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Chris Christie Vetoes $420K 'Snooki Subsidy' Production Credit

Jillian Rayfield | September 26, 2011, 4:42PM


Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has vetoed a $420,000 "Jersey Shore" production credit that was criticized by local lawmakers as a "fake tanning" tax break and "a terrible, terrible and misguided waste."

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NJ Lawmakers Outraged Over Jersey Shore's $420K 'Fake Tanning' Tax Break

Jillian Rayfield | September 15, 2011, 6:06PM


Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi

A number of New Jersey lawmakers are outraged that the state has awarded a $420,000 production tax credit to the hit MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" because, as one GOPer put it, "I can't believe we are paying for fake tanning for 'Snooki' and 'The Situation', and I am not even sure $420,000 covers that."

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Topics: Jersey Shore, New Jersey

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