the world that was treated this way, that allowed a political appointee at the port authority to decide who would get a piece of world trade center steel. for the other 49 states in the un york, including new york, and for the entire rest of the worlds, there was an application process, and anybody who wanted a physical remnant of that terrible day had to apply, and then nonpolitical career staff members would handle those requests. that's how it worked for everyone, except for new jersey. once chris christie got elected at least, new jersey handled it differently, in new jersey after chris christie got control of state government, the process of handing out relics from the world trade center wreckage changed just for his state. in 2011, governor christie's political appointee came to the port authority and he decided he would change the rules just for new jersey. the new procedure just for new jersey would be that bill baroni