Darryl Isherwood at NJ.Com asks today Was Bridgegate related to a $1 billion development project in Fort Lee?
A new theory emerged this weekend on a possible target of the lane diversions at the George Washington Bridge that have spiraled into a full blown scandal.
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Not exactly new and not a “theory” but a hypothesis if one is inclined to be generous. Isherwood does then go on to acknowledge that Steve Karnacki was the first to suggest a relationship between the toll lane closings and the Ft. Lee development. But he didn’t bother to mention that Karnacki aired this back in the January. However, Karnacki didn’t offer a “theory” (or a hypothesis), he said, “Hey look over here.”
There’s zero meat on Isherwood’s “theory.” And the comments in this case are worthless partisan rancor or factually error prone. Doesn’t even bother to point out that the major Ft. Lee development project is actually two projects, Hudson Lights and The Modern, and they were at different stages in their development when those toll lanes were ordered and closed a month later. For detailed information on this see, BridgeTroll: In Plain Site? and BridgeTroll: Dangling Threads from January 2014
A link between the toll lane closings and the one or both of these developments remains a valid line of inquiry. What were the the NJ Port Authority appointees and Christie administration looking to get from these developers?
