TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie said today he has not ruled out vetoing a controversial tax credit awarded last week to the hit MTV television show “Jersey Shore.”
The reality show’s production company, 495 Productions, was awarded a $420,000 tax credit — dubbed by some as the “Snooki-subsidy” — for the 2009 inaugural season of the show.
News of the award made national headlines and prompted calls from state lawmakers and a national coalition of Italian Americans for Christie to veto the minutes of the authority meeting, as he done with other authorities when they take actions he does not like.
Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak said last week that the governor could not veto the actions of the Economic Development Authority because the action was “non-discretionary.”
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