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“The lobbying to me on this one was from [the first lady]. She’s, like, ‘So this thing’s going 10 stories under Macy’s, [and] then I gotta go back up and I gotta walk over to Penn Station. I get on a subway…’ She said, ‘This is crazy. This doesn’t make any sense.’”
—CHRIS CHRISTIE, New Jersey Governor, saying his controversial decision to cancel the $8.7 billion Hudson River rail tunnel was due in part to his wife’s desire to not walk an extra block, in addition to Christie’s already-stated fear of cost overruns. (from the New York Post via The Awl)