re: #25 Justanotherhuman

Christie coming under fire for bridge closures.

theweek.com

“Now he’s caught in an even more bizarre scandal in which his allies at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey allegedly closed a portion of the nation’s busiest bridge for five days in September as political payback, causing horrendous traffic jams for one town and its intransigent mayor.

“The scuttlebutt started over the summer when Mark Sokolich, mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, declined to follow the lead of dozens of other Democrats around the state and endorse Christie’s re-election bid. Soon after, two of the three access lanes to the George Washington Bridge — which connects Fort Lee to New York City — mysteriously shut down, snarling traffic and turning the town into a parking lot.

“The state claimed the closure was part of a traffic study. One problem: Multiple Port Authority officials subsequently testified that there was no such study.”

Two officials in his admin have resigned.

Some are calling for a Federal investigation.

I’m curious to see how Christie will try to wriggle out of this one. My guess was he figured the two resignations would be where it ended. Doesn’t look that way.