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In reply to the discussion: DING DING DING! Why would Christie try to TORPEDO the billion $ Fort Lee redevelopment [View all]truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)52. BOOM goes the dynamite.
At last a reasonable explanation for the bridge closure. It always seemed to me too high a profile incident for punishing a Democratic mayor for no endorsement. But to route a big chunk of a billion-dollar development to one's cronies? That's different. The mayor has been worried about the effect on the development from the gitgo, as evidenced in his emails. It all hangs together with the stunt that was allegedly pulled in Hoboken and with Chris Christie being very careful to absolve his old pal Samson in his marathon press conference.
And I couldn't help but notice that the governor's office issued a classic non-denial denial: MSNBC is partisan and gleeful and arglebarglewaaaaaaaaaaah!
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DING DING DING! Why would Christie try to TORPEDO the billion $ Fort Lee redevelopment [View all]
pnwmom
Jan 2014
OP
Yeah, I couldn't figure out at first why the Port Authority study came back only giving
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#8
Every state which relies on construction and where there is big money,
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2014
#11
I have a former in-law who used to work in construction in NJ -- so I heard some stories. n/t
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#14
I have always found that behavior off-putting. Certainly nothing I'd vote for.
calimary
Jan 2014
#84
You may be onto something. He's a bully, but he's their bully, so it's okay. Well, he's not mine!
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#85
I've read a couple of articles recently that have changed the word bully to thug or thuggish. The
okaawhatever
Jan 2014
#86
He is also a bully, as in his interactions with teachers and others who question him.
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#102
Briget Kelly, of course! And Amy Adams does "earnest" well. She could be Mayor Zimmer. nt
valerief
Jan 2014
#46
Well, American Hustle made the players way younger than the actual Abscam players were.
valerief
Jan 2014
#49
The cancelled Tunnel project was the BIGGEST PROJECT in the tri-state area
DontTreadOnMe
Jan 2014
#34
Holy mackerel! Love this post. Every cloud has a Silverstein lining, it appears. nt
valerief
Jan 2014
#36
This explains why Baroni et al were so pissed off when the cones were pulled up on day 5.
SunSeeker
Jan 2014
#58
Ain't it a shame they don't have a Republican on the NY side to cover for them?
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2014
#66
He shows up in 9/11 conspiracy theories for his remark about "pulling" Building 7
starroute
Jan 2014
#94
Whoa. Especially the second post, and the 2007 article it links to on “pay to play.” THANKS!
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#75
I'm K&Ring the dwindling handful of posts in this forum that actually go after REPUBLICANS
Number23
Jan 2014
#76
Laura Vecsey from Daily Kos: "Smoking Gun for Bridgegate might rest w/Losing Bidders"
nashville_brook
Jan 2014
#87
But how can this info possibly be an adequate counter-argument to the GOP's claim of...
nikto
Jan 2014
#104
So pleased to see this is still pretty high up among the posts on this forum!
calimary
Feb 2014
#112