Some posters have made good points on the Hoboken allegations.

[hrmjustin]

If Mayor Zimmer was trying to make political hay over this she could have said something before the election. She could have said something after the bridge scandal broke in the local Jersey press if her intent was to harm him.

Her intent Is not to harm him but to tell the truth. She has made clear she thinks he is a good governor and I bet she would have endorsed him if he did not pull this stunt with the funds.

The main point is she could have done major damage to his campaign and chose not to. Her motivations are the truth IMO and the legislature needs to investigate this. Looks like they will.

[DURHAM D]

1. There is nothing she could have done during the campaign.

Her voice would not be heard. I have watched today as the media and some Democrats are still protecting Christie by screaming over her.

[hrmjustin]

2. I agree her voice would have been pushed aside.

And I also agree too many NJ Democrats are protecting him.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. When you have something big to say about someone powerful, you have to bide your time.

Otherwise, you'll get run over by the non-believers, or worse, the ones who know you're telling the truth but will try to quiet you by defaming you.

[hrmjustin]

4. I agree! He is a bully and he would have tried to ruin her.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Step one in fighting corruption is the same as step one in insuring equality.

Step One: Show there is a culture of intimidation and retaliation taking place in the community.

Step Two: Get someone in authority to do something about it.

[hrmjustin]

9. Yep!

[Ninga]

6. She could have gone to the Feds, volunteered to wear a wire, and invited the Lt. gov for coffee...

Either she recognized extortion for what is was, didn't, or was hoping her love for the Gov. would be enough, as she tweeted during the run up to his election.

[hrmjustin]

13. Time will tell. I believe her.

[Ninga]

14. Oh,without a doubt she is very believable - but my question is why she sat on it?

could have done something in the months before bridge gate? What if the bridge thing never surfaced? Her story never gets told...


Sorry, but there is more to her story.. as is for everyone else...

[hrmjustin]

15. She probably did not want to hurt him.

[Ninga]

16. So then. This obviously bright and engaged mayor might have chosen her supposed

relationship with the Gov., a relationship such that she considered his feelings more important than say, extortion ...

Anything is possible...

[hrmjustin]

17. Point taken. She has questions to answer.

[pnwmom]

18. She's walking a tightrope there. It was only six months. She was probably

hoping the Sandy money would come through after all -- and afraid to take a chance on messing with that. Or who knows what other retribution Christie is capable of.

And she probably thought no one would believe her -- and then what would happen to her city?

[semby2]

21. She explained she thought she wasn't being targeted

She just thought that the coastal properties were getting all the money.

It's probably only after the bridge scandal that it finally convinced her that Christie was a bad person. You can tell she is a good person who naturally wants to believe the best in others.

[hrmjustin]

22. Welcome to Du and enjoy the site.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Who is she?

[smokey nj]

8. She is Dawn Zimmer, the mayor of Hoboken, NJ.

[Brother Buzz]

10. Thanks

I'm late to the party and, well, I never heard of a woman named Hoboken.

On edit: The OP was edited to clarify things.

it's all good.

[hrmjustin]

12. lol.

[hrmjustin]

11. Thank you, I corrected it.

[rocktivity]

19. I think she's kept quiet until now because in the absence of proof

she knew that would either be disbelieved or dismissed as a partisan "witch hunter." Or maybe she'd convinced herself that she was being paranoid or overly needful.

But now she finds that she's not alone -- others are coming forward with the same stories. Now she must be feeling empowered and unburdened instead of self-doubting and a little ashamed. Such is the nature of coming out of relationships with abusive partners.


rocktivity

[hrmjustin]

20. I love how in his statement Christie says the two of them have a great relationship and she has an

Axe to grind.