Vigilante wrote:
Basically you are either a witness or a participant.

vindication15 wrote:
I also had one of my packages stolen. This can be easily solved by cops working with homeowners and placing "decoys."

Thief picks up package from a house and cop is in an undercover car nearby to pick him up. Beats the living crap out of him in the back car and then throws him in jail. Problem solved.

vindication15 wrote:
You need to report them - those who ask you for a ticket.

vindication15 wrote:
In DaHood's original post, he said Lafayette might be the next "JC neighborhood to hit it big"

Which other neighborhoods have hit it big? I would argue that the only neighborhoods to hit it big are newport, and the different areas of downtown jc - exchange, paulus hook, harismus cove, etc. One can argue that the PAD is heading towards that direction.

If DaHood meant "hit it big" in some other way - ie. small scale shops and businesses coming to the area then I am mistaken and yes, none of my posts relate to that.

However, I just don't want anyone to be confused and think the next Trader Joes or Whole Foods or next Trump Towers or any kind of condo complex is coming to Lafayette. It is not - especially in the foreseeable future, unless downtown or newport have one...

There is a reason why I am an advocate for my kind of Development - safety, better schools, more publicity.

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Question politicians all you like.

But please please. Never, ever question anyone that signs up and serves for our country. They check -in their egos on sign-in. They agree to do everything their country asks of them, without question.

LeRoy. I didn't know you. It breaks my heart to know you served, and sacrificed your life at such a young age. You served your country, and you have our thanks. We are safer down to your service, and others like you.

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Crazy_Chester wrote:
These aren't "more" or "new" taxes. These are sales taxes that were owed to the state all along. I know no one pays them, but that is tax evasion.

It's still more taxes, though. How is that a good thing?

Simple... you want things from government, taxes are needed to pay for those things... I want police, fire protection, schools with good teachers, properly paved roads, and all the other things that we expect from government, and I'm willing to pay my fair share.

Problem is, you're not getting any of those things from the government. Are you blind?

We were, I'll grant you it wasn't perfect. But the moment a certain Grover Norquist, and a whole party decided to make cutting taxes their only mantra, things really started going downhill.

Taxing will only get you so far, friend.

You are going to run out of other people's money.

As Mr. Chester says, these aren't new taxes, they're just stronger way of collecting those that were already in place. But even more important, my recollection of the national economy is that the country was doing a whole lot better 14 years ago prior to the Bush era tax cuts'; that the nation's strongest economic growth occurred under even higher tax rates. And that even the republican god, Ronald Reagan raised taxes when they were needed. So yea... I do believe that having the wealthy pay their fair share will get us a whole lot further.

Crazy_Chester wrote:
It's not more taxes.

dtjcview wrote:
This kid was 10 or 11 when the twin towers fell. None of us will ever know all the reasons he signed up. But he signed up, served, and gave his life for our country.

In my book, that's a hero and deserves our respect and thanks. And prayers and tears.

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These aren't "more" or "new" taxes. These are sales taxes that were owed to the state all along. I know no one pays them, but that is tax evasion.

It's still more taxes, though. How is that a good thing?

Simple... you want things from government, taxes are needed to pay for those things... I want police, fire protection, schools with good teachers, properly paved roads, and all the other things that we expect from government, and I'm willing to pay my fair share.

Crazy_Chester wrote:
These aren't "more" or "new" taxes. These are sales taxes that were owed to the state all along. I know no one pays them, but that is tax evasion.

tommyc_37 wrote:
Wow, the views of lower Manhattan from even far out in downtown JC were awesome. Now, unless you\'re on the waterfront, you really can\'t see anything. You can\'t really see the Freedom Tower from street level anywhere except from the waterfront, to my knowledge.

Also, the Village looks surprisingly active and vibrant in that video. I always thought the 70\'s and 80\'s were the darkest days for JC.

hero69 wrote:
Sounds good to me. I guess Christie can do something right although it would have been better to make them start paying Jan 1st.

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vindication15 wrote:
wtf? the village? there is no such area such as the "village"

people need to stop coming up with these names.

It's always been called the Italian Village, what are you talking about?

vindication15 wrote:
wtf? the village? there is no such area such as the "village"

people need to stop coming up with these names.

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Perhaps it is a parking issue. Sanitary conditions are hard to come by as well. And remember the "extra" 400 food vendor permits that were given out. What is the main reason for the lack of truck vendors, is it permits, licenses, zoning, or location, location, location. What are you looking for ?

A parking issue? With some of the best mass transit access in the state and huge, empty parking garages all over the downtown, there is no dearth of parking in Jersey City.

Food trucks and bike lanes a Portland Or. we ain't. Although I wish we were. Can the food trucks be trusted though ?

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Could it be that there was no parity on competition (its far cheaper to run a food van) or maybe it was a health standards issue.

If a restaurant with a full kitchen, unlimited gas, unlimited water, and a dining area cannot compete with a food truck, the restaurant is doing it wrong.

I still go with the health standards issue. I guess the city used the off limits approach. Amazing what a little enforcement can do.

hero69 wrote:
show me one city in america (or the world for that matter) where politicians don't play favorites.

Vigilante wrote:
Doesn't everyone live above a Beer Hall?! The rental units opened first and the Beer Hall was added later. It should never have been allowed near residential buildings. That kind of establishment should only be allowed in areas away from homes. Developers bending people over and giving it to them hard. BTW? If this was a club that catered to rap music and a different crowd then the clowns on this site would be singing a different tune. Lesson here? Any clown in this city can be bought with a beer.

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Yikes! They do realize how family oriented this area is? Sorry but I'm not bringing my kids to some place where the women are dressed like scottish tarts. I thought they were opening another melting pot in that location...I guess not.

But I certainly don't need to my girls think it's OK to sexualize themselves to make money.

Crazy_Chester wrote:
Please.

The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in NJ is around 3.80. If tomorrow they allowed self-service gasoline pumps in NJ, before long the average cost of a self-service gallon would be 3.80 and full service would be over 4.00.

I promise.

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You guessed it.


The liquor license laws are really silly in this state. They are limited by the state, and limited by population.

For a while, grocery stores were buying up all the local liquor licenses in a town so that the only place to buy liquor was in the grocery store liquor store.

Note that now you can't buy liquor from a grocery store -- they are always separate.

Moreover, because liquor licenses are finite, the prices appreciates in value. But the state isn't getting a recurring fee from the license, as happens in many other states.

You think NJ is silly? Go to Utah, or Nevada, or Missouri, or Georgia, or even Pennsylvania. Even NY! Most states in this country have much more ridiculous liquor laws than NJ.

NJ's liquor laws are simple:
Want liquor?
Go to liquor store (for anything and everything)


Compare that to Pennsylvania, our next-door neighbor:
Want liquor?
Go to a bar (if you want a 6-pack)
Go to a beer distributor (if you want a case)
Go to a wine and spirits store (if you want wine or spirits)
Go to god knows where (if you want a keg)
Oh and half the stores are state-owned.

Not to mention the ridiculous rules that every variety of beer ever sold by a business must be registered for a fee with the state or it can be confiscated.

And you think NJ has silly laws?

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And really there are so many liquor stores in NJ that I can't imagine it's that much of an inconvenience to anybody.

With supermarkets and stores like Walmart and Target selling everything under the sun now, small businesses like cheese shops, fish markets, butchers, bakeries and the like are going extinct. Now we want to eliminate some more of that and make these superstores even larger? No thanks, I'm willing to walk the 5 minutes to one of the dozens of liquor stores within a half mile of my house.

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Yes, an entire city should be developed according to your tastes.

So you want a city full of renters and no homeowners? Homeowners care about the unit they live in, renters on average do not. Homeowners have skin in the game while renters do not.

vindication15 wrote:
No more rentals for gods sake...make condos instead of rentals. homeowners have much more at stake in the immediate area than renters.

Vigilante wrote:
SO REAL!!!!!!!!