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Re: JCPD BLACK & BLUE

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No suit, no tie, a tacky T-shirt and a badge on a neck chain. Looks like a clear case of guilt by accessorization.

Posted on: 2008/8/3 4:21

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Re: Is being ignorant a requirement to work for the JC Parking Authority?

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Posted on: 2008/7/29 16:37

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Re: new knitting cafe

#123

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And I'm sure they'll have wifi.

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Posted on: 2008/7/28 13:07

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Re: Jersey City considers land swap with the Port Authority to redevelop the downtown Powerhouse

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The city wants to move the PATH power station to 350 Warren Street, site of the 1905 Butler Brothers warehouse. But property owner and developer Bob Lehrer has so far rejected the city's offers for part of the warehouse space.

An alternative site -- a triangle of land just across the Bergen-Hudson Light Rail tracks from the Powerhouse -- has drawn criticism from neighbors, including ones in a luxury high-rise called Marbella.

Most of the triangular plot on Washington directly north of the Powerhouse has been levelled. This past week small concrete piers have been buried in the ground in an 11 x 6 grid. Looks like possible preparation for the PATH substation, though I haven't seen any announcement.

Posted on: 2008/7/27 15:08

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Re: Where are all the BJ shopping carts coming from?

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There's a BJ's cart in front of a checkout aisle in the ShopRite next door. It's loaded with books with an SR sign on it advertising their bargain book sale. It never made it out of the parking lot, but BJ's just gets no respect.

Posted on: 2008/7/24 16:41

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Re: Police pose as pedestrians to nab errant drivers

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goofy-jc wrote:
I have a lot of respect for cops so please don't get me wrong here.

What I meant to say was that cops and local groups should start a similar drive to raise awareness and improve safety of pedestrians

I was just joshing with you, goofy-jc. Hence the

smiley. I think your idea is a good one.

Posted on: 2008/7/18 16:25

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Re: From Politicker.com: Fulop, still undeclared, begins putting together a ticket

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super_furry wrote:
There is no "Ward H" in JC, just wards A to F.

He'll be running unopposed then.

Posted on: 2008/7/18 15:59

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Re: LIberal Churches in Jersey City

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UrbanRenewal wrote:
I got a free pack of chewing gum and a postcard from them a few weeks ago when I was walking past Bryant Park.

I'm all for free snacks and gum, but it's strange getting a surprise treat on the street from a stranger who is promoting a church.

Maybe this is available in a chewing gum now. Was it pepper-minty?

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Posted on: 2008/7/18 11:32

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Re: Police pose as pedestrians to nab errant drivers

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goofy-jc wrote:
I think JC police should do something similar.

These officers do a job that places them in physical danger daily. Now you want them to step into a JC crosswalk out of uniform? That's just wanton disregard for their personal safety.

Posted on: 2008/7/17 22:05

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Re: What's Happening at the Newport Tower Building on Washington Blvd.?

#130

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Frank_M wrote:
Another image, for what it's worth. (Taken March 2008)

I was indifferent until I saw this photo. Now I think I'm going to miss it.

Posted on: 2008/7/17 16:42

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Re: Where are all the BJ shopping carts coming from?

#131

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leigh13 wrote:
The JCIA officers should be able to fine the store for not having prevention procedures such as locked wheels, barriers, deposit carts, or trucks to pick up their abandoned carts. This approach can be more realistic. We are currently researching this with Councilman Fulop's office.

To those who will be involved in these discussions: "trucks to pick up their abandoned carts" is not a prevention procedure. Neither is "deposit carts". Anyone who needs a cart to get things home will be willing to abandon a quarter for the convenience. The deposit cart was devised to encourage customers to return the cart to a central staging point after they've loaded their car. It reduces parking lot clutter; it does not prevent cart theft. Wheel locks are being used successfully by other big stores in the area and barriers by at least one.

Posted on: 2008/7/16 18:08

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Re: Photogaphy illegal in public places? PA didn't get the memo

#132

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Frank_M wrote:
My advice? Don't argue with police. Be as pleasant and cooperative as possible. Make eye contact and tell them what you're up to and why.

You know, just be yourself.

Posted on: 2008/7/9 18:54

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Re: Morton Williams Grocery

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mendezia wrote:
The charged me for apple juice by the pound!!! We only realized when we got home that we had been charged $8 for apple juice.

I guess apple juice isn't in season yet.

Posted on: 2008/6/29 15:25

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Re: I Saw Someone Riding A Bicycle On the Pulaski Skyway This Morning

#134

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alb wrote:
Example: if a giant hurricane were coming, I'm sure I'm healthy enough to walk to Newark, if that would help, but I don't know how to get over the river.

Not to worry. Nowadays the weatherman can see a hurricane coming from miiiles away. Plenty of time to take the PATH.

Posted on: 2008/6/27 15:45

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Re: Another man charged with trying to bribe Jersey City fire inspector

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Attempting to bribe a public official is a crime carrying a possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison when the bribe is over $200

When the bribe is over $2000, it comes under the definition of extenuating circumstances and no crime is deemed to have been committed.

Posted on: 2008/6/26 16:13

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Re: Where are all the BJ shopping carts coming from?

#136

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Spotted in Newport: Two clean and shiny Morton Williams carts congregating behind the buildings with a grizzled veteran from BJ's. Brand new to the neighborhood and already hanging out with the wrong crowd.

Posted on: 2008/6/21 14:34

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Re: Jersey City and Hiroshima (after the atomic bomb)

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Posted on: 2008/6/9 15:56

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Re: Horn Honking at the Bergen Avenue and Harrison Avenue Post Office

#138

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Some thoughts for what they're worth:

It can't be good for your stress level that you find yourself jumping whenever you hear the horns. Accustom yourself to wearing earplugs.

After six years you know that a system requiring drivers to get out of the truck to ring a bell won't work. Even if Arnold Diaz were to shame them on TV, it would be temporarily enforced, and then everything would revert to horn honking again. Management changes, priorities change and Arnold moves on. The only lasting solution is an automated one, like that gas station pressure sensor that was just suggested.

You should find out if other branches operate differently than your own. You could call or visit some others, or search the internet. I doubt you'd have to wait long at a site to find out. Maybe you would discover one that has already solved the problem after facing community pressure. Even if the solution is only used in Arizona, it establishes a precedent you can refer to. No matter what avenue you take to pressure the USPS for a solution, you want to propose an automated solution, preferably one they already use elsewhere. If the old solution that requires individual compliance and management enforcement is offered, you should insist that this has failed repeatedly and is no solution at all.

If you can make a video demonstrating frequency and volume, you may be able to use that to make your case to the Post Office or the media. If you get no interest from that approach, you can at least post it on YouTube. If it's good enough, maybe it'll go viral and embarrass the USPS. Although I'm not sure that anything embarrasses the USPS.

Posted on: 2008/6/8 3:05

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Re: Education activist says she'll run for Fulop's seat

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For her part, Skinner, 36, said she couldn't sit around and wait while Fulop dawdled.
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She's spent two years working as a personal secretary for Donald Trump and was a producer for the popular children television series "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends."

Posted on: 2008/5/30 19:01

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Re: Where are all the BJ shopping carts coming from?

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radryan03 wrote:
Blame your neighbors for the problem - people should know better than to take private property - the fact that BJs even has to do something about this is ridiculous!

Way to stay classy Jersey City.

Oh, poooor BJ's.

Because they are not protecting the carts with a wheel-lock system, BJ's is complicit in this problem. It's probably part of the their sales strategy to leave their carts unprotected. In an urban location many of their customers will come without cars. Unlike a supermarket most of BJ's sales are large bulk items. If they don't turn a blind eye to cart "theft", they'll lose a lot of customers and sales. Most of the carts are retrieved eventually and then liberated once again in a repeating cycle. If this system didn't work to BJ's economic advantage, they could have collaborated with Shoprite years ago when they installed a successful wheel-lock system.

BJ's is effectively using Jersey City as an extended parking lot for dumping its carts and the City is putting up with it. Individuals should be fined for taking the carts onto the city streets, but the City should find a way to fine BJ's (or any store without a theft-prevention system) for all their carts blighting the landscape. The way to stay classy, Jersey City, is to clean up your shit.

Posted on: 2008/5/30 0:25

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Re: Where are all the BJ shopping carts coming from?

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TheVillage wrote: They seem to pop up every few days on one corner, move to another street, after a few more days they move to yet another corner....I saw one again this morning on second street.

Posted on: 2008/5/29 0:35

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Re: Under-fire ASPCA shelter prez shoots big toe accidentally; said he was afraid of animal activist

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As he pulled back the hammer, he dropped the handgun, causing it to fire a bullet into his right big toe, reports said. Carbajales was treated at the Jersey City Medical Center and released.

Posted on: 2008/5/20 17:41

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Re: Bergen Lafayette: Beaten, strangled in home, hallway cops seize suspect

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Beaten, strangled in home, hallway cops seize suspect

Who are these hallway cops, and how come I don't have them in my building?

Posted on: 2008/5/16 12:18

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Re: Stop Signs on Erie Street - Steven FUlop

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Blatant traffic violations notwithstanding, the blinking red vehicle signal is poorly conceived. It's counterintuitive, because you rarely come across it and meanwhile you're conditioned daily by every pedestrian signal to hurry up when it's blinking red. When many drivers, who comply with stop signs, don't even slow at a blinking red, you have a flaw in the design of the signaling system.

Posted on: 2008/5/16 6:09

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Re: Death bed theft was final indignity for man's downtown Jersey City family

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In situations like this you're lucky if they don't steal your identity.

Posted on: 2008/5/14 19:10

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Re: Proposed Increase in Beverage Container Deposit - Assembly Bill A121

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We need more of this "closing the disposal loop" legislation. I'd like to see a deposit on chewing gum to pay for the many thousands of man/hrs spend scraping it off sidewalks and from under furniture.

If you can't redeem the money, its not a deposit, but a fee. Charging a built in fee to cover the cost of removing gum will simply incentivize the act of leaving gum on sidewalks and under furniture.

A deposit is not precluded here. You could always return it after the flavor is used up.

Posted on: 2008/5/12 16:21

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Re: Greenville: Loaded gun in School 41

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Canonguy20d wrote:
Send the Kid to Jail, PEROID!

PEROID, question mark.

Posted on: 2008/5/8 2:06

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Re: Abatement revise to be approved for two downtown towers (Washington Boulevard and Sixth Street)

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City Council President Mariano Vega said he was persuaded to support the new deal since "it gets my head out of the sand because I'm not an ostrich."

Right you are, Mariano.

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Posted on: 2008/4/23 12:08

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Re: Who here really, really hates Comcast?

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NNJR wrote:
Don't get your hopes up with Comcast HDTV. AVSFORUM has a comparison between FIOS and Comcast quality. You can see that Comcast highly compresses their HD feed. Its kinda pointless to invest in higher quality equipment and then degrade the signal so badly.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1008271

Wow! Without all the other problems with Comcast that have been presented on this thread, that demonstration of picture quality degradation is enough to make me ready to switch to FIOS. Can't come soon enough.

Posted on: 2008/4/3 18:14

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Re: Former Assemblyman Lou Manzo ripped Jersey City yesterday about abatements

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alb wrote:
My understanding (which could be wrong; I've been trying to piece this together and haven't found a great description that incorporates numbers) is that maybe we have about a $2 billion in tax-abated property on the waterfront. If that's a correct figure, and the owners would normally be paying about 2 percent of that value in property taxes, then the abatements might be costing us about $40 million in tax revenue.

If that estimate is correct (again: I welcome corrections), it might be that eliminating the abatements would be the right thing to do, and it might help us cope with cuts in state support, but it might not flood our schools with extra cash.

Whatever the numbers are, this is not the point. There will be no windfall. You can't eliminate the existing abatements. You can only stop granting new ones. Stopping future tax abatements will not restore lost funds to the education budget. It will stop the process from getting worse. The best reason to stop abatements is that they are pure giveaways in an area undergoing enormous organic growth due to its ideal location vis a vis NYC. Abatements could make sense in areas of the city that are not benefitting from new development, but in downtown they are an abuse of the program.

Posted on: 2008/3/28 1:48

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