Votes On NJ Newspaper Bill, Legislation Allowing For Christie Book, Won't Take Place
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) —Two major pieces of late-year legislation won't be voted on in New Jersey.
A spokesman for Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto said Monday that lawmakers will not vote on a measure to allow Gov. Chris Christie to write a book while in office and another to remove a requirement that state and local governments post legal notices in newspapers.
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Spokesman Tom Hester says that the newspaper bill is being held. He says the measure that would have raised pay for high-ranking state officials while letting Christie profit from a book "will not be reconsidered."
Prieto said in a statement that lawmakers will continue the discussion and consider all their options on the newspaper bill. He says opinions are "varied" at how to best "maintain transparency in this ever-involving information age."
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