Nah - if truth be told my husband is responsible for saving the Port a ton of money by re-writing certain contracts that pissed off Christie and his bunch very early on. Though at the time my husband didn't know the extent of "Christie's Bunch". If those projects get reviewed (which they might) his name would be involved but he would come out squeaky clean. Most of the actual engineers there are pretty clean - they work hard and get absolutely no credit. He is hoping that some of the dirt that he knows is out there comes to the attention of the correct people.

THIS JUST IN: The head of New Jersey Transit (railroad) is resigning effective March 2!

Holy crap - you're right. I didn't see that one coming but should have.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-...sions-assailed

The decision to leave trains in a flood zone was heavily criticized and <horrors> people had to wait a long time for a train after the Superbowl. :roll:

I'm glad Mr. Samson is "too ethical" to collect paychecks from both the PA and his law firm's clients that do business with the PA. According to The Rachel Maddow Show, here's a heartwarming story about a paycheck that Mr. Samson DID pick up:
Okay, I'll do the math -- the entity saves $899,999 a year, New Jersey loses $899,999 worth of tax revenue a year, and Wolff and Samson pockets at least two million dollars.


But before you start accusing Mr. Samson of unethical-ness below and beyond the call of duty, you'll be happy to know that he has seen the error of his ways and has sought to make amends:
So you see, it was just another of those satellites of misunderstanding that revolve around Planet Christie: Samson's vote was recorded correctly, but his declining to vote wasn't. Voting for the rent reduction was the "wrong" thing to do -- setting it up at taxpayer expense for his personal gain was perfectly okay. And he has now turned his wrong into a right!

The next step, of course, is for Mr. Samson to "retroactively recuse" the money that "the entity" paid his law firm. But that might take a while, because the entity is New Jersey Transit -- who VERY recently lost THEIR chairman!

Dear God - the brain boggles reading that post LOL. However the fact that Samson is a slimebag comes through loud and clear.

Two more things that Christie "didn't know"
 

1. The good news is, a new chief of staff has been appointed to the new deputy director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The bad news is, Christie must be unaware that she is implicated in the Bridge(t)-Gate emails and is under subpoena!

2. Apparently Christie didn't know that the lawyer he hired to head up his "internal review" is also heading his law firm's defense of the PA in a lawsuit against its toll hikes. The lawyer has withdrawn from the lawsuit, but his firm has not, so the conflict of interest remains.

Another Bridge(t)-Gate subpoena recipient has vacated his post:

And speaking of implicated Port Authority cops:
He didn't? How unfortunate. If Michaels the cop had mentioned it to Michaels to adviser, who had advised the governor that there was an unauthorized lane closure on the George Washington Bridge, maybe none of this would have happened -- fine friends THEY are!

And nobody even knew that that is who she is. Lots of people are working with her at the Port and were not aware of her affiliations or her implications.

From people who have been at the Port for 30 years - "It's never been this bad". Yes there are always people you need to be aware of - it's never been this polarized.

This serving of "Life On Planet Christie" comes with a side order
 

...of anti-Semitism.

Remember those documents David Wildstein turned over to the state investigative committee? Parts of them were blacked out, and Wildstein said he could delivered them non-blacked out in exchange for immunity. Well, he has since released the un-blacked out records -- sort of:
Baroni wondered if he was about to be fired? That doesn't mesh with what Christie has said:
Christie appeared to have scored a tactical coup by appointing a new head of the state ethics commission. But maybe not:
Well wave THIS off, Governor Soprano: Mr. McKeon was appointed to head the state's Assembly Judiciary Committee -- which means that while Republicans may control the committee that rules on ethics violations, Democrats control the committee that rules on impeachment proceedings!

It's the hypocrisy, stupid
 

The state investigative committee has officially slid into irrelevance.

Coleman screwed up royally, of course -- she effectively convicted Christie while his trial was still in progress. But let's take a closer look at exactly what Wisniewski said:
The (of calling for the governor's resignation) part ISN'T a direct quote. And it strikes me as bending the rules of journalistic impartiality to even imply that Wisniewski would (or should) torpedo his own investigation.


But there is a silver lining -- Coleman went THERE:
Though it was at the cost of her position, getting that hypocrisy back out into the open was worth the price. Avoiding even the appearance of impropriety is as vital to being ethical as avoiding impropriety itself. As long as an implicated participant of Bridge(t)-Gate is on the state committee, it isn't any more relevant or credible than Christie's "internal" investigation of himself.