14 January 2014

Doomed


Brian McCrone has an article at Philly.com about the end of Governor Christie's political life:
When exactly did Governor Chris Christie (photo) first learn of the George Washington Bridge lane closures that caused gridlock on 9 through 13 September 2014?
That answer, which Christie first intimated as 1 October 2014 after reading a Wall Street Journal story about the then-simmering scandal, has gotten much fuzzier with every passing day over the last week.
At his epic two-hour press conference in Trenton, New Jersey, he said it likely wasn't the 1 October story after all that filled him in on the debacle that has led to resignations and firings all the way from the Port Authority of New Jersey and New York to his executive offices in the New Jersey capitol. Instead, he vaguely said he likely learned of the September lane closures earlier, though he didn't give a specific date.
Now, a left-leaning Washington D.C.-based news website is reporting that the governor was copied on a letter from one of his political rivals, Democratic state Senator Loretta Weinberg, dated 19 September 2014, in which she asks for answers to the unpublicized closures of two access lanes to the country's busiest bridge. Talking Points Memo reported that Weinberg sent a letter to a Port Authority commissioner, William Pat Schuber, that read, in part: "I am at a loss for words regarding the Authority's sudden change in the traffic flow pattern to the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee. Reducing the number of lanes during peak traffic times has caused a significant hardship for many in the area. This decision, made with no public comment, has created significant congestion in Bergen County."
Christie was cc'd on the letter, along with two assemblymen, the Port Authority chairman David Samson, and Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich. A spokesman for Christie did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"In the next couple weeks, I would like you to meet with me and my colleagues from the District to discuss the change in traffic patterns as well as the greater issue of transparency with the Authority. Please let me know when you are available to meet," Weinberg, who represents a portion of Bergen County that includes Fort Lee, concluded in her letter.
Rico says he might've escaped, but September was a long time before October...

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