Christie announces that David Samson resigned as Port Authority chairman

[warrior1]

Source: New Jersey True Jersey

TRENTON — David Samson, the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has resigned from the bistate agency, Gov. Chris Christie announced today.

The governor, at a news conference, announced that Samson had offered his resignation this afternoon.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/03/david_samson_resigns_as_port_authority_chairman.html

[catbyte]

1. Is the Port Authority still responsible for security at the new World Trade Center?

If so, he should resign based on the recent security violations alone, much less being in cahoots with Christie & the rest of his cronies.

[SunSeeker]

2. This is going to cost Samson's law firm a lot of business.

[safeinOhio]

3. Thank you

MSNBC.

[Dustlawyer]

4. About damn time he resigned. Christie should have fired his ass a long time ago if Christie

is clean (He is not)!

[davidpdx]

5. Glad to hear he's gone

So which Christie crony replaces him?

[barbtries]

6. how soon until Christie

offers HIS resignation? wow that administration is about as corrupt as they come.

[Raine1967]

7. LOVE this part:

Christie also said he would "fully embrace the reforms" included in the report, which was prepared by Randy Mastro, a lawyer with the firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.

"I intend to work with Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo … to bring a new day to the Port Authority."

A spokesman for the Port Authority declined comment today.

Christie will fully embrace the reforms in his own report!!!!!

[flamingdem]

8. Darn, now they can't get him to testify

Oh vell

[cui bono]

11. Why not? n/t

[Treant]

12. Is that true?

I didn't think charges went away just because a person left office, or that they couldn't be called to testify on something that happened while they were in office.

[NorthCarolina]

13. Yes, I believe that is true. As private citizen now

he is no longer able to be subpoenaed for this. Had he been subject to subpoena prior to his resignation then he could still be called. Since that didn't happen, it's too late now.

[gussmith]

14. Sayin Don't Make It So

[bullwinkle428]

9. Christie clearly made Samson an offer he couldn't refuse.

[Gothmog]

10. This is great news

I am not surprised. Samson is the target of a couple of investigations

[Cha]

15. They're crumbling down around him.. and christie?..

He's not doing too good himself..