Page 4 - ARUBA TODAY

A4 U.S. NEWS
Friday 21 april 2017
Utah’s Chaffetz says he may not finish term in Congress

MICHELLE L. PRICE “This is a decision to avoid
Associated Press what could have been an
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah embarrassing defeat that
Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s de- would have hurt his pros-
cision not to seek another pects in the future,” Kar-
term in Congress and pos- powitz said.
sibly resign sets the GOP If Chaffetz runs for gover-
congressman up for a 2020 nor, he won’t necessar-
run for governor without ily be the front-runner, Kar-
a damaging re-election powitz said.
campaign or pressure to He could face stiff chal-
doggedly investigate his lenges from potential GOP
party’s president. candidates that include
Instead, the 50-year-old the state’s popular lieu-
congressman who breezed tenant governor, Spencer
through four re-election Cox, and Josh Romney, a
campaigns can lay the Salt Lake City-based real
groundwork for the gov- estate developer and
ernor’s race, opening the son of former Republican
door for a number of am- presidential candidate Mitt
bitious Utah Republicans to Romney.
try to replace him in Con- Chaffetz’s announcement
gress. came on the heels of sur-
A day after announcing prisingly strong showings
he wouldn’t seek re-elec- Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah speaks during a town hall meeting at Brighton High School in Cotton- by Democrats in races in
tion next year, Chaffetz wood Heights, Utah. Chaffetz, a Republican who chairs the House Oversight Committee, says he Georgia and Kansas and
said Thursday that he may won’t for re-election or any other office in 2018. fundraising reports that
not even finish the two- (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) showed he was being out-
year term that started four raised by a Democratic
months ago. Chaffetz said Chaffetz has faced mount- ment Wednesday that he Chris Karpowitz, co-di- challenger, though it’s un-
in a text message: “My ing criticism in recent had “no ulterior motives,” rector at Brigham Young likely the GOP will lose the
future plans are not yet fi- months for declining to in- is healthy and wasn’t wor- University’s Center for the seat.
nalized but I haven’t ruled vestigate President Don- ried about his re-election Study of Elections and “It’s the most conservative
out the possibility of leav- ald Trump and likely would chances. Instead, Chaffetz Democracy, said Chaf- part of one of the most
ing early. In the meantime have faced a bruising pri- said he wants to spend time fetz’s decision to bow out conservative states in the
I still have a job to do and mary and general election with his family, return to the is somewhat surprising but country,” Utah State Uni-
I have no plans to take my battle in 2018. private sector and poten- eases the path for a gover- versity political scientist Da-
foot off the gas.” He said in his announce- tially run for Utah governor. nor’s race. mon Cann said.q
Christie defends killing tunnel

project, saying that it ‘stunk’

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) In the last month, two minor
— Gov. Chris Christie said derailments at New York’s
a Hudson River rail tunnel Penn Station have cre-
Located in the Riu Antilles Resort (Formerly the Westin Resort) project he discontinued in ated havoc for hundreds
FREE TRANSPORTATION TO THE CASINO FROM ALL 2010 over cost overrun con- of thousands of Northeast
HIGH RISE AND LOW RISE HOTELS AND TIMESHARES. cerns “stunk” and wouldn’t Corridor commuters. The
CALL 525-7777 FOR MORE INFORMATION have been finished in time second derailment, on
to alleviate recent prob- April 3, knocked out eight
LIVE POKER lems at New York’s Penn of 21 tracks and forced
Station anyway.
commuter rail lines to run
The Republican’s com- limited service.
GAMES START 8 PM TO THE WEE HOURS ments came a day after In addition, last Friday, a
he stood silently at a news New Jersey Transit train
conference at Newark’s was disabled in a tunnel
1-2.....2-5......5-5 1-3.....2-5......5-5 train station while Demo- for nearly three hours. As
$100 HIGH HAND BONUSES EVERY HOUR cratic U.S. Sen. Cory Book- crowds swelled in the sta-
er heatedly denounced tion, police used a stun
OVER $20,000 PER WEEK GIVEN OUT IN HIGH HAND BONUSES those who blamed the cur- gun to subdue a man who
CRAPS rent transit mess on Chris- was causing a disturbance,
and a stampede ensued.
tie’s actions years ago.
ONLY CASINO IN ARUBA TO OFFER 3, 4 & 5 TIME ODDS “I have absolutely no re- Christie pulled the plug on
grets about that decision, the ARC, or Access to the
and over the course of Region’s Core, tunnel over
SPORTSBOOK time that decision will be concerns New Jersey tax-
payers would be forced to
proved to be right,” Chris-
LIVE SIMULCAST OF ALL MAJOR TRACKS tie said Thursday at an un- foot the bill for up to $5 bil-
related groundbreaking in lion in cost overruns. A Gov-
THROUGHOBRED AND HARNESS Atlantic City for a satellite ernment Accountability
campus of Stockton Uni- Office report later disputed
versity. those numbers.q