Corleone: "Oh, Baroni? You won't see him no more."
Posted on 12/13/2013 1:05:21 PM PST by kobald
Under pressure from Democrats in the state, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie today accepted the resignation of his top staff appointee to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey after a controversy over whether several local lanes were shut down on the busy George Washington Bridge for political reasons.
In the hastily arranged news conference this morning, Christie announced that Bill Baroni, the deputy executive director of the Port Authority, will be replaced by Deborah Gramiccioni, whom Christie called one of his “most trusted friends and advisers over the last 10 years.”..
The flap is over the mysterious closure of several lanes on the world’s busiest bridge for nearly a week in September, creating hours of standstill traffic that delayed commuters and parents during the first week of school. The bridge is jointly managed by New York and New Jersey.
Speculation has swirled that Christie ordered the abrupt closure as political retribution after the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, N.J., didn’t endorse his re-election bid. Closing the lanes from Fort Lee to the George Washington Bridge was a nightmare for local officials and commuters.
One other Christie official has already resigned because of the controversy. David Wildstein, the Port Authority’s director of interstate capital projects, said the issue had become “a distraction” as he resigned last week.
And the New Jersey office of the inspector general launched an investigation into the incident Tuesday...
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Who knew?
For once I fully support the Dems attack on a “Republican”, hopefully we will have one less RINO to worry about.
I don’t know for sure if Christie was directly involved but I do know for sure that Christie is petty enough to do something this stupid.
This story is also on that same hard drive http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44879.html
but if BJ Clinton shuts down LAX for a haircut, that isn’t a scandal
translation: Debbie is the next under the bus.
Would this be a scandal if Krispy had a D after his name?
Bill Baroni is no crook, I’d take his side over Christie any day.
Corleone: "Oh, Baroni? You won't see him no more."
The new guy is named Soprano.
With all the corruption in NY and NJ the big thing they are investigating is lane closings?
Rumor is Christies mob name is “piggie”...
Musical chairs at the Port Authority..
There is actually fire behind this one. Christie is done.
Next time, remember to include the <sarc> tag.
If Christie doesn’t have anything to hide, he should call for the AG to appoint a Special Prosecutor and find out what really happened.
I think some fake consultants should infiltrate RINO campaigns.
‘They have scandals in New Jersey?
Who knew?’
I WONDER IF THE EAST COAST WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SUCCESSION AT ALL?
....THAT OUTFIT IS PRETTY MUCH A DRAIN ON CIVILIZATION THE WAY READ IT....
CC likely needed a larger room.
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