Bill Baroni, a Christie Port Authority appointee, explains on Nov. 25 why the traffic entrances were closed onto the George Washington Bridge in September. The closures were exposed last week as political payback.
BY LARRY MCSHANE AND RICH SCHAPIRO
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
...“For the governor (click here) to say that the first time he learned about this was the morning of Jan. 8 really strains credibility,” he told The News.
“It’s just hard to believe that no one said to him earlier, ‘Hey, there’s this problem and we’re trying to resolve it.’”
Asked whether the Republican governor could be impeached if he’s exposed as a liar, Wisniewski called it “ a possibility.”...
In order to determine if hubris was the common culture between the members of the Kristi administration, other e-mails about different topics would have to be examined as well. This is post election. I think Democrats need to think it through.
Impeachment may be a defensible position and it would put Democrats in a very vulnerable position.
It is reasonable to believe that the "First Day of School" would maximize the traffic flow to give a picture of the impact of closing two lanes. The closure would extend beyond one day because drivers would begin to seek a faster route across the bridge than the Fort Lee entrance ramps. When drivers seek alternate routes to the bridge it may be that Fort Lee only needs one lane.
I do not believe this was well done, especially that the Mayor had no clue about the lane closures.
Was this mischief? Depends on the protocol required in New Jersey and whether it was circumvented. There may be crimes committed and 'in that' lies the outcome to this event. There obviously is civil suits that can proceed in that the public was not well served and the outcomes to this event caused harm.
January 12,2013
In order to determine if hubris was the common culture between the members of the Kristi administration, other e-mails about different topics would have to be examined as well. This is post election. I think Democrats need to think it through.
Impeachment may be a defensible position and it would put Democrats in a very vulnerable position.
It is reasonable to believe that the "First Day of School" would maximize the traffic flow to give a picture of the impact of closing two lanes. The closure would extend beyond one day because drivers would begin to seek a faster route across the bridge than the Fort Lee entrance ramps. When drivers seek alternate routes to the bridge it may be that Fort Lee only needs one lane.
I do not believe this was well done, especially that the Mayor had no clue about the lane closures.
Was this mischief? Depends on the protocol required in New Jersey and whether it was circumvented. There may be crimes committed and 'in that' lies the outcome to this event. There obviously is civil suits that can proceed in that the public was not well served and the outcomes to this event caused harm.
January 12,2013
...The demands for Christie's resignation (click here) break out somewhat along party lines with 75 percent of Democrats polled saying it's likely the governor knew ahead of time that the lanes were to be closed against 34 percent of Republicans and 46 percent of unaffiliated voters who share that view.
But the despite the near deafening media din created by the scandal, which erupted in September after two of three local lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge were diverted for use by highway traffic, burying commuters coming from Fort Lee and other surrounding municipalities in traffic jams that lasted as long as four hours, Christie's approval ratings remain solid....
According to the survey, 55 percent of likely voters hold a favorable opinion of Christie, against 44 percent who view him unfavorably....
Governor Chris Christie leaves a meeting with the mayor of Fort Lee. 1/9/14 (John O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger)
