Gov. Chris Christie Takes Another Hit
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s quest for the Republican presidential nomination took another blow Monday when a state judge ordered him to put another $1.6 billion into pension funds for retired state workers.
Public workers’ union sued Christie last year after he said he would not make the pension payments he’d agreed to in 2001.
Mercer County Judge Mary Jacobson issued her ruling Monday, one day before Christie was to deliver his budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
“The court is unwilling to rely on what has now become a succession of empty promises,” Jacobson wrote.
Jacobson ruled that Christie must make the pension payments he agreed to before he ordered the $1.6 billion cut.
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