What. An. Asshole.

A bill to send $10 million to New Jersey’s historically underfunded lead control and abatement program was “pocket-vetoed” by Governor Chris Christie, even after it passed both houses of the State Legislature.

The Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund was formed in 2004 under Governor James McGreevey, with the intent of providing a loan and grant program to remove lead paint from homes and apartments.

The program was also supposed to provide relocation of children from dwellings with high levels of lead, as well as educaton and community outreach on lead poisoning.

It mandated that the fund receive between $7 million and $14 million annually through taxes on the sale of paint and surface coatings…

Public records show that Christie’s 2016 spending plan did not include any tax revenues allocated to the lead control fund, as was the case for the past five years.

newbrunswicktoday.com