[shhrubbery!]

Whether they get off on appeal or not, the smirky staffers are guilty. And would-be elitist Christie is finished.

Federal crime? No. Corrupt? Absolutely. The whole thing smacks of contempt for "the little people."

[Alberta's Child]

There's more to that story than meets the eye. There has been a pitched battle between the municipal government of Fort Lee and the Bergen County government over the lane configuration at the eastbound bridge toll plazas for years.

The charges should have been dismissed once the star witness for the prosecution -- the mayor of Fort Lee who was allegedly the target of the retribution -- admitted under cross-examination that all of the stories he had been telling in the press (including a letter to the editor that was published in the Newark Star-Ledger) about the whole episode weren't true.