ChristieGate: New Jersey's Largest Newspaper Calls for Samson to Resign

[ProSense]

ChristieGate: New Jersey's Largest Newspaper Calls for Samson to Resign

by ericlewis0

From NJ's Star-Ledger:

Wednesday’s apology by Port Authority Chairman David Samson, for the agency’s role in the George Washington Bridge entry lane closures, rings hollow. He hit bottom when he called the weeklong traffic bomb his co-workers dropped on Fort Lee last September an “inconvenience.” Mea culpa came five months too late.

Worse still, Samson’s half-hearted attempt at remorse ignored his own failures as head of this hopelessly broken agency — a list of ethical lapses, broken promises and business-as-usual, with new examples breaking by the day.

Samson must step down. His resignation would mark a strong first step in an overdue overhaul of the entire Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/02/port_authority_chairman_david_samson_should_resign_editorial.html

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/20/1279167/-ChristieGate-New-Jersey-s-Largest-Newspaper-Calls-for-Samson-to-Resign

[Laxman]

1. I'll Second That Motion.....

It's well past time for him to go. I heard him say yesterday that the process will reveal what really happened in Bridgegate. Really. That means he must know. If he knows, doesn't he have an obligation to the public to tell us what happened? Just tell us David! Quod Est In Loco.

[sheshe2]

2. From your link

• In March 2012, Samson voted for the $256 million reconstruction of the Harrison PATH station just months after a builder, also a Wolff & Samson client, proposed a plan to refurbish a nearby warehouse into luxury apartments.


• A month earlier, the Port Authority voted to give NJ Transit — yet another client of his firm — a 49-year, $1-a-year lease on a North Bergen park-and-ride lot. NJ Transit had been leasing the lot from the Port Authority for $900,000 a year. Despite earlier reports that he had voted for the deal, the Port Authority says Samson recused himself from the North Bergen vote

Samson appears to treat his Port Authority appointment as an extension of his legal career. Or is it just coincidence that his firm’s lobbying revenue — just $42,000 the year before Christie was elected governor and hired Samson — exploded to annual revenues of more than $1 million shortly afterward?

Samson should resign and be fined for making money off his position and the people of New Jersey.

Thank you ProSense!

[malaise]

3. K & R

Have you seen a pic of the protester with the sign Hey Governor Bruce Springsteen hates you.
It was hilarious.

[ProSense]

6. Did you see this:

Woman Says Her 'Resign Christie' Signs Were Confiscated At Town Hall
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/woman_claims_resign_christie_signs_confiscated

[malaise]

7. Yep

Love how she had one more

[Cha]

12. So now we're hearing about it..

"Newson told the Star-Ledger that she lost her home during Hurricane Sandy and is unhappy with the pace that Christie's administration is awarding grant money to Sandy victims.

“There are too many scandals. It’s too much to handle," she said, adding "I don't see help anywhere. People are suffering."

[yortsed snacilbuper]

4. "Samson appears to treat his Port Authority appointment as an extension of his legal career."

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive."

[SunSeeker]

5. Samson is a greedy scumbag criminal.

Just resigning is too easy on him. He should be in jail.

[hollysmom]

8. and all contracts/clients he voted on have their contracts revoked n/t

[SDjack]

9. The Port Authority is hopelessly corrupt. The US Government should seize control. nt

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. Yes, not just the corruption but this is a national security issue.

[Cha]

11. "An inconvenience".. way to downplay and

piss people off, idiot Samson.