IT'S NOT JUST THE JOKE THAT'S IN BAD TASTE::

Memo hints at Christie's death (Angela Delli Santi and Geoff Mulvihill, 4/09/10, The Associated Press)

The enmity, which goes back to last year's gubernatorial campaign, intensified with a memo from the Bergen County Education Association to local union leaders that hints about the governor's death.

The memo, first reported by The Record of Bergen County, reads, in part: "Dear Lord this year you have taken away my favorite actor, Patrick Swayze, my favorite actress, Farrah Fawcett, my favorite singer, Michael Jackson, and my favorite salesman, Billy Mays. I just wanted to let you know that Chris Christie is my favorite governor."

Association president Joe Coppola said the "prayer" was a joke and was never meant to be made public.