$420K Credit For Jersey Shore Producers Creates A Situation For Taxpayers In NJ

The idea ofshelling outfor the Jersey Shore gang to party hearty on the boardwalk isn’t sitting well with New Jersey taxpayers. “I can’t believe we are paying for fake tanning for Snooki andThe Situation, and I am not even sure $420,000 covers that,” Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon told the Star-Ledger of Newark. A Democratic state Senator and an Italian American group today called onGov. Chris Christie to block thetax credit awarded yesterday tothe MTV hit reality show’s production company 495 Productions. It is disparaging to Italian Americans. He should veto it, said state Sen. Joe Vitale).A spokesman for the governor said that whileChristie doesn’t like the show and opposed the tax credit, he has no control over the decision. And not everyone is against it.In Seaside Heights, where the show is filmed, Mayor P. Kennethsaid even thoughthe show canshow the state in a negative light,theinvestment pays big local dividends. “A lot of the business folks here appreciate that,” he said.

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