Bridgegate Politics as usual for New Jersey , No Biggie for Commuters left in a Jam
January 8, 2014
PJ Blogger and the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Chris Christie Releases statement on “Bridgegate” , “What I’ve seen today for the first time is unacceptable. I am outraged and deeply saddened to learn that not only was I misled by a member of my staff, but this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge. One thing is clear: this type of behavior is unacceptable and I will not tolerate it because the people of New Jersey deserve better. This behavior is not representative of me or my Administration in any way, and people will be held responsible for their actions.”
Ridgewood NJ, Am I the only one who finds this whole thing ridiculous irritating ? After being inconvenienced for 350 days a year for over 30 years commuting and suffering a range of indignities from bus break downs ,getting towed from in the tunnel in 90 degree weather , walking the length of the Lincoln tunnel to get to the Port Authority Bus station ,waiting hours for late busses , being panhandled , harassed ,having a family member almost murdered at the hands of a mugger in the Port Authority Bus station. and did I forget to mention the recent rash of suicide bridge jumpers .
After all that seeing one bridge and tunnel toll raise after another , after another. On top of that seeing one scandal after another involving both the Port Authority and Port Authority officials all this with hardly a mention let alone an Op ed from any one in the tri-state media
Now Chris Christie plays hard ball politics and one mayor get inconvenienced by some traffic at the GWB and its national head lines? . Mayor welcome to the real world , nothing happened in Fort Lee that does not happen everyday .
Excuse me , I and 3 million other commuters have been inconvenienced every day for the last 30 years ,but when it happens to a politician its big news when it happens to you and me we are cry babies , lunatic fringe , right wing nuts , racists ,bigots and homophobes .
Only because Christie is a Republican did the media decide to report it .If it were Corzine or McGreevey history shows us you would have never known it had even happened , sorry folks truth hurts . Let face it MacGreevey’s escapades were going on since he was mayor of Woodridge and yet the media chose to ignore it and Corzine the father on ENRON had more than one scarlet letter ignored.
Do I have to rattle of a list of scandals ,in Trenton and Washington DC? IRS Targeting, NSA domestic spying , Benaghazi ….traffic jams on the GWB..snore.
So may I suggest the next time your sitting for hours stuck on a train or waiting for a very late bus in the freezing cold , or stuck in traffic give Mayor Mark Sokolich a call after all when he gets stuck in traffic the media comes running.
Mark Sokolich
Fort Lee Mayor’s Office
Address: 309 Main St, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Phone:(201) 592-3500
Why are you surprised, PJ? Nixon learned this lesson, why didn’t Christie benefit from his example? There is a whole laundry list of bad behavior reserved solely for the use of progressives/liberals/democrats which if a republican engages in even one of them, they (rightly) get the book thrown at them. And wasn’t Christie hard at work for the better part of a decade or more rooting out corruption in New Jersey, only to engage in the same behavior when he assumes elective office?
I can’t wait to see NJ state senator Ray Lesniak grilling Christie: “Did you order the Code Bridge?” Christie: “What do you want from me?” Lesniak: “I want the truth!” Christie “You can’t handle the truth!” Lesniak: “Did You Order the Code Bridge?” Christie: “You’re G*d D***d Right I Ordered the Code Bridge!…Hey, why are these marine MP’s putting me in handcuffs?…Lesniak, I will [fill in horrific threat of violence here]!”
I think the For Lee Mayor showed incredible restraint in dealing with this clear act of political vengeance. I can only imagine what it must have been like on a school bus full of classified students with communication and behavioral deficits. This op-ed piece was a waste of internet bytes.
“incredible restraint” blabbing to every new agency in the country ?
I did not, have sex, with that bridge.
Hmmm… this deserves the “gate” suffix, but these don’t:
Benghazi-gate
Obamacare-gate
IRS-gate
NSA-gate
FastAndFurious-gate
Solyndra-gate
VoterIntimidation-gate
…to name a few
I wonder why that is….
I’ll ask the question again since you clearly don’t post everything…..do you really believe this was somehow the Mayor’s fault??
I think you need to read the article , if thats what you go out it you clearly missed the entire point