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pnwmom

(108,955 posts)
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 08:51 PM Jan 2014

Port Authority police to angry commuters: Your mayor did this. Blame him.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/10/politics/christie-bridge/

In the e-mails it also appears Sokolich was initially blamed for the traffic debacle.

Sokolich said that Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police were telling residents of his Fort Lee community that he was responsible for the closures.

"Many members of the public have indicated to me that the Port Authority Police officers are advising commuters in response to their complaints that this recent traffic debacle is the result of a decision that I, as the mayor, recently made," Sokolich wrote in a September 12 letter to Baroni.
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Port Authority police to angry commuters: Your mayor did this. Blame him. (Original Post) pnwmom Jan 2014 OP
Im sure thats just a coincidence. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #1
Of course ailsagirl Jan 2014 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Jan 2014 #3
And Still The Mayor Was Gracious otohara Jan 2014 #4
Christie is still capable of punishing him with one flick of the pen pnwmom Jan 2014 #5

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pnwmom

(108,955 posts)
5. Christie is still capable of punishing him with one flick of the pen
Sun Jan 12, 2014, 07:57 PM
Jan 2014

delivering a line item veto to any issue affecting Fort Lee.

They have long had a huge public development program in the works.

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