CHRIS CHRISTIE AND MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR NO-BID CONTRACTSThroughout his career, Chris Christie has equated the corruption problem in New Jersey directly with no-bid contracts.  But don’t take our word for it, we’ll let him tell you about it:  “Calling it one of his major campaign themes, Morris County freeholder candidate Chris Christie said yesterday that the county should put out to bid all contracts for consultants and professionals….’This is one of the major things I’m running on,’ said Christie, a 31 year old Mendham Township attorney. ‘It makes common sense. It's good government. Let the chips fall where they may and get the best people at the best price. That’s the freeholders' job.’ [Daily Record, 2/23/94]‘The biggest problem in corruption in New Jersey is no-bid contracts,’ Christie said during an Asbury Park Press editorial board meeting yesterday. ‘If you look at all of these cases that we do, they almost always center around no-bid professional contracts.’” [Asbury Park Press, 11/26/02]However, when he is questioned on multi-million dollar no-bid contracts given out to his friends, Christie’s campaign says he is being “smeared.” They say Jon Corzine has “millions.”  And they say the ad “Happenstance” is “negative.”“Christie’s campaign manager Bill Stepien labeled the commercial “a smear ad”’ [Michael Symons, “Capital Quickies”, Gannett New Jersey, 7/7/09]What Christie and his campaign do not say, is that the ad, “Happenstance,” is wrong.  And Christie still refuses to explain how it came to be that only friends of his were the most qualified lawyers out of, literally, over one million lawyers across the country.  And Christie refuses to explain the difference from 15 years ago when he was running for Freeholder . . . and seven years ago when he was United State Attorney . . . and now, when he is running for the most powerful Governor’s chair in the entire country.Christie has not denied a single fact in the ad. Chris Christie needs to be held to the same standards he holds others, he must be accountable, and he has some serious explaining to do.These are questions Chris Christie just can’t walk out on.###