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elleng

(130,964 posts)
Sat Sep 24, 2016, 05:49 AM Sep 2016

Bridge Case Culprit Says Christie and Ex-Aides Used Port Authority as ‘Goody Bag.'

*'Mr. Wildstein, who had been hired at the Port Authority by one of the defendants, Bill Baroni, Mr. Christie’s top staff appointee at the agency, recalled a conversation he and Mr. Baroni had soon after they started their jobs in 2010, establishing what they called the “one constituent” rule.

“The only person that had to be happy was Governor Christie,” Mr. Wildstein explained, adding, “We used that as the barometer by which a decision would be made at the Port Authority.”'>>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/24/nyregion/bridge-case-culprit-says-christie-and-ex-aides-used-port-authority-as-goody-bag.html?

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Bridge Case Culprit Says Christie and Ex-Aides Used Port Authority as ‘Goody Bag.' (Original Post) elleng Sep 2016 OP
The world was his slush fund deminks Sep 2016 #1
Wildstein is singing like a canary. Love it. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #2
So do I. elleng Sep 2016 #3

deminks

(11,014 posts)
1. The world was his slush fund
Sat Sep 24, 2016, 06:26 AM
Sep 2016

but he spent it unwisely.

I don't think the PA was his only goody bag.

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