but would see what he could find out. this was an e-mail during the bridge shutdown. it s to bridget kelly who worked in the governor s office and who we now know ordered the bridge shutdown. it s from christina renna. it references a third person we also believe works in the governor s office, evan j. ridley, an aide to governor christie. that e-mail is during the shutdown. it involves the person who ordered it, three people in the governor s office, discussing the ongoing shutdown. the disaster it s causing. the mayor s worries that it s politically motivated to hurt ft. lee. that discussion is happening among the governor s top staffers during the shutdown. not after. there was nobody on my staff who had any knowledge of this issue until after the issue was already done. not true. there s also e-mail involving the governor s campaign manager, bill stepien and bridget kelly, again, during the bridge lane shutdown, during the catastrophe
the mayor told evan that he has no idea why they did this but there s a feeling in town there s government retribution. he can t understand that that would be the case because he s supportive of the governor. evan told the fine mayor he was unaware the toll lanes were closed but could see when he could find out. this was an e-mail during the bridge shutdown. it s to bridget kelly who worked in the governor s office and who we now know ordered the bridge shutdown. it s from christina renna. it references a third person we also believe works in the governor s office, evan j. ridley, an aide to governor christie. that e-mail is during the shutdown. it involves the person who ordered it, three people in the governor s office, discussing the ongoing shutdown. the disaster it s causing. the mayor s feelings that it s politically motivated to hurt ft. lee. that discussion is happening among the governor s top staffers during the shutdown. not after. there was nobody on my staff
bridge shutdown. it s to bridge et kelly from christina renna who worked in the governor s office the evan referenced in the e-mail we think is probably evan j. ridley who works in the governor s office. nobody seems to know what his exact title is, other than aide to the governor, public payroll shows he works as an aide and gets paid $52,000 a year. other than that we know he works in the governor s office, all of them do. that means during the shutdown, three people who work in the governor s office are e-mailing about the ongoing bridge lane shut down and if disaster it is causing. there is no discussion whatsoever about there being a traffic study, which is governor says was the prevailing belief of what was happening with that bridge. this was contemporaneous to the problem. this wasn t long after the fact when there was a newspaper article about it in retrospect that alerted everybody to the fact there was a problem now resolved. this was during the event and
governor s chief of staff, the one that said, time for traffic problems in ft. lee, christina renna who sent that e-mail about the mayor to bridget kelly, we also know involved in that e-mail one of the governor s aides. evan j. ridley, the governor s campaign manager, a few days later he wrote, quote the mayor is an idiot talking about the mayor of ft. lee. regina agia, who is next in line to be his chief of staff after the one that he had before is promoted to attorney general. the morning the toll lanes were opened up, she got sent the angly letter from the director, kept totally out of the loop of the shut down and reacted with furry saying he quote believed this hasty and ill advised decision violates the federal law and laws of both states. the governor s soon to be chief of staff, regina egea got that
to bridget kelly while the shutdown was still happening. we also know involved in the e-mail one of the governor s aides, evan j. ridley. the campaign manager, bill stepien wrote to david wildstein, quote, the mayor is an idiot, talking about the mayor of ft. lee. regina, on christie s staff when the shutdown happened and next in line to be his chief of staff after the one that he had before is promoted to attorney general. the morning that the toll lanes were opened up again, she got sent the angry letter from the port authority executive director who reacted with fury when he figured out what was going on. saying he, quote, believed the hasty and ill-advised decision violates federal law and the laws of both states. the governor s soon to be chief of staff regina egea got that e-mail sent to her marked with high importance on the last morning of the shutdown as the lanes were finally being re-opened.