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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Time For Some Traffic Problems in Fort Lee"
http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/01/08/_time_for_some_traffic_problems_in_fort_lee.htmlOne month after his landslide re-election, a win that dazzled the national punditocracy like a leaked Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie started getting questions about an inexplicably petty municipal scandal. Democrats claimed that Christie had signed off on needless rush hour lane closures in Fort Lee, a suburb of New York City and a sort of choke point for traffic, because the city's mayor didn't endorse him. For four days in September, three lanes were reduced to one lane. Asked about the accusation, Christie issued a clear denial -- "absolutely not" -- then explained just how irrelevant the mayor was. ("He was not somebody that was on my radar screen in any way."
Shawn Boburg has obtained internal documents verifying that Christie aides put the squeeze on the town.
[T]hey show that one of the governors top aides was deeply involved in the decision to choke off the boroughs access to the bridge, and they provide the strongest indication yet that it was part of a politically-motivated vendettaa notion that Christie has publicly denied.
Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee, Bridget Anne Kelly, one of three deputies on Christies senior staff, wrote to David Wildstein, a top Christie executive at the Port Authority, on Aug. 13, about three weeks before the closures. Wildstein, the official who ordered the closures and who resigned last month amid the escalating scandal, wrote back: Got it.
(snip)
In one exchange of text messages on the second day of the lane closures, Wildstein alludes to messages the Fort Lee mayor had left complaining that school buses were having trouble getting through the traffic.
Is it wrong that Im smiling, the recipient of the text message responded to Wildstein. The persons identity is not clear because the documents are partially redacted for unknown reasons.
No, Wildstein wrote in response.
I feel badly about the kids, the person replied to Wildstein. I guess.
They are the children of Buono voters, Wildstein wrote, making a reference to Barbara Buono, the Democratic candidate for governor
(end snip)
OMG. And you thought Christ Christie was somehow different. Fooled you.
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"Time For Some Traffic Problems in Fort Lee" (Original Post)
deminks
Jan 2014
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dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)1. If he was a Dem he'd be drummed out of our ranks for such behavior
But as a ReTHUG, he'll be hoisted on the shoulders of the party loyal and everyone will praising his "toughness".
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)3. Oh, I think Rand Paul will be having some fun with this. nt
longship
(40,416 posts)2. Busted! R&K nt