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Hello,
I am currently hunting for a 3 bedroom apartment in Jersey City and was wondering if anyone had any experience dealing with this company ("Donovan Billington Barbosa Realty Group") They seem legit but I came across one of their listings on Craigslist and got in touch with the agent listed on the ad. Because they don't break out all the details on the posting I contacted the guy (Ashok) who is from "Donovan Billington Barbosa Realty Group" and in the email he broke out the terms which I have quoted below. He said to me the following: "The market rent is $2600, you will be getting a $200 per month credit making you net rent (amount you pay each month) $2400. In order to apply for the apartment you will need a $50 per person holding deposit--1.5 months rent based on the market rent ($2600 x 1.5=$3900). Once you are approved your holding deposit becomes your security deposit. If you need parking it will be an additional $100-$250 per month depending on where you park, there may be a couple of spots at the building lot, but there are also several lots in the area if there aren't any available spots at the building lot." I called him to clarify and he confirmed clearly that in order to even apply for the apartment I would need to pay a $3,900 deposit plus $50 application fee, prior to any lease even being signed or agreed to. He further clarified that if and once I was approved the $3,900 deposit would be turned into the security deposit. If I was not approved the money would be refunded. Since this did not sound like any standard operating procedure I declined an appointment to see the apartment as I became suspicious. However I found the agent company on the web and called them up and so they do seem to be a legitimate enterprise and this guy Ashok does work for them. I kind of need to find an apartment quickly and this place seems doable, but at the same time I am vary of being scammed. I have attached the web address to the craigslist posting below: http://newjersey.craigslist.org/apa/1754510889.html Does anybody have any ideas about what I should do? Am I just being paranoid? or should I steer clear?
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Star Bar on Wayne St. (Just off of Grove) has Wi-Fi and nice specials most days.
Posted on: 2010/5/22 22:53
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I don't know why you guys find this story so unbelievable? Using women to distract someone holding large amounts of cash/drugs is a common practice with criminals. Just a couple years ago a similar plan was used but it ended in a murder instead.
I remember hearing about many burglaries/robberies like this growing up in JC. Someone brags about how much money they have to the wrong person so they set them up by having women have sex or flirt with the guy for a cut of the profits. While the guy is distracted a man will look for the money. Also many young people do not know each others last names and know each other. Sometimes they don't even know that person's first name because they are known by a nickname.
Posted on: 2010/5/22 22:29
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Re: Christy Swiftly Vetoes Millionaires Tax Today -what happened to sermon about "everyone sacrificing?"
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The Gov. had no intention of asking everyone to sacrifice.
And if those making over a million are paying less taxes this year, its a tax cut, no matter how you spin it. The thing the Gov (and the others who seem to be anti education) doesn't seem to understand is that the teachers are bound by collective bargaining. They give way individual rights for their compensation. If the Gov want or needs to change that he needs to talk to the Union, not try to force it upon them. Maybe talking would fix things a bit.
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Jersey City boy, 13, shot in leg during birthday party, and man in vicinity is shot three times, police say
Saturday, May 22, 2010 By MICHAELANGELO CONTE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A 13-year-old Jersey City boy was shot on a Greenville street during his birthday party late Thursday and a 23-year-old man was critically wounded when he was hit three times a half-block away, authorities said. Police responded to a call of shots being fired at Orient and Rose avenues at 10:06 p.m. and found the boy, who turned 13 that day, suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg, reports said. The Winfield Avenue boy and his mother told police children were setting off fireworks at his party, which was being held at a relative's home, when gunfire erupted, reports said. The boy said he didn't realize he was hit at first, but then his leg "felt like it was on fire." The boy said he didn't see anyone shooting, but did see a car speeding northbound on Rose Avenue, reports said. The boy was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center and the officers then learned that a second victim had just arrived there, reports said. At the Medical Center, police spoke to a friend of the Kearny Street victim who said he and three other people were in his parked car down the block from the party when they heard seven shots ring out, reports said. The friend, a 23-year-old Whiton Street man, said that after the gunfire he saw the 23-year-old victim "running toward the car and bleeding profusely," reports said. The Kearny Street victim got into the vehicle and was driven to the Medical Center, where doctors said he had been shot twice in the abdomen and once in the right thigh, reports said. The driver of the vehicle said he didn't see anyone shooting, reports said, adding that the only thing he saw was children lighting fireworks in the street at Orient and Rose. Yesterday, firecrackers littered the street and sidewalk where the birthday boy was shot. The younger victim was listed in stable condition Thursday night and he remained stable yesterday, police said, adding that the older victim was listed in critical but stable condition yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, a boy who peeked out a window at the residence where the birthday party was held said no one could come to the door. A woman who answered the door at the home of the 23-year-old victim chose not to comment. Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to call the Jersey City police tip line at (201) 547-JAIL.
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Jersey City cops say man robbed and shot on street in Curries Woods is fighting to stay alive
Saturday, May 22, 2010 By MICHAELANGELO CONTE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A Jersey City man was clinging to life yesterday after being shot in the buttocks during a robbery in Curries Woods late Thursday night, officials said. When police responded to Liggons Lane at 11:46 p.m. they found the 23-year-old Walter Mays Drive resident face-down in front of a doorway and with a gunshot wound in his left buttock, reports said. He told police he was in the area to visit a family member when three men got out of a two-door, silver car and approached him, reports said, adding that the men stole his gold necklace and then shot him after a struggle. The woman who dialed 911 said her door bell began ringing repeatedly and when she opened the door she found the victim on the ground and screaming "I'm shot," reports said. The victim was rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center and when police checked on him at 1 a.m. yesterday, doctors said he was in "life-threatening condition" and undergoing a CAT scan, reports said. An update on his condition was not available. Police recovered one spent shell, the necklace, and a "du-rag" that may have belonged to one of the robbers at the scene of the shooting on Heckman Drive, reports said. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Jersey City police tip line at (201) 547-JAIL.
Posted on: 2010/5/22 21:30
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Millionaires were the ones who caused the economic depression with their subprime shananigans so why shouldn't there be a millionaires tax? They caused the problem!
Talk about tenure? The CEOs kept their jobs after getting bailed out by OUR tax dollars because if they were fired it would "destabilize the economy further". I'll give it to the NJ GOP in that their political psychology is genius. Make all the unemployed and struggling citizens feel empowered by feeling like the bosses of the teachers. They can deny them a living just like they have been denied. But again it was the millionaires who denied them the living and handed them a very conveinent scapegoat. What happened to screaming about all those tax dollars going to a war that we admitted was waged for false reasons. Those tax dollars are not only wasted they are killing people. Middle and lower class republicans are such a funny thing.
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Is that what liberals stand for? Now I'm confused... Why is Obama accused of being a liberal?
Posted on: 2010/5/22 21:03
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Cry me a river. If you make a million dollars, you probably did something to #OOPS# over a lot of people getting there.
Posted on: 2010/5/22 20:44
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thanks!
Posted on: 2010/5/22 19:45
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Long live Christie! The top 15% of wage earners already account for 48% of all tax receipts. Millionaires are leaving either by moving, or by falling out of that group. All the morons think making a Million/Yr, is easy or it automatically entitles that person to make a million the next year. This group, also pays for two sets of teachers, unused public and private. Obama's socialism will unfortunalty trump Christie's policies (see Arizona), so this public leaching class can rest its head three/four days a week or all summer, without worrying. The rest of us will continue to be extored, until ....hopefully... anarchy.
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I saw a moving truck outside the building today so my conclusion is "yes."
Posted on: 2010/5/22 19:03
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This is probably all the info you need but here's the link to the relevant Port Authority page: http://www.tstc.org/bus/bus_list.html#hudson (you'll notice the jitney doesn't have a website, just a phone number, but you can get info about other bus transit options).
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We were all excited to finally try it out today, but alas they DON'T deliver during the day? They said they'd deliver after 6:00.
By 6:00 I'll have eaten somewhere else.
Posted on: 2010/5/22 17:29
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has anyone officailly closed here?
Posted on: 2010/5/22 17:26
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Liberal, liberal, liberal. The favorite right wing epithet. I'm proud to be a liberal. Better to be a liberal speaking up for universal healthcare, ending unnecessary wars and insuring civil rights for women, minorities and gays.
Posted on: 2010/5/22 17:21
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+1 Republicans are very good at repeating the same lines over and over : tax and spend liberals, socialism, we are going to tax businesses out of the State, drill baby drill, blah blah blah. It's sad that their agenda has gained traction with a fanatical lunatic fringe who are motivated to turn out in every election. And of course, our "mainstream media" lends credibility by never truly questioning or showing the real racists and no nothings who make up the Republican and Tea Party movements.
Posted on: 2010/5/22 17:16
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We would have better teachers if teachers were paid better. Instead, teaching has become, for many though not all, a profession for people who are too stupid to succeed at something that pays better.
Posted on: 2010/5/22 17:00
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Republicans are like the Borg on Star Trek. They keep coming no matter what happens. Is eight years of a moron president throwing our money down a rat hole in Iraq and almost bringing the world another great depression enough? Of course not. We like being stupid. Lets keep doing it.
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Sandman for the record, "fancy schmancy" french pastries are nothing special in the French staple and come in prices comparable to danishes etc. Preparation is nothing special. By this token one (I!) should expect a ?normal" pear tart to come at a reasonable price in America.
There is this assumption here that one has to make a choice between cupcakes and pastries because of price and class. I don?t believe that. Counterexample is Cousin?s John?s in Brooklyn who offer many options. Granted, Payard was an extreme example of what people will go for the best products in limited supplies ? and croissants and pastries were actually ?just? $1-2 higher than less elaborate versions in other places. There is no reason people shouldn't eat their cupcake and have ?normal?(french-style&others) pastries as well. I was also trying to differentiate this concept bakery from Made with Love and others with regards to brunch options that can really bring money home. ?Tartines? is one example, ?Baoguettes? as in the vietnamese-french place in the Village is another. My token for what it is worth. Jcteen22 good luck with your internship! If you come back with a load of Ispahans please PM me? 
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The pension system is unsustainable. There needs to be reform. My taxes do not fund millionaires, it funds teachers, police, etc. While I think that we probably could tack on more tax on the "millionaires" it still won't solve the pension problem. That means that the people on my tax payroll will have to make some concessions.
I find it ironic that my tax money goes to people's payroll and pension and they get much much better benefits than I do and a lot of them make more money than me. It's pretty sad, actually that instead of sucking it up and paying 1.5% of their income to health insurance, they whine and complain and tell the students of their schools that Gov Christie is doing a horrible thing to them, "the children".
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http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h ... n%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1
Indeed..., looks like covered with adds. From a functional standpoint they might have achieved the revitalization they wanted though - I haven't visited the place. The Distillery in Toronto is a great example of harmonious development. Hopefully they will be able to strike the right balance here. Maybe historical zoning consideration will prevent "tagging" such as in Baltimore.
Posted on: 2010/5/22 14:34
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still doesn't awnser original question -- why isn't christie then insisting EVERYONE sacrifice -- why just a segment, that is the majority (seniors, police, firefighters, teachers, middle working class)-- and not asking the 16,000 millionaiires to sacrifice as well? it's the inconsistency and using certain group as scapegoats that strikes a sour note.
snowflake, if millionaires are boohooing about not being able to handle these economic times, then what about the every day working people. why is christie insisting just this segment shoulder the pain, especially if these are such dire times?
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And fyi, I mentioned safety earlier so just want to let you know a little about the way they run. I don't think they're regulated so they're kind of just all over the place. Sometimes drivers in the morning compete for riders so they'll go really slow or really fast, really depends. They also sometimes stop at places other than bus stops to pick people up, which can create issues on the blvd with the other cars.
Police have been cracking down on them lately so I've noticed that they're only stopping at the bus stops and aren't letting people off just anywhere. For the most part, they're safe and efficient, however, once in a while, you might get a loony. Welcome to the world of jitneys, if you decide to take them, they're a daily part of my life now.
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I only know the schedule because I've been using the jitneys for a very long time, but have never looked it up anywhere.
I believe they're called Community Lines. There are jitneys every few seconds running to Journal Square and Port Authority during AM and PM rush hour. They run maybe every 5 minutes during normal hours on the weekends. You can catch them at the regular bus stop, there is one on each side of the blvd on Bleeker so you won't have to walk much. You'll be able to catch the jitney to Journal Square very early in the morning, the earliest I've every taken it is 6:00am. It will leave you directly inside Journal Square and costs $1.50. I believe they stop running at 9 or 9:30pm from Journal Square so you'll have to take a cab home. The jitney to Port Authority: There's the 51 or 56, both will take you inside Port Authority's terminal, gates 51 or 56. You can purchase a ticket inside Port Authority, by all the ticket booths, it's the one that says Community Lines. Tickets are $2.00 each. If you don't purchase the ticket in advance, you'll have to pay $2.50 each way. There's the 7th Ave. Jitney that takes you to 7th Avenue and 40th Street. There's also the Kennedy Blvd Jitney that will take you towards North Bergen so do not take that one if you're going into New York City. They all have signs so just make sure you're in one of the NY ones or just ask the driver before you get on. These also run constantly. When you're coming home from the city, there's never a wait, there are several jitneys waiting at the gate, you might just have to wait till it gets filled up. The last one out of Port Authority every day is 1am by gate 51.
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Christie isn't cutting taxes for "millionaires". He's choosing not to add an extra tax that Corzine enacted that was set to expire this year.
The bottom line is, no one in the state is willing to make any sacrifices and expect people just to pay more taxes instead of balancing their budget. Their solution is just to tax and tax until NJ is so unaffordable, people won't be able to live here. Sorry, but 15K property taxes on a 500K house in Essex county is OUT OF CONTROL. Other states are able to get by on far less. It's to the point that young familes can't even buy a house here, unless they make a ton of money. Asking teachers to pay 1.5% of their salary towards health benefits isn't a huge sacrifice. That's actually NOTHING compared to what other people pay. It's pretaxed and won't even make a dent in their take home pay. Other state employees pay for their health insurance, so how is that fair? And the pension situation is out of control. The state will be BANKRUPT. God forbid we ask teachers to make any sacrifices. I'm sick of the "what about the children" handwringing. Honestly, if some teachers lose their jobs because they are unwilling to take a pay freeze and pay for their benefits, I really don't care. Children will learn, even if it means that class size increases.
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It is not the salaries of the public employees that is the high costs - it is their pensions. The private sector did away with pensions a long time ago due to this reason of run away costs. For those firms that didn't (GM, Chrysler), well we saw how that affected them. Stop the pensions and convert them to 529 accts (or similar) like the rest of us and that will help the most during hard times.
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F the NJ teachers and the rest of the NJ public employee unions. They have lived off the monetary success of myself and others like me for far too long. It's time they learn that "reductions in force" is not just good business but the normal way of life. Go Christy!!!! Stick it to those liberal scumbags!!!!!
Posted on: 2010/5/22 6:46
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That would make sense if non-public employees took a 10% pay cut-- by paying 10% to the state in income tax. Its easy to point to public employees as targets for cost cutting, but if you aren't willing to do the current job you have for less money, why should they? Because they are educating your kids? Because they extinguish your house when its on fire? Or scrape you off the pavement after a traffic accident?
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@ teacher-
if teachers and other public employees should, as you insist, take a 10 percent paycut, then so should gov. christie, all his commissioners and staff, and certainly, millionaires can afford to shoulder part of the burden as well. . .don't see that being done. seriously, chill. if you are, as you say, a teacher (think you mentioned in a private school?) what's with the constant bitterness in your postings toward public sector educators? go get a job then in the public schools, if teachers there have it so good and easy. or is the chip on your shoulders because you couldn't hack it in a public system? were u not hired or retained? sour grapes?
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