Bridge Scandal Documents Indicate Effort to Hide Political Motive
By MARC SANTORA and KATE ZERNIKE, NYT
JAN. 10, 2014
Officials loyal to Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey went to elaborate means to make it appear that the September closing of lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, N.J., was part of a traffic study, even though their private communications suggest the move was purely political, documents released on Friday show.
The documents also show a concerted effort to keep their true motivation hidden, including the insistence by one official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in an email that communications about the matter should not be conducted by email or discussed publicly.
Among the documents was a PowerPoint presentation prepared after three days of snarled traffic, titled “EARLY assessment of the benefits of the trial.” The conclusion: “T.B.D.”
Ultimately, the traffic diversion led to four mornings of gridlock, months of investigations into whether the move was a blunt display of political payback and what has become the gravest challenge to Mr. Christie’s political career after it was revealed that a top aide was intimately involved in the matter.
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JAN. 10, 2014
Officials loyal to Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey went to elaborate means to make it appear that the September closing of lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, N.J., was part of a traffic study, even though their private communications suggest the move was purely political, documents released on Friday show.
The documents also show a concerted effort to keep their true motivation hidden, including the insistence by one official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in an email that communications about the matter should not be conducted by email or discussed publicly.
Among the documents was a PowerPoint presentation prepared after three days of snarled traffic, titled “EARLY assessment of the benefits of the trial.” The conclusion: “T.B.D.”
Ultimately, the traffic diversion led to four mornings of gridlock, months of investigations into whether the move was a blunt display of political payback and what has become the gravest challenge to Mr. Christie’s political career after it was revealed that a top aide was intimately involved in the matter.
(More here.)
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1 Comments:
At the least, Christie is guilty of poor hiring decisions and lax oversight, a case could be made that this is enough to warrant a resignation, let alone any prior knowledge of the bone headed and illegal action. My question - where is the same level of interest in President Obama's Incorrect promises' about citizens being able to keep their insurance plan and doctor? He repeated it many time, well after his administration knew better. Who is in charge? What did he know and when did he know it? Where is the press when we need them? I smell a double standard.
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