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The "wires" seems to be a huge issue. Can you imagine the cost of running wires to the nearest internet connection?  In the article it said: Quote: Morrill said in order to show meetings live, cable would have to be run from council chambers on the second floor to the television studio on the third floor in City Hall.
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What about a fixed webcam with direct feed to the internet - there would be no cost really and also no need to censor the community speakers.
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Jersey City Council meetings won't be televised live
So they agree it should be televised but not live. Quote: The issue of live coverage came down to cost and ability to edit content, such as profane language during public comment. So we will be seing a watered down version of the meeting. They will probably edit out all the people speaking. Quote: She said that along could cost $3,000 to $4,000, not including manpower to film the meetings, which can go late into the night. Yea, and they are really trying to save money right now.  Quote: Fulop said he could live with not having the meetings air live, but felt that if the city could air all it?s parades, all meetings could be recorded and aired before the next meeting.
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Re: 'Not one dollar goes' to the mayor or Beldini
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So we can look forward to a full comment by the mayor regarding Beldini once the trial is over? And now that fifty days have passed since the mayor said reolution of the Vega situation would occur "I'm the next ten days" maybe he can get to that too. Deny, deny, deny. Deflect, deflect, deflect. Lead or get the hell out of the way, Jerry. Being Mayor of JC isn't your birthright.
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Hey everyone! On Thursday February 11th "Mercy" is filming at the Monkey. We'll be closing the first floor main bar at 7pm. However, we will be open upstairs for dinner and drinks. Just use the York Street side entrance. Someone will be there to whisk you up to the dining room. Do not be deterred by the cameras and trailers we WILL be open for business. Thanks!
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Lautenberg says natural gas pipeline shouldn't go through Bayonne and Jersey City
Great News! In the aftermath of Sunday's deadly gas explosion at a gas-fired power plant in Connecticut, New Jersey Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg wants to halt plans to build a natural gas pipeline through Bayonne and Jersey City.
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'Not one dollar goes' to the mayor or Beldini
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 NEWARK - Government informant Solomon Dwek was using Leona Beldini in an effort to snare Mayor Jerramiah Healy, Beldini defense lawyer Brian Neary told the jury hearing her corruption case yesterday. Make no mistake, Neary said in his closing argument, "the target of Solomon Dwek, con man par excellence, is Mayor Jerry Healy." Healy, who is on the tapes made surreptitiously by Dwek as part of a wide-ranging government sting, hasn't been charged and maintains he did nothing wrong. "It is very important that when we talk about the cash corruption at the essence of this case, the $400,000, not one dollar goes to Jerry Healy, and . not one dollar goes to Leona Beldini," Neary said. Through his spokeswoman yesterday, Healy declined to comment as the investigation is ongoing and the trial is in progress. MICHAELANGELO CONTE
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Re: Put pressure on the Mayor and the Council - call them EVERY DAY
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Thanks for the list. I sent emails to most of them (and their aides). Do you think they actually read their emails?
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my point is that they are not just animal taxi drivers. they issue complaints and summonses and follow up on them throughout the day. State law requires written reports for all animal related responses they make. I am most certainly not in love with Joe Frank or the way he runs his dept. let me make that clear.
catsndogs, i too think he is outdated and should be replaced by someone with relevant experience. There is no one currently @ LHS that fits this bill. In fact there is no one there that has even been an ACO, nevermind manage a team of ACOs for a large city. The current ACOs in Jersey City are NOT capable of managing themselves. I dont think thats even an argument.
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I asked for a breakdown of exactly what AC does and all you can say is that I don't have a "strong grasp on the job responsibilities"? Answer the question without being so vague.
Yes, LHS takes in over 2000 animals year but you have to also keep in mind that they are not all brought in by animal control. And we can go round and round about how much work they are doing - you say they can bring in 10 dogs a dog, requiring 10 different trips to LHS, I can say that they brought in 2 cats, 8 kittens that only required 2 trips to LHS/day. That is why it would be useful to see actual daily figures. The inspection report is important it just isn't relevant to this particular discussion. LHS needs to make improvements (and they are) but you are confusing me by continually bringing up the inspection report. Do you want to see the JCAC contract with LHS terminated because of this inspection report? That may be a valid argument but if that's the case then that needs to be discussed in a different post. This particular LHS/AC issue has to do with a city in a financial crisis and a shelter that needs funding.
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Re: Will fire department cutbacks threaten public safety? Union says yes; city says no
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As someone who grew up in a small town with a volunteer fire department, It's sometimes hard to wrap my head around how much urban fire fighters are paid. $100,000 is not uncommon for a ff salary in JC.
I guess this all comes down to economics. We have decided asa city to afford ourselves a quality fire force. I'm assuming quality is defined as expertise, equipment, and personal for the cost. If one of those three factors increases, we should be able to decrease another portion; thus, an increase is expertise should mean that we can decrease employees. For the cost the city is willing to pay, expertise has increased (the longer on the force, the more you are paid). That means we have a huge number of elite fire fighters, so theoretically we could decrease employees and maintain quality. I guess that the justification for a reduction, we should be able to maintain quality.
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phdog I would be curious what what other things animal control officers do when they are not responding to public calls about lost, injured or stray animals. Bottom line is the same amount of animals end up at the shelter whether the City does it or the funciton is outsourced. I would think anyone learning to be an animal control officer in 2010 would be up on the very latest and most humane efficient ways of managing strays etc vs. training from 32 years ago without state required certification renewal. It is also clear that LHS has said it will hire the currect ACOs so what's your concern exactly? Quote:
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The Jersey City Fire Department operates with 4 battalion chiefs, 1 safety battalion chief and i deputy chief for the 24 hour shift. Which leaves 1 extra battalion chief and 2 extra deputy chief to cover all vacation and sick time. Four captains are assigned to all 27 companies in the city. That means there are 108 captains assigned. Captains run the firehouse and the company. Captains are also interior firefighters. They pull hose, operate the nozzle, search, rescue, ladder, vent, etc.... They do everything a firefighter does, with the exception that they have to watch over the safety of the firefighter's in there company. The Jersey City Fire Department is understaffed at the firefighter position.
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I second CJ (above). In order for the petition to be taken seriously, we'd need thousands of people to sign and coverage from a major news network. Can we do that? Yes, but we're still a long way to go.
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I would guess that the problem with this and the election get out the vote for anyone but Healy campaign is that more than half of the voters in this city don't own a computer and therefore are not ever going to even see this. If people really wanna get something done I believe that they are gonna have to get out and go door to door in areas of this city that most wouldn't even drive through. However, this is better than nothing and at least a start.
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Re: East Coast Greenway: Feb. 10 Hearing For Critical Miami to Maine Bike Link through Jersey City
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I agree the waterfront walkway would be much more scenic.
I have explored the meadowlands around the proposed area quite a bit. I dont think many people have been to that area so I would take opinions about the area with a grain of salt. It is actually pretty cool out there, very quiet and peaceful. Tall reeds, swans, ducks, blue herrings, white egrets, turtles, crabs, etc?all kinds of wildlife. They could link this to Laurel Hill park very easily. The trains do come by very often on the NEC line however (the left part of the green line). It looks like on the right part they are using the old NJT Boonton line. The line on the map must be somewhat wrong because it leaves you in the middle of a big train junction called croxton yards to the east. What I find interesting about this proposal is the fact that part of the path will be right next to what I think is the busiest RR line in the US. They just recently passed a law in NJ that makes trespassing on RR property a felony burglary charge so this is surprising as a proposal. The law is obscene to me, the aim is to scare terrorists away from our RR?s, as if they are afraid of the potential for higher criminal charges?
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Wow, that is a lot of stuff wrong!
Click the link to read the full report: LHS inspection report NJDHSS
Posted on: 2010/2/9 15:21
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Komegashi is great, but expensive. I've been to More, but i'm not a fan of hybrid sushi/thai resturants. JC Sakura is near my home, but the service is horrendous and the food mediocre. I have rarely been treated as poorly as I had at JC Sakura.
For sushi, I would suggest you travel up to Edgewater to Mitsuwa supermarket. It's a huge authentic Japanese market (one of four in the country), and has regular bus service to it from Port Authority. It's a 2o minute drive, or a 40 min lightrail/bus ride (transfer at Lincoln Harbor to the 156-158 bus). It's well worth the trip.
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we signed this, and it said "you're number 413 to sign this"... i dont think those kind of numbers are going to impress anyone...
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T-bird - it may be more complicated than that (like poorly built cars, by union guys no less), but when you look at the amount of $$ from each American car sold that goes to retirement/pension/health care of anyone that ever worked building cars... it's disgusting.
the final piece of info that blew it for me was that in (some/most?) plants in Detroit, if you work on the line for 6 months, you get health insurance for life. are you kidding me?!
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AC does a lot more than pick up stray animals and bring them to the shelter. your post implies that you dont have a strong grasp on the job responsibilities. LHS takes in over 2000 animals per year, AC has had days where they brought in 10+ dogs.
personally, I see major relevance in a report that is only 3 months old. maybe you'd like to decide for yourselves.. LHS inspection report NJDHSS
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I wonder if this will actually work. I would like it too. What are some solutions we have as a city for some cuts we can recommend to our pols to hold their feet to the fire with a viable alternative?
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Henderson Street is the former name of Marin Blvd. They named Henderson in honor of the first Governor of Puerto Rico. The TD referenced in the article IS the TD next to A&P. I don't think its much of a surprise. There is an intense impoverished segment of the population just West of Marin.
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where is henderson street? i'm guessing this is not the TD Bank near the A&P & Bestbuy right outside the Holland Tunnel.
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Right now, AC picks up stray, abandoned, landlord lockout, etc. animals and brings them to LHS. LHS then takes over the rest. I don't see JC getting a city pound and I don't see them going with another shelter to handle their animal control issues so this isn't going to change (although, they could always go with Associated Humane in Newark - I'm sure those animal conditions would go over well with the residents of JC). Because LHS is contractually obligated to accept animals from JCAC, LHS provides a service to the residents of Jersey City and Jersey City needs LHS.
This is a case of really just needing to look at the numbers, there is no need to get emotional. I've heard that the JC AC annual budget is around 1 million dollars. I would love to see the breakdown of exactly where that money goes. Seven animal control employees? What exactly do they do 24/7, 365 days a year? I just know that from the time I spend at LHS that AC is not dropping off animals 24/7, 365 days a year. If I see them dropping off animals once a week that would be a lot. Now to be fair, I am not there often during the day, Monday-Friday, so maybe that is when they are dropping off animals, but if that is the case, then why are they working 24/7 and what exactly are they doing in all that time? They aren't issuing dog licenses in the middle of the night. It also should be noted that if the animal control operations are absorbed by LHS then when the officers aren't out on calls they could actually be WORKING within the shelter. That just seems like a win-win to me. And much more efficient. With all that being said, do those of you opposing LHS taking over AC operations really think that an LHS employed Animal Control Officer can't handle picking up a stray, abandoned, etc. animal and bringing it back to LHS? Again, you really just need to look at the numbers and this just seems all around more efficient to me. You can sit here and whine and complain about such things as the inspection report (which has absolutely nothing to do with this situation) or you can be part of the solution. LHS needs more funding, Jersey City needs to cut its budget - I think that this could be great for both.
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Attacked, robbed after using Jersey City ATM
By Gem Jefferson/The Jersey Journal February 09, 2010, 6:15AM A North Carolina resident was attacked and robbed in the parking lot of TD Bank in Jersey City yesterday morning, reports said. The 22-year-old victim told police he had withdrawn money from the ATM at the TD Bank at 597 Henderson St. at 12:48 a.m. when he was grabbed from behind, thrown to the ground, punched in the face and robbed by two men dressed in black with black ski masks. The assailants stole $200 and two debit/credit cards and fled north on Marin Boulevard, the victim said.  (from the JJ, support buy the JJ)
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Lautenberg says natural gas pipeline shouldn't go through Bayonne and Jersey City
By Charles Hack/The Jersey Journal February 09, 2010, 6:00AM In the aftermath of Sunday's deadly gas explosion at a gas-fired power plant in Connecticut, New Jersey Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg wants to halt plans to build a natural gas pipeline through Bayonne and Jersey City. Five people were killed and 12 others were injured in an explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems gas plant Sunday in Middletown, Conn., that was under construction. Investigators are trying to identify the cause of the explosion. "The explosion raises a red flag about the construction of a natural gas line that would run through New Jersey primarily for the benefit of New York," Lautenberg said in a statement. "This risky project should not be permitted so close to New Jersey's chemical plants, Newark Liberty Airport and the area that terrorism experts call the most dangerous two miles in America." On Dec. 28, Spectra Energy Corp., a Houston-based energy company, announced an agreement to run a 16-mile pipeline from Texas Eastern's pipeline in Staten Island through Bayonne and Jersey City to a Con Edison plant in Manhattan. Lautenberg said he would meet with New Jersey with Spectra Energy and federal officials to raise concerns about safety. Bayonne spokesman Joseph Ryan could not be reached yesterday, but has told The Jersey Journal the administration has been working with Spectra to come up with a way of building the pipeline "that is the least disruptive way possible." Jersey City Ward E Councilman Steve Fulop and Ward A Councilman Michael Sottolano, whose wards would include a portion of the pipeline, said they want more information from Spectra before the city grants approval for a site survey. Spectra is not the only company to request Jersey City officials to conduct site surveys, the first step in a federal application process to install a pipeline. Williams, of Tulsa, Okla., already has applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for permission to extend its Transco Gas Line in Essex County through Bayonne. It calls for slightly more than eight-tenths of a mile of new pipeline from Newark to an existing Hess petroleum line, which would be converted to natural gas. The Hess line is 5.41 miles long and runs along the New Jersey Turnpike extension along Route 440 to New Hook Access Road, where the Bayonne Energy Center would be constructed. The estimated cost is $17.2 million. Neither Spectra nor Williams could be reached for comment. --Journal staff writer Melissa Hayes and the AP contributed to this report.
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The demise of the auto industry is much, much more complicated than "the union killed it." Much.
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