article_snippet.sent: Ms Mooney, who has been a teacher for 27 years, questioned New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's motivations behind a legal settlement with oil company ExxonMobil which could have contributed drastically to the state's pension plans for teachers.
article_snippet.sent: I know that you could have gotten more money, on the dollar,' Mooney said. '
article_snippet.sent: Mooney started to respond, but not before being cut off by the governor.
article_snippet.sent: Mooney questioned a defensive Christie decision-making behind a $225million legal settlement.
article_snippet.sent: the state originally wanted $8.9billion from the oil company, and Mooney says that would have had a huge impact on pensions for public employees . '
article_snippet.sent: Mooney explains that Mooney read about the deal in the newspaper and did not attend the meeting 'to be bullied'. '
article_snippet.sent: Perhaps the reason why Wollmer and Wollmer union responded sharply to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie town hall meeting Tuesday night, is that Wollmer blamed his union for Wollmer and his union role in the current pension system. '
article_snippet.sent: The fact is his union, over the course of time, has asked for significantly higher benefits - more expensive benefits - that his union knew the state could not afford,' New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said Tuesday.
highlights_snippet.sent: high school English teacher asked why the governor didn't seek a higher legal settlement in a case with ExxonMobil that would have contributed to the state's pension system .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Christie responded by repeatedly asking how much Kathy Mooney knew about the deal instead of answering high school English teacher question .