Think you were pissed about Christie at the beach? Attorney’s complaint says it’s unethical

WEST NEW YORK — An attorney has filed an ethics complaint over Gov. Chris Christie's decision to stay in his gubernatorial beach house while the rest of Island Beach State Park was closed to the public during the recent government shutdown.

According to NJ.com, Marcio M. Blanch of West New York filed the complaint, saying Christie and his family do not enjoy "special privileges over the residents and citizens of the state of New Jersey" — and that using the beach when others couldn't was the governor acting otherwise.

"Gov. Christie should plop himself somewhere else, because New Jersey does not need politicians who only care about themselves," the attorney said, according to the story.

The governor has said he was entitled to stay at the house, although the rest of the park was closed, because it is an official residence for the governor. He has said his familiy did not use or ask for any state employee services during his stay there.

Christie had said on the June edition of Ask the Governor that his family would be spending the holiday weekend on the shore with friends and family flying in to join them.

Even after the shutdown, took place Christie decided to not change his plans and used a state helicopter to commute from the beach house to the State House.

Island Beach State Park was closed for much of the holiday weekend, only opening on the actual holiday itself after the legislature and the governor reached a deal on a budget and on a settlement for new funding rules and governance for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Even as Christie defended his use of the beach house, his decision was widely criticized on the internet. The governor already found himself with near historically low polling numbers entering his final six months in office.

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