New Jersey – Two of Gov. Chris Christie appointees to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey led a secretive campaign to quickly push through toll hikes on the Hudson River bridges and tunnels, according to a published report.
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Citing interviews it conducted with eight people who were familiar with the operation, The Record (http://bit.ly/Nkiw49) reports the campaign was run by Bill Baroni, the authority’s former deputy executive director, and his aide, David Wildstein.
The goal was to have the bistate agency propose an enormous toll hike so the governors could scale it back and appear to be fiscal hawks, according to the report.
Smaller toll increases were eventually approved in 2011.
The newspaper says Cuomo’s office didn’t return requests seeking comment. Baroni, Wildstein and Christie’s office all declined comment.
yeah i think we all saw through this at the time. fiscal heros indeed
And that $300,000,000 of Federal money he was supposed to use as mortgage relief for underwater home owners? It all went to plugging the gaping hole in his budget
The story keeps getting worse and worse. Fatso you are finished in politics.
government is out of control. we need to take it back like they did in ukraine