Is this the shortest post in the history of the blog? (The blog’s been around for a while, so my gut says “no,” but in the couple of years I’ve followed it I don’t think I’ve ever seen shorter.)
After a seven-week trial that exposed the underbelly of political operations by allies attached to the governor’s office, Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni — two former aides to Gov. Chris Christie — were convicted on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, of engineering a lane-closing scheme.
The scheme, at the George Washington Bridge, called Bridgegate, created massive, hours-long traffic jams in Fort Lee for five mornings in September 2013 to punish the town’s Democratic mayor, Mark Sokolich, for not endorsing Christie’s re-election.
Bridget Kelly is running for county clerk, and if she’s elected, Fort Lee mayor Mark Sokolich may not want to work with her and resign instead?
the enterprising reporters at New York magazine staked out Adam’s putative Brooklyn apartment, and he make an appearance, created a Fort Lee-worthy micro traffic jam, and leave: https://www.curbed.com/2021/11/eric-adams-brooklyn-stakeout.html?: (spoiler alert)
the reporter: “arrived just in time to see Adams — definitively Adams — leave his apartment, climb into the car from the passenger side, shimmy into the driver’s seat, then drive the car up onto the sidewalk. He drove blithely on the sidewalk until he was past the jam, then turned right on Stuyvesant Avenue.”
While some contributors to this blog myopically focus on Fort Lee, NJ, it should be pointed out that my daughter was elected to the Minneapolis Park Board, receiving over 60% of the vote and thus avoiding the complications of the newly-installed rank choice voting. Like all successful politicians, she is out canvassing today in preparation for the next election.
Instead of canvassing she should be having a celebratory brunch with supporters who contribute $1000 per plate. Well, OK, for the Minneapolis Park Board maybe more like $10. The point is to establish well-heeled connections and squeeze them for money. Jeez, do I have to tell you people everything?
You may have to explain what you are talking about to some of us.
Is this the shortest post in the history of the blog? (The blog’s been around for a while, so my gut says “no,” but in the couple of years I’ve followed it I don’t think I’ve ever seen shorter.)
Long post used to get shortened for the front page with a “read more” link. I miss that.
Ok, turns out this is not even close to true. There are six posts with *no* text (e.g, https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2008/11/05/voter-turnout-in-presidential-elections-1948-2008/), 25 posts with one word (e.g., https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2021/01/05/typo-of-the-day/), etc. In fact, fully 4.4% of posts are as short or shorter than this one. I must not have been paying very close attention.
Bridget Kelly is running for county clerk, and if she’s elected, Fort Lee mayor Mark Sokolich may not want to work with her and resign instead?
Mendel:
Interesting! Actually I was referring to this story.
the enterprising reporters at New York magazine staked out Adam’s putative Brooklyn apartment, and he make an appearance, created a Fort Lee-worthy micro traffic jam, and leave: https://www.curbed.com/2021/11/eric-adams-brooklyn-stakeout.html?: (spoiler alert)
the reporter: “arrived just in time to see Adams — definitively Adams — leave his apartment, climb into the car from the passenger side, shimmy into the driver’s seat, then drive the car up onto the sidewalk. He drove blithely on the sidewalk until he was past the jam, then turned right on Stuyvesant Avenue.”
So I guess that proves it. Only New Yorkers drive like that.
Wins thread.
Bridget Kelly lost 46-54% to John Hogan, so the mayor seems safe.
While some contributors to this blog myopically focus on Fort Lee, NJ, it should be pointed out that my daughter was elected to the Minneapolis Park Board, receiving over 60% of the vote and thus avoiding the complications of the newly-installed rank choice voting. Like all successful politicians, she is out canvassing today in preparation for the next election.
Instead of canvassing she should be having a celebratory brunch with supporters who contribute $1000 per plate. Well, OK, for the Minneapolis Park Board maybe more like $10. The point is to establish well-heeled connections and squeeze them for money. Jeez, do I have to tell you people everything?