So Chris Christie really is using the marketing money to glorify himself, and not to help storm victims:
ATLANTIC CITY – Hurricane Sandy victims told members of the New Jersey Legislature during a session here Thursday that they have grown weary of “Stronger Than the Storm” ads, and are exhausted by months of futile attempts to seek assistance in repairing and holding on to their storm-ravaged homes. “I haven’t seen one billboard or ad that tells people exactly how they can be stronger than the storm. . . . So many people still don’t know where to go for help,” said Staci Berger, executive director of the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey.
Berger testified before the Joint Senate and Assembly Environment Committee about the hundreds of Shore homeowners her agency has been trying to assist since the Oct. 29 storm. The session was held at the Atlantic City Convention Center so legislators – among them State Sen. James Whelan (D., Atlantic) and Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R., Bergen) – could hear about the status of rebuilding efforts at the Shore. And that status, nearly 10 months after the horrific storm created $38 billion in damage in New Jersey, is: Not so great.
