#BRIDGETKELLY
POLITICAL SCANDALS 101: HOW TO FIRE SOMEONE SWIFTLY
When faced with a POLITICAL SCANDAL it is imperative Elected & Appointed Officials Terminate someone.
Especially those Individuals Responsible.
It's a fact that Someone has to be FIRED Swiftly!
Someone has to be the "Fall Guy or Fall Fall Girl"!
If Not.........
Then Constituents will view the SCANDAL as an act of IMPROPRIETY........ CRONYISM........or WEAKNESS.
And if Voters don't TRUST their POLITICIANS all is lost!
Prior to speaking at his "BRIDGEGATE" Press Conference, Gov CHRISTIE Terminated one of his Top Aides BRIDGET ANNE KELLY aka the "Fall Girl".
A "Fall Girl" who was deeply mired in this "BRIDGEGATE" Scandal of her own free will.
STUPID!
ARTICLE: "Gov. Christie apologizes For GWB Scandal/ Fires Bridget Anne Kelly"
Governor Christie has fired Bridget Anne Kelly, the deputy chief of staff who ordered the lane closure at the George Washington Bridge in September as political payback to the Fort Lee mayor who did not endorse the governor for re-election.
Christie also instructed his close advisor Bill Stepien to withdraw from pursuing state GOP chairmanship and his consultancy for the Republican Governor’s Association – the powerful group that Christie is leading in 2014.
At a packed news conference in Trenton where he announced the firing, Christie apologized “for my failure to understand the true nature of this problem sooner than I did.”
At a packed news conference in Trenton where he announced the firing, Christie apologized “for my failure to understand the true nature of this problem sooner than I did.”
He also said he had "no knowledge or involvement in this issue, in its planning or execution" and was stunned by the "abject stupidity that was shown." Nevertheless, he said, he was responsible for what happened.
He said it was “completely unacceptable and showed a lack of respect for the appropriate role of government and the people we're are trusted to serve.”
He also said he had "no knowledge or involvement in this issue, in its planning or execution" and was stunned by the "abject stupidity that was shown."
Nevertheless, he said, he was responsible for what happened.
He said it was “completely unacceptable and showed a lack of respect for the appropriate role of government and the people we're are trusted to serve.”
The governor said he has instructed his staff to cooperate with the General Assembly investigation, the Port Authority Inspector General Investigation and any law enforcement investigation.
“I have nothing to hide,” Christie said. “We have nothing to hide. My administration has nothing to hide.”
He said he plans to personally interview his staff to root out if others had knowledge of or were involved in the lane closures. He said that if anything else is discovered he will make it public.
Christie said he was "embarrassed and humiliated" by his staff, one day after emails and text messages revealed his administration may have closed highway lanes to exact political retribution.
He added he was firing Kelly, "because she lied to me."
Christie said he is going to Fort Lee later today to apologize to Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich and borough residents.
The mayor has said he does not want to meet with the governor, but Christie is traveling to Fort Lee anyway.
The Record and other media reported Wednesday that Kelly, one of Christie's deputy chiefs of staff, had sent an email to David Wildstein, a Christie appointee at the Port Authority, saying "It's time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."
While many believed the closures were retribution against Sokolich, a Democrat who did not join other members of his party in endorsing Christie, Christie said previously that his staff and campaign had no knowledge of what caused the days-long tragic jam in Fort Lee. He said he believed Bill Baroni, who he appointed as deputy executive director of the transportation agency, who said the traffic jams were caused by a traffic study.
Both Wildstein and Baroni have resigned.
Christie said he was “blindsided” by the news.
Christie said he first learned of the issue after he had finished his workout and was called by communications staff that the story had broken on The Record’s website: NorthJersey.com.
“This is not the tone I set over the last four years in this building,” Christie said.
After the documents revealed Christie's staff and campaign had knowledge of the lane closures and Kelly apparently ordered them, the governor cancelled a planned Superstorm Sandy recovery announcement Wednesday. Six hours later Christie released a statement saying he had been "misled" by a staff member and that "people will be held responsive for their actions."
Christie said he knew nothing about the lane closures until they were eventually reopened four days later.
“I first found out about it after it was over,” he said.
He said he isn’t a micro-manager and gives his subordinates — staff and cabinet — discretion to make decisions. Christie said he didn’t know his campaign was even trying to pursue Sokolich’s endorsement. “I didn’t see this as political retribution because I didn’t see him do anything to us,” Christie said of Sokolich.
Christie said has not spoken to Kelly since the e-mail came out and does not know why she ordered the lane closure. He said he spoke to Port Authority Chairman David Samson on Wednesday and was convinced he did not know about the lane closure scheme.
Christie also apologized for a flip remark he made at a previous news conference that he had arranged the traffic cones himself when asked about the closures.
“I would never have made that joke if I knew the facts that came out yesterday,” Christie.
Christie said Stepien, his campaign manager on his last year’s reelection, was asked to leave his organization at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Kelly was fired at 9 a.m. today, Christie said.
He said Stepien had told him earlier that he had no involvement in the lane closures.
“I lost confidence in his judgment,” Christie said.
Sources: AP, NorthJersey.com
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