Video: Did You Get In To See Gov. Christie? What Did You Think?

Residents of Hopatcong and nearby communities showed up in force to hear what Gov. Chris Christie had to say about teacher tenure reform, public employee benefits and pensions, the Lake Hopatcong Commission, the Council on Affordable Housing and other issues on residents' mind.

The only problem: Many of them were shut out. Though the announced time for open doors was 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, by about 9:35 a.m., the was filled to capacity. Many were told they couldn't enter without causing the venue to violate fire codes.

Christie said many of his controversial reforms have been forced by years of financial neglect by past governors, and are necessary to preserve benefit programs for public employees in the long run. He also said the Highlands Act, which preserves land in much of northern New Jersey, was based on a "lie" that property owners would be properly compensated, and was told by one audience member his approach to governing made him sexy (he asked for the audience member to let his wife know). 

The governor also promised Hopatcong special education teacher Danielle Kovach (named New Jersey's and Sussex County's 2010-2011 Teacher of the Year) that he'd meet with her and other county teachers of the year to discuss education issues.

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And tell us if you made it in (and if so, what you thought). And if you were shut out, tell us what you thought of that as well. Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.