
May 9,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Bridgegate : “The Fort Lee lane closure scandal, also known as the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal or Bridgegate,[1][2] is a U.S.political scandal in which a staff member and political appointees of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie collaborated to create traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey by closing lanes at the toll plaza” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal
Ever since the Bridgegate or Bridgeapoolza scandal broke in September 2013 , North Jersey Media has lead a non stop crusade of attacks on Governor Chris Christie . Lets put a side the silliness of making a scandal out of a “traffic jam” at the George Washington Bridge …snore.
A scandal in scandal plagued New Jersey isn’t really much news , the selective coverage and attacks on Chris Christie are . Its funny how the same media ignores criticism of Senator Bob Menedez , Former Governor Florio, “Jim” McGreevey and the king of ineptitude Jon Corzine ,while turing a blind eye to the total destruction of the state once vibrant economy , pension short falls and government waste .All the sins of the last 20 years have now all been laid squarely at the foot of Chris Christie .
All they attacks on Christie have amounted to no more than the shocking revelation that he is a Dallas Cowboys fan and yes like ALL NEW JERSEY POLITICIANS he appoints his friends to state jobs (shocker) .
But today I had to laugh when Record columnist Charles Stile tried to equate and tie Governor Chris Christie to the NFL’s deflate gate .https://www.northjersey.com/news/stile-christie-may-see-a-bit-of-himself-in-tom-brady-s-troubles-1.1330154 .
Meanwhile one of the largest financial fiasco’s in Bergen County history the American Dream Mall formerly know as Jim McGreevey’s , Bob Menendez and Boss Joe Ferriero’s Xanadu lies as a grim monument to vulgarity. Xanadu is nothing more than a great white elephant and reminder of the abject greed and stupidity that motivates our public officials .
Once again we ask “who is the idiot that thought the state needed to build a mall in Bergen County ?”
Xanadu ie..American Dream Meadowlands (ADM) is a retail and entertainment complex located in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It was first proposed in 2003 by the Mills Corporation as the Meadowlands Xanadu. After the bankruptcy of that company in 2007, the project was taken over by Colony Capital. In May 2009, construction stalled due to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream_Meadowlands.
It is remarkable just how the media basically destroyed Christie with this relentless story, despite there being no evidence that Christie had any involvement in it. On the other hand, we have the leading contender to become the next President, and a far stronger set of circumstances that possibly involve all kinds of conflicts of interest and huge money, and the mainstream media are nowhere to be seen.
Our mainstream media is beyond corrupt.
but why would some of his low’er managers do this by them self. hummmm, what would they get out of this. the dirt will come out.
That’s easy to explain. They would do it because they thought it would be what Christie wanted. They did it because it was punishment to “the other side”. Political campaign people get a little drunk on power and this is what appears to have happened. It’s no mystery when you want to come up with motives.
It is a local story. Why shouldn’t North Jersey Media cover it in detail?
Isn’t this what we want from the fourth estate?
Boohoo let us all feel sorry for the absentee governor, if you honestly believe he did not know then just pass that joint over so we are all on the same page.
kinda missed the point , and the $10 billion of your money , well taxpayer money spent on Xanadu ?
The Record continues to beat this dead non-story.
Meanwhile they take the “what Difference Does it Make” approach to truly troubling stories… like presidential abuse of power in the Menendez and Tea Party cases or the Hillary Email-gate and FoundationFunding-gate national security issues.
That paper is not even fit for bird cages…
It’s tthe same company that tosses a bunch of crap ads on your lawn
Endorse me or I’ll turn your city into a parking lot for four days straight at the beginning of the school year. This is quintessential establishment politics. The governor has blossomed into a royal jerk, and his merry band of bootlicking jesters appear very small minded in the harsh light of day. This was never going to play well, least of all in his own party, who would prefer someone with love for their country, rather than for themselves. And did you catch Christie analogizing himself to Tom Brady, without even realizing he was doing so? So he’s tone deaf, in addition to having a personality like Fred Flintstone…