Those of us who care about public education and who respect teachers have known for a long time that New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie was a bully. We have seen him bullying teachers since he took office. Now he has this mess on his hands because his closest staff–with or without his knowledge–bullied a Democratic mayor who failed to endorse Christie in his re-election campaign. So the governor’s aides closed off all but one lane leading to the nation’s busiest toll bridge, causing a massive disruption of Fort Le.

Here is the fascinating story, as reported in the New York Times. The story contains the string of emails that show this was political bullying.

I wonder whose name was redacted from the emails. Surely the NSA knows.

But what does this have to do with education?

Jersey Jazzman tells us. In his State of the State address, Christie tries to change the subject by attacking schools and teachers again, saying that what is needed (in one of the nation’s highest performing states) is longer school days.

JJ asks in another post whether politicians should be let off the hook if the foul deeds were committed by their closest aides but there is no proof that they did it under orders. If Christie didn’t know, what kind of people does he choose as his closest associates? What do their actions say about him? If he did know, he should be impeached.

In this post, JJ points out that Christie has committed far worse sins than Bridgegate because they cause even greater damage to the state.