AC Mayor Lorenzo Langford & NJ Governor Chris Christie
*Besides heaping billions of dollars in damage on New Jersey, super storm Sandy is also the source of some serious political drama in the Garden State as well.
Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford failed to properly encourage residents to evacuate his city in the face of flooding from Hurricane Sandy.
Upon hearing of Christie’s comments, Mayor Langford says he’d love nothing better than to confront the Governor “mano-a-mano.”
Speaking on NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday, Langford disputed Christie’s criticism that he (Langford) erred by allowing people to shelter on the barrier island rather than moving them inland.
Langford says the governor was either misinformed or ill-advised.
The mayor says while most Atlantic City residents fled the island, some decided to stay. He also said the city had a contingency plan in place for those who didn’t heed the warning to evacuate.
Langford says it’s reprehensible that the governor would try to play politics out of a serious situation.
Watch/listen to Mayor Langford’s coversation about the issue with Matt Lauer:
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So what really happened? All last night and this morning, MSM was talking how the mayor fucked up and Christie was right. But it seems the mayor was just trying to be prepared for all scenarios. You know that there will always be people who are stupid enough to stay, and those who doesn’t have any option but to. The last time, it was another Republican in the WH telling people to get the hell out of New Orleans, while not providing any means for them to. Did they expect people to fly?
Just how many people did Christie expect to leave?
Everybody?!