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Keeping an eye on New Hampshire and telling it like it is PUBLIC RELATIONS REPORT In mid-January, Gov. Chris Christie came back to New Jersey to give his annual State of the State address. As of last count, Gov. Christie spent more than 250 days outside of his home state campaigning for President, with a majority of that time KEITH SEAN focused in New Hampshire. FURLONG DARCY NJ State Policemen’s Benevolent Association President (NJSPBA) Patrick Colligan determined the Governor’s re-emergence in New Jersey for the day to be a good opportunity to adopt Gov. Christie’s campaign tagline and “tell it like it is” to New Hampshire law enforcement. In the following “Open Letter to New Hampshire Law Enforcement,” President Colligan disputed the Christie campaign’s positioning of its candidate as pro-law enforcement. The letter and resulting media coverage served to shine a light on behalf of the 33,000 members of the NJSPBA in order to define Christie’s actual relationship with law enforcement in New Jersey and to make sure voters everywhere have the facts. Dear Fellow Law Enforcement Officers: As the President of the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, I am wri [