande and state Sen. Jennifer Beck (both R-Monmouth) pose
(Source: MaryAne Spoto, NJ Advance media)

Real Jersey Girls don’t want to publicly embarrass their Governor and ask for real solutions that could kill offshore LNG with the stroke of a pen.

They’d rather strike poses, bask in the limelight, and get praise from the press and coastal groups for being “ocean champions” and crap like that.

Plus, it’s all Obama’s fault anyway, right?

Why put any heat on Governor Christie right now?

I mean, he’s got a Presidential campaign to run, and the Big Oil & Gas Boyz who write those big checks would not be favorably impressed by a Governor exercising his veto power to kill an energy project, nor would Republicans in Congress or the right wing Republican base primary voters.

Especially stuff like this: (SR 120)

WHEREAS, Upon his veto in 2011 of the 2008 LNG project, Governor Christie recognized that “LNG facilities . . . are not the answer forNew Jersey’s needs . . . ,” and he indicated, moreover, that his “administration will oppose any application for liquefied natural  gas” since it is inappropriate for New Jersey to assume the environmental and other risks associated with LNG facility projects, when the benefits to the State are weak, at best; and

WHEREAS, Because the construction and operation of the proposed Port Ambrose deepwater LNG terminal would endanger New Jersey’s coastal and ocean environments, as well as its shipping, fishing, and coastal tourism industries, while providing no benefit to the State or its residents, and because the authorization and approval of this port project would be contrary to the goals and positions espoused by government officials at both the federal and  State level, it is altogether fitting and proper for federal and State officials to use their respective authority to prevent the construction and operation of this LNG port facility off of New Jersey’s coast;  now, therefore,