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Re: MANZO: SEND IN GUARD -- Not solution to gangs, Healy says

#121

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hero69 wrote:
The jusges should start sending these gang members away for 10-15 years. BUILD MORE PRISONS.

All we've been doing since Nixon is increasing sentences and building more prisons. It does jack. The bigger players can continue to run things from the prisons and there will always be more street soldiers, plus all the people who wind up going to prison for more minor offenses just come out worse (fewer legit prospects, hardened by doing time, etc.).

We already have far stricter sentencing than most first-world countries.

Posted on: 2007/8/28 14:36

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Re: MANZO: SEND IN GUARD -- Not solution to gangs, Healy says

#122

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What a buffoon. No way this guy gets my vote now.

Posted on: 2007/8/28 14:24

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Re: Three victims attacked by car anti-theft 'club' during a brawl at Jordan's Lounge

#123

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Ok, time for me to get nitpicky about headlines. Saying that the victim was attacked "by" an anti-theft club makes it sound like a group of anti-theft aficionados jumped the guy. A steering-wheel "Club" (capitalized because it's a brand-name) is an inanimate object, and hence cannot attack people.

Posted on: 2007/8/27 13:50

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Re: JC Crime up HUGELY: 46% since Q1 2007! AKA - Stop using stats to fool us during elections

#124

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Uh, crime spikes EVERY July.

Posted on: 2007/8/27 6:16

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Re: JCPD BLACK & BLUE

#125

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Of course the officers "dispute" the fact that they didn't show badges - they're covering their asses. Sure it's possible that they really did, but that seems a much less likely scenario - that the cops actually properly followed procedure and the guy just bugged out for some unknown reason.

As for the Sean Bell case I only meant that there seemed to be a similar confusion resulting from the officer's initial failure to adequately identify themselves, not a similarity in magnitude of what happened.

Posted on: 2007/8/25 0:22

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Re: JCPD BLACK & BLUE

#126

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Sorry, but if the police didn't identify themselves, that's the end of the story. It's their fault. It's not a citizen's job to *infer* who's a cop and who isn't when they think they might be under attack by robbers.

Posted on: 2007/8/24 16:35

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Re: JCPD BLACK & BLUEHe called cops - they beat, cuffed him

#127

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Yes, communication breakdown, but if these facts are true, that "breakdown" is entirely the fault of the police for not identifying themselves. Had they ID'd, none of the ensuing problems would have occurred. The guy behaved understandably, the cops did not.

Not entirely dissimilar from what happened in the Sean Bell case, no?

Posted on: 2007/8/24 14:46

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Re: So much for all of you folks who predicted a JC/NYC RE Crash

#128

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I wouldn't assume speculation isn't a factor in Manhattan, it's just that it's more likely being done by international investors and wall streeters, and they probably aren't taking out *exotic mortgages* and/or being forced into foreclosure at this point.

I'd say it's easy to assume that as long as Manhattan keeps rising, Jersey City will see some benefit, but I wouldn't assume the benefit will be proportional. Manhattan remains one of the most desirable places to live in the world. Parts of Brooklyn are starting to join it. Jersey City just isn't developing in the same way, and at this point I don't think it's going to - we're getting cheap-looking condos, ok overpriced restaurants, and our music and art scene leaves much to be desired. And we don't have a Brooklyn Museum or a PS1 level attraction to anchor the area.

Bargain hunters and people priced out of other boroughs will continue to seek refuge here, and that will keep the market afloat as long as Manhattan is strong.

Posted on: 2007/8/20 23:53

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Re: The Upcoming RE Market Plunge

#129

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Jim Cramer:

http://nymag.com/news/businessfinance/bottomline/35813/

The short version -- sub-prime meltdown -> credit meltdown -> wall street hurt -> wallstreeters lose jobs and/or income -> NYC RE market is not so immune to the crash after all

Posted on: 2007/8/15 2:28

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Re: The Upcoming RE Market Plunge

#130

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groovejet wrote:
Well, be sure to shoot yourself in the head first, you looser.

NY is projected to receive millions of people over the next 3 years and many hundreds of thousands will be settling in Jersey City.

Jersey City is the most cost effective place to live, directly adjacent to the big apple.

For all those procrastinators who shoulda, coulda, woulda bought an apartment....Get your checkbooks out and start writing those big rent checks, because current house prices are the new benchmark. Love it or leave it.

Uh, actually its projected to receive about a million people over the next 20 years. Millions in three years would be a bit unprecedented, dontcha think?

But hang onto that condo or real estate business or what ever it is you're so vigorously defending. I'm sure it'll be your golden ticket, just wait.

Posted on: 2007/8/9 4:05

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Re: Sawadee Thai Restaurant

#131

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Our last experience was not good either - I had some gross, overly fried chicken dish and in spite of my asking for "extra spicy" it was completely bland. Everything is overpriced too - these same dishes would be $3-$5 cheaper in most Brooklyn or Queens Thai places, and they'd also probably be better..

Posted on: 2007/7/24 15:50

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Re: Ward F: Richardson opposes low-income housing - No "more projects for poor people bunched togeth

#132

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hero69 wrote:
Perhaps the poor should get better educated so that they can get better jobs so that they can afford better housing.

By not buikding more projects/tenements, perhaps society is giving these people motivation to either find better paying jobs or move to more affordablle places.

It's an inherent part of capitalism that there will always be people on the bottom. If everyone went to college, for example, the value of a college education would simply be lower, and there would be more pressure for advanced degrees (as has already happened to some extent as more and more people go to college). The people who just had an associates degree or a bachelor's from a 4th tier college would be the poor. That doesn't mean we shouldn't strive to have everyone be better educated, but the fact is we will never eliminate poverty and we will always have to do something about it.

As far as moving to a more affordable area - the only affordable areas in this part of the country are usually places with no jobs.

Posted on: 2007/7/19 22:17

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Re: Ward F: Richardson opposes low-income housing - No "more projects for poor people bunched togeth

#133

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JPhurst wrote:
What confuses me is why Richardson is going after this particular development. 39 units is not a large concentration of housing. This is a small development which is being put together by some private developers. It's not one of the mega JCHA projects.

Jersey City has plenty of low income developments, both JCHA and other private (though subsidized) housing, scattered throughout the city. And while it's true that Ward F has a large concentration of poverty, it's not because all of the low income housing projects have been dumped there.

Sure, there have been affordable housing developments in Ward F, but there's also a lot of market rate housing going up in that area. The Morris Canal Redevelopment Plan will have some. The Beacon is perhaps the most prominent luxury project going up right now (although that's just on the Ward F border).

Something else has to be going on here.

That was my first thought too - sometimes "mixed income housing" is a way of disguising the fact that you're providing less low-income housing than you used to, e.g. when New Brunswick tore down the projects and build Hope VI housing, the aspect they played down was that the new units weren't even enough for half the project residents (many of whom wound up having to leave the city).

Even if you don't like projects or public housing, you have to accept the fact that these people have to live somewhere. Maybe you think you can just pass poor people off on some other town, but those towns are probably thinking the same thing about Jersey City. If no one addresses the situation, eventually you're going to wind up with shanty town slums like you see in other countries, and those are problems for everyone, not just the poor.

Posted on: 2007/7/19 21:49

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Re: Ward F: Richardson opposes low-income housing - No "more projects for poor people bunched togeth

#134

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EddieExcusePossum wrote:
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-- Financial crime? I'll tell you what's a financial crime - You not giving me your spare change - That's a financial crime.

I know you have it.

and I really need it.

I'm following you.

You must be quite a fearful person. I've never once in my life felt threatened by a person asking me for change, and I'm not a very big guy.

Posted on: 2007/7/19 21:22

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Re: Ward F: Richardson opposes low-income housing - No "more projects for poor people bunched togeth

#135

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The libertarian ideology is strange. The "free market" must dictate housing, which is why gentrification using developer incentives is the way forward. Individual responsibility is paramount, which is why the poor should be held collectively responsible and be collectively punished for crime.

Posted on: 2007/7/18 15:10

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Re: Ward F: Richardson opposes low-income housing - No "more projects for poor people bunched togeth

#136

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Trubrit wrote:

INCOMING!!!!

Don't hold your breath - your post was too boring and predictable to warrant much of a response.

Posted on: 2007/7/18 2:17

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Re: The "Crony Chronicles"

#137

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Do you have proof of those allegations? I don't know anything about those people, and you may very well be right, but you can get yourself into a lot of trouble naming names like that if you're wrong.

Posted on: 2007/7/14 13:47

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Re: NYC crackdown on noise -- Jersey City's new ordinance goes into effect July 17

#138

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If you could read, you would notice that that's a quote from someone else.

Posted on: 2007/7/12 22:59

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Re: Congestion pricing will add 15,000 riders to NYC-bound trains and buses

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fat-ass-bike wrote:

You can go either way with my post - it can be seen how many jobs there are in NY, but ALSO the lack of jobs in NJ.

Or do those that commute to NY, love the PATH, buses and traffic congestion and the loss of time and expense to travel to work?

1) Most NJ residents who work in NJ commute anyway - we have the most complicated commuting pattern of any state

2) People in this area who work white-collar jobs usually move for their jobs - they base their choices on career advancement and money to be made, not commuting distance.

3) NJ is actually pretty good at providing white collar jobs.

4) Certain industries are mostly NYC-based (finance, media), and that's not going to change no matter what NJ does to attract employers.

Posted on: 2007/6/28 11:56

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Re: Congestion pricing will add 15,000 riders to NYC-bound trains and buses

#140

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Bloomberg claims that the NJ estimate is only a few thousand additional riders, so not a huge impact if he's right. This is because NJ driving commuters would only face a defacto $2 increase in their daily tolls, and this is not enough to change most people's minds about driving.

Posted on: 2007/6/27 16:36

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Re: Congestion pricing will add 15,000 riders to NYC-bound trains and buses

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fat-ass-bike wrote:
I have no problem if NYC charged NJ commuters a fee to enter their state. It would be interesting to know how many Jersey City and beyond work in New York / Manhattan. It just highlights to me how useless NJ is in providing or attracting business and work for its tax paying residents especially in the white collar fields.

No it doesn't. It highlights how many jobs there are in New York. Your conclusion highlights how poor your logic is.

Posted on: 2007/6/27 13:13

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Re: NY Times - When Does a Housing Slump Become a Bust?

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TaZMaNiO wrote:

You go ahead and play the markets mate, I've got a real nice cash generating business to attend to and I'm really interested in sharing it with the boyz playing games on Wall St.

I'm sure you're very good at what you do, but it's hard for me to understand how you manage this much posting in between johns, unless you don't have that many clients.

Posted on: 2007/6/23 5:22

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Re: Baby Einstein Day Care in the Heights

#143

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I recommend the Baby Eisenstein Film School.

Posted on: 2007/6/20 4:44

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Re: Sawadee Thai Restaurant

#144

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I was also happy with my experience. The chicken/tomatoes curry and the yum noodles with chicken and shrimp were both very good. Papaya salad was good although it came on top of mixed greens which was sort of unnecessary.

While the atmosphere is not exactly my style, I do like the fact that they set the dining area back from the street somewhat and use shades and lighting to deemphasize the location - because let's face it, if you're spending more than $8 on dinner you don't want to be looking at Newark Avenue.

Posted on: 2007/6/18 21:38

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Re: So much for all of you folks who predicted a JC/NYC RE Crash

#145

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I'm not disputing your posts because I'm AGREEING WITH YOUR STUPID EFFING POST. BUT YOU'RE A COMPLETE JACKASS. GO AWAY!

Posted on: 2007/6/17 17:38

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Re: Sawadee Thai Restaurant

#146

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Is there a menu anywhere online? Does this place do anything unusual or just the standard fare? Either way I look forward to trying it.

Posted on: 2007/6/14 15:38

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Re: Sawadee Thai Restaurant

#147

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The "lighter flavor" green curry mentioned above is a good sign - the average mediocre thai place usually makes curries too heavy.

Posted on: 2007/6/14 15:37

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Re: Torico's Ice Cream

#148

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This place is fantastic, but I have just one complaint.

A pint runs over $6. Now that in itself is understandable since you're getting homemade ice cream from a parlor rather than ben & jerry's. And it's really good too. But they give it to you in the flimsiest containers and they always break or fall apart on me. I really wish they just had better containers.

Posted on: 2007/6/2 5:22

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Re: So much for all of you folks who predicted a JC/NYC RE Crash

#149

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Is our economy really booming though? Other than the stock market, I don't see much evidence that it is, but I defer to better informed people on this matter.

Posted on: 2007/6/1 4:05

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Re: Forget Whole Foods - what about a farmer's market?

#150

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Maybe you can talk them into it. I agree the bread lady is great.

Posted on: 2007/5/31 14:04

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