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
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focused in New Hampshire.
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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 [