Governor Christie's brother invested in houses near new PATH station in Harrison

[highplainsdem]

Source: Bergen Record via NorthJersey.com

Governor Christie’s brother, Todd Christie, and two business partners have bought and sold a handful of properties within walking distance of the PATH station in Harrison, slated for a $256 million renovation funded by the Port Authority and championed by the governor, records show.

Todd Christie and his partners — one the owner of Ferreira Construction, a large firm that has done tens of millions of dollars of work for state agencies since Christie took office — created a company and began buying small residential lots in early 2011, about a year before the train station renovation was approved by the Port Authority.

The company built three homes on those lots in the first year and sold each of the improved properties — after the announcement of the station overhaul — for nearly triple the property’s original price. The company also demolished a home and sold the vacant lot to the school board in Harrison, where Todd Christie’s partners grew up and have worked in real estate for the past decade.

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The quarter-billion station renovation came into focus this week when The Record reported that Port Authority Chairman David Samson had private ties to the land around the Harrison station. As chairman of the bi-state agency, Samson voted to approve the Harrison station overhaul, months after a client of his law firm proposed converting a nearby warehouse into luxury apartments.

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Read more: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Governors_brother_invested_in_houses_near_new_PATH_station_in_Harrison.html

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Josh Marshall of TPM commented on this on Twitter, with a link to his editor's blog post about the story:

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/428392883314380800

Uh Oh, looks like Christie's brother is on the development project/port authority gravy train too ... http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/enter-todd-christie …

[rocktivity]

1. And the shits just keep on coming!

rocktivity

[Politicalboi]

2. Nothing to see here, please disperse

[Cha]

3. HOw Convenient!

thanks highplainsdem!

[DeSwiss]

4. K&R

[center]
''This is just more political-bashing!!!
Goin' after my stupid brother to get to ME!
So I disavow anything my stupid brother may have done.
Because I had nuthin' to do with
ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME.........''[center]

[AmBlue]

11. What an evil-looking snarl in that photo!

Creeps me out.

[Beacool]

5. Drip, drip..........

Death by a thousand cuts.

[NancyDL]

6. They wouldn't do this stuff if people didn't put up with it

There are always people outside the in-group who know what's going on, but they're often afraid to talk. So the bullies run roughshod over them. The unusual thing about NJ is that the corruption is right out in the open in everybody's face.

[SoapBox]

7. What a pack of scum balls.

Sleazy!

[VWolf]

8. Little nepotiz???

(apologies to Jack Black and School of Rock in general)

[catbyte]

9. OUCH, drip, drip, drip...

[yellowcanine]

10. I am sure Tawd Christie is just a savvy investor.....Heh

And the beat goes on......

[riqster]

12. Savvy indeed.

Why, it's in his DNA...

[yellowcanine]

13. Sounds as if the Christie bros have a cozy little sweetheart deal going on there.....

I am sure it is nothing untoward, though. Nothing to see here folks.

[SDjack]

17. Surely, it was just a lucky shot by the Gov. nt

[yellowcanine]

14. "Christie’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Tuesday."

Don't hold your breath waiting either.

[yellowcanine]

15. There is a funky rodent smell coming from the office of the Port Authority Chairman......

The quarter-billion station renovation came into focus this week when The Record reported that Port Authority Chairman David Samson had private ties to the land around the Harrison station. As chairman of the bi-state agency, Samson voted to approve the Harrison station overhaul, months after a client of his law firm proposed converting a nearby warehouse into luxury apartments.

In case anyone has forgotten, David Samson is a Christie appointee who also showed little interest in trying to find out why the Fort Lee traffic lanes were blocked for four days for a "traffic study" even though as chairman of the Port Authority one would think he would want to know.

[madrchsod]

16. one day you are up and .....

the next day you are in a deep pool of your own shit...

[MH1]

18. Someone could write a college textbook about political corruption ...

and fill it exclusively with examples from the Christie administration. by the time it's all done, it will be a very thick book.