CNN exclusive: Port Authority job created for Christie ally, source says
Source: CNN
CNN) -- Give him a position at the top of the agency; he's a good friend of the governor.
That's how David Wildstein was introduced to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 2010, according to a former employee with extensive knowledge of the agency's hiring practices.
Soon after, Wildstein was named the director of Interstate Capital Projects, a title that previously had not existed at the bi-state agency, setting in motion a career that would eventually place the former political blogger at the center of the lane closures controversy at the George Washington Bridge.
Wildstein catapulted into the national spotlight with his response to the infamous e-mail from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's aide: "Time for some traffic problems in Ft. Lee," Bridget Kelly wrote. Wildstein responded, "Got it."
A former Port Authority employee told CNN that agency officials were told in 2010 they had to find a place for WIldstein at the executive level and the directive was coming from Christie's office. Soon after, the position was created specifically for WIldstein. When Wildstein started, Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni, Christie's top appointee at the agency, introduced him to people as a good friend of the governor.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/16/politics/christie-wildstein-port-authority/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
This is the guy that Christie rarely saw and hadn't seen for a "long time"!
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what an unexpected twist that would be. 
Didn't Christie say that he barely knew the guy in high school and that he hadn't seen him in a long time?
