Sean Kennedy, Democratic Municipal Chair of Medford Township today issued the following statement in response to the campaign visit by Republican Gubernatorial hopeful Chris Christie.

"Its nice to see the Gubernatorial campaign come to our great Township. As the GOP front runner, Christie's appearance in the heart of Burlington County is a testament to the importance of our county and Medford in statewide politics.

I was always taught there is no such thing as coincidence in politics. So, surely Christie's visit should be greeted without skepticism. However, it's tough to dismiss the fact that as the US Attorney, Christie did not know where Medford was when former State Senator Martha Bark was taking home hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars for no-show jobs.

Christie also didn't seem to know where Burlington County was when Chris Baxter was bilking taxpayers at the County Board of Social Services for a work product that fellow Republicans, including Senator Allen's Chief of Staff, questioned.   Most alarming is that then US Attorney Christie didn't find anything troubling with the fact that insider Republican Bob Stears stole $2.7 million from the Burlington County Bridge Commission and called many of the GOP party leaders corrupt individuals when he was sentenced on Federal Charges for fraud.

Then US Attorney Christie couldn't find Burlington County on a map when some of the worst cases of waste, fraud, pay to play, no-show jobs and taxpayer abuse was rampant under GOP control, but ironically,
today, Gubernatorial candidate Christie appears in our great Township of Medford in the closing weeks of his bitter primary election battle. Coincidence?  There is no such thing in politics."