Everyone can calm down now, Chris Christie paid for his helicopter ride

It wasn't quite a Barry and Michelle "date night" in NYC via Air Force One wreaking havoc with traffic and plane schedules so the First Couple could hold hands in Central Park.

Judging by the hullaballoo coming from the left it was worse.

Chris Christie hopped aboard a State Police helicopter so he could watch his son's baseball game. And then he flew back home in time to meet with some dudes from Iowa.

And suddenly he was the reincarnation of Marie Antoinette, or the robber barons, or Scrooge McDuck. The High Dudgeon was even higher than usual, to the point of ridiculing the governor's choice in private schools for his children.

Even after the State Police said Christie was "going their way," and the flight was essentially a training mission, the drumbeats for the governor's scalp continued unabated. There's even a Memeorandum thread!

Guess what whingers? Chris Christie just wrote a check for $2,251 to cover the cost of all his helicopter trips to date. And the State Republican Party kicked in another $919 bucks as payment for Tuesday night's flight back home.

And next time? He'll take the bus.

Now can we please get back to complaining about, and maybe fixing, a few of the Real Problems facing New Jersey? Like f'rinstance, how many of the helicopter haters are themselves state salary double (and triple) dippers, ostensibly performing 2 or 3 full-time jobs, and accumulating multiple pension credits to boot?

I'm thinking eliminating that sort of abuse would save us taxpayers a whole lot more than keeping Christie's helicopter in the garage ever could.

UPDATE 03 JUN 2011 09:25:
Linked by The Lonely Conservative. Thanks!

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