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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChristie Appointee Watched Bridge Closure In Person, Documents Show - NBC
Christie appointee watched bridge closure in person, documents showBy Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News
1/10/14
The New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge, which connects Fort Lee, N.J., and New York City. (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)
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An appointee of Gov. Chris Christie personally showed up to observe the closure of lanes at the George Washington Bridge that triggered an epic traffic jam in New Jersey in September, according to documents made public Friday.
The appointee, David Wildstein, emailed the general manager of the bridge on the day before the lanes were closed to say, Will be at bridge early Monday am to view new lane test, the documents show. Other emails show that he arrived by 7 a.m. on Sept. 9, the first of four days of nightmare traffic in the city of Fort Lee.
The documents also show that Wildstein and Bill Baroni, another Christie appointee, were directly told on the first day that the backups were causing problems for police and paramedics. Lane closures at the bridge continued for four days, until the irate head of the Port Authority, which controls the bridge, ordered them reopened.
The matter exploded this week into the biggest scandal of Christies career after emails and texts appeared to show that Christie allies ordered the lanes closed as an act of political payback.
The documents were released by a committee of...
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Christie Appointee Watched Bridge Closure In Person, Documents Show - NBC (Original Post)
WillyT
Jan 2014
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Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)1. Rachel is covering it now.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)2. dum dum dum......cue the ominous music...
it is going to slowly trickle out...Christie is a vindictive ass!
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)3. Will there be any grounds for criminal proceedings as this rolls out, I wonder? n/t
GeorgeGist
(25,311 posts)4. they had no fear ...
of christie.