Bridge-Ghazi Experts: Help, Please. So Christie Called *Cuomo* to Complain that the NYS Appointee...
... on the Port Authority ( Patrick Foye) was interfering with Bridgeghazi?
If I have that right ( And perhaps I do not, so correct me if that's the case.), why would Christie feel (apparently) that Cuomo would be sympathetic to Christie's dilemma?
And exactly what did they talk about? Is there a transcript? Is there a tape? If Cuomo gave sound and legit ( as in "legal", as in "not illegal"
advice, what was it, exactly?
I find this aspect rather curious. The story below ends with the explanation that conversation between the two governors was "private."
Oh?
>>>New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called his counterpart in New York to complain about a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey appointee's handling of the flap over lane closures at the George Washington Bridge, according to a report.
Citing a source familiar with the call, the Wall Street Journal said Christie called New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to tell him that PA Executive Director Patrick Foye was pushing too hard to uncover the truth behind the lane closings, which have been the subject of hearings by the Assembly Transportation Committee. Foye was appointed by Cuomo.
Cuomo and Christie share authority over the massive bi-state agency.
The Port Authority's ranking member from New Jersey, Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni told the committee members that the study had been ordered by Port Authority employee David Wildstein. Wildstein resigned his position last week, effective January 1. The study was done in order to gauge the impact of diverting lanes currently restricted for local use by Fort Lee residents, Baroni told the committee.
But earlier this week, Foye said he had no prior knowledge of the study and shut it down when he realized the extent of the traffic backup in Fort Lee. Other PA employees said Wildstein ordered the lane closures but advised them not to tell anyone it was happening.>>>>>>>
http://www.examiner.com/article/could-private-call-from-christie-to-n-y-governor-cuomo-blow-lid-off-bridge-gate
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That doesn't mean one or both of them didn't tape it of course.
But... why all the secrecy? Why doesn't someone just ask Cuomo what the call was about?
Or Christie.... if he hasn't been asked already.
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It proves that at the very least, he knew that there was no traffic study, and that he knew it a month sooner than he claims he did. And if this story is true, Cuomo has to explain what he did -- or didn't do -- in response, or his White House ambitions will sleep with the fishes, too.
P.S. Have you visited the DU Christie Crime Digest?
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