that he came to work that day with empty boxes to pack up his office because he feared he might be fired on the spot by chris christie when that article came out that morning. not for anything he did wrong but for getting bad press for the governor. but bill stepien read the article and told wildstein not to worry, "it's fine. the mayor is an idiot, though. win some, lose some." as far as we can tell, "the mayor is an idiot" is just about the worst thing stepien said in his e-mail. that is the tone and attitude of callous indifference that got stepien fired. michael dwerniak is still chris christie's press secretary. but listen to his tones in these e-mails. in an e-mail to david wildstein about patrick foy, the executive director of the port authority, he wrote, "that is deeply f-ed up. what a piece of excrement." drewniak is playing it classier