Christie has lost an OPRA ruling. That stands for Open Public Records Act, which deals with citizen and media requests for copies of government documents, including mail and email correspondence. It also mandates that all online state government business be conducted on state government e-mail servers -- using Yahoo and Gmail is illegal, which is what Kelley and Wildstein did.
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New Jersey Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson...who handles most OPRA cases involving the state government, ruled that the state violated the OPRA law by refusing to provide documents requested by The (Bergen) Record (newspaper) in its coverage of the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal. In addition, the judge granted an award of attorney fees to The Record...
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Well, we know how good Christie is at paying attorney fees, aren't we? He's made the firm of Gibson Dunn Crutcher seven million dollars richer -- less what they donated to Christie's Republican Governor's Association. Here's hoping that when
The Record's attorneys receive their fees from Christie, they'll remember to do the same!