JMH wrote:

citybelt - that is AWESOME info and great news. fortunately, I was able to find a neighbor on new york ave who was willing to rent me her driveway. question, though.....
where is paterson plank?

citybelt wrote:
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JMH wrote:
Are there streets nearby that do not require a JC parking permit? What about guests who may visit for a weekend?

I park on Paterson Plank -- no parking permit required, just street cleaning a few times a week. If your car is a company car, I'm assuming you use it during the day. So you could theoretically park in front of your new building (or in the vicinity) overnight, and utilize the parking on Paterson Plank on weekends or for emergencies, etc. Works for me!

hell2heights wrote:
We moved to the neighborhood in Fall '05 and are quite happy. Bring your dog to the park behind the Doric Towers at Palisade & Paterson plank for the unofficial neighborhood dog run. Also at that corner is the NJ Transit 123 bus to Port Authority. It's much more reliable than the 99S and much less prone to fistfights.

ErinMaiden wrote:
why they gotta say "heights" seems that shit was also going down in hoboken.

GrovePath wrote:
Jose "Nutty" Gonzalez, 25, of Third Street in Union City, Rory Praylow, 28, of Jackson Street in Hoboken, and Manuel "Murder" Suarez, 31, of Palisade Avenue

NONdowntown wrote:
i worked in PR for years before (and while) attending Law School, and lay persons have a really warped idea of what publicists do. They handle presentation of a client to the press/media. They do not advise on policy. They get handed situations, both good and bad, and are responsible for dressing those situations up in the best possible light for the client. Whether that client is Rosie O'Donnell or Jerry Healy. Or Exeter Properties.

Speaking of which, Rosie and Barbara Walters, for a time on two sides of a public "battle" over at the View, share a publicist, Cindi Berger at PMK-HBH. She works like a dog, and the media doesn't have a problem with her handling both parties.

As far as the "appearance of impropriety" goes, if we have to choose our battles, (and in JC we do), I'm all for choosing to take on ACTUAL impropriety. Of which there is no shortage.

Also, please show me all of the other properties in the Hamilton Park area, historic or modern, with frontal exterior green space.

RABBITRABBIT wrote:
not mellowing - just not interested in Pavonia. you know i am all about the brownstones. now get that dog run finished.

clam wrote:

From the short time that I have been in JC I can see how easily city officials make it for developers to define our neighborhoods as well as how lazy and inefficent our city offices are. I do support Civic JC & Mr. Fulop for attempting to help turn this around by introducing the Pay to Play Reform.

Jako wrote:
I see that the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is showing Delivered Vacant this Sunday at 3pm, granted, it's on the other end of the earth, but if anyone missed it here's your second chance, and you can always get drunk at the bavarian beer garden afterward.

seki wrote:

At the seminar, I was told that they are doing green roof on St. Francis.

curtis_luvva wrote:
"The appearance of impropriety means that an ordinary person, without knowledge of the facts, would assume that something he/she saw or heard was inappropriate or a violation of a rule/regulation. The appearance of impropriety only applies if the wrongdoing does not violate a specific law/rule/regulation."

http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/defense_ethics/ethics_regulation/2635/

GrovePath wrote:
Asks blind trusts for big earners with power

JARRETT RENSHAW -- JERSEY JOURNAL -- JAN 13

Assemblyman Lou Manzo, D-Jersey City, wants to require all state and local officials - elected and non-elected - who make at least $1 million annually to put their investments into a blind trust.

Under a bill Manzo introduced this week, wealthy government officials would have to turn over control of their investments to an individual or company, thus avoiding conflicts of interests, the assemblyman said. The requirement would extend from city officials to the governor.

"As exorbitant wealth is often the product of a diverse portfolio that may potentially overlap investing interests with governmental business, I am certain that this measure will work to preserve the integrity of elected officials who have accumulated wealth and choose to serve the public," Manzo wrote in a letter to Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts.

Currently, state legislators can invest as they please in the market, but they have to disclose their investments annually. Manzo said many legislators disclose ownership of a mutual fund, without divulging the fund's portfolio.

RABBITRABBIT wrote:
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parkman wrote:If you pass up this opportunity, you will be accepting T&M?s design and will not be able to effect any changes once implemented.

and if you make suggestions, please don't think that ANY of them will be considered. Proof point = VVP Dog Run

parkman wrote:If you pass up this opportunity, you will be accepting T&M?s design and will not be able to effect any changes once implemented.

parkman wrote:
Ward E

The public meeting for comment on T&M?s proposals for the downtown parks and open spaces, including Hamilton and Van Vorst Parks, is on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @ City Hall, 6pm.-9pm.

Please visit this site to see what is being proposed for your parks / green spaces and if you have comments, objections, or questions; the above date is the time to express them.
http://www.cityofjerseycity.com/arch/
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If you pass up this opportunity, you will be accepting T&M?s design and will not be able to effect any changes once implemented.

Hamilton Park is the largest of the downtown parks to be discussed and will have its first renovation since the 1970?s. A small fraction of downtown residents have been heard from to give input into what is being presented as a community consensus. As for my opinion, there are not enough decorative gardens, passive areas, and though T&M proposes reseeding the lawns, they do not provide for a supplemental sprinkler system to keep the lawns alive. You also have the issues of tennis courts, a dog run, and children?s play areas.

Please be proactive and participate in this decision making process for your park system.

Minnie wrote:

A city event paid for by the Silvermans and set up by the Mayor's press secretary. How cute!

I wonder how many people that attended were able to figure out that this is a "cozy" partnership between the two parties involved. The Mayor wants us to think they're really interested in "green" buildings and the Silvermans want to sell condo's. I hope the food was at least good.

The Silvermans were not interested in putting a green roof on the St. Francis Hospital and the Mayor could give two hoots about green unless it's turf inside a ballfield.

If any other developer that does business in Jersey City wishes to hire Moonlighting Maria... they had better be prepared to take some shots from residents.