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Government employees to be able to administer this -- we have a new company in place to run the program going forward. and the fact is that if we reach a point where we believe there's another company who can do the job better than the company that was initially brought in under the bid then we're going to make that change pip'm not going to hesitate to make a change. >> and sam, with typical christie slight of hand, he did not answer the question, why did you fire hgi, which is where the guy began. >> not to get too into the specifics here, the bigger problem is the macro problem. this was a ...

Disrespected by governor christie and his administration. when they see things like the $6 like you mentioned for belleville and other things that have come out like that, they feel like they're not being listened to and respected. we heard a lot of that today at town hall. >> there was more than one question that was challenging to christie and not exactly satisfied. we had one questioner get up and ask him about why he privatized so much of the aid function, including to a company called hgi, which had ties to the christie administration in which they later had to fire from that service. let...

Feel like they're not being listened to and respected. we heard a lot of that today at town hall. >> there was more than one question that was challenging to christie and not exactly satisfied. we had one questioner get up and ask him about why he privatized so much of the aid function, including to a company called hgi, which had ties to the christie administration in which they later had to fire from that service. let's watch this exchange. >> why was hgi fired. why did you pay them $50 million and why did you privatize most -- why did you privatize most of the grant program. you didn't have...

>> answer the question. >> i'm answering the question. >> the alternative is to have hired thousands of additional government employees to be able to administer this -- we have a new company in place to run the program going forward. and the fact is that if we reach a point where we believe there's another company who can do the job better than the company that was initially brought in under the bid then we're going to make that change pip'm not going to hesitate to make a change. >> and sam, with typical christie slight of hand, he did not answer the question, why did you fire hgi, which is w...

Settlement for termination of the contract? and why didn't they tell anyone why they did it? why on earth won't anyone from governor christie's administration give a straightforward answer to the questions? all these questions revolve around a company called hgi. that specializes if project management and government contracting. that's their chairman, ceo, larry oney. hgi is the chief contractor overseeing the federal road home housing recovery for post katrina new orleans. last may, the company got a $68 million contract from new jersey to manage the dispersal of $780 million of federal sandy...