Of the four times Gov. Christie and I have spoken 3 discussions have been about re-standing up of the State Guard

(click on the pics to enlarge) I first met Gov. Christie on election day (picture on the right) I thought I would only have about 15 seconds to speak with him; so when we spoke I introduced myself, shook his hand and introduced myself and said,”the first thing that I want you to do when you get into office is stand up the state guard.” he finished shaking my hand, touched me on the shoulder and said,”help is on the way.” he had to move on. I went into the diner and ordered a hamburger, I wondered if he even knew what the state guard was…As I was eating my hamburger I was considering sending him a letter.  To my surprise he came back over to me and shook my hand again: I started to explain that my unit was made up of mostly retired Nationalguardsman and that my unit responded to 9-11-01, guarded Earl Naval base…” he stopped me..He said,”Paul, I am a former federal prosecutor, I know who you guys are, I’ll take care of you as soon as I am in office.” he put his hand on my shoulder and an associated press photographer took a picture that was on the front page of the Burlington county times. The third time I spoke with Governor Christie I presented him with my unit coin. the fourth time the Governor and I spoke I had a copy of that paper with me.  Someone from his staff saw it and told me that the Governor did not give autographs.  I said,” I don’t want his autograph…I autographed it for him (I wrote under the picture,” congratulations” and signed my name. I handed the paper to the governor, told him that I wanted him to have it, he opened the paper and said, “I can never see that too often” (the headline read, Christie ousts Corzine”