Turn on Tweety right fugging now - more Christie

[malaise]

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah - the nasty political drop with the nasty new stories -freefall - hahahahaha

[NYC_SKP]

1. Yanno, just because someone says "turn something on right now" doesn't mean I'm gonna do it. Unless

It's you, malaise!

I'm not sure I'm in time but thanks for the heads-up!

I see "Trenton, we have a problem"

[malaise]

2. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

hehehehehehehhe - you're cracking me up.
Path Station now.
Samson will be Christie's Delilah - they deserve each other - this is so much fun.

[GP6971]

4. What's happening?

Not near a TV and can't stream it at work?

[malaise]

7. Trenton we have a problem

http://www.northjersey.com/news/Questions_on_Port_Authority_Chairman_David_Samsons_PATH_station_vote.html
<snip>
Port Authority Chairman David Samson voted for a $256 million reconstruction of the rundown PATH station in Harrison three months after a builder represented by his law firm proposed converting a nearby warehouse into hundreds of luxury apartments, according to records and interviews.

Samson, now embroiled in the George Washington Bridge lane-closure controversy, wasn’t the only commissioner with ties to land around the train station. Commissioner David Steiner also voted for the massive overhaul of the station, four months after he secured rights to build a 20-story apartment complex on another key parcel of land along the Passaic River, a half-mile from the commuter train stop.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Questions_on_Port_Authority_Chairman_David_Samsons_PATH_station_vote.html#sthash.NtOSSZWd.dpuf

[GP6971]

9. Many Thanks!! n/t

[JHB]

16. Harrison is also the stop for the Red Bull Arena (25000 seating capacity)

http://www.redbullarena.us/

Not saying that Samson was innocent in his timing (at all!), but the apartments are not the only reason for improvements to the Harrison station.

[NYC_SKP]

14. mamd-rofl!

Me AND my dog,

[malaise]

15. Seriously I was in a little supermarket today

and I told the owner I needed popcorn - he did laugh because we rarely buy it.

[riversedge]

3. The stories within the Bridggate continue. Thanks msnbc

[WillyT]

5. K & R !!! - Story Here:

DULink: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024402324

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Well, it was about real estate... yup

not surprised.

And a tad of abuse of power.

Color me shocked.

At least on this one I do not have to take detailed notes.

[malaise]

8. As you said

It's always about real estate

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Yup. It is simple, but rarely it is about something else

ultimately.

[JHB]

19. Yes, but it's probably more complicated

Harrison is right across the Passaic River from downtown Newark. The Harrison PATH station is a half mile from the Newark Penn Station where it terminates. Harrison is well-situated to support (or feed off of) projects to revitalize Newark's downtown, and the other end of the PATH line is the World Trade Center (~20 minutes from Harrison to WTC).

Add to that the opening of a 25,000-seat soccer stadium in Harrison in 2010 (with Red Bull's name plastered everywhere including the team, one guess as to their sponsor), and the Harrison station really did need improvement from the aging warehouse-district stop it had been.

The station redevelopment project didn't exactly come out of nowhere. My guess would be more to insider knowledge (knowing that the project would go through and not be shot down, and buying & developing choice properties when everyone else was still guessing), or maybe pressure on the town of Harrison or property owners to clear the way for the connected pal.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. I did not say it was simple, it never is

but the motive is not that complicated. Politicians care about control, and much of what happens at local and state level has to do with real estate. And no, this is not one party that does this either, even if we enjoy it when the other side does it.

And I am so glad I do not have to do primary, secondary and tertiary google searches, or PRRs. Trust me, that can suck.

[spanone]

10. drippity drip drip

[Spazito]

11. I'm beginning to wonder who is really running the show in New Jersey...

is it Christie or is it David Sampson? Sampson seems to have his hand in everything that is coming to light and all of the scandals seems to have been to help clients of Sampson's law firm.

This new info re Sampson's vote just adds to my growing suspicion Sampson is the key to what really went on and why.

Here's the article re Sampson's vote on the Path project:

Report: Port Authority chairman's vote on PATH renovation raises questions

Gov. Chris Christie ally and Port Authority Chairman David Samson's actions are under scrutiny by the press again this month, this time for his vote to support the renovation of a train station across the street from land owned by a developer represented by Samson's law firm.

According to a report in the Record of Hackensack, in March 2012, Samson was among the Port Authority commissioners who voted to approve the $256 million renovation of the Harrison PATH station. The vote came just three months after a developer represented by Samson's law firm, Wolf & Samson, proposed converting a nearby warehouse into luxury apartments.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/report_port_authority_chairmans_vote_on_path_renovation_raises_questions.html

[catbyte]

12. Capehart hit the nail on the head linking the lane closure & 9/11 anniversary

Can you imagine if someone had targeted the GWB & Christie's people engineered the bottleneck? Offensive is an understatement. Criminal. Horrific. Sociopathic. Just. Plain. Wrong.

[flamingdem]

13. bring it onnnn

[sheshe2]

18. Bring on the popcorn

This is going to be one hell of a show!

Wile E. Coyote stars as Chris Christie in Road Runner: Sail Fail | The Looney Tunes Show | Cartoon Network

Say good night malaise~ Christie is about to have a lot of time on his hands.