In Jersey "Business acumen to skillfully navigate Clients" boils down to...
There's the Right Way to get something done -- and then there's the Jersey Way ... Take David Samson's law firm as an example of an efficient get-er-done operation.Wolff & SamsonReal Estate,...
View ArticleNJ - Governing in the " Spirit of Sandy "
Cross Posted at my column at The Epoch Times.http://www.theepochtimes.com/...The 98th Annual League of Municipalities Convention luncheon on November 21, 2013, was supposed to be the traditional annual...
View ArticleDawn Zimmer: A Face for the Christie Victims
How many NJ Mayors faced this choice: Go along with our corrupt development scheme or lose any real Sandy aid for your city. Today we know of at least one. Like many of you, this morning I watched...
View ArticleDawn Zimmer is clearly telling the Truth
Like a lot of people here I found Steve Kornacki interview with Dawn Zimmer extremely interesting linkI wanted to simply accept it as true but forced myself to be skeptical and investigate it.See...
View ArticleLori Grifa works for Samson, works for Christie; But they "Categorically...
If this keeps up Chris Christie is going to have to cultivate a whole new staff, of wise guys and 'quid pro quo' operators.Wolff & SamsonLori GrifaLori Grifa rejoined Wolff & Samson as chair...
View ArticleHoboken: Why only three blocks were to be destroyed.
Mayor Dawn Zimmer was quite clear that the preliminary redevelopment study for which the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey paid, after having selected the consultants to perform the study, did...
View ArticleMayor Zimmer Replies to Christie Salvos on CNN (UPDATED!)
I've been watching for Dawn Zimmer's reply to the Christie camp's counterattack to her charges yesterday - substantiated by documentation - that Sandy relief funds for Hoboken are being withheld by the...
View ArticleIs this the first to connect Christie directly to the scandals?
"This was a direct message from the Governor" said Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer quoting NJ Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno. Mayor Zimmer was on CNN's State of the Union this morning, responding to a question by...
View ArticleAn Unintended Consequence
By now most Kossacks are aware of the story broken by Steve Kornacki on MSNBC regarding Mayor Dawn Zimmer of Hoboken, and her accusations that her city had been abused by the governor's office for...
View ArticleHoboken mayor turns over journal to U.S. Attorney’s Office UPDATED w/poll
This was just posted at NorthJersey.comHoboken mayor turns over journal to U.S. Attorney’s Office, which she says documents Sandy aid claimsHoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer turned over her journal and other...
View ArticleSome good background info about Mayor Dawn Zimmer (Update)
With the latest news about Mayor Zimmer talking to the feds you just know that the vultures of hate and lies will soon take (right) wing and start circling her. Before they start their bogus narratives...
View ArticleWhen Does Chris Christie Resign ??? Pick A Time, Pick A Scandal !
Pick a year, a month, a day, an hour, and a minute. Pick a scandal and that'll be the tiebreaker.There's enough going to generate a resignation:1. Bridgeghazi.Traffic jam to end all four-day backups to...
View ArticleByzantium on the Hudson
The word "byzantine" means, roughly, "surreptitiously convoluted and labyrinthine." It's derived from the ancient name of the city we now call Istanbul, a capital of both Greek and Roman Empires. The...
View ArticleFaux Noise confirms Zimmer Sandy numbers
As reported today by CNN, Mayor Dawn Zimmer told CNN and others the following (bolding mine):After Sandy, Hoboken was 80% underwater. Zimmer told CNN last week that Hoboken received only about $300,000...
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Hoboken mayor takes Christie allegation to U.S. attorney, lt. gov. denies...
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno denies Zimmer's allegations Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer has taken her allegation that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's administration had linked Sandy relief aid to...
View ArticleThe Economic Football locally known as the Post-Sandy Planning Grants
From the statements coming out of Christie's office recently, it sure seems like they don't know the difference between FEMA-controlled and NJ-controlled Disaster Recovery (DR) Funds -- do they?Only...
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Port Authority study supported Hoboken project at center of allegation
This is an interesting tidbit from The Bergen Record about the real estate project at the center of Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer's allegation that the Christie administration had linked Hurricane Sandy...
View ArticleLegal experts: Alleged Sandy extortion could be more serious than Bridgegate
Legal experts in New Jersey aren't surprised at how quickly area U. S. Attorney Paul Fishman responded to Hoboken mayor Dawn Zimmer's claim that the Chris Christie administration tried to extort her...
View ArticleThe Rude Pundit Knows Mayor Dawn Zimmer -- Says She'll Prevail
Well, he actually said she'll kick Christie's Ass. (I'm not quite as rude, at least in titles.)The Rude Pundit describes himself as an acquaintance who has spoken with her on numerous occasions, and...
View ArticleNJ: DCA is Weak Link in Christie's Defense
The Department of Community Affairs would seem to be the weak link in Christie's Jam.The DCA is the entity responsible for actually disbursing federal dollars related to Hurricane Sandy, not the...
View ArticleBreaking: FBI Questioning Hoboken Mayor's Aides
Rachel Maddow just started and she said she'll be covering this breaking story as more details come in.Meanwhile, I found a Michael Isikoff article that just went up on msnbc.com:FBI agents have begun...
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Aides back Hoboken mayor's story as FBI investigates Sandy corruption claim
Looks like Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer's allegation that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's lieutenant governor linked Hurricane Sandy relief aid to a billion-dollar real estate development in Hoboken...
View ArticleChristie admin Hoboken scandal: a relevant statute from US Code
Zimmer accuses Lieutenant Governor Guadagno of saying that Sandy funds would flow to Hoboken provided Guadagno green-lighted a certain north Hoboken development. In comments, a bunch of us have been...
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Christie Tries The Non-Denial Denial
I always counted Richard Nixon as one of the two greatest fixers in American history; the other being the gambler Arnold Rothstein. Why were they great fixers? Because one tried to fix a World...
View ArticleChristie tied to scandalous private prison company and its former vice...
Salon's Josh Eidelson is breaking an original story, Chris Christie’s Texas horror: Meet the scandalous prison company he’s long promoted, about Governor Christie's lobbying for the controversial...
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UPDATED w/link to NYT story: Now we know why Zimmer didn't speak out earlier.
The Newark Star Ledger has a story out entitled Christie scandal: New allegations emerge from Zimmer lawsuit. A New Jersey Assemblyman named Carmelo Garcia who is also the director of the Hoboken...
View ArticleUS. Congressmen ask HUD to Account for CDBG-DR Funding, intended for Sandy...
This just got a few degrees, more real ... Congress wants to know where their hard-fought Sandy Relief money has been going?Christie’s Ending of Sandy Contract Draws Call for Probeby Elise Young,...
View ArticleNewly released emails seem to bolster Zimmer's case that she was being...
Today's New York Times has a front-page story (below the fold) that offers what seems to be the strongest evidence yet that Hoboken mayor Dawn Zimmer was the victim of ugly, nakedly aggressive, and...
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BOMBSHELL: NJ's Biggest Paper Calls for Christie's Impeachment (Crony Pleads...
Christie ordering the Code Red.Time for some Impeachment in Jersey. It's been a tough January for the Christie Crime Family. With this afternoon's...
View ArticleCNN does hit job on Dawn Zimmer
On a day when the national press is refocused on the Chris Christie scandal, with subpoenas expected from various sources, CNN decided to train its eye instead on Dawn Zimmer.First, there's the title...
View ArticleBridget Kelly woke up one day and realized "Hey, my life is too dull".
It's the only explanation left for what happened with the George Washington Bridge access lane closures if you take Chris Christie at his word. Sure Bridget had a secure six figure job with a promising...
View ArticleAnalysis finds more evidence of irregularities in how Sandy relief money was...
Dawn Zimmer may have gotten more ammunition to support her case that Chris Christie tried to extort her into supporting a major development project as a condition of getting money to rebuild her city...
View ArticleChristie's Legal Team turns their "Internal Review" Outwards
It kind of sounds like Christie's Legal Team has shifted out of "internal review" mode (their stated purpose) -- into a more serious "damage control" mode, regarding those "other" legal charges the...
View ArticleNJSpotlight reveals Hoboken was shortchanged $700,000 in Sandy funds using...
Mayor Dawn Zimmer's claim that Hoboken was shortchanged Sandy relief funds because she refused to support one of Governor Christie's favored development projects receives major support, today, from...
View ArticleSleep (With the NJ Fishes) No More (Christie/Macbeth Parody)
Expanded from a comment in Christiegate: Reid Schar Knows More Scandal Documents Exist - He Has SEEN them by ericlewiso and inspired by another comment by skillet and seen in Top Comments yesterdayCast...
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Interviews show Christie's staff 'working frantically' to throw reporters off...
Update: Please see big second update from WNYC - I'm changing title, to at least Nancy Solomon of NJ NPR asks "Interviews show Christie's Staff working frantically to throw reporter's off scent - NJ...
View ArticleThe One Reference to "Chip Michaels" in the Gibson Dunn Memos
And this sole reference to the Chip Michaels -- the Port Authority Police Lt who acted as David Wildstien's personal chauffeur for the open-ended GW Bridge gridlock -- on the very first day of the...
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Mastro Report proving to be a political, legal and public relations nightmare...
Mark J. Magyar, of NJ Spotlight, provides with an long and salacious reports of how and Why the Mastro report is becoming a nightmare for Gov Christie, that will bring a "BridgeGate Smiles to our...
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'Friend or Foe, Christie knew, and emulated Nixon's enemies list, in...
Friend or Foe, Christie Knew," says Asbury Park Press' editorial board. (APP.)Friends and foes alike are increasingly dumbfounded that Governor Christie's lawyers at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher would...
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A bridge too far? Scandal of the Pulaski Skyway may end Christie's...
When it rains it pours. Like a pack of wolves closing in on a wounded animal, pundits are coming out from every corner to take their shots at Governor Christie, while he's flailing to keep from...
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Letter indicates Mayor Dawn Zimmer feared Governor Christie's ties to U.S....
Fear of Christie's ties to U.S. Attorney kept Hoboken mayor from reporting alleged Sandy Aid threats, new letter claims, writes Darryl Isherwood, of NJ.com. Many have asked why Mayor Dawn Zimmer did...
View ArticleAwkward . . . Zimmer gets Sandy Aid for Hoboken. Christie Watches.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced yesterday that Hoboken will receive $230 million in flood prevention funds. At the suggestion of the governor’s office, the ceremony announcing the grant was made...
View ArticleThe Cover-up may be Crime One for Christie
Well technically, she didn't say "won't comment" -- she said "can't comment" ...Zimmer: Yes, I've read story on possible Bridgegate indictments; no, I won't commentby Terrence T. McDonald, The Jersey...
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Jim Keady Exposes $800,000,000 Slush Fund from NJ's Sandy $$$$$. Christie:...
Corruption on a grand scale in New Jersey.Wednesday was the two year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy coming ashore in New Jersey. Governor Christie went out for a presser at Belmont and ran into an echo...
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"Duce the Toad" Christie Locks $800 Million in Sandy $$$. Combo of Class War...
This is the $800 million in Sandy money that Jim Keady protested out at Belmont last week. It's the RREM program, set up in part to benefit working poor whose houses were trashed by Hurricane Sandy in...
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