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the agenda is flooding issues at the rockefeller property. it s a little curious, because nobody quite at the rockefeller group has formally presented the proposal hey, this is exactly where we want to build in your town. it s an abstract thing. they own the land. they want to develop it. to have the law firm that is representing the rockefeller group trying to set up a meeting, trying to get the administration in hoboken down to trenton to have a meeting to talk what is on their agenda in terms of overall flooding issues with something very specific. this is showing now, this is bringing in the pressure what we ve already seen with pressure being applied by law, from david samson s law firm. pressure is being applied to the mayor s administration in hoboken to get this project moving. now we see the attempt by that law firm to get the administration involved, to get chris christie s department of environmental protection, to get trenton involved in a way that raises both seams to
zimmer says there was no response to that letter, but note the date. may 8th of last year. that was the same day the hoboken planning board did not adopt the redevelopment recommendation for the rockefeller property. and then, two days later, mayor zimmer got a call. the lieutenant governor, kim guadagno, wanted to come to town to do an event at a shop rite, to talk about businesses that had recovered from the storm. so they set that out. and on may 15th, there they were, kim guadagno and dawn zimmer at the hoboken shoprite. you can see them in the picture. zimmer has told us that guadagno pulled her aside during that visit and delivered a message to her. if you want that sandy money, you need to get that rockefeller project moving, because it s very important to the governor. that s what dawn zimmer, the mayor of hoboken, told us that kim guadagno told her that day. and she s not just saying it to us now, because she says when it happened, she was so shocked, that she wrote it down in
hoboken fairly in the past. zimmer says there was no response to that letter, but note the date. may 8th of last year. that was the same day the hoboken planning board did not adopt the redevelopment recommendation for the rockefeller property. and then, two days later, mayor zimmer got a call. the lieutenant governor, kim guadagno, wanted to come to town to do an event at a shop rite, to talk about businesses that had recovered from the storm. so they set that up. and on may 15th, there they were, kim guadagno and dawn zimmer at the hoboken shoprite. you can see them in the picture. zimmer has told us that guadagno pulled her aside during that visit and delivered a message to her. if you want that sandy money, you need to get that rockefeller project moving, because it s very important to the governor. that s what dawn zimmer, the mayor of hoboken, told us that kim guadagno told her that day. and she s not just saying it to us now, because she says when it happened, she was so shocked
christie s top port authority appointee and adviser and whose name pops up many times in the ft. lee traffic scandal e-mails. in less than one week after zimmer wrote asking for money and the city voted against the rockefeller development deal, zimmer met with lieutenant governor kim gaundano at an event. zimmer has told us that gaundano pulled her aside during that visit and delivered a message to her. if you want that sandy money, you need to get that rockefeller project moving, because it s very important to the governor zimmer says she documented the incident in her journal, writing that gaundano said to her, i don t know all the details, but i was with the governor friday night and all i know is that the impression is that you are against this project and you have to move it forward. the fact is that the lieutenant governor came to