NYT Editorial: How Gov. Christie Moves Forward
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, in his second inaugural address on Tuesday, promised to avoid what he called the “attitude of Washington, D.C.” Those in the nation’s government, he said, believe that “I am always right and you are always wrong.”
But his gauzy message of bipartisanship, long one of his favorite themes, had a hollow ring to it this time around. After growing questions about the abuse of power by the governor and his colleagues, it will take more than talk of political harmony to wipe away the mounting evidence and accusations of aggressive bullying by his administration.
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In fact, Mr. Christie’s credibility is so low that there is only one way for him to dig out. He and his inner circle need to cooperate fully with the latest federal and state investigations looking into a four-day traffic jam in Fort Lee, N.J., on the approach to the George Washington Bridge, apparently engineered by his staff and officials of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. As much as he declares himself ready to move forward, that can’t happen until the public has real answers about the Fort Lee mess and, more broadly, about how Mr. Christie’s government operates.
Already, state legislative committees have issued 20 subpoenas concerning the traffic jam, which may have been aimed at Fort Lee Democrats who declined to support the governor’s re-election. Over the weekend, the mayor of Hoboken, Dawn Zimmer, added more questions for the governor and his team. Ms. Zimmer accused the governor’s representatives of threatening to cut the city’s federal aid for Hurricane Sandy damage if she failed to support a major development in her town. Ms. Zimmer said that New Jersey’s lieutenant governor, Kim Guadagno, warned her last year that without her support of the project, federal relief funds could slow to a trickle.
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