Trouble for Christie

dignin
dignin Posts: 9,478
in A Moving Train
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/08/politics/christie-bridge/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

(CNN) -- E-mails emerged on Wednesday purportedly from top aides to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie bolstering the case that access lane closures to the George Washington Bridge were borne from a political vendetta against opponents of the governor, and were not the result of an incompetent traffic study as his administration claimed.
"Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee," Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie's deputy chief of staff for legislative and intergovernmental affairs, e-mailed David Wildstein, then the highest-level political appointee representing the state at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
That communication occurred roughly three weeks before the access lanes were closed last September, wreaking havoc on traffic from the New Jersey side of the nation's busiest bridge that crosses into New York.
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Sorry I didn't copy and paste the whole article. It was a mess and this new format gives me a headache.

    It's interesting to see the inside of the nasty game of politics.

    Here is another article

    http://www.northjersey.com/news/christie_kelly_bridge_lane_closures_emails.html
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    I thought this thread was going to be about Ben & Jerry's closing down ...
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,405
    man, just when i kinda respected the guy, this surfaces.

    punishing the citizens because of a political vendetta??

    if this is true, he has to be removed from office and tried for ethics violations. he fucked over a lot of his own citizens over political differences...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,405
    if this were obama people would be burning down the white house...

    i am waiting to see how fox news is gonna spin this one...

    people died as a result of this little stunt. emergency responders were delayed in getting to emergencies and people dies.

    if this is true, and it looks like it is, christie is fucked. this is going to bring him down and ruin his political career. he could be charged with negligent homicide if it is proven that he ordered this traffic issue and people died as a result of it.

    this is very, very bad.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • PhillyCrownOfThorns
    PhillyCrownOfThorns Posts: 690
    There was just a press release issued with Christie saying he had no knowledge of anything and he condemned the actions of key staffers. Welcome to politics! Welcome to New Jersey!

    I would still take him over Corzine...
    9.29.96, 8.28.98, 9.1.00, 7.5.03, 9.30.05, 6.1.06, 6.19.08, 6.20.08, 6.24.08, 10.27.09, 10.28.09, 10.30.09, 5.20.10, 9.3.11, 9.4.11, 9.2.12, 7.19.13...

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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    edited January 2014
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/n-j-gov-christie-says-aide-misled-him-over-traffic-closures-1.2489238

    Someone had to go under the bus for this
    Post edited by dignin on
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/08/chris-christie-outraged-misled-over-traffic-scandal


    '...At worst, pressure will now mount on Christie to prove that he had nothing to do with an act of apparent political spite. Kelly, who is one of three deputy chiefs of staff in the governor’s office, remains in post.

    Buono lashed out at Christie on Wednesday hours after the emails and texts surfaced, telling the Daily Beast that the governor “runs a paramilitary operation”. She said that from the start she had been convinced the bridge debacle had been “an act of political retribution”.

    The new emails also show that the Fort Lee mayor’s desperate cries for help during the four days of the lane closures were coldly rebuffed by Christie’s inner circle. On the first day of the closures, 9 September, Sokolich’s office sent an email to Baroni that pleaded for a phone call on grounds of “urgent matter of public safety in Fort Lee”.

    That email was forwarded by Baroni to Wildstein, and in turn to Christie’s top aide, Bridget Kelly. “Did he call him back?” Kelly asks Wildstein.

    “Radio silence,” replied Wildstein. “His name comes right after Mayor Fulop”.

    Steven Fulop is the Democratic mayor of Jersey City, who has also complained that he was the subject of retaliation by the Christie team after he declined to endorse the governor for re-election.

    The new emails underline the desperate attempts made by mayor Sokolich to lift the lane closures. On the second day of lane closures he wrote to Baroni: “The bigger problem is getting the kids to school. Help please. It’s maddening.”

    A week later, after the lanes had been reopened at the order of New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who shares joint control of the Port Authority with Christie, the Fort Lee mayor sent another email to Baroni. “We should talk. Someone needs to tell me that the recent traffic debacle was not punitive in nature. The last four reporters that contacted me suggest that the people they are speaking with absolutely believe it to be punishment. Try as I may to dispel these rumours I am having a tough time. A private face-to-face would be important to me. Perhaps someone can enlighten me as to the errors of my ways.”
  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,976
    wow, politics at work. I liked Christie, but after this and his private election which cost tax payers 11 mil (after he previously said he would never do something like that) I don't think he should stay around. Hopefully he gets voted out.
    Wouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?



  • PhillyCrownOfThorns
    PhillyCrownOfThorns Posts: 690
    Presser in 20 minutes...

    http://www.livestream.com/governorchrischristie?utm_source=lsplayer&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=footerlinks or by radio at 101.5 FM or any major media television station.


    We expect the Governor to announce resignations of key close staff and advisors and most likely call for an investigation into the potentially criminal incident. At this moment, the State House is surrounded by every major media outlet in the country.
    9.29.96, 8.28.98, 9.1.00, 7.5.03, 9.30.05, 6.1.06, 6.19.08, 6.20.08, 6.24.08, 10.27.09, 10.28.09, 10.30.09, 5.20.10, 9.3.11, 9.4.11, 9.2.12, 7.19.13...

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  • PhillyCrownOfThorns
    PhillyCrownOfThorns Posts: 690
    a5pj said:

    wow, politics at work. I liked Christie, but after this and his private election which cost tax payers 11 mil (after he previously said he would never do something like that) I don't think he should stay around. Hopefully he gets voted out.

    I hear ya… more politics at work! However, in the governor's defense, the amount of money that the state has "saved" or has become more fiscally stable, is staggering.
    9.29.96, 8.28.98, 9.1.00, 7.5.03, 9.30.05, 6.1.06, 6.19.08, 6.20.08, 6.24.08, 10.27.09, 10.28.09, 10.30.09, 5.20.10, 9.3.11, 9.4.11, 9.2.12, 7.19.13...

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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,405
    PhillyCrownOfThorns said:

    a5pj said:

    wow, politics at work. I liked Christie, but after this and his private election which cost tax payers 11 mil (after he previously said he would never do something like that) I don't think he should stay around. Hopefully he gets voted out.

    I hear ya… more politics at work! However, in the governor's defense, the amount of money that the state has "saved" or has become more fiscally stable, is staggering.
    its amazing what cutting benefits for the sick and poor can do for a budget.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    That's just wrong, and i ''speak'' for the sick and the poor from ...
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    Fort Lee is a corrupt cesspool, the town must have loved all the additional traffic since the cops there constantly run entrapment scams near the bridge to fund the towns coffers.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,405
    my bad, it is amazing what cutting money from schools will do for a budget.

    http://www.edlawcenter.org/news/archives/school-funding/governor-christies-fy14-budget-another-year-of-cuts-to-nj-public-schools.html
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,405
    he cut aid for women's health care services and clinics too.

    http://njtoday.net/2013/06/18/senate-committee-advances-efforts-to-reverse-christie-cuts-to-womens-health-care-services/
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,976
    edited January 2014
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    he cut aid for women's health care services and clinics too.

    http://njtoday.net/2013/06/18/senate-committee-advances-efforts-to-reverse-christie-cuts-to-womens-health-care-services/

    That seemed to be a big push from Rep's this year.
    In NC our gov slipped it into a motorcycle safety bill. - hopefully when he comes back up for reelection people will remember what he did.
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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    All politicians are crooks. Come on guys, all politicians are rats!!
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    anyone watching his presser...he's cratering...lolz It looks like it will be Christie 2020...
  • PhillyCrownOfThorns
    PhillyCrownOfThorns Posts: 690
    Really? Do you really believe that crap?
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    PhillyCrownOfThorns said:

    a5pj said:

    wow, politics at work. I liked Christie, but after this and his private election which cost tax payers 11 mil (after he previously said he would never do something like that) I don't think he should stay around. Hopefully he gets voted out.

    I hear ya… more politics at work! However, in the governor's defense, the amount of money that the state has "saved" or has become more fiscally stable, is staggering.
    its amazing what cutting benefits for the sick and poor can do for a budget.
    9.29.96, 8.28.98, 9.1.00, 7.5.03, 9.30.05, 6.1.06, 6.19.08, 6.20.08, 6.24.08, 10.27.09, 10.28.09, 10.30.09, 5.20.10, 9.3.11, 9.4.11, 9.2.12, 7.19.13...

    2013- Brooklyn2, Philly1, Philly2, NOLA
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    He is using Obama's main defense ... claim you were unaware and then put heads on spikes.
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