happened. i am sad to report to the people of new jersey that we fell short. we fell short of the expectations that we have created over the last four years for the type of excellence in government that they should expect from this office. but i have repeatedly said to them that while i promised them the best governor s office oi can give them, i could never promise them a perfect governor s office. and so when i find those imperfections, those mistakes, those lies, my obligation as the chief executive of this state is to act and ask to brigitte kelly, i have acted today. secondly, i was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude callus indifference that was displayed in the
of this problem sooner than i did. but i believe i have an understanding now of the true nature of the problem, and i have taken the following action as a result. this morning i have terminated the employment of brigitte kelly, effective immediately. i have terminated her employment because she lied to me. i brought my senior staff together i think about four weeks ago tomorrow and i put to all of them one simple challenge. if it there is any information that you know about the decision to close these lanes in fort lee, you have one hour to tell either my chief of staff, kevin odowd or my chief counsel charlie okenna.
happened. i am sad to report to the people of new jersey that we fell short. we fell short of the expectations that we have created over the last four years for the type of excellence in government that they should expect from this office. but i have repeatedly said to them that while i promised them the best governor s office oi can give them, i could never promise them a perfect governor s office. and so when i find those imperfections, those mistakes, those lies, my obligation as the chief executive of this state is to act and ask to brigitte kelly, i have acted today. secondly, i was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude callus indifference that was displayed in the
involved in this matter. that was obviously a lie. and the emails that i saw for the first time yesterday morning broken and then i believe the records story proved that that was a lie. no justification for that behavior. no justification for ever lying to a governor or a person in authority in this government. and as a result, i have terminated brigitte s employment immediately this morning. secondly, i have and will continue to, started yesterday, to once again now have personal one-on-one discussions myself with the remaining members of my
0 humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. there is no doubt in my mind that the conduct that they exhibited is completely unacceptable and showed a lack of respect for their appropriate role of government and for the people that were trusted to serve. two pieces of what i want to talk about today. the first is i believe that all of the people who were affected by this conduct deserve this apology and that s why i m giving it to them. i also need to apologize to them for my failure as the governor of this state to understand the true nature of this problem sooner than i did. but i believe i have an understanding now of the true nature of the problem, and i have taken the following action as a result. this morning i have terminated the employment of brigitte kelly, effective immediately. i have terminated her employment because she lied to me. i brought my senior staff together i think about four weeks ago tomorrow and i put to all of them one simple challenge. if it