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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Mon Mar 3, 2014, 03:10 PM Mar 2014

Report: Christie appointees led secret toll hike plan

AP

TRENTON -- Two of Gov. Chris Christie's appointees to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey led a secretive campaign to quickly push through toll hikes on the Hudson River bridges and tunnels, according to a published report.

Citing interviews it conducted with eight people who were familiar with the operation, The Record reports the campaign was run by Bill Baroni, the authority's former deputy executive director, and his aide, David Wildstein.

The goal was to have the bistate agency propose an enormous toll hike so the governors could scale it back and appear to be fiscal hawks, according to the report.

Smaller toll increases were eventually approved in 2011.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=9452540

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Report: Christie appointees led secret toll hike plan (Original Post) hrmjustin Mar 2014 OP
Interesting, in light of the parking lot deal martigras Mar 2014 #1

martigras

(151 posts)
1. Interesting, in light of the parking lot deal
Mon Mar 3, 2014, 03:33 PM
Mar 2014

These were the same guys who allowed some pal to pay only a dollar for a million dollar generating parking lot. Maybe they planned to make up the difference in toll increases, allowing their sweetheart deal to go through.

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