Among the communications made public Wednesday was an e-mail to Wildstein from Bridget Anne Kelly, a deputy chief of staff in the governor’s office: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”
Wildstein, a close friend of Christie’s from high school, responded: “Got it.”
Kelly and Wildstein communicated mostly through personal e-mail accounts rather than their official government accounts.
The communications reveal that Christie’s staff and appointees took a gleeful approach to the access lane closures of the George Washington Bridge, the world’s most heavily trafficked span, which began Sept. 9 and continued for four days, including the first day of school.
The morning of Sept. 10, Sokolich texted Baroni to express concern about children getting to classes on time. “Help please,” Sokolich wrote. “It’s maddening.”
Then an unidentified person referenced that text message and wrote, “Is it wrong that I am smiling?”
“No,” another unidentified person replied.
“I feel badly about the kids . . . I guess,” the first person wrote.
“They are the children of Buono voters,” responded the second person, referring to state Sen. Barbara Buono, Christie’s Democratic opponent in the 2013 governor’s race.