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I disagree with your assessment that this was not well thought out. This ordinance has been worked on and well researched for 8 months now and is based on Boston's bedbug ordinance.
I don't have the final version of the ordinance as it was changed during the Council meeting last night, but what the JJ has left out is the strong shared responsibility of tenant and owner in this ordinance. The papers don't always tell the full story so it is really important to get the full story, come to meetings, call the Mayor's legal department or Mayor's action Bureau or your Council person. This is a very complex issue. The part the papers neglect to talk about is that the City's Health and Human services division will be setting policy on how to treat a bedbug infestation and they will be educating both tenants and landlords alike on how to handle infestations. I believe it is absolutely dead on to make sure that this is a collaborative effort to stop infestations as soon as possible so as not to spread causing further damage and misery. Ask the City Clerk's office for a copy of the actual ordinance and do a little research online and you will see it is consistent with every major City to protect both landlords and tenants. This ordinance is not intended to punish anyone, especially not good landlords. Althea Quote:
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Um, I think your math is off by a few zeros.
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All of the LHS supporters are kicking butt!! I predict that LHS will move into 8th place by tomorrow!!
Even without a camera, no referrals or the ability to upload video, users can accumulate 124 points a day. If a mere 50 people accumulate only 100 points a day, thats 5,000 points a day. Last check, there were 247 people affiliated with LHS. Please set aside ten to fifteen minutes a day for this cause.
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Re: An Open Letter to You, My PATH Nemesis
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Thank the insurance companies for the over stated liability that arises every time someone says boo.
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Re: No more passageway? Developer's protest may alter Newark Ave. redevelopment
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One challenge is that, except for the new tourist attraction explanation signs that are going up, Jersey City does absolutely nothing to indicate that it expects to get tourists. - The signs and traffic flow are confusing. - Many of the storefronts are completely empty. Personally, I find that a lot of out-of-town guests that I have love visiting dollar stores. Plenty like visiting Arab American shops, "Spanish" shops and other hole-in-the-wall shops that they don't have back home in suburbia. But none of them has any interest in visiting an empty storefront. The city should figure out some way to at least get temporary shops into the empty storefronts, even if all the shops sell is art produced by the city's public grade school pupils. - Places like Sweet Priscilla's get nice downtown guides aimed at residents, but, if you walk around downtown and are a tourist, it's very unlikely that you'll end up holding anything like a quickie guide to Jersey City. - To my knowledge, there isn't a tourist information office anywhere. I learned a few months ago that we have a county Chamber of Commerce, but the only evidence of its existence that I've seen is a couple of newspaper articles about some meeting it had somewhere else. - To the extent that the city has started putting signs up, the signs tend to be very downtown-centric. No one tells you, for example, if you're standing on the Newport light rail platform that there's a lot of good Caribbean food and soul a few blocks south of the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive light rail stop. - The city hasn't really done anything to explain and showcase its very historical historic sites in a tourist friendly way. Example: there's not even any kind of marker, as far as I can tell, at the site of the Feb. 25, 1643, Dutch massacre of 80 Lenape Native Americans. A lot of folks here think caring about that kind of thing is too politically correct, but maybe some Dutch people or people into Native Americans would come here to look at the memorial plaque on the site if we had one. - The city makes little effort to preserve and market the old industrial sites here, which are probably some of the most tourist-attractive sites we have. A lot of the old industrial stuff here -- example: the Morris Canal -- was actually paid for by European investors. But I don't think there are really many plaques or brochures that explain our economic history very well, or a tour that might, for example, tempt European bankers who are visiting Goldman Sachs to go look at monuments to 19th century European investments in Jersey City (and American industrialization in general). - No one has picked up on the fact that one of Barack Obama's first ancestors to live in the United States is buried in the Old Bergen Church graveyard. - The city doesn't seem to make a serious effort to promote itself as a daytrip destination on the Web. No city-paid sock puppets are going around posting messages about how great Jersey City is on sites such as TripAdvisor.com. - It's hard to find out about lodging away from the waterfront. Did you know, for example, that there's a moderately priced hotel right by the Journal Square PATH station? I didn't know that till a few weeks ago.
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I'm suspicious of that ABC poll thing. I only got 9 out of 12.
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Subject: The Birk Economic Recovery Plan
I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend. To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+. Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up.. So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00. My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend. Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let's assume a tax rate of 30%. Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam. But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife has $595,000.00. What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family? Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved. Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads Put away money for college - it'll be there Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs. Buy a new car - create jobs Invest in the market - capital drives growth Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces. If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( "vote buy" ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President. If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+! As for AIG - liquidate it. Sell off its parts. Let American General go back to being American General. Sell off the real estate. Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up. Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't. Sure it's a crazy idea that can "never work." But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party! How do you spell Economic Boom? I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC. And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam. Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest. Kindest personal regards,
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QUOTE: "I'm annoyed by men who don't think it's necessary to give up their seat for a pregnant woman, especially when one is standing right in front of them. It's so incredibly rude."
If I didn't knock her up, I'm not giving up my seat. There are too many people in this world. If there were less, there would be more seats available. All the prego is doing is contributing to the problem be producing more humans that we don't need. Before my lynching starts... I do, however, give up my seat for old & handicapped people. Being old or handicapped isn't someones choice. Getting pregnant is.
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I don't think that a parking lot needs to be ugly or space wasting. I have visions of downtown Jersey City looking a bit like Red Bank, NJ - it always had a very nice downtown shopping district but about 20 years ago it was not nearly as nice or condusive to pedestrian shopping as it is now. There is a municipal lot behind the store fronts and people can walk all down Broad and Front Streets. I think having parking on both sides of the street like Washington or any street in Hoboken for that matter would look crowded and then there is the issue of double parking and horn honking. The only difference with Red Bank, though, while it is urban in fee compared to the surrounding towns, it is not in a super-urban-close-to-nyc area. Also, for the record I do not have a car that I keep or use in Jersey City. I just think that making the area more condusive to both pedestrians and drivers should be a goal.
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yes, bedford, and since you mentioned it before smith st in bk are both very succesful one-way retail streets which proves that not having two ways of traffic wont suffocate the businesses. I think wider sidewalks and parking on both sides of the street (instead of an ugly space-wasting parking lot) will actually improve the look and effeciency of the street.
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Re: Urban Farming Isn't Just for Foodies - Jersey City woman grows lots of crops
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interest. we grow our own tomatoes, random spices/herbs, have a grape vine and fig tree. it's like a huge farm in my backyard.
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Art House Productions presents
THE ART HOUSE Poets * Musicians * Performance Artists Coming together in Jersey City THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, 8-10PM $5 admission, refreshments available **8TH SEASON KICKOFF EVENT!** COME CELEBRATE JERSEY CITY'S LONGEST RUNNING PERFORMANCE SERIES Featuring Spoken Word by JESSICA ELIZABETH NADLER  from LouderARTs' poetry collective, 'synonymUS' www.myspace.com/jessicaelizabethnadler *5 minute open mike for poets, actors, comics and musicians *Taped for television Art House Productions Hamilton Square 1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor Jersey City, NJ (SE Corner of Hamilton Park near Erie St./8th St.) THE ART HOUSE is held on the 1st Thursday of every month About Art House Productions: Based in Jersey City, NJ, Art House Productions has been creating innovative performance, broadcast, and publishing opportunities for artists since September 2001. More information can be found at our website www.arthouseproductions.org or by calling 201-915-9911. This event is made possible by Exeter Properties and Hamilton Square. For more information, please visit www.livingonthepark.com.
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Art House Productions presents
JERSEY EXPOSURE A Group Photography Exhibition Part of the 2008 Jersey City Artists Studio Tour SATURDAY, OCT 4, 12PM-6PM SUNDAY, OCT 5, 12PM-6PM Opening Reception: Saturday, Oct 4, 5pm-7pm  Featuring Photography by New Jersey Artists ELIZABETH SOLAKA MIKHAIL MAZEL STEVE GOLD LAURA DESANTIS-OLSSON Location: Art House Productions Hamilton Square, 1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor, Jersey City (SE Corner of Hamilton Park near Erie St./8th St.) Tel 201/915 9911 Email info@arthouseproductions.org This and all of Art House Productions? programs are made possible by the generous support of Exeter Properties and Hamilton Square. www.livingonthepark.com Sponsored by The City of Jersey City, Mayor Jerramiah Healy, The City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cultural Affairs, and Pro Arts, a non-profit artists organization www.arthouseproductions.org
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It's back to Nickie's point, which comes first the chicken or the egg. I was living off of Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn while it went from dump to destination - it was cool stores like Metropolis that started to turn the area around - and as Mark pointed out -- cheaper rents a few blocks further away from Grove & Jersey Avenue encourage more interesting and daring stores to open. BTW - Bedford is a one way street. What is needed for Newark is repaving and a little beautification all the way to at least Brunswick.
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From Politico.com - Link is HERE
History arrives in the gilded chamber A dispatch from the bailout front: The expectation is that a historic deal is being made right now, inside the gilded Foreign Relations hearing room below the Senate chamber. A larger than usual contingent of 75 reporters, eight TV cameras, a dozen print photographers are crammed into a stuffy hallway waiting for Chairmen Dodd and Frank to emerge, along with their Republican counterparts, to announce the framework of a deal. According to Hill aides, the language is all but written, with concessions being made on both sides. Democrats are likely to lose their push to include bankruptcy provisions, while Republicans have relented on CEO pay. The bill may also only allow the $700 billion to be spent in large chunks rather than all at once. The markets have already factored in a deal: the Dow is up 200. The top congressional principles have essentially done the heavy lifting this morning, and the White House meeting later today has already been downplayed by Chuck Schumer as "photo op." If things go according to plan, Bush will have this bill on his desk by Saturday night.
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In new york there isn't enough cops to be hired out. They use signage and direct people across the street or to another street. Caution tape , barriers, and signs are enough. You don't need a cop to let people know not to fall into a hole. Also the NY DOT sometimes require a flagman..I rather see a local JC resident make the 35 dollars an hour as a flagman! But that's not going to happen, unless there is enough noise about this.
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Isn't that true in all cities? Otherwise if someone falls into a hole on city property then the city gets sued.
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I am so glad that finally the newspaper publishes the ridiculous fact the police have to be paid to stand on a residential street everytime a contractor has to open up the street.
Any of you know that at times the owner or contractor is made ot pay 2 cops instead of one?? yes... Also they want CASH not check ..the cash goes straight into their uniform pocket. The JC administration has to put an end to this. The police should be doing their job and its shouldn't be harassing homeowners and contractors. They should be harassing the hoodlums roaming the streets at night.
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Yes, but in many areas United Water has a deal with a company which will let the home owner pay a small fee per month to insure either their sewer line and/or their water supply line by third company - perhaps there are no third party takers for our old systems - but the city should see if they can push United Water to make something like this available here. No harm in asking! 
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I agree with you this ordinance isn't thought out -- if the city wants to get it under control -- it needs those living with infestations to work towards that goal by getting rid of beds etc.
I doubt even a few treatments by landlords ($600 x 2 =$1200) will do anything without getting rid of infected mattresses and bedding too. Someone should have read up on bedbugs before drafting and/or voting for this ordinance. Don't get me wrong, I do think it should be at least half on the landlord, but you need to get the tenants to do their part to solve an issue like this or you just won't solve it! Quote:
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A natural predator of the bedbug is.......yes, the cockroach.
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The only part that surprises me is that she has to pay for the water meter. I thought the meters were the property of United Water. They came around 4 or 5 years ago and replaced mine free as part of a citywide upgrade.
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Hmm I'm on the same side as Flood and Richardson on this one (!). In larger buildings, it is a problem because they'll go from unit to unit given enough time. Smaller buildings, not so much- They can go from attached house to attached house, but they're not like roaches.
As sad as it is, anyone who goes to tag sales & buys neat old used furniture now a days is begging for a problem. Anyone who takes furniture off the street is utterly out of their mind. An FYI- if you order a new mattress, ask them if they use the same truck to take away the old mattresses that they use to deliver the new mattresses. The problems there should be evident. From what I understand, one treatment, if you have an actual infestation, is not enough, a followup WILL be needed, period, and maybe more than one. A bed bug extermination job also requires much, much more cooperation from the resident than a cockroach job. GWB
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I'm not sure what the fuss is here. Isn't it standard everywhere that the city is responsible for the mains and the homeowner is responsible for the service line from the main to the house? When I bought my house, one of the first things the inspector noted was that the lead service pipe would have to be replaced. It's finally going to be done this year (at a total cost above $5k, by the way) so will the Jersey Journal be interviewing me too?
About the only thing I think is stupid is the cop requirement. If it's a big job and/or they have to cut straight across the street, fine. But for a standard house job where the house is on the same side of the street as the water main, it seems unnecessary.
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Healy seeks state plan to help Lehman Bros. workers
by The Jersey Journal Wednesday September 24  Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy is asking the state to step in and save the jobs of Lehman Brothers employees who may become casualties of the firm's bankruptcy. Lehman employs 1,700 people at its offices on the Jersey City waterfront and, as with many other workers in the city's financial services industry, support other Downtown area businesses, the mayor told the City Council Monday night. It is unclear what, if anything, Gov. Jon Corzine will do to keep the firm's workers employed. ============== Healy: Help save waterfront jobs Wednesday, September 24, 2008 By KEN THORBOURNE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy is asking Gov. Jon Corzine to help save finance jobs on the waterfront in the wake of Lehman Bros., one of the city's big employers, going bust. In a rare and brief appearance at a council caucus Monday, Healy told council members he asked Corzine to speak to officials of Barclay's - the British bank that has purchased Lehman's U.S. division - to urge them to keep offices in Jersey City. Lehman, with offices at 70 and 101 Hudson St., has 1,700 jobs in the city, Healy said. The once mighty brokerage house is hardly the only financial giant teetering on the waterfront. Merrill Lynch, which is being bought by Bank of America, has 1,500 jobs in the city. And the insurance giant AIG - saved for now by a $85 billion government bailout - has about 200 jobs in the city, officials said. "The last 10 days have been traumatic," Healy said. "Even though everyone is concerned, and actually scared, we stand poised to keep these jobs and actually expand them." Corzine's office didn't comment yesterday on what the governor had actually done concerning Barclay's. Healy said the city has 24,000 to 25,000 finance jobs. The average employee in the industry earns $160,000 a year and the total annual wage in the city for this sector is just under $4 billion, he said. Only 15 percent of the workers live in Jersey City, but they support hundreds of "satellite businesses," including restaurants, hotels, diners, even cleaners, Healy said.
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Jersey City: Landlords must pay to kill bedbugs
by The Jersey Journal Thursday September 25, 2008, 9:46 AM The Jersey City City Council adopted an ordinance last night making landlords financially responsible for eradicating bedbugs. State law allow landlords to pass along the cost of exterminating bedbugs, which can run as high as $600 per apartment, to tenants. This ordinance, sponsored by Downtown Councilman Steven Fulop, puts the financial onus on landlords for an initial and follow-up treatment. But if the problem persists, the law allows landlords to charge a tenant. The law applies to buildings with two or more units. Just one landlord spoke out against the ordinance last night, Angelo Stracquatanio, owner of 4-unit property in the Heights. "Sometimes the only way to get rid of bedbugs is to throw out the furniture," said Stracquatanio, pointing out that tenants often bear responsibility for bringing in the creepy crawlers. "You think it's an antique, they think it's gold." Two council members voted against the ordinance. Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson said she gave the ordinance a thumbs down because she felt it should apply only to buildings with four or more units. At-large Councilwoman Willie Flood also objected to the ordinance. I disagree with this "unless it is scientific," she said. "None of us should be voting on this."
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