the way we are here in ft. lee. he came. and we had a very sincere, candid and productive conversation. so we re glad he came. mayor sokolich, you were on record when the traffic gridlock started on september 9th. there s record from the disclosed documents yesterday and also the press at the time, letters we ve seen of you making an impassioned case through every means you could to the port authority, to other officials in new jersey trying to get to the bottom of what was going on and how it could be alleviated. you expressing the harm being done to your community especially on the first week of school and the skichoolkids. when it was happening, did you know or have any guess as to why it was being done? you know, first, we hit that monday, absolutely no notice. we re in the middle of what we re calling trafficgeddon up here. complete shutdown, complete
this is about you and it, you know, who d you get mad and what have you? i said, no, can t be, i m not that important. come tuesday, we wake up, same issue. no notice, complete traffic gridlock. while i still didn t believe it, the voice in the back of my head was a little louder. when we hit wednesday, wake up at 5:30, 6:00, confirm we got the same problem, no notice, no one s responding to any texts, cell phone calls, e-mails, phone calls to the port. now that voice in the back of my head is pretty loud. of course, we then find ourselves on thursday. so once i hit thursday, i m not so sure there aren t too many people in the entire world that would not have reached at least a suspicion that this wasn t about me. in terms of based on all the facts. in terms of why it might have been about you, this idea that you not endorsing governor christie when a lot of other democratic officials were
in gridlock. after inquiries, we re getting no responses. we re provided with absolutely no notice, completely not indicative of what transpires in the past. then, of course, the rumor mill started almost immediately said, mayor, you know, we re hearing this is about you and it, you know, who d you get mad and what have you? i said, no, can t be, i m not that important. come tuesday, we wake up, same issue. no notice, complete traffic gridlock. while i still didn t believe it, the voice in the back of my head was a little louder. when we hit wednesday, wake up at 5:30, 6:00, confirm we got the same problem, no notice, no one s responding to any texts, cell phone calls, e-mails, phone calls to the port. now that voice in the back of my head is pretty loud. of course, we then find ourselves on thursday. so once i hit thursday, i m not so sure there aren t too many
he came. and we had a very sincere, candid and productive conversation. so we re glad he came. mayor sokolich, you were on record when the traffic gridlock started on september 9th. there s record from the disclosed documents yesterday and also the press at the time, letters we ve seen of you making an impassioned case through every means you could to the port authority, to other officials in new jersey trying to get to the bottom of what was going on and how it could be alleviated. you expressing the harm being done to your community especially on the first week of school and the schoolkids. when it was happening, did you know or have any guess as to why it was being done? you know, first, we hit that monday, absolutely no notice. we re in the middle of what we re calling trafficgeddon up here. complete shutdown, complete gridlock. the southernmost end of town is
gridlock. the southernmost end of town is in gridlock. after inquiries, we re getting no responses. we re provided with absolutely no notice, completely not indicative of what transpires in the past. then, of course, the rumor mill started almost immediately said, mayor, you know, we re hearing this is about you and it, you know, who d you get mad and what have you? i said, no, can t be, i m not that important. come tuesday, we wake up, same issue. no notice, complete traffic gridlock. while i still didn t believe it, the voice in the back of my head was a little louder. when we hit wednesday, wake up at 5:30, 6:00, confirm we got the same problem, no notice, no one s responding to any texts, cell phone calls, e-mails, phone calls to the port. now that voice in the back of my head is pretty loud. of course, we then find ourselves on thursday. so once i hit thursday, i m not so sure there aren t too many people in the entire world that would not have reached at least a suspicion that th