Gov. Chris Christie's apology for a N.J. traffic jam causes new one
Source: Los Angeles Times
FORT LEE, N.J. Traffic is bad on a normal day in this town, a hodgepodge of single-family homes and big apartment towers on the banks of the Hudson River across a bridge from Manhattan. Small one-way streets pass by Korean groceries, banks and real estate offices, dumping traffic onto streets already packed with cars and buses.
During the September days when access ramps to the George Washington Bridge were closed because of what was revealed to be a vendetta against the popular mayor of this Democrat-leaning town, it didnt move at all.
And traffic again came to a standstill Thursday evening, as a growing crowd of reporters, residents, and even a man dressed as a hamburger flocked to the towns Borough Hall to await the arrival of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in town to personally apologize to Mayor Mark Sokolich and the towns residents for the incident.
Police closed one lane on Main Street, and rush-hour traffic sat at a stand-still as cars waited to get onto and off of the George Washington Bridge and the maze of one-way streets leading to it.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-chris-christie-bridgegate-traffic-jam-20140109,0,4929449.story
tom_kelly
(951 posts)Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)Tragically comic.
truthisfreedom
(23,113 posts)He's TOAST. Dry toast. Zweiback. Crumblin' Christie.
VWolf
(3,944 posts)tanyev
(42,354 posts)yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)A jam and peanut butter sandwich would have been more appropriate....