Vigilante wrote:
Your tax dollars are being used to help Silverman Developers sell condos. Stop falling all over yourselves to kiss the guy's ass. In the end he will get a new park to serve as a selling point for his business. How stupid can you be?

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jaah37 wrote:
I'm confused....how do you petition a gracious OFFER made by a non-governmental source? What if you petition the developer and he turns around and rescinds the offer. Do you have a Plan B?

Agreed! My dog agrees too.

A petition with such "demands" feels like the completely wrong approach to make toward your big fancy new neighbor who has already gone above and beyond what most developers would do.

Way to look a gift horse in the mouth.

I would feel as you do if your assumptions were accurate.

The developer is fine with a small space for a dog run. The peitition is to the city. The developer's gracious offer and support for the dog run are not the issues that generated the petition, but the city's refusal to provide a dog run in a space that they will construct for residents.

A dog run is a reasonable request considering that the new park will include two spaces for dogs.

nikol wrote:
ITS OFFICIAL!
Jogi Construction Inc, has officially started work on the Newark Avenue Streetscape project on Monday April 20,2009. Work involving new curb and sidewalk,decorative street light foundations with conduit and vault reconstruction has begun on the south side of Newark Avenue starting at Grove Street and heading west to Coles Street.
On behalf of the City, Medina Consultants will have a full time inspector Kevin Knight to monitor the work.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the HDSID at 201-547-3554. Or you can email your questions or concerns to info@hdsid.org. Visit our website www.jcdowntown.org for updates as well.

newtothearea wrote:
Well for me, dogs off leashes when I am trying to go to sleep doesn't bother me at all. Leashes are required for safety reasons. If a dog is meandering 5 feet away from its owner, I don't see why a leash is needed.

snorky wrote:
I have called the cops a half dozen times on noisy neighbors (3-4am LOUD parties) and someone trespassing - I cannot see that ever leading to "getting busted" for a nuiance calls. If it does and I get scolded for trying to keep the neighborhood more peaceful and safe, then there are bigger issues here.

I like the responses so far.

what about a solution to the graffiti - I understand we need to get the youth off the streets but there will always be the strays that tag the area - can we develop a cleaning organization and or hotlines to report taggers? A new sign goes up and days later a new tag is written, scratched or painted on it.

Same goes for litter - only animals live intheir own filth. Is there any place we can call to report a chronic litterer? I have seen people unwrap a candy bar and then purposely walk to the curb to throw out their trash as if it was a trash bin. I heard that homeowners were once responsible for litter on their property, if they did not clean it the would be fined. Is legislation like that being discussed at this time. a) it would make money for the city, b) would hold the citizens responsible to for being part of the solution, c) may lead to less street litter - less streetsweepers. Maybe it is a dream, but I never had a littering problem in any comunity I lived in until now. The JCPD could also walk the main roads and hand out fines to litterers, even if it is only a couple times a month - once peple find out JC is cracking down on litter there will be more thought before tossing a wrapper ont he ground. Is there any solution you can come up with? I want to write to the politicians running for office for this election, but would like to do so with the most refined solutions I can come up with.

ianmac47 wrote:
OMFG, the basketball players are making so much noise! The dog owners are making so much noise! The night trash collection makes too much noise! The kids at Grace Van Vorst Church make too much noise! The drunk bar hoppers make too much noise! The cars on Montgomery Street make too much noise! The ambulances at the hospital make too much noise!

Hi, I'm a big city. Have we met?


Perhaps a little peace and quiet.

saabconv wrote:
Did Waterways ever think that charging $8 EACH WAY compared to the PATH that is about $1.80 each way may be one of the reasons why? But instead of management thinking of ways of lowering the prices, they want to sue US Airways....good idea - not only will they be hated for sounding like such sour grapes, they won't get money from that airline anyway. They have even less money than Waterways....

K-Lo wrote:
Brajczewski Plumbing on Morris Street, I think. It was quite a while ago. They did a great job for a very reasonable price (based upon 2-3 estimates) BUT it took forever for them to do the work after we had agreed on the price. And then they just showed up one morning without notice. They dug underneath the slate sidewalk by hand to avoid gas lines. One thing that stands out in my mind was that Kook and Sons came in with an estimate that was double the price, and they wanted to demo the slate.

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jaah37 wrote:
.................Crime is not down, it is either not reported or certain crimes are deemed not serious enough to be delt with.

My point exactly.....

Once something is reported and a police report is generated it goes into stats. Even if it's not a crime ie: auto accident and a PD report is generated it goes into the reporting agencies data base that is incorporated into the States data base. This is how our insurance companies know if we had any accidents that we didn't report. I don't think it's that easy to fudge or manipulate these figures once the file number is generated.

I think and not 100% sure but it's my understanding that it's all basically one system that feeds off each other.

NewHeights wrote:
ok heres some ideas to deter crime.


1. an ankle tracking device that also acts as a shock collar. it will go off if 2 convicted felons with these devices get to close to each other or if a petafile gets within a certain distance of schools etc.

2. lets join the 40 other states that allow the right to carry.
Unlike other states NJ can lead the way in gun safety by having mandatory strict testing for all carrying civilians and make them carry gun insurance. it would be a great tax revenue for a state that loves to tax the life out of us.

3. mandatory death penalty for any 1st degree murder. I dont care if it doesnt deter crime. little chance of a dead man escaping jail.

hcas wrote:
We got tagged, and it's the worst piece of crap we have ever seen
Whoever "Knox" is, he should quit trying to be an artist, cause he ain't! We would post pics, but it is too ugly and we don't want him or her to think that's cool.
REWARD OFFERING - $100 free art supplies for info leading to his arrest!
Come into the store with any info. it would be appreciated!

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jenco201 wrote:
I have been living in this area for 12 years. I recommend you look into the people that live here the longest. They greet you with happy faces but if your not with them in their ventures to destroy business they are welcoming you with a big nice smile and on your door a sign saying go away spics....so no this wouldnt be a nice place to raise your children ;)

if your not with them in their ventures to destroy business.

What on earth does this mean???? Does this make sense at all? I may regret this but...explain yourself CLEARLY please!

I assumed that the poster was running a local business and the intent of the sentence was:

They greet you with happy faces but if your not one of (with) them, in their attempt (ventures) to destroy your business they are welcoming you with a big nice smile and on your door a sign saying go away spics

jenco201 wrote:
I have been living in this area for 12 years. I recommend you look into the people that live here the longest. They greet you with happy faces but if your not with them in their ventures to destroy business they are welcoming you with a big nice smile and on your door a sign saying go away spics....so no this wouldnt be a nice place to raise your children ;)

CapnJon wrote:
sure we can meet in the middle. i agree, more police is better.

sorry to hear cops don't show up for you. up in the heights, my wife and i had two years of calling the police 3 or 4 times a week because of scumbags on the block - and they always showed up. luckily for us!

can we also meet in the middle and agree that it is also SOCIETYs responsibility to teach these animals to act like responsibile members of society and not shoot people over disagreements and a few bucks

CapnJon wrote:
and once this more police presence appears everywhere, you will all be screaming POLICE STATE POLICE STATE POLICE STATE.



responsibility starts at home. all the cops in the world don't matter if kids are being raised (or not being raised) to be animals.

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MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!MORE COPS!

itsaurora wrote:
jaah, don't under estimate the role genetics play in a dog's temperament. while many dogs are simply the products of their environment, there are dogs that are born with aggressive temperaments.

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No...it's clearly the owner. In some cases the DOG may have a medical problem that influences behavior, but the owner is the problem almost all of the time.

No it isn't clear! It is foolish to argue whether it is the "owner" or the "breed" - in cases like these it is clearly BOTH!

whocarez wrote:
What the heck is a person owning 2 huge dogs in JC anyway. Does she need them for protection, or own a chop shop or a garage or something. Why have vicious dogs in a confined apartment????? Animals are not like a disney movie. They need space and when the owners think, "well im a good person i can take care of them", then the animals flip because they have morans not training them and giving these large creatures space to roam. Im an animal lover and I know my Lab can turn and I give her a huge backyard. Morans, they have to get those dogs out of there and 3x's your our. By law the dogs have to be put down. they should have been put down the first time.

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trp3 wrote:
3 days, 136 replies.

it never ceases to amaze me how much people can post about dog attacks, and rehash the same exact points and opinions every time.

i can't imagine the number of posts the next Pitbull attack will result in.

It is foolish to argue whether it is the "owner" or the "breed" - in cases like these it is clearly BOTH!

skepticalhook wrote:
Fyi-The story is front page jersey journal this morning. http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerse ... 32609228147250.xml&coll=3

I think it is laughable that she says the dogs are trained to do anything, much less give a kiss when someone walks up to them. She is a liar liar liar. These dogs are fully untrained, and the male owner admitted as much months ago.

Her quote is a complete fabrication: "They jumped up and he got upset and I grabbed the dogs and he moved away," Kolb said in an interview with the Journal. "I said 'Are you OK?' and he said 'I'm fine.' There were no marks or stains or blood on him."


In reality, he ran into portside immediately to get away from them and asked the doorman for assistance. No way he said he was "fine".

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jehu wrote:
This is something that has been bothering me for awhile about JC and it's dog owners... Why would someone get a large dog in such a crowded urban area, where the only places to truly let your dog be a dog is in public parks and areas...

Smaller dogs and even medium sized dogs, yes. They are def. suited for a more urban environment.. But dogs like Shepards, Rottweilers, Huskies, etc aren't... Why as a dog owner would someone want to put their animal through it?

Just doesn't make sense to me....

Your instinct on this, while common, isn't entirely correct. Big dogs often make the best apartment dogs since they are lazier and not as hyper and energetic.

The obvious problem is that the bigger dogs are, well, bigger, and take up more room in an already cramped space. But a small dog can just as easily wreck havoc on an apartment and can require much more attention and exercise.

The problem here is not the breed, it's the owner. Plain and simple.

elvis wrote:
Good for you for following through. May I just say, its people like you who make me feel a little bit better knowing even when it doesn't directly involve them, sometime neighbors can and will be helpful. Again, on behalf of myself, Thanks for doing this and sharing.