Governor Christie working once again with Democrats on the topic of Superstorm Sandy has signed a bill into law requiring monitors to oversee rebuilding money lest it be wasted and or um, stolen. Tomas Dinges with the Star-Ledger fills in some of the blanks:
Under the new law, the state will establish a network of monitors to review the procurement process for state contracts using federal reconstruction money, submit regular reports on these contracts and post the information about public expenditures of recovery funds on a public website.
Also:
"...monitors will be automatically assigned to any rebuilding project totaling more than $5 million, while anything under that amount will be subject to the discretion of the treasurer, the statement from the governor's office said."
So this is a good thing, and it further harms Christie's standing in his own party by working together with Democrats to help the residents of his state in an effective manner, which is awfully sad. Let's just take notice if there is a sudden burst of $4,999,999 contracts being put through and let's make sure to hire the right monitors, nobody aligned with any political party or party donors please.
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