Christie Crime Digest-Volume IV

[Laxman]

68. Apparently, I'm Not The Only One....

who thinks Christie Has Blood On His Hands. It took exactly one day for them to reach an agreement on the Transportation Trust Fund.

Christie the destroyer: How New Jersey's governor ran the Port Authority and NJTransit into the ground

The Bridgegate trial and the train crash in Hoboken highlighted in a single week how severely Gov. Chris Christie has damaged two of the region’s critical transportation agencies.

Christie’s fecklessness in pursuit of national power has reduced the once-mighty Port Authority to a dispensary of political patronage and punishment and steadily crippled NJTransit.

Prosecutors opened the trial of two former Christie aides by claiming the governor knew about the plan to close George Washington Bridge entrance lanes as a way to punish the mayor of Fort Lee for failing to endorse Christie’s reelection.

One-time pal and enforcer David Wildstein testified that he told Christie about the lane closures as they were taking place, prompting high laughter at a 9/11 memorial ceremony at the World Trade Center.

Christie denies, denies, denies — and was apparently spared indictment because prosecutors could not show that he approved the plot beforehand. Whatever the fact, testimony starkly demonstrated his plundering of the PA.

Established to promote development of the New York-New Jersey port, the authority is ruled by the governors of both states and, in its heyday, was both imperious and populated by talented public servants.

The agency suffered a long, slow decline as New Jersey politicians increasingly saw it as the biggest pot of money available.

With the two states — particularly New Jersey — desperately needing better cross-Hudson transit, Christie siphoned funds for local pet projects.

Compounding the felony, Jersey members of the authority board wasted billions on a grandiose white marble WTC PATH station.

As a result, the PA has neither the funds nor the muscle to replace its outmoded Manhattan bus terminal.

Read the rest here: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/christie-destroyer-article-1.2813600