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That's a very good point. The little leagues around here all play bascially the same season--April through June--so the fields are booked for most nights and weekends during that part of the year. Unfortunately, that means those fields basically sit unused the other nine months of the year. I'm not sure about Pershing, but the fields downtown are used solely by the Clemente little league. If the little leagues were really interested in getting more children playing, they would maximize use of the fields, perhaps having a July-September league, to double the use. I like baseball, and I like the Clemente league, but between baseball fields that are used by a narrow segment of the poulation for a portion of the year, and natural public park space, right now, the latter wins, in my mind.
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That's wonderful news. I'm actually stunned.
Great MPHG reference.
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Re: The City Hall Gang: Shouting, shoving, then they're all smiles
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Were any of these people there?
Posted on: 2007/1/29 19:37
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Wow, the boy died, that is so f$%^ing sad.
 Three times the legal limit for DUI, rear ending a car at 70-75 mph, while "home sick"--wow, what a loser.
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It's simple: when that foul smell showed up, NYC and NJ should have had a little pow-wow and . . . .
. . . . pointed their fingers at Staten Island! 
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Re: Jersey City Deputy Mayor & Former Director of Water Department Wanted Tip to Marry Couple.
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Hello, and welcome to Jersey City.
 Hey, he showed hustle, gumption, and moxy! Just the kind of self starter we need in city government!
Posted on: 2007/1/5 16:10
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In case anyone is in the dark, here is the JJ article:
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index ... 66425057228900.xml&coll=3
Posted on: 2006/12/19 14:50
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Well, since the author used two glitch-pop band members as his Virgil, I can only assume he wrote the article to give cover to those hipsters who have to move here because their trust funds aren't big enough to cover Manhattan rents. I know, I know, it's NY Mag, so what else should I expect?
It's the same old dialectic: (i) I'm cool (ii) but I live in JC (iii) JC is actually cool! Well, to that, I grab my crotch and loudly proclaim  "I got yer cool right here, pal! Welcome to Jersey!" To be fair, you can't distill the essence of any neighborhood in a single magazine article. There's an awful lot he missed. But, since his attempt was to make the point that JC has enough to argue that it's cool enough to live in if you can't do Manhattan, then he succeeded, and he did a much better job than most other articles on JC I've read (which in deed are blatant real estate puffery about all the great shopping).
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"Good evening, brothers and sisters . . . if you confess your sins with your mouth. . . . "
I have heard this sermon probably close to a hundred times during my homeward bound commutes, and I still am unconvinced about ending my sinning ways. Please, please stop. On the other hand, the Richie Havens lookalike playing Hendrix on his boombox on Friday morning, that I kinda dug. Too bad there were some who found it too loud. If it were something other than Jimi, I might have had a word with that guy, too, but as it was, it fit my mood.
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Re: Nothing is Sacred - Our Lady of Czestochowa Bingo Game Robbed at Gunpoint - Thugs didn't get Far!
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Gadzooks!!!!!
Good work by the cops--although, if you have a description and a license plate, and the thugs are stupid enough to park a few blocks away, I would expect they would be able to catch them. Booby, indeed.
Posted on: 2006/11/21 19:11
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You missed this one. WTF is wrong with people?
______________ Boys caught hitting woman with folding chair Cops arrested three boys -- two 13-year-olds and a 12-year-old -- after they began beating a 35-year-old woman with a metal folding chair, reports said. Plainclothes cops assigned to the area of Union Street and West Side Avenue in response to a recent spate of robberies in the area observed a group of four young men, one carrying a metal folding chair, at Kennedy Boulevard and Union Street last night around 10:30 p.m. The boys surrounded a woman, who said, "You don't know me, what are you doing this for?" At that point, one boy hit her with the metal chair, police said. The plainclothes cops immediately intervened and the boys ran. Three of the boys were caught and arrested, but the fourth got away, police said. The three boys were charged with robbery and aggravated assault, police said. Ali Winston
Posted on: 2006/11/16 16:50
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No, Heelys can't be sued--they've got a warning sticker! LOL.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/0 ... renting/main1365761.shtml
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Hmmm, I'm not going to start the blame game, since I wasn't there. Sure, they could have been jaywalking and doing heely tricks, or they could have been crossing at the light in front of someone wanting to make a right on red and simply fell down. Those shoes suck---I know quite a few kids who have taken spills, always falling backwards--I mean, WTF? I'm a parent, I'll let my kids skateboard, but those shoes? WTF?
I still find it kind of odd that the driver didn't realize there was a kid stuck under the car.
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Wow, that totally sucks, but it could have been much worse. How could the guy not know there was someone under his car?
Maybe this will help end the "Heelys" fad.
Posted on: 2006/11/15 15:04
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Hmmm, I don't know. Something tells me it probably was Brewster. . . . .
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Went to Amiya for the first time the other night. The food was good, but not as spicy as I would have liked. They also had a lot of paneer dishes.
And yes, it costs more than, say, Rasoi, but they're shooting for a different market, you need to judge the prices by what they deliver. We had no complaints--attentive waiter, great food, with nothing more than $13.95 per entree for what we ordered. Compare that to It's Greek to Me---Amiya wins, hands down. But I'll always long for the chili and onion dosa at Dosa House. . . . .
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Are you not reading?  If you were registered before Jan. 1 2003, or showed identification when you registered, you don't have to show ID. If you registered by mail after that date and never showed ID, then you will (read: may) be required to show ID at the polling place. Even if you don't show ID, you can still vote--you just have to vote on a "provisional ballot" instead of the anonymous machines and will have to show ID later.
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Damn, BM beat me to it. But here's the Web page.
http://www.state.nj.us/oag/elections/vote_id_req.html Basically, old farts that have lived here a long time don't have to do anything, they can just vote.
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Posted on: 2006/10/30 20:02
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LOL, having spent considerable time in both rural and urban NJ, I have to say the last two paragraphs of the article are dead on.
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Does anyone know if this was indeed the porn sting? I walked by this scene yesterday at about 5:00 and it looked like they had wrapped up some sort of raid, and you just KNOW it wasn't about undocumented workers. . . .
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And what about the companies that hire this labor? Are you going to dish out an equal helping of bile for them? "If you build it, they will come. . . ." Tell your namesake to get off his ass and do something.
Posted on: 2006/9/27 16:01
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A friend has a Dahon, other than having to tune the gears a bit, and one problem with the hub, he's super pleased with it.
Of course, you WILL look like a dork riding it. But I just saw one the other day that someone had spray painted camo, looked a bit better. . . . .
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Maybe someone needs to tell Healy that poor people don't own boats.
As usual, all this hustle and bustle is benefiting . . . whom? Oh, yeah, see my sig line. . . .
Posted on: 2006/9/26 14:05
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Are you kidding? I'm surprised they have computers at all! I bet they all use Tandy 1000s or something. . . . .
Posted on: 2006/9/26 2:25
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I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
Posted on: 2006/9/25 14:32
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Yes, I was comparing JC towers to the average Hokoken resident at large, not the average Hoboken tower resident. You're right, tower residents are the same demographic, but there's still a lot of old Hoboken living in Hoboken--look to the west. (Just like old JC residents will live to the west.) And yes, there will be MORE tower residents in JC, simply because there is more waterfront real estate for development here than in Hoboken. And don't kid yourself, the "Jersey is uncool" factor only concerns a small demographic. Hoboken is packed. JC will be packed. They might not move here from the UWS, but if they can buy new construction for less than in NYC or Hoboken, they'll move here from Indiana, Iowa, London, Jakarta, Lebanon, China, and they will be affluent, and they will pay for convenience. Not saying I like this future, but it's where I see JC headed.
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The towers will be more affluent than the average in Hoboken--they'll be crammed with Wall Street finance and technology people, lawyers, and other folks who, if they do ever eat dinner at home, want to pick up their Whole Foods precooked meals as they head upstairs, etc. I'm not sure if those supermarkets (A&P, Shop Rite) own their land. If they don't, and are just tennants, then the writing is on the wall--they either will have to jack up their prices sky high to pay for the next lease, or shoehorn into some other space. A&P look like they're already renovating to appeal to a more upscale clientele. The squeeze is on.
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Okay, to qualify my statement, there will be grocery stores integrated into the towers, just like Whole Foods has been able to penetrate new development in Manhattan. But the "drop a box on a parking lot" model will be priced out soon, because the space *above* the parking lot and store has too much value. Developers will team up with retailers, and each tower might have a large retail tennant on the first floor, as well as parking. A tower with a BJs at the bottom, a tower with a Target at the bottom, etc. Been to Columbus Circle recently? That's where we're heading.
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