democrat but big christie ally killed a pension bill in the statehouse that would have saved jersey city $4 million a year. and this, the guy who said, "there's a culture in trenton of being punitive. being petty." trenton, new jersey, of course where the governor's office is located. in response to these allegations from fulop about bullying and retribution, christie had this to say. >> i don't know about specific meetings or what's going on, but certainly, you know, i will look into all of those things, but the fact is that what mayor fulop knows is when we agree with him from a policy perspective, we'll work with him. when we disagree with him, we'll express those disagreements. sometimes that will mean friction. >> as soon as christie finished speaking, this is the statement mayor fulop, himself, put out. "governor christie's comments today on my relationship with the state are a gross misrepresentation of the facts." joining me now, one of the foremost experts on the operations of governor chris