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Re: Editorial: Building vote proves council is inept

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JRL wrote:
Since they cannot be trusted, perhaps a recall is in order. Some how, some way, we need to kick out these inept members.
Hopefully Christie will launch an investigation into Team Healy. We all need to write letters, makes calls, whatever it might take for Christie's involvement towards steps to help clean up the mess we have in City Hall.

Let's remember they were voted in, so I hope those that voted for Team Healy are all very proud of yourselves.

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super_furry wrote:
Editorial: Building vote proves council is inept
By The Jersey Journal
November 30, 2009, 12:01AM

This city government cannot be trusted.

All of those who did not vote are equally to blame. A very, very small minority of people actually voted at all. That's why he got in again.

Posted on: 2009/12/1 0:36

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Re: Hamilton Park Ale House jersey Ave.

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Sounds great. I don't care what they do with the floors, but I'm really glad to hear that they ditched most of the tvs. It was like trying to have a quiet beer with a few friends in the middle of Times Square. Can't wait for it to open under the new owners.

Posted on: 2009/11/25 1:17

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Re: JC Post Office - Be Very Afraid

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I'm assuming everyone is talking about the main post office on Washington Blvd. It is the worst post office in the city, and a lot of the people who work there are nasty. I ussed to drive over to the Lafayette PO because the people who worked there were very nice and helpful. Unfortunately they closed that office. I still drive to the other smaller offices which I've had better luck with. what is it with that place on Washington Blvd?

Posted on: 2009/11/22 3:11

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Re: Hamilton Park Renovation - Update

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brewster wrote:
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linky wrote:
I think the only option is to have private citizens volunteer to plant some extra stuff to help spruce up the obligatory plants that the city puts in there.

There is another option we've discussed for years, a Park Conservancy Fund to hire maintenance for the park with money raised from residents, condo assn's, corporations and developers. I've said for years I would donate $100 per year to the park. think how easily we could raise the money for a 1/2 time groundskeeper. Call it a generous $30K, that would only be 300 $100 donations, but I'll bet the Silvermans alone would be good for several thousand.

Maybe now's the time. We don't want our park crapped up again but we can't depend on a volunteer emerging as dedicated as Parkman. Let's put our money where our mouths are.

That is a fantastic idea.

Posted on: 2009/11/19 19:44

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Re: Hamilton Park Renovation - Update

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I'm talking about the healthy rosebushes, and other healthy flowering bushes which surrounded the gazebo. I agree that the area was filthy, and the plants needed a good pruning, and some needed to be ripped out. However, there was an array of healthy, mature stuff there that should not have been pulled. Mark my words, they will be replaced by a bunch of run-of-the-mill bushes that can be seen around every other gazebo in this city. Any garden that the JC Parks Dept plants there will look as if someone with absolutely no aesthetic sense planted, because that's who planted them.

I think the only option is to have private citizens volunteer to plant some extra stuff to help spruce up the obligatory plants that the city puts in there. And although I am angry about how the city is handling this, I am not just venting. I will personally volunteer to go out there and plant and maintain.

And why does anyone think that the city will maintain what they plant this time if the old gardent was not maintained? If anyone is interested in starting a group to volunteer to help spruce up and maintain what the city plants, please pm me.

Posted on: 2009/11/19 15:27

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Re: Hamilton Park Renovation - Update

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The other obvious solution would be to train individuals within the Parks Department to deal with our growing desire for planted areas within the city.[/quote]\\

lol...............lol. I'm not poking fun at your or your suggestion. I know you have experience with this, and that you are right about what you say. But the idea of JC training people to properly care for the plants and shrubs in parks is side-splitting funny.

Posted on: 2009/11/19 12:59

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Re: Hamilton Park Renovation - Update

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2DogDoll wrote:
The City is sooooo full of s*it and I have the pictures to prove it. Since it was impossible to maintain the garden due to the renovation, there was an overgrowth. Said overgrowth could have easily been cut back. There were many perennials, bulbs and flowering shrubs that were not affected, including the trees.
Thanks anyway.

2 DogDoll, I have to agree with you. I've got two young kids, and I've spent a lot of time around that gazebo in the past couple of years. I know that garden better than the one in my own backyard, and the city's response seems pretty ridiculous to me. But I guess what's done is done.

What scares me is that the city wants to discourage a community effort to plant a garden, and do it themselves. I believe they will send someone guy who works for the parks dept. ( a.k.a. someone's brother-in-law) down to Home Dept to buy a few cheesy spiral plants and a couple of pathetic plants. He'll come along and plant them, and that will be the end of it. If you don't believe me, take a look at the pathetic attempt at landscaping that was done in that little sitting area on Newark and Jersey - a few cheesy spiral trees and a bunch of mums that will be dead after Thanksgiving.

2DogDoll, you seem to be the only one who is upset about this garden thing as I am.

Posted on: 2009/11/19 12:43

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Re: Hamilton Park Renovation - Update

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jennymayla wrote:
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tern wrote:
... instead we now have pathetic Van Vorst style swings that won't be fun for anyone over 3 years old).

Robin.

Dude. HARSH!

I want a rich boyfriend. If we're making lists and whatnot.

TIA.

Good swings are a lot like rich boyfriends. If you want them, it's best to search across the river.

Posted on: 2009/11/18 20:40

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Re: Hamilton Park Renovation - Update

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I read 2dogdoll's post about the gazebo garden being torn out, but I was hoping that I misunderstood. I just drove by the park, and I see that the beautiful bushes and flowering plants have been taken away. Why was that garden removed? I am not a hater, but I do feel upset about this. Although I am a plant killer, I will volunteer my husband to help plant some new stuff there. It was so beautiful, and maybe with some volunteer gardeners it can be nice again.

Posted on: 2009/11/17 21:05

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Re: NEW YORK DAILY NEWS -- Restoring Journal Square to its original glory.

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jcboyz wrote:
Wow, Jersey City Frankie. You really are an old school thinking waste of breath! If you haven't noticed, Jersey City is changing for the better and Journal Square is absolutely changing.

Look at Newark Ave, near Grove St Path, that is one of the most sought after neighborhoods in NJ. It was a shit hole 10 years ago!

I have to agree. There were so many JC naysayers back in the seventies and eighties who never had vision and poo-pooed the whole thing. The smart ones were the people who bought up brownstones for $50,000. And also, Jr. Square and the Beacon are very different. Not only is the Beacon next to a project, but it's a big compound set away from neighborhoods. Jr Square is the transportion hub of JC, giving people easy access to the PATH, buses and taxis. Just use your imagination and think of how great Jr. Square could be with all of that commercial space, the Loew's theater, and all of those gorgeous homes located close by on Kennedy Blvd and Bergen Avenue. As a native uptown JC person, I am very excited by and hopeful about this new development. It's about time.

Posted on: 2009/11/16 15:36

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Re: Liberty State Park Incident

#161

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I reserved a spot at the picnic area for a kid party two years ago as did Hamlet. The contract clearly stated that alcohol was prohibited. Did you not read the contract?

Posted on: 2009/11/13 21:50

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Re: Liberty State Park Incident

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Eduardo wrote:
I was part of the group, we were having fun with the little kids, it was a hot day, we were unaware of the no alcohol regulation, having 1 beer, not being loud or rowdy, we are well educated and well mannered adults, but I see more and more and feel the sense that we are living in a prison state, no dissent. These individuals have below level education, big egos, a little power, you have a retrograde with a uniform. Somehow we need to bring civility back.

I'll bet my house that if you happened to be in the park and you saw a group of " uneducated people" drinking a twelve pack of colt 45 , you would be the first one to call the police.

Having a Master's Degree does not entitle you to drink in a park. And I thought most "educated" people knew that ignorance of the law is not an excuse.

" A Prison State" .......................grow up.

Posted on: 2009/11/11 19:13

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Re: Liberty State Park Incident

#163

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I'm glad to hear that the state police are doing their job protecting the people who use the park. My husband and I take our two young daughters bike riding in the park on the weekends, and I was glad to hear that the police make sure that nobody is going to be driving around the park after tossing back a few beers at a party in the park.

And we threw a party at the park a few years ago. It was made very clear to us that alcohol wasd strictly prohibited and violaters would be ejected. If anyone had brought beer to the party my husband and I would have told them that they are not allowed to drink it. You should thank the cop for being cool about it and not kicking your friends out.

Good work NJ State Police.

Posted on: 2009/11/11 16:16

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

#164

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Even though the people who work for the Parking Authority are dopes who got their jobs because they know some other dope in the city, the real problem is not them. The ones to blame are Mayor Healy and the rest of his cronies on the city council who continue to allow booting on the first offense. They use it as a source or revenue for the city. If you are pissed off about getting booted, be sure to vote in the next municipal electiion and give those resposible for this nonsense the boot.

btw: I was booted in Hoboken a few months ago, and I actually got an e-mail the other day from the booting company asking me about how the service was. Insane.

Posted on: 2009/11/5 11:22

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Re: Property Management

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We use Chris at 2Sixty Property Management, and we are very happy. His number is 732-407-6898

Posted on: 2009/11/5 1:19

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Re: Looking for a Magician for a kiddie party

#166

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Silly Willy is great, and there's another guy called Mario who 's also good.

Posted on: 2009/11/3 10:40

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Re: Hamilton Park Renovation - Update

#167

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I'm the first one to admit that JC people usually settle for less, as in the case of that Newark Ave renovation, and I'll also admit that, at this point, the fountain looks a little cheesy. However, I thought the fountain is supposed to look like the one that was there 100 years ago. I've seen pictures of the old fountain, and it looks like it was pretty small. Does anyone know if this is the reason that the new fountain is so tiny?

Posted on: 2009/11/1 12:10

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Re: Made With Love

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Although I have no money to actually go to Made With Love or anywhere else, I have to say that I am really impressed with the biz smarts of the owner(s). Jazz, kids parties, cooking classes, and now these homestyle take-outs are all great ideas which seem like they will make the place a long-term success. It's about time somebody is giving people what they want and not what the biz owner thinks is cool or fun.
Good Luck to you! You're a great addition to JC.

Posted on: 2009/10/29 0:35

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Re: Jersey City Board of Ed gets 'D' for delays in providing service to private schools

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I used to work for the company that just lost the contract, and I have a friend who still works for them - well at least she did until she showed up for work in September and was told to go home. The special services provided by my old company are nurses, English as a Second Language, Special Education classes for qualifying students, remedial speech services, and basic skills math and reading for underachieving students. The Board of Ed of JC should be ashamed of themselves on this one. From what I know, Jerry McCann wants to have a more open bidding process for the contract, which sounds fair. However, they decided this too late for the present school year. They did not award the old company, Sylvan Learning, the contract as expected. Now needy kids are going without service for a year. i have no problem with an open bidding process, but why the sudden rush? Is it to save money in the current school year? Is this their way around the state laws which require the boards to provide special services? As in the case of most things JC, I smell a rat.

Posted on: 2009/10/26 16:20

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Re: Anti-gay group plans protests in Jersey City

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Looking at that video makes it obvious that the woman is insane and just looking for a lot of attention. They are a family of nuts, not a religion. The best thing anyone can do when they come out to protest is to ignore them. And if they come within 2 miles of any soldier's funeral again they should be thrown in jail........ Hey! Maybe they might run into some of the type of sex they like to carry pictures of.

Posted on: 2009/10/24 19:23

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Re: Hamilton Park Ale House jersey Ave.

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Great to hear. And I don't care how much money he makes off the sale as long as he doesn't open anything else around here, and takes those obnoxiouos t.vs with him;

I hope somebody opens it and makes it nice again. it's such a great location and a nice space.

Posted on: 2009/10/4 1:55

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Re: You know you're a JC old-timer if you remember...

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And regarding the number 9 bus. l used to take it every day when I got my first job in NYC. There was a woman who was a dwarf who took the bus at the same time every morning. The mean busdrivers would never lower the bus for her, so one day I offered to help her. She was so little that I had to eventually pick her up and carry her up the stairs. I ended up doing that every morning for a year...........lol. I'm sure nobody cares, but it's killling me.

Posted on: 2009/9/29 16:17

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Re: You know you're a JC old-timer if you remember...

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Red-Deutsch wrote:
Here's one - if you remember the good 'ole #9 bus, you must be a fairly seasoned JC resident. What's that been gone, maybe 20 years now?

And where the Rite Aid complex is on Danforth near 440 - that used to be the bus depot. And there was the coolest little news stand there out by the sidewalk. It was a shack, pretty much. Gary's I think it was called. Smokes, newspaper and a buttered roll on the way to work every morning.

And in my neighborhood, anyway, it was the craziest thing. In the spring/summer months, a guy in a beat up truck used to drive down the streets ringing a bell. People would all come running out with steak knives and hedge clippers and stuff. He was a knife/blade sharpener. I guess he had some kind of grinding stone, or something, but EVERYBODY knew what the bell ringing meant - it was the sharpener guy! LOL Could you imagine several people running down the street chasing a truck with knives and scissors and hedge clippers nowadays?? There would be a riot or something.

Anyone remember Bonetti Pizza on Kennedy Blvd? That's got to be gone close to 25 years, and I think the sign is still there and I think the store front is still vacant.

Holy Crap! Who are you! My husband thinks my family makes some of this stuff like the knife guy up. God, it would be great if he were still around, my knives are so dull..

You must be a West Side person or Greenville. Gino's was fabulous too, but my all time favorite Italian sandwich was a Dom's special from Dom's Dairy on Westside near teh Park Tavern - stinky cheeses in the window an all.

And I used to take the number 9 everywhere. By the eighties my sisters and I were calling it the rabble cart though............lol. Does anyone remember the Montgomery and Westside bus?

And I actually worked in that building by NJCU when it was, at one point, Martini Cleaners. Then it was MACs video - run by that guy named Mousy.

Thank you so much for those memories. I'm in JC memory mode so I just remembered the gypsy family who lived on Westside. They had a son with backwards feet, and his socks were always dragging behind him...Insane. If anyone remembers him and a kid named Gumpy Stanowski, I'll buy you dinner.

Posted on: 2009/9/29 16:10

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Re: You know you're a JC old-timer if you remember...

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Blumpkin wrote:
the genius who dropped the bowling ball from 139 onto 1-9 traffic and killed an infant. i wonder if he is still locked up.

Yeah, I remember that moron kid. He probably got a job working for the parks department.

Posted on: 2009/9/28 14:17

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Re: Private Art School in Jersey City

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I would like to take a painting class - oils or acrylics, and my husband might be interested in watercolor.

I have two kids and would definitely be interested in classes for them. They are eight and 5/6 years old, and I and they would love some more serious instruction as opposed to just playing around and having fun. I think you could get a lot of people fof kids classes. Right now a lot of people have to schlepp their kids into Hoboken for art. I would love Saturdays for the kids classes.

Good luck to you. I think you might do well.

Posted on: 2009/9/28 11:12

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Re: You know you're a JC old-timer if you remember...

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shadrack wrote:
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fasteddie wrote:

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When there was absolutely no reason to ever go to Secaucus because there was absolutely nothing there.

ha! So true.

Here's one: The Jersey City Indians (Cleveland's farm team) played at the Roosevelt Stadium.

I didn't know about the Indians, but in my mom's day (the forties) the Jersey City Giants played at the Roosevelt Stadium too. They were the Giants farm team. That's why Jackie Robinson technically broke the color barrier right here in our JC. His first day playing for major league organization was for the Dodgers farm team at Roosevelt Stadium.

And speaking of Roosevelt Stadium, how could I forget about the rock concerts there. My sisters saw The Dead, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper and many more. They saw CSNand Y the night Nixon resigned. The band announced it right before doing Four Dead in Ohio, and the place went nuts.

Unfortunately, they stopped the concerts before I was old enough to go. My mother said I had to be 14 - and that meant old enough to go with just my friends. God, we had a lot of freedom.

Posted on: 2009/9/27 1:48

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Re: You know you're a JC old-timer if you remember...

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Thanks for that list. The memory of Uncle Milty's was especially fun.

I'll add some references for those slightly younger than your mom.

You rode the "Whip" when it came around on the truck in the summertime.

You ran behind the mosquito insectiside spray trucks that came around in summertime. the fog was fun.

you drank beer at Roosevelt Stadium, the tracks, Lincoln Park, or any cemetery

Remember when the Hudson Mall was an outdoor mall

Bought your Easter or Christmas outfits at Two Guys

Were born at the Margaret Hague

identified what area of the city you were from by your parish

Went to jug night at the Park Tavern every Thanksgiving

And, of course, you know that OLM means Our Lady of Money

And btw: The Bones was not a mythical gang. It was a bunch of white Greenville kids who's purpose was to Beat on N****** ever Saturday. Later they changed the S from every Saturday to Second. Many of my close friends are from Greenville and they knew a lot of people who were in this group..........................those kids were crazy and tough as nails.

Thanks for that list

Posted on: 2009/9/26 14:35

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Re: New Yorkers & Couples from NJ Have Lowest Divorce Rates in the Nation

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I read an article a few years ago about the hypocrisy of the bible belt/red state people and the importance they supposedly place on the sanctity of marriage.

They are the states with the highest divorce rate and the highest rates of unwed mothers. Pretty hypocritical indeed.

Posted on: 2009/9/25 13:46

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Re: Bergen Lafayette: Young man shot dead in gun battle - large portion of gun battle captured on CCTV

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Sorry, my mistake. I just looked at the link to another shooting on Lexington..

Posted on: 2009/9/22 22:23

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Re: Bergen Lafayette: Young man shot dead in gun battle - large portion of gun battle captured on CCTV

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I grew up on Lexington Avenue near West Side. Bergen Ave and Lex is definitely not Greenville, but it's not really Bergen/Lafayette either. We always called it West Bergen. It's more associated with West Side than Lafayette.

I don't know when Bergen and Lafayette became a term, but they are not the same neighborhood. Where this shooting took place has nothing to do with the Lafayette neighborhood down by Communipaw and Pacific.

Posted on: 2009/9/22 18:03

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