MIDDLESEX BOROUGH — Oceanfront property owners who don't want dunes marring their pristine view may soon have a more formidable foe standing in their way: Gov. Chris Christie.

The governor today said he will personally call out residents who refuse to sign easements giving the Army Corps of Engineers permission to build dunes on a strip of their property.

"I have no sympathy for your view, no sympathy," Christie said during a town hall in Middlesex Borough.

"We will go town by town, and if we have to start calling names out of the selfish ones who care more about their view than they care about the safety and the welfare of their neighbors, then we’re gonna start doing that."

Pointing to the words "Recover, Rebuild, Restore" projected in lights on the wall of the gym at Our Lady of Mount Virgin Parish, Christie warned residents he might get "a little agitated" as $3 billion in dune rebuilding begins the first week of May.

Christie has credited sand dunes — some man-made and others the work of nature — with protecting homes and businesses during Hurricane Sandy in October.

Towns without dunes were left vulnerable to devastating wind and rain and Christie listed the hard-hit communities of Union Beach, Ortley Beach, Mantoloking, Bayhead, Holgate on Long Beach Island, Sayreville and South River.

Some homeowners worry that signing away rights to even a small piece of land could open their beaches to public access or pave the way for restrooms or boardwalks.

Although Christie has said he will not condemn homes to buy out residents in flood-prone areas, he said last week in Manasquan that he would resort to eminent domain for beachfront property if necessary.

Christie again blamed lagging recovery programs on Congress, which he has accused of dragging its feet on bringing the emergency aid bill to a vote. He made headlines in January for slamming a fellow Republican, House Speaker John Boehner, over playing politics with the money.

"Never forget the delay on the front end leads to the delay on the back end," Christie said, adding that the state hopes to accept aid applications early next month.

An Immaculata High School student asked Christie whether Sandy made him re-evaluate his stance on environmental issues. Nope, he said.

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"I’m not going to make New Jersey even less competitive than it already is and put more regulations on corporations," he said.

In 2011, Christie pulled New Jersey from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative intended to control emissions, although he has said climate change is affecting the state and "human activity plays a role in these changes."

He also used today’s town hall to renew his call for bail reform as a violence task force he established is poised to present the results of its study. He chided the Democrat-controlled Legislature for failing to act on his proposal to give judges the authority to detain people with long criminal histories before they go to trial, like in the federal system. The change requires a constitutional amendment that must be approved by voters.

"This is just flat-out wrong, and it’s making us a less safe state," he said.

The Republican governor did praise lawmakers, however, for supporting mandatory drug and alcohol treatment instead of jail time for nonviolent offenders. "That’s not being soft on crime, that’s being smart," he said.

Four weeks after the December shooting deaths of 20 elementary-school children in Newtown, Conn., Christie asked the task force to make recommendations on gun control, drug and alcohol addiction, mental illness, violence in society and school safety and security.

A spokesman for the governor said the results would be announced "soon," but declined to elaborate.