A New Jersey woman who claims her doggie day care business in Fort Lee was killed by the “Bridgegate” scandal blasted Thursday’s ruling that threw out the convictions of two former allies of ex-Gov. Chris Christie.
“For me as a business owner, I just feel disgusted by the Supreme Court,” Bridgette Pursley told The Post.
“This did not happen by itself. It was designed to hurt the mayor, his administration, as well as hurt Fort Lee.”
Pursley said her “Dog On It Doggie Day Care” had been open for less than a year in a commercial building overlooking the George Washington Bridge when traffic was intentionally snarled there in 2013 as political payback against Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich.
“I am looking outside the windows, and I see the cars and trucks all lined up for miles,” Pursley said.
“Instead of my customers coming through the door, they were calling me and saying, ‘Bridgette, I’m not coming today. We don’t want to wait in those lines.’”
It was unclear when Dog On It closed.
Pursley, who now runs a similar, but smaller, business out of her Bergen County home, is among nearly two dozen plaintiffs in a pending class-action suit that seeks damages from Christie, former allies Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly and others.
Plaintiffs’ lawyer Rosemarie Arnold said Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of Baroni and Kelly “doesn’t really have any bearing on the civil case.”
Last month, the Port Authority — which owns the bridge and is also a defendant — sent a letter to the judge that said a status report due on April 17 would be submitted no later than June 1 under terms of a court order that delayed all filing deadlines because of the coronavirus pandemic.