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TOLLROADSnews has come into possession of a recording of a recent telephone conversation between New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (CC) and Frank McCartney (FMcC), executive director of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission on the matter of a public private partnership (P3) to revamp the Scudder Falls Bridge on I-95 near Trenton. A guy with a Cockney accent called: "just hunred poonds, mighty cheap it is."

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie answering a question at a large public meeting last Thursday (2/24) in West Deptford said of the job of toll collector: "It’s just going to be one of those jobs that’s just not going to be there anymore."

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wouldn't like the term - it's too fancy - but he's fast becoming a national phenom.

Determined to get his way.

Devastating in debate.

Hilariously funny... unless you happen to be on the receiving end.

Look at this clip of him handling a lefty reporter who accuses him of being "confrontational."

To the great relief of major toll agencies who were potentially on the hook for billions of $s of unproductive debt, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today reaffirmed his cancellation of the $11b to $14b project.

Escalating his campaign against staff perks, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (Republican) has called on four more toll agencies to end free rides for employees. This is in addition to his tussle with the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA). Three of the five are bistate or border agencies jointly operated with New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware, and some of the free rides are written into labor contracts, or go back decades.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (Repub) today racheted up pressure on the Delaware River Port Authority - a bistate toll bridge operator in Philadelphia with no port but a hemorrhaging suburban rail line PATCO and a variety of 'economic development' rackets - holding a press conference outside its head offices to announce more vetoes of its 'minutes' and to denounce its board of commissioners for fake reforms.

New Jersey's dynamic Republican governor Chris Christie is threatening to deploy a rarely used lever of power - the veto of public authority board minutes. He is quoted as saying in an interview at the state house in Trenton today that if opposition Democrats in the state legislature keep blocking his appointments he is going to "start vetoing."

The dispute focuses on state and bistate toll authorities, initially PANYNJ, SJTA and NJTA.

One follower of the toll biz and politics in New Jersey says Jim Crawford is under consideration by Governor-elect Christie for a senior transportation post in New Jersey. We know no more. Time will tell.