Atlantic City mayor Lorenzo Langford recently made it known that he thinks it’s New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s fault that President Obama didn’t tour Atlantic City when he came to see damage from Hurricane Sandy.
“The White House called and said they were coming to Atlantic City,” Langford told the N. Y. Daily News, “and I think the governor changed that and decided to go to Brigantine instead…that shows how petty he is, number one. And racially insensitive, number two. And politically myopic, number three.â€
The vitirol between the two has flowed both ways. During an Oct. 9 speech in Jersey City, the governor said Langford “has failed, and he’s impossible to work with in any kind of significant way.â€Â Their on-going beef was even spoofed on Saturday Night Live.
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