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• Mayor Bloomberg happy to have Nets in Brooklyn

  the Garden State after being there for 35 years."My message to them is, goodbye. You don't want to stay, we don't want you," Christie said, adding, "good riddance, see you later."On Thursday, Bloomberg took it in stride."Governor Christie has always been willing   Read more »

• Christie, NY GOP slam NYC commuter tax proposal

  a Democrat , is considered one of the leading candidates for mayor in the nation's largest city in the 2013 election.Christie, a Republican who is on the national stage himself, noted that the current mayor is Michael Bloomberg , not Stringer."I'm sure we'll   Read more »

• Christie: Israel trip will yield dividends at home

  -- Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday that his visit to Israel, where he has met this week with the nation's top leaders, will help strengthen diplomatic ties and drum up business back home.The Republican said he's confident his talks with Israeli business   Read more »

• Israeli president hosts New Jersey governor

  prize-winning president has hosted New Jersey's governor on the second day of his visit to Israel. Shimon Peres hailed Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday as "an outstanding friend to Israel."Christie said he brought a delegation of New Jersey business and religious   Read more »

• N.J. governor Christie visits Jerusalem

  JERUSALEM -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie kicked off his first official overseas trip yesterday, meeting Israel's leader in a visit that may boost the rising Republican star's foreign policy credentials ahead of November's presidential election.   Read more »

Around the web

• Chris Christie taxes the internet: imposes "Amazon Tax" on New Jersey by fiat

  tax at least from a fraction of the market we otherwise would not have gotten," Christie said at a Statehouse news conference. Christie said that although forecasts differ on how much sales tax revenue the state will bring in, he put a "safe estimate" at $30 5/30/12 from WyBlog Read more »

• Gov. Christie says he wouldn't bash Romney-Trump team

  earlier this year of his preference that Romney release his tax returns — advice the former Massachusetts governor promptly took. Christie did repeat his rejection of long-debunked questions about President Barack Obama's birth certificate that Trump harped 5/30/12 from NJ.com Read more »

• Amazon To Collect Sales Tax, Build Distribution Center In New Jersey

  by one, the number of states where Amazon does not collect sales tax continues to shrink. New Jersey Governer Chris Christie has announced that the e-tail giant will not only begin collecting sales tax in the Garden State, but will also open a distribution 5/30/12 from Consumerist Read more »

• New Jersey of Challenge of Federal Mandate Raises Public Administration Questions

  government last year in a bid to have the law squashed that was dismissed. Despite this, the New Jersey legislature and Gov. Christie have pledged to move forward until the federal government makes an effort to stop them. Due to the legal uncertainty though, 5/30/12 from GovLoop Read more »

• Portman to Israel

  would be an attractive choice for Romney. Israel has become an almost must stop for rising politicians. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie visited in April. Both Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee visited last year 5/30/12 from CNN Read more »