In the loop

As I said all along, Christie was obviously G W Bridge left; Fort Lee rightm/news/documents-christie-port-authority-appointees-kept-campaign-manager-in-loop-on-fallout-from-gwb-lane-closures-1.744676″>going through his campaign manager (and vice versa) over the GWB lane closures and whatever other monkey business they planned:

Governor Christie’s top Port Authority appointees were keeping his campaign manager informed about the fallout from the lane closures from their earliest stages, according to documents released today by the George Washington Bridge investigative committee.

The Port Authority executives each forwarded campaign manager Bill Stepien an email on Sept. 12 – the third day of the closures, which caused huge traffic jams in Fort Lee — from the borough’s mayor, who complained that the closures endangered the public.

In the letter from Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, the Democrat complains that he is “reaching the conclusion that there are punitive overtones associated with this initiative.”

Baroni forwarded the letter to Stepien, along with the note, “Following up.” The campaign manager replied, “Thanks.” Wildstien also forwarded the letter to Stepien. All three men used their personal, rather than official, email accounts. No further discussion is contained in the documents.