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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sat Jan 18, 2014, 04:25 PM Jan 2014

Some posters have made good points on the Hoboken allegations. [View all]

If Mayor Zimmer was trying to make political hay over this she could have said something before the election. She could have said something after the bridge scandal broke in the local Jersey press if her intent was to harm him.

Her intent Is not to harm him but to tell the truth. She has made clear she thinks he is a good governor and I bet she would have endorsed him if he did not pull this stunt with the funds.

The main point is she could have done major damage to his campaign and chose not to. Her motivations are the truth IMO and the legislature needs to investigate this. Looks like they will.

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Some posters have made good points on the Hoboken allegations. [View all] hrmjustin Jan 2014 OP

There is nothing she could have done during the campaign. DURHAM D Jan 2014 #1

I agree her voice would have been pushed aside. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #2

When you have something big to say about someone powerful, you have to bide your time. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #3

I agree! He is a bully and he would have tried to ruin her. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #4

Step one in fighting corruption is the same as step one in insuring equality. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #5

Yep! hrmjustin Jan 2014 #9

She could have gone to the Feds, volunteered to wear a wire, and invited the Lt. gov for coffee... Ninga Jan 2014 #6

Time will tell. I believe her. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #13

Oh,without a doubt she is very believable - but my question is why she sat on it? Ninga Jan 2014 #14

She probably did not want to hurt him. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #15

So then. This obviously bright and engaged mayor might have chosen her supposed Ninga Jan 2014 #16

Point taken. She has questions to answer. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #17

She's walking a tightrope there. It was only six months. She was probably pnwmom Jan 2014 #18

She explained she thought she wasn't being targeted semby2 Jan 2014 #21

Welcome to Du and enjoy the site. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #22

Who is she? Brother Buzz Jan 2014 #7

She is Dawn Zimmer, the mayor of Hoboken, NJ. smokey nj Jan 2014 #8

Thanks Brother Buzz Jan 2014 #10

lol. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #12

Thank you, I corrected it. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #11

I think she's kept quiet until now because in the absence of proof rocktivity Jan 2014 #19

I love how in his statement Christie says the two of them have a great relationship and she has an hrmjustin Jan 2014 #20