Sparks fly at Gov. Christie's Parsippany town hall meeting regarding superintendent salaries
Published: Friday, December 03, 2010, 9:00 PM Updated: Saturday, December 04, 2010, 8:42 AM
EnlargeKeith Chaudruc, left, of Madison, debates Christie after he was invited to come up on stage with him. (Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger)Gov. Christie holds town hall meeting in Parsippanygallery (14 photos)
PARSIPPANY — Gov. Chris Christie took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and warned the crowd: This, he said, is when his explosive town hall moments happen.
He waded into Parsippany yesterday — the epicenter of his battle with school superintendents. He appeared to be looking for a fight.
And he got it.
The Parsippany town hall, his 15th such event, proved to be the governor’s most explosive yet. There were robust challenges to his economic and education policies from all sides, catcalls, heckling, and three people were removed by the police. And despite of all of that, or because of it, he ended the night with an ovation.
Keith Chaudruc, of Madison, got the final question of the night.
The Livingston school district elementary teacher launched into a list of complaints about drops in municipal aid, increasing NJ Transit fares