UPDATE: Christie’s Problems MULTIPLY AGAIN:
Just think of all the SLUSH FUNDS CHRISTIE PUT HIS FINGERS INTO!
Click for Source Article in New York Times
2nd Christie Bridge Scandal = NJ Pulaski Skyway Bridge maintained by Port Authority = Securities law violations in a $1.8 Billion repair Agreement (2011) = Crumbling elevated roadway connecting Newark and Jersey City by Manhattan district attorney and the SEC = Christie’s admin pressed PA to pay for extensive repairs diverted $$1+ Billion from a new Hudson River rail tunnel Christie canceled against advice of Port Authority lawyers = PA Money for State REPAIR is illegal.
Eventually, PA justified the Skyway repairs by casting the bridge as an access road to the Lincoln Tunnel = Not connected. = PA called it “Lincoln Tunnel Access Infrastructure Improvements.” = A LIE! = FOCUS OF INVESTIGATION = Martin Act makes it a felony charge for intentionally deceiving bond holders = Don’t have to prove any intent to defraud or even establish that any fraud occurred. + Could result in civil action under the Martin Act or by the SEC, under federal securities laws.
PLUS Investigating repair projects on the Goethals and Bayonne Bridges + others = Funds used to fill a hole in NJ state budget CAUSED BY MASSIVE TAX CUTS FOR RICH + CORPORATIONS. = Bill Baroni CARRIED CHRISTIE WATER AGAIN. = Mr. Baroni wrote that Port Authority lawyers could find “absolutely no support” for repairing the Skyway. = Days later, though, Mr. Baroni made clear to colleagues at the agency that he had been given no choice. “It’s evident to say, but we gotta figure this out,” he emailed Mr. Hartwyk on March 24.
PA has “no authority” to build roads not on PA property = Airports or marine terminals + other properties controlled by PA.
Christie = “Dozens and dozens of lawyers from both sides of the river reviewed that financing plan and approved it as did the commissioners of the Port Authority.” = PA received NO outside legal or bond counsel.
UPDATE: Christie’s Problems:
- NJ Credit Rating FALLS AGAIN = LOWEST IN NATION
- Moody’s Investors Service = 6th downgrade for NJ
- 48th in JOB GROWTH = TIED WITH MISSISSIPPI
- NJ Budget Woes = $2.7 BILLION
- Sandy FRAUD
- Samson PAY to PLAY Scams for Rockefeller + Silverstein
- PENSION PAYMENT FRAUD
- Union Lawsuits = “nervous & intimidated” = forced to pay employee pensions
- GWB Scandal
- Credit ratings = Make it harder and MORE COSTLY for NJ to borrow money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm_HawXZlUs
TRICKLE DOWN FAILED IN NJ LIKE IT HAS EVERYWHERE FOR 33+ YEARS
Millionaires tax ‘on the table’ to help fix NJ budget!
“Chris Christie made a bad bet that tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations would jump start New Jersey’s economy, and working families shouldn’t have to pay the price for his failed polices.”
— Analilia Mejia, executive director of New Jersey Working Families
Christie = Opposes a higher tax rate on millionaires despite NJ “fiscal crisis.”
The Better Choices for NJ Campaign (40 Organizations) = Find “sustainable and progressive” new revenue streams to help close the current shortfall in NJ budget. = Raise income tax rate for NJ’s millionaires = Good starting point = Christie’s “Four years of failed economic policy demonstrate the need to carve a new path for our state. NJ residents need jobs, investment in K-12 education, affordable higher education and housing, accessible quality medical care, improvements in critical infrastructure, and protection of our environmental assets.” + Calling on state officials to close some tax loopholes for corporations and repeal some business tax cuts + Real path to a NJ comeback is through investing in infrastructure and strong, safe communities. + Responsible budget must include new, progressive, sustainable sources of revenue.
LOW state tax collections = Far behind Christie’s OPTIMISTIC target
Christie = Make cuts to public services to BRIDGE the gap.
Fitch + Moody’s = Downgraded NJ’s debt because of the shortfall.
Click for New Jersey.com Source Article
Christie announced he would ROB the state’s full pension obligations by NOT PAYING THE REQUIRED PAYMENT = ROBBING THE MIDDLE CLASS
Credit agencies have downgraded the state’s bond rating six times = Tied for record
$2.7 Billion hole in his budgets = GIVEAWAY TAX CUTS FOR RICH
NJ growth = Below and slower than its neighbors.
NJ foreclosure and mortgage delinquency rate = #1 in USA
NJ Unemployment among Nation’s Highest!
Christie kept a low profile waiting for new headlines to distract from Sandy and GWB scandals
NOW = News is EVEN MORE DIRE!
Christie defended his economic record in interview with Bob Schieffer of CBS = “people were talking about the New Jersey miracle. But now suddenly the news is not so good about New Jersey.” = Harder to dismiss financial mismanagement
Christie blames NJ credit rating FAILURE on OTHERS = NOT HIS TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH. = NOW HE SAYS “I’d love to give people tax relief.” + “But until we decide to be adults and deal with the problem we know we have, we’re not going to be able to do that.”
Christie’s projections for economic growth WAY too optimistic = FALSE budgets for three years in a row.
Christie = Kept NO cushion against downside = Only 3% of total budget = Lowest in a decade + Below the 5% median for other states = NO RAINY DAY FUND
Ratings agencies = Warned Christie about his reliance on “one shots” TRICKS = Makes the budget structurally unsound = Raise taxes or cut ALREADY CUT programs = Multiyear trend has reached a very weak position — Moody’s Report
Christie and Democratic leaders agreed to increase payments on the state’s pension obligations + Employees contribute more toward their benefits + Union won the right to sue if the state reneged on its payments.
Corzine paid more than Christie for two years. This year, the payment was to be $1.6 billion; Mr. Christie said this week he would pay $696 million.
Beginning July 1 Christie was to pay $2.25 billion; he will pay $681 million.
Christie failed to make tough choices = Failed budget based on FALSE assumptions
FACT: Revenue projections collapsed as predicted WITH MASSIVE TAX CUTS FOR RICH
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UPDATE: Christie = VIOLATES NJ LAW = $Millions in public pension funds to VC firm = Violates “pay to play” rules by David Sirota May 2014
LAW: “It is a compelling interest of this State (NJ) to prohibit awarding government contracts to business entities which are also contributors to candidates, political parties and the holders of public office.” – NJ “pay to play” statute the nation’s strongest anti pay-to-play and anti-corruption laws and rules.
Click for Pando Source Article
LAW: Prohibits public pension contracts from being awarded to investment firms whose executives make financial contributions to politicians, election funds and political party organizations operating in the state. + SEC rules engineered to do the same thing.
Christie + Charles Baker = PENSION FRAUD + BRIBERY + VIOLATION OF NJ LAW
Christie = Awarded a public pension contract to a technology venture capital firm shortly after a partner at that same firm made a $10,000 contribution to the NJ Republican State Committee. = General Catalyst Partners with Charles Baker as an executive and partner who made the $10,000 contribution just months before the state’s contract with General Catalyst was proposed. Baker described himself as a Partner at the firm. = Contribution came within the 18 month limit set by New Jersey’s pay-to-play statutes + Within the 2 year limit set by the NJ Treasury Department’s rules. + Baker helped organize a high-dollar fundraiser for Christie in 2013 that Baker’s spokesperson later confirmed. + Baker’s is also the current GOP nominee in Massachusetts’ hotly contested 2014 gubernatorial election on promise “to change the culture of corruption.”
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Corrections To Bridgegate Report = A lawyer for Bill Stepien that claims Stepien lied to the governor about his advance knowledge of the lane closure scheme at GWB + Demanded that retract the assertion that Stepien had assured Christie he had “no prior knowledge” of the “lane realignment.” + Remove his “demonstrably false legal assertion that an adverse inference can be drawn from Mr. Stepien’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment in response to the subpoena of a legislative committee.”
Stepien did tell Christie he knew about it beforehand.
“Shortly after receiving Bill Stepien’s lawyer’s request to ‘correct’ our report, we respectfully declined because, based on the evidence, there is no basis for any correction.”
— Mastro
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UPDATE:
CHRISTIE = TRIPLE ROASTED GOOSE! = NJ US ATTORNEY + NY DA + NJ Legislature
NJ Legislative Committee GW Bridge scandal = 4 subpoenas for Oral testimony
4 Subpoenas = Christie spokesman Drewniak + PA Executive Director Pat Foye + PA Commissioner William Schuber + Christina Renan = Worked for Kelly
4 Subpoenas = First for oral testimony
Co-chairs, Weinberg (D) and Wisniewski (D) = Subpoenas are a new Key Stage
“With these subpoenas for testimony, the joint committee is moving to a key stage of its investigation into how this abuse of government power and threat to public safety occurred.”
— Weinberg and Wisniewski
“At the time, I said I was not ruling anyone (including Christie) out.”
— Wisniewski
Click for Source NJ.com Article
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UPDATE: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. opens new front of scrutiny of WTC Rebuilding = Silverstein
Vance grand jury investigation of conflicts related to major PA construction projects
Tracing the SPREAD OF HIGHEST LEVEL CORRUPTION! UNCOVERED A DEN OF CORRUPTION!
Port Authority’s highest-profile projects = Rebuilding of the World Trade Center
WTC = SILVERSTEIN IN FORT LEE = SAMSON = ROCKEFELLER IN HOBOKEN!
Various projects in NJ and the PATH transportation hub in lower Manhattan
Earlier 2014 US Attorney Preet Bharara subpoenaed records of David Samson
VANCE = Much broader range of PA’s activities in the region.
Anticipate resignation of PA Commissioner Anthony Sartor
Sartor = Longtime chairman of subcommittee overseeing WTC rebuilding
NJ legislative committee secured a commitment from Christie’s law firm to turn over some records of its internal review of the affair = 75 individuals interviewed
Lawmakers = More testimony in May
David Samson’s private company = Made 200 times more from PA contracts since he has been chairman. = Nothing to see there!
Christie Lawyer = Randy Mastro = NJ Residents pay $1Million for whitewash = $650/hour = 40% discount on normal $1,100/hour.
If Christie was not such a CROOK = would almost feel sorry for him!
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UPDATE: Esquire – NEW on Chris Christie Scandals = Worse for Christie
CHRISTIE PROSECUTOR GETS STAR WITNESS TO TALK = WILDSTEIN GOES WILD
Bad news for Christie = GREAT News for NJ citizens = David Wildstein, Former PA operative = Cooperating with Paul Fishman, FED Prosecutor for Criminal Conduct.
Fishman = Increased # of Christie investigators, and is presenting evidence and witnesses to a grand jury in Newark.
Wildstein = Forced to quit his PA job in December = Christie put him at the PA in a job created just for him
January 2014 = Wildstein cited 5th Amendment on “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” from Kelly and Wildstein emailing = “Got it”.
Both Kelly and Wildstein said they would cooperate with investigators in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
“Christie Report” = Touted that Christie was “vindicated” = Thanks NJ taxpayers = Damned both Wildstein and Kelly. = A steaming pile of crap = Classic Christie smear job.
Christie = Now that David Wildstein’s talking = His days as governor are numbered.
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Christie Scandals = SANDY
Beach = Jersey Shore = Superstorm Sandy = Keep secret $25 million ad campaign = funded by federal Sandy recovery aid = Firm, MMW, got job proposing to feature Christie = selection committee led by Christie’s very close longtime aide, Michele Brown, appointed to run NJ Economic Development Authority at $225,000/YEAR.
FACT: MWW hired former executive director of influential Burlington County GOP
FACT: MWW’s CEO, Michael Kempner, normally a loyal Democratic donor, was not writing any big checks to Barbara Buono, Christie’s opponent, last year.
FACT: NJ congressman Frank Pallone, a Democrat, asked inspector general of US Department of HUD to audit the awarding of job to make sure federal contracting rules were followed.
“Stronger than the Storm” ads = Lengths Christie has gone to keep secret the relevant documentation.
“Typically when you have a state-run bid like that you have…it fully transparent, it’s all posted online. There was nothing like that in this case.”
— Shannon Morris, President of Sigma Group = second to MWW
Morris = pretty good hunch: that the administration is doing anything it can to cover up the fact that the selection process had been essentially rigged from the get-go
FACT: Internet link for Economic Development Authority who provides documents was no longer operable. = Used retroactive redaction on documents. = There was no contest whatsoever between MWW and Sigma Group and two other finalists = MMW 953 and Sigma Group 718. = Michele Brown LED MMW SCORING AT 970 and Sigma Group 590
MWW had “fully conceptualized” apps, video games, and other digital components on top of its conventional ad proposal. “I don’t know how you do that unless someone had a head start.”
Michele Brown sent Morris a form letter congratulating her for being named one of New Jersey’s “Best 50 Women in Business.”
NOW WE LEARN CHRISTIE STAFF USED 9ll METALLIC RUINS AS A SLUSH FUND TO GET DEMOCRATS ENDORSEMENTS AND VOTES IN GOVERNOR’S RACE FOR REELECTION – NYT REPORTS
NYT: Time for David Samson to Go By THE EDITORIAL BOARD MARCH 5, 2014
“if he expects to be seen as genuinely remorseful, he will have to undertake something much more fundamental: a major housecleaning at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. This should begin with the firing of the authority’s chairman, David Samson, a Christie appointee who appears to have used the job to advance his professional interests, his law firm, his clients and the governor’s own political ambitions….It controls four bridges, two tunnels, five airports and the various port operations, commands an annual budget of more than $8.2 billion and a 10-year capital plan for almost $28 billion and hands out plenty of big money. According to a detailed account by Russ Buettner in The Times this week, Mr. Samson had no compunction about sending some of that money in the direction of Wolff & Samson and its clients, who seem to have grown fat on the Port Authority’s generosity.”
CHRISTIE = “Longtime friend, Mr. Samson” = member of a high-powered, political law firm, Wolff & Samson.
“In one particularly spectacular conflict of interest (for Samson), the Port Authority last April awarded two important bridge contracts worth a total of $2.8 billion. Both awardees were clients of Mr. Samson’s firm. He lobbied hard for the board to choose them — ‘like gangbusters,’ one source said — and did not recuse himself from the discussions or the vote, and commented afterward that the occasion was ‘joyous and happy.'”
Click to see NYT EDITORIAL— NYT Editorial Board
“The Port Authority also assumed control of the failing Atlantic City International Airport, which Mr. Samson championed at an authority meeting and in comments to the news media. The investment made little sense, coming at a time when the Port Authority’s other airports desperately needed support. But Mr. Samson’s law firm was once again involved, having served as bond counsel to the local transportation authority that was taking a beating on the unsuccessful Atlantic City facility.”
— NYT Editorial Board
Port Authority’s resources were used to advance Mr. Christie’s own interests = PA paid to upgrade the Pulaski Skyway (normally paid by NJ) so Christie could keep his campaign promise not to raise the state gas tax.
“the Port Authority needs fundamental reforms. And it should be run by professionals, not political hacks like the 50 or so political associates Mr. Christie has put into jobs at the authority. Mr. Christie owes it to the millions of people who use and pay for the Port Authority’s facilities to find professionals to do these jobs. And he can begin by telling Mr. Samson it is time to retire.”
— NYT Editorial Board
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Christie = Government by SLUSH FUND LEVERAGING
UPDATE: Paul Simon – Slip Slidin’ Away = JUST FOR CHRISTIE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_H-LY4Jb2M
9% DROP in Christie’s Approval Rating since Bridgegate scandal
Christie’s NJ rating = 50% down from 70%
Early on NJ wasn’t bothered by the GWBridge Closure, but now concerns continue to mount.
50% of informed NJ Voters now believe Christie was personally involved in GWB Closure.
49% of New Jerseyans believe Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s (D) accusation that Christie linked a Rockefeller development deal to Hurricane Sandy aid.
Christie’s Hurricane Sandy Approval Dropped to 55% from 73% = FADING
50% of NJ Voters say he’s more concerned with his own political survival than with governing NJ.
Chris Christie’s Mansion Fund Collected Millions From Political Favor Seeker 02/21/2014
Christie = Major change = John Strangfeld, Chairman of Prudential and Wife Mary Kay = Heads of Drumthwacket Foundation = Nonprofit that restores and maintains white-columned governor’s mansion in Princeton, N.J = preserving the historic 19th century mansion.
Christie and Mary Pat = Hosted 72 events there
Strangfelds = Fundraisers = Behind the scenes = Prudential = $150,000 ALONE
CHRISTIE = Awarded Prudential RECORD $250 MILLION TAX-DODGE to move HQ a few blocks to a shiny new glass office tower
CHRISTIE = Prudential received whopping $527,000 / Job = Excuse NOT About JOBS
“It’s very unusual for someone (Strangfelds) to simply rocket right to the top of a nonprofit board, and even more unusual for two spouses to do so.”
— Ken Berger, president of the nonprofit rating group Guidestar = “very unusual” and “worrisome” since Prudential has ongoing business with the state.
HOW CHRISTIE WEILDS POWER = MAJOR ISSUE NOW = BRIDGEGATE + SANDYGATE + TUNNELGATE + Drumthwacket-Gate
New Jersey = Some of the toughest money-in-politics (pay-to-play) laws in the country against companies buying and influencing government.
Corzine (D) = Exempted nonprofits from the state’s pay-to-play laws.
Christie-Drumthwacket = Donors in 2011 = $1+ million/year = prospective donors saw the mansion way to win tax breaks, political appointments or other support
Drumthwacket = Donor = NJ real estate developer Kurt Conti in 2011 = $50,000 = Won 2 State Construction contracts worth a combined $211 million. 2012 = Gave $0
“To be seen as greasing the skids of political patronage can be a very dangerous thing. You would hope that there is true corporate philanthropy, but if donors are largely political or interested in state money, it raises questions about the nonprofit. And if there’s a sense that it’s a quid pro quo, that is not what you want.”
— Guidestar’s Berger on well-timed donations undermining public trust
Drumthwacket = Donor = Bayer Pharmaceuticals $15,000 in 2011 = Then secured a $36 Million package of tax breaks. Gave $0 in 2012.
Drumthwacket = Donor = NJ businessman Robert Harris BIG DONOR in 2011 = Appointment Commissioner on powerful NJ Sports & Exposition Authority = Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands racetrack
Drumthwacket = Donor = Prem Reddy Foundation = Prime Healthcare Services of CA = $25,000 in 2011 = State Approval of TAKEOVER a struggling hospital in Jersey City = But blocked by nurses’ union = hospital went bankrupt.
Drumthwacket = Donor = Cooper Hospital Foundation $10‘s of thousands in 2010 = Christie’s task force allowed consolidation of a number of hospitals in southern NJ greatly expanding Cooper’s reach.
Drumthwacket = Donor = Real estate developer Murray Kushner’s KRE Group gave $10,000 in 2012 = A massive Jersey City development project receive $33 Million in funding from the state under Christie’s tax incentive programs.
Drumthwacket = Donor = Donald Trump $15,000 in 2011and 2012 = Christie’s blessing to build a personal cemetery on the fairway at the Trump National Golf Club in NJ.
Drumthwacket = Donor = Bill Palatucci, a for-profit correctional company = general counsel for Community Education Centers (CEC) = $75,000 in 2011-2013 = When Christie learned of a NYTimes investigation they responded with a series of measures aimed at curbing the frequent escapes documented at CEC facilities + despite a $45,000 fine on the company CEC got a $MULTI-MILLION CONTRACT from the State.
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Christie = Government by SLUSH FUND LEVERAGING
12 new subpoenas by NJ legislature on GW Bridge Closure + NEW Enforcement of subpoenas to two key figures: Bill Stepien and Bridget Kelly
NJ Star Ledger said new subpoenas include Christie’s office, his reelection campaign, several Port Authority officials and the State Police aviation unit – helicopter rides.
“Ultimately, (that is) what the inquiry of the committee is — who knew what when, and who authorized this, and why.”
— Rep. Wisniewski, Head of State Committee
US Attorney’s office has a criminal investigation of GW Bridge Closures resulting backups delayed emergency vehicles, school buses and commuters, sometimes for hours and of Sandy funds withheld until a Rockefeller Project was approved in Hoboken.
Hoboken Mayor Zimmer said two Christie cabinet members told her the city’s Sandy aid would be tied to whether she supported a redevelopment project. Christie attorney requested all the Hoboken documents, but Zimmer’s lawyer questioned whether it’s appropriate for the governor’s office “to be investigating itself.”
Wildstein = Oversaw the lane closings is seeking immunity from prosecution = “evidence exists” that Christie was aware of the lane closings while they were occurring.
UPDATE: Prominent NJ Newspaper = The Newark Star-Ledger = #1 in NJ circulation = regrets endorsing Chris Christie
Tom Moran = Editor says Star-Ledger “blew” endorsement of Christie in Oct 2013 = “Yes, we knew Christie was a bully. But we didn’t know his crew was crazy enough to put people’s lives at risk in Fort Lee as a means to pressure the mayor. We didn’t know he would use Hurricane Sandy aid as a political slush fund. And we certainly didn’t know that Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer was sitting on a credible charge of extortion by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno.”
Christie Admin = accused of orchestrating GWB TRAFFIC JAM + SANDY FUNDS PAY TO PLAY
Wildstein Attorney = “Evidence Exists” Christie knew about his admin’s orders to close the traffic lanes.
Hoboken Mayor Zimmer says Christie aides said Sandy Aid for Rockfeller Project
CHRISTIE HISTORY:
Chris Christie = Got US Federal NJ prosecutor = $2 million bundler for GW Bush in 2000 = NO EXPERIENCE AS A PROSECUTOR BUT WAS lobbyist for Madoff = biggest conman on WALL STREET
2010 DOJ inspector general’s Report = Christie “U.S. attorney who most often exceeded government [travel expense] without adequate justification …insufficient, inaccurate, or no justification” for stays at swank hotels like the Four Seasons.
FACT: Christie lobbied to get Securities Industry Association (MADOFF) an exemption from NJ’s Consumer Fraud Act.
Christie’s steered hefty government contracts former Attorney General John Ashcroft = sparked a congressional hearing.
Christie Lost Defamation Lawsuit Against OPPONENT IN 1994 FOR FALSE ADS!
Todd Christie, Christie’s Brother in 2008 = Settled civil charges by SEC for “hundreds of trades in which customers had been systematically overcharged.”
Romney = Found Todd activities in family foundation “raised eyebrows” during VP Vetting = Romney ran from Christie
The Star Ledger knew so much about Christie and still endorsed him!
The Star Ledger = Now as thousands of people were being refused Sandy relief money, people who were eligible and in dire need = Takes back Endorsement
Yet Christie = Doled out SANDY LOOT to Developers in barely affected parts of NJ
The Star Ledger knew all this so why endorse Christie and what did he promise them for the endorsement, or how did he intimidate them?
CHRISTIE GWB Scandal: Fort Lee mayor offered gifts – Port Authority funded shuttle buses, snow plowing, pothole repair and emergency radios + included a personal tour of the 9ll Memorial plaza in lower Manhattan by David Wildstein.
“I’ve been told to be nice to you.”
— Wildstein told Sokolich during that tour.
“NO” ENDORSEMENT = Punished by paralyzing GWB traffic jams 5 days in SEPT
Sokolich never endorse Christie = But was Afraid an outright refusal would delay state approvals for traffic patterns near a $1 billion high rise redevelopment.
CHRISTIE = HAD A BINDER ON FORT LEE AND OTHER TOWNS IN HIS CAR!
Sokolich said he and Mayor Zimmer were invited to lunch with Christie at Drumthwacket, the governor’s mansion in Princeton.
Sokolich described a near-continuous effort by Baroni, who left his Port Authority along with Wildstein amid the revelations over the traffic jams in Fort Lee.
Port Authority purchased shuttle buses for Fort Lee + plowed snow + repaired pot holes + $10,000 worth of emergency radios for residents affected by Superstorm Sandy = Sokolich discovered that he was expected to return the favors by endorsing Christie.
IT IS ALL ABOUT POWERFUL SCAMMERS WANTING A BIG EDGE!
SAMSON REPRESENTS = SILVERSTEIN WTC = FORT LEE
SAMSON REPRESENTS = ROCKEFELLER GROUP = HOBOKEN = SUDDENLY CANCELED
CHRSTIE = SLUSH FUND KING FOR “BIG WIGS”
A picture speaks a thousand words – Christie (N.J.) with Leslie Smith, Executive VP of the Rockefeller Group = Donated (BRIBED) to Christie’s campaign = Rockefeller Group at Center of CHRISTIE SANDY SCAM of Hoboken New Jersey.
CHRISTIE = BLAGOJEVICH = PAY TO PLAY
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UPDATE: Rachel Maddow reports NJ Governor Chris Christie’s latest statements on GW BRIDGE closures contradicts his earlier claims!
Dec 2 – Jokes he moved the Cones
Dec 13 – “My curiosity is more than satiated at the moment..” regarding Baroni mistakes
Dec 19 – Not an Issue – I accept BARONI’S statements as truth – no investigation is necessary.
Feb 4 – Radio interview – I kewn when Pat Foye’s email came out Sept 13, 2013
After Foye email – “That’s when I asked my Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel ‘Would you look into this and see what is going on here?'” at Port Authority.
— Christie – First time he said that was Feb 4, 2014
Same two guys who interviewed Christie’s senior staff: Kevin O’Dowd and Charles McKenna – SO HE DID INVESTIGATE IT!!
Baroni was PREPPED by Philip Kwon over 4 to 5 days in False Testimony to NJ Legislature
A Christie ally and lawyer, Philip Kwon, prepped Baroni who lied that the GW Bridge lane closures were for a traffic study.
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“The Rockefeller Group at the time was represented by Wolff & Samson, the law firm of David Samson, a former state attorney general and close Christie ally who also serves as chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.”
— Christopher Baxter of the Star Ledger – Samson, behind the scenes power broker, is a Christie appointee
Smith = Donated (BRIBES) in both of Christie’s campaigns and leads the Rockefeller Group’s developments in New Jersey.
Hoboken Mayor Zimmer allegations that the Christie administration MADE Sandy Aid contingent upon allowing the Rockefeller Group to develop AND GET MIDDLE CLASS TAXPAYER WELFARE.
Hoboken has NOT only did they not received the aid, but tremendous pressure was brought down upon Hoboken to move forward with the Rockefeller Group’s development.
“And the Hoboken story clearly demonstrates the Christie administration took steps to aid the material interest of a client of the chairman of that agency…Hoboken received only 1% of the aid they had requested for Hurricane Sandy relief and planning funds even though it was one of the hardest-hit communities in the state during the storm. At one point, 80% of the 50,000 person city was flooded…. 50,000 people. 80% flooded. $6 a head.”
— Brian Murphy, TPM
The long charge the Rockefeller Group has been waging against the wishes of some of the town’s citizens, merits a close read.
Diary backs up Zimmer’s claims + Another Christie appointee made the offer that Sandy Aid money would flow if she would move forward with the Rockefeller project while miked = Richard Constable, commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs.
“I hear you are against the Rockefeller project…Everyone in the State House believes you are against it – the buzz is that you are against it…If you move that forward, the money would start flowing to you.”
— Richard Constable, CHRISTIE commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs
The pieces of the puzzle are in the early stages of coming together for Christie.
Christie = Willingness to throw everyone who worked for him under the bus = TRY TO SAVE HIMSELF.
It’s hard to run for President as the guy who sold out all of his underlings.
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IT IS ALL ABOUT POWERFUL SCAMMERS WANTING A BIG EDGE!
SAMSON REPRESENTS = SILVERSTEIN WTC = FORT LEE
SAMSON REPRESENTS = ROCKEFELLER GROUP = HOBOKEN
http://www.wnyc.org/story/top-christie-mans-business-thrived-he-chaired-port-authority/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251349067
DING DING DING! Why would Christie try to TORPEDO the billion $ Fort Lee redevelopment
Those awful traffic jams IN FORT LEE = SAME SCENARIO AS HOBOKEN = MIDDLE CLASS WELFARE TO BIG NAME DEVELOPERS
Dennis R. Irvin, President and CEO of The Rockefeller Group
Probably not because the Mayor failed to endorse him.
David Samson, Port Authority head and founder of most powerful law firm in NJ, has his thumb on every scale.
Samson and Christie and Michele Brown have their fingerprints all over this.
Fort Lee problem = Wrong developer won – a Chicago firm, Tucker Development = Not a Christie/Samson crony.
THE TWO SCAMS: INCREDIBLY VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AND CORPORATE WELFARE FROM MIDDLE CLASS TAXPAYERS
A player represented by Samson in Fort Lee development = LOST ON THE 16 ACRES = Silverstein Properties represented by David Samson, attorney and head of the Port Authority = SILVERSTEIN, Developer on NYC’s World Trade Center site with Samson = #1 REASON FOR LANE CLOSURES WAS TO STOP THE CHICAGO DEAL BEING FINANCED.
Hoboken Mayor Zimmer says Christie push for the Rockefeller Group’s 3-block PROJECT to get TAXPAYER WELFARE AS A REDEVELOPMENT ADVANTAGE?
The Rockefeller Group = Sought Benefit is buying up adjoining properties CHEAP with special government benefits = Represented by David Samson’s law firm.
WHO IS DAVID SAMSON AGAIN?
SAMSON = 74 Years old = Close adviser to 3 NJ governors + Co-founder of state’s MOST POWERFUL LWA FIRM + Leads the Port Authority
Samson for decades a behind-the-scenes power broker at Wolff & Samson selected for spending of Hurricane Sandy relief money – including ADS featuring Christie family during his reelection.
Sierra Club. “The law firm is so close to the Christie administration that there’s barely any line of separation.”
HOW ELSE IS SILVERSTEIN CONNECTED TO SAMSON?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_site
World Trade Center Silverstein Properties helped oversee the reconstruction on site owned by the Port Authority WHOSE CHIEF IS SAMSON = Ownership is complex and ambiguous as ownership of 2.5+ ACRE miscellaneous strips of property is UNCLEAR.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704483004575524730536657048
Christie PICKED SAMSON as chairman of the Port Authority whose client is Silverstein.
HOW IS THE ROCKEFELLER GROUP (property owner in Hoboken) CONNECTED TO SAMSON?
The Rockefeller Group’s = client of law firm, Wolff & Samson = David Samson chairman of the Port Authority by Christie.
Michele Brown = Completely unqualified Christie crony APPOINTED top of the Economic Development Authority – Christie’s eyes and ears = CHRISTIE’S GAL PAL = Christie lent her $46K and forgot to report it in his taxes = In charge of all redevelopment = A political pick to lead a nonpartisan agency.
Christie will not run for president
Christie unlikely to serve out his term as governor of NJ
Inconceivable that an obsessive micro-manager did not know what his underlings were up to and he is a proven vindictive bully.
His staff kept governor well informed about any big-time PROJECTS and PR risks
“The Staff Did It” is JUST SILLY.
Christie doubled down when he solemnly denied knowledge or involvement = an outright lie.
There is no honor among thieves = Big cover-up = People lost well paying jobs = received commitment for a well-compensated job or consulting gig, or something else to purchase their silence, BUT Several civil and criminal investigations are underway, armed with subpoena power = cover-up with benefits will unravel.
Sooner or later investigators will find underlings who decides he’d rather NOT go to jail.
Christie MUST GO to SAVE American democracy.
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