Fourth Of July Fireworks: Why New Jersey May Not Be Any Fun In 2017

The state of New Jersey entered its worst government crisis in over a decade Saturday when Gov. Chris Christie ordered a shutdown that sparked the closure of government offices and services deemed non-essential — including beaches and state parks.

Some of these beaches and state parks are a popular vacation spot to celebrate the July 4th weekend, including Island Beach State Park.

The shutdown of the state's government is complicated and based on the state government's failure to pass a budget and a fight over health care overhaul to Horizon, the state's largest healthcare provider, which was proposed by Christie. This budget proposal was rejected by Democratic Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, who resisted bringing the proposal to a vote ahead of the holiday weekend.

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However, despite the complicated origins of the shutdown, only one person will likely bear the brunt of the blame: Christie, who already has a historically low approval ratings. A June Quinnipiac poll said the Republican has a 15 percent approval rating and 81 percent disapproval rating.

"It’s all going to come down to when folks get up tomorrow for the July 4th weekend and drive down to Island Beach State Park to spend the day and a sign says it’s closed," said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, according to a report by Politico. "They’re going to blame Gov. Christie and nobody else."

Evidence of the disdain towards the state's governor could be found on Twitter where users took to social media to vent their frustration.

During a press conference after the State Assembly failed to pass the budget of over $35 billion Thursday, Christie tried to pin the blame on Prieto, who the governor accused of being an obstructionist. "I don't want to see Speaker Prieto kicking people out of Liberty State Park for Fourth of July this weekend," Christie said Thursday.

At a Friday press conference where he said that he wasn't "happy" about the shutdown and that it was "completely avoidable." He also said that he would sign a budget without his stipulations of an overhaul of Horizon's healthcare or the allocation lottery funds, but warned that a lot of the 73 spending items required by the Democrats would have to go.

"They send me a budget with Horizon and with the Lottery then these 73 spending items will stay," Christie said. "If they send me a budget without lottery and without Horizon, I will still sign a budget. But then many of these 73 spending items will go."

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Maddie Hanna, a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote that Christie has floated the possibility of having an emergency session of the Assembly Sunday. "Could be a Sunday session in Trenton: 'If there's not a resolution to this today, everyone will be back tomorrow,' Christie says," wrote Hanna Saturday morning.

The last time that New Jersey experienced a government crisis was when the government was shut down in 2006 under the Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine. Road construction projects were required to wind down and motor vehicle offices were closed, although state-run parks, beaches, and historic sites remained open through July 4th.