There seems to be another angle reporters are hinting at in news coverage of Gov. Chris Christie's Bridgegate scandal. It's not as serious as abuse of power and holding up of ambulances, school buses, and commuters. Read the following quotes and see if you're thinking what I'm thinking.
In 2 Paths to New Jersey Governor’s Office Differed, but Fate Is the Same, New York Times, Jan. 10, David W. Chen outlines the career paths of disgraced Christie aides Bill Stepien and Bridget Anne Kelly.
Their worlds aligned in the 2009 governor’s race, when Mr. Stepien served as Mr. Christie’s campaign manager, and Ms. Kelly helped to run a phone bank in voter-rich Bergen County that Mr. Stepien visited almost every day.
[Stepien] later married an aide to Mr. Baroni; the two divorced a year ago.
Ms. Kelly, who lives in Ramsey, and her former husband, Joseph Kelly, split up within the last year or two, according to a former co-worker.
Still, many political operatives voiced surprise when Mr. Christie promoted Ms. Kelly; upon Mr. Stepien’s departure from the governor’s office to lead his re-election effort last year, she became deputy chief of staff.
By many accounts, it was Mr. Stepien who had vouched for her.
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Ex-Ramsey GOP chief Bridget Kelly tangled in furor over GWB lane closures, Bergen Record, Jan. 9, John Reitmeyer writes:
Stepien and Kelly have been described as being very close ...
OK, even if they're implying what I think they're implying, so what? Read the rest of the Reitmeyer article. Amid the sexist comments from various Jersey pols about her being a "young lady" who "is known for often wearing a string of pearls," it says that this kind of thing is not her M.O., and people suspect someone else gave the order. Now it all becomes that much more interesting.