This is a call for artists to participate in an organized exhibition entitled ?WHAT HAVE U GOT 2 SAY 2006.? This exhibition positions itself as a platform in which a vocal, proactive arts community will stand firm and urge MAXIMUM PARTICPATION in the election process through an emphasis of our right and duty to vote according to our Constitution, as citizens of the United States.

WHYGTS 2006 desires to incorporate all art media including but not limited to painting, photography, sculpture, printing, installation, collage, and video, as well as mainstream media used to disseminate news and information including television, radio and sound bites, newspapers and other forms of publishing, and takes on traditional campaign materials such as posters, t-shirts, buttons, and the like. We are looking to present a gallery installation that is as NOISY and CONFRONTATIONAL as our election process used to be.

This show is in many ways a sequel to the exhibition of the same title, held at Grace Church Van Vorst in October 2004. This exhibition will open on September 7 2006 at Mana Fine Arts Gallery in Jersey City.

For further information please visit:
What Have U Got 2 Say

The Final Stretch -- When/Where Can You Help?

We are in the final stretch of the campaign. Things are looking good -- our polls still have us ahead, and we've been hearing that they're getting nervous on the other side.

So, we need to determine who's going to be doing what on Election Day and the days leading up to it. We need plenty of street workers on Election Day, so if there's any way you can get that day off and spend it somewhere in Jersey City working for the Vas campaign, you'll be making a big difference.

We also need canvassers for Thursday through Monday. Please contact me at jstuiver@gmail.com ASAP and let me know if/how/when/where you can help.

Each of these things will be twice the size of Tilted Arc and getting them removed in the future will be impossible!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/ ... sualarts/tiltedarc_a.html

check this stuff out!

http://www.schwartzarch.com/

http://www.schwartzarch.com/nj911memorial.htm

http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/frederic_schwartz/

He seems to have been stuck on this whole line art stuff for a long time -- Liberty was from around 1985 or something -- it all looks some bad 1980's Laser show!

http://www.schwartzarch.com/liberty.htm

http://www.schwartzarch.com/timeslights.htm

http://www.schwartzarch.com/columbus.htm

He designed this awful space
http://www.schwartzarch.com/moondance.htm

Wow and check this out! NICE haha
http://www.schwartzarch.com/govisl.htm

Thanks for the artist's renderings Falcon. Holy Crap that thing is stupid! Who thought it was a good idea?

FWIW: Even though they've broken ground, if it ain't built, it ain't too late. And even then it's still possible.

Here are links to the Jersey Journal Articles

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did you mean shyamalan? where'd you get that?

I think with all the TV coverage and the JC Journal editorial in today's paper, that there will be a call for a public forum on the design.

It's bad enough with all the high-rise condos blotting out the sun and sky; this memorial is ill-conceived.

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Yes, there was. And yes, it was. Say no more...

If I remember there was an ugly statue donated by the Russian Government after 911 - it was a "monument against terrorism" , and Jersey City didn't want it , so it was given to Bayonne?

It's not in JC but did anyone see Scarlett Johanson in Hoboken Path Station today? They're filming "The Nanny Diaries."

Sorry, but it looks like it is way too late to stop it. This was approved 2 years ago and is the official State of NJ 911 memorial.

I think that it is absurd that the State of NJ is building this monstrosoty in Jersey City, NJ; where five 911 memorials already exist and the official national 911 memorial will be one mile away at the WTC site.

One of my favorite things about Liberty State park is that an illusion appeared as if we were connected to Manhattan with unobstructed views of the skyline from the cobblestone road. Now we have an ugly pile of dirt and I bet that that this memorial will not be finished until 2007...

I agree that the Jersey Journal has been great on this story, but they should be doing more to hold those in power accountable for their misdeeds and broken promises. For instance, anyone remember the last time the JJ ran an editorial on the continuing flood of abatements given out by the mayor and his City Council cronies?
By the way, here's another JJ editorial from a few days ago...

Just more evidence takeover has failed
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Following a special closed-door session yesterday, the Jersey City Board of Education has decided to become accomplices in the Londongate affair of Superintendent of Schools Charles T. Epps Jr.
After discussing with Epps his lavish 2004 trip to England, the school trustees felt the excursion was OK by them, said the superintendent was contrite and agreed to pay back about $5,000 of $21,000 the district paid for the jaunt, and opined that enough time has passed and that they should move on.
"The trip itself was legitimate, so we have no concerns about that," said Board Chairman William DeRosa.
Why is it that the school board is blind to what the average person can see?
It was Epps who called for this meeting, according to trustees. The reason was obvious - to put the entire issue to rest. It was cowardly of the trustees to support the superintendent, who apparently did a good of job of practicing his sincerity act before going before the powerless trustees.
This newspaper demanded that the school panel open the session to the public. It not only failed to do so, but did nothing to reprimand Epps for, at minimum, his lack of judgment in spending lavishly on his "vacation" at taxpayers' expense.
This newspaper has also called on the state acting education commissioner to remove Epps. The city's toothless school board indicated that it would not ask for his removal, which means they condone Epps' actions.
This newspaper demands that the state return control of the district to the city, and that a new school election be held to create a real Board of Education with full powers.
Some of the school board members say they have been clamoring for the state to give up control for 15 years. In our opinion, no one trusted the local school board and administrators because an early release would have returned the district to the usual local patronage abuses and political influence that led to its takeover.
Now, the Abbott District has come full circle under state control. Epps is proof that there is less concern for the children and more for Epps. It should be noted that despite the claims of great improvements in the district by board members, taxpayers expected a lot more for being under state Department of Education control for 17 years.
The state Education Department, and the city Board of Education, deserve an "F" in ethics and civic responsibility.

I was wondering who the poor sould the bought it was, thanks for the link.

It was quite an impressive display of bikes coming down Monmouth last night, glad I was there to see it.

Dozens rally at spot where biker was killed
Dozens of bikers rallied tonight at the corner of Kennedy Boulevard and Jewett Avenue in Jersey City to observe the spot where fellow motorcyclist Nelson Lopez was killed in an accident Friday morning.

Lopez, 22, of Jersey City, was killed when his Suzuki bike collided with a Jeep wagon at the intersection. A Puerto Rican native, he had recently moved to Jersey City from the Bronx.

The group, which began arriving at 7 o'clock, then drove to Michalski Funeral Home on Monmouth Street in Jersey City for the viewing. A Mass will be held tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Church, Jersey City.

A 70-year-old woman was hit by a school bus at the same location today. She is in critical condition at the Jersey City Medical Center for head and leg injuries, police said.

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Woman run over by school bus
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
By CARLY BALDWIN
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A 70-year-old woman was run over by a school bus yesterday afternoon as she attempted to cross Kennedy Boulevard just north of Lincoln Park in Jersey City, police said.

Julia Fagan, a Duncan Avenue resident, was trapped under the short yellow bus at the intersection with Jewett Avenue for several agonizing minutes until rescuers were able to lift it off her using an air inflation device, police said.

She was in critical condition last night at the Jersey City Medical Center, Police Sgt. Edgar Martinez said.

The Hudson County Transport bus driver, Dorka E. Herrera, 34, of Highland Avenue, told police she was heading west on Jewett Avenue in the empty school bus to go to A. Harry Moore School at 1:40 p.m. when she looked in her side mirror and saw Fagan trapped under the rear wheels, Martinez said.

Fagan endured massive head trauma and significant leg injuries, police said. Witnesses told police the woman appeared to be walking home after buying groceries from a corner deli.

Herrera has not been charged with anything related to the accident, but police are recreating the incident as part of their investigation, Martinez said.

Just four days earlier, another gruesome accident at the same intersection claimed the life of a motorcyclist. Nelson Lopez, 22, of Jersey City, was killed almost instantly Friday morning after his Suzuki motorcycle collided with a Jeep wagon, police said.

I've been following this and agree! It is a very poor decision. I object to the location and size of they memorial. We need to preserve open space at LSP.

Some geniuses want to ruin the views of NYC so we will always be forced to remember the dead from Sept.11

This monstrosity is two 30 foot high by 200 foot long steel walls! Picture it! Please help stop this from happening!

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Group Concerned about NJ Sept. 11 Memorial

JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- An advocacy group says New Jersey's planned 9/11 memorial at Liberty State Park could block priceless views of the Manhattan skyline.

The memorial -- called "Empty Sky'' - features two 30-foot high and 200-foot long steel walls atop a 10-foot high hill.

Family members of New Jerseyans who died on Sept. 11, 2001 chose the winning design from a field of 320 entries.

But the group Friends of Liberty State Park says the whole thing should be scrapped and done over. Sam Pessin says the public, which uses the park, should have a say in what goes there.

Looks like the food will be good - lots of local businesses are contributing - Amelia's Bistro, Bar Majestic, GO, Komegashi, La Rustique, Light Horse and Pecoraro Bakery!

Ah, the memories come back. Spent many years at Ducky's, always the local place for dinner, Birthday, Wedding parties (including mine in 73) and funeral get togethers.

Tripoli restaurant another good place to eat and then of course Ann Bakery for all the goodies.

Nothing like transparency... let's get someone to wear a wire!

This meeting is for members only. If you live or work in Newport, and would like to join the association, you will need to complete an application, and produce proof of residency or employment. Please email or PM me for instructions, and to obtain an application.


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Is your question how to get your deposit back?

If you are looking for a good roofer that will actually show up read this thread. Some JCLISTERS don't have a high opinion of Miller Roofing.

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I had mine done by Miller Roofing. I had a lot of trouble getting someone because it was impossible to get a long ladder through my rowhouse. The guy literally had to hang from the roof, but he did a good job. I had been having my gutters cleaned by Ned Stevens and gave them the job - on the scheduled day they backed out.

I need to have our gutter replaced. I put a deposit down with a company in April but now it's almost June and they still haven't gotten to it.
Anybody have any suggestions??

i am glad to hear that once upon the time there was a newport neighbourhood association. i think that with new condos coming online there will be more interest in it. curious, if sonia will delete your post, if you bring this to everybodys attention at nwa board;)? i doubt if she'd care for competition...
she finally posted that nwa membership requires filling out an application and verification of working/living in newport -
http://www.newportwaterfrontassociati ... /bb/showthread.php?t=2183
apparently the members will meet in the living room of one of the apts - makes me wonder, how many members Do they have at present? 25? 50? i am dying to know how many people represent newport and us all living there. apparently it's a well kept secret;).

I am one of two elected committee persons representing Newport for the Hudson County Democratic Party. I also have been censored by Sonia Maldonado simply because I asked whether NWA was a democratic organization - where the officers are voted in by the members - not self-appointed by the 3 trustees. Sonia didn't care for this question because her organization is simply not democratic. That is why she censors the NWA bulletin board whenever public discourse that in any way questions her positions on issues, or, in this case, the general make-up of NWA. While she censored me this morning, she lifted the information I provided about the number of registered voters in Newport, 2,500, and the number voting in the presidential election in 2004, 1,401, and included it in her post this morning. She censored my post without calling me, emailing me or informing me why. This is a form of control not healthy in a democracy.

Given the need for an organization that is democratic and that truly represents the interests of Newport tenants, I am bringing back the Newport Neighborhood Association ("NNA") which Monica Coe once presided over and which represented a voice for alternatives and choices NWA simply does not provide. For example, NNA advocated that LeFrak build a park on one of their piers in the north quadrant that is yet to be developed, which they refused. Instead, we're left with the Port Authority pier by the Duane Reade pharmacy, which will cost millions of dollars to rebuild because it's in terrible and dangerous condition. The most recent word on this park is that it will be the size of a middle-class backyard and poses the structural dangers as well as the dangers of the two Holland Tunnel exhaust vents that the Port Authority fears could be terrorist strikes. As NNA suggested, a better option is for LeFrak, in a public-private partnership with local government, to build a real park on one of their several piers in the north quadrant that has yet to be developed. Anyone interested in joining this new version of NNA and becoming a voice for Newport tenants, please email me at rvivien2003@yahoo.com. Thanks in advance for your consideration and I look forward to hearing from you.

Personally...I like what the Jersey is doing to Epps (because he did this to himself). I do hope that they take heart from this and dig into abuses by other political-governmental figures. Epps needs to go -- from both of his jobs. But he isn't alone. There are plenty more abusers, I suspect, and I'd love to see more aggressive reporting on the Jersey's part. Hudson County needs a good muckraking paper.

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No problemo; email Valerio and let him know you're gung ho for the garbage detail and he'll be happy!

valerio@luccio.net-Harsimus Cove Association

a) I encourage you to type in "does gun control work" to the search engine of your choice, obtain results, read a bunch of them and make your own mind up. I suspect that you would find any list of scholarship from the criminology literature that I might provide as suspect, so this an unbiased way for you to self educate. One thing that is worth knowing is that many people who were publically opposed to law abiding people owning and carrying firearms haved changed their minds and no one I know of has gone the other way.

b) It is illegal to do what you described; that is buy a firearm out of state. So, as I said, this latest nonsense only screws law abiding citizens.

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Was out a few mins ago and saw a copy of the Jersey City Reporter, which had a picture of Epps on the cover. He looked a good 12-inches or more taller than everyone else in the picture (several men and women). If that's the case then I don't blame him for upgrading to a seat with more leg room.

This last article from the Jersey Journal is a bit obnoxious and over the top. Very inflammatory and unnecessary and not really adding anything new to what they've already said a dozen times.

I think downtown residents are lucky to have someone with some talent and passion, as opposed to the clowns that typically dominate Hudson County politics. Unfortunately for Councilman Fulop, his predecessor--Junior Maldonado--was not a typical Hudson County disaster and was a solid representative of our ward.

Nevertheless, I think Councilman Fulop has shown some integrity and guts. The latter of which could not have been said of his predecessor. So, on the whole, we are better off having Fulop.

The only way to effectuate change in Jersey City is to increase voter turn-out and send a message to City Hall that what Jersey City wants is a politician who is willing to shake things up and improve the status quo--not just cronyism.

Healy is in WAY over his head. He is a bafoon.

Not enough people care about their local politics. People treat where they live as temporary stop-overs on the great socio-economic ladder of life. If people actually felt attached to thier town, they may be more likely to register to vote, and therefore much mroe likely to vote in local elections.

Maybe we can do something about this through our neighborhood associations(?).

Acting royal? Just the kind of guy he is
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - Jersey Journal

I t seems appropriate that Assemblyman Charles T. Epps, who is also the Jersey City superintendent of schools, is experiencing agita over his trip to England in 2004 to attend a five-day Oxford roundtable discussion about school leadership. There is always an air of sovereignty about him.

What we have learned about Epps' and his companions' excellent adventure is that they arrived in London four days early and lived high on the hog at taxpayers' expense. Taxpayers reimbursed Epps $5,179 for London expenses, which does not include air fare and the "all-inclusive" $8,195 Oxford tuition already paid by the district.

All this may seem like piling on the state-appointed "educator," but not after it was revealed Thursday that the whole trip cost taxpayers close to $21,000.

More than likely, London was important for the superintendent who felt right at home with the royals. This opinion is based on his penchant for high-priced steaks and hotels. To his credit, he never submitted the booze tab, but why the pricier double espresso instead of just coffee? Perhaps we quibble.

What has been revealed about those expenses is that the initial "all-inclusive" monies paid "did" include air fare and this is where "Prince Charles" differs from the rest of us, or at least most of us. The airline tickets were purchased through the school district's travel agent. School representatives are trying to convince the public that Epps traveled "economy" in 2004, and paid about $2,400 round-trip.

Someone better tell Epps and the school district that they were ripped off. Go on any Internet travel site and you can get a fare for coach travel to London from Newark for about $863 round-trip on Continental and other airlines.

"Epps does not go anywhere unless it is first class," says a high-ranking member of the Hudson County Democratic Organization. This appraisal is echoed by others in the school district and in county organizations who have had personal dealings with the superintendent/assemblyman.

Virgin Atlantic, the airline Epps and company selected, does have an economy class seat that would cost about $1,250. School officials are correct when they say he took an economy flight, but more than likely it was "Premium Economy" and the fare for that is about $2,300. The difference is that "Premium Economy seats are bigger and wider than in Economy, with a headrest, a legrest and a seat pitch of 38 inches," according to the airlines.

Epps could not get away with First Class because it cost more than $9,000 on Virgin Atlantic. Yes, that figure is correct. Yet, Premium Economy allows you sit on the Boeing 747's upper deck with the First Class folks.

Several anecdotes about Epps give a glimpse into his penchant to not mingle with "the folk not noblessely obliged."

At a district Visual and Performing arts concert at the Loew's Jersey Theater in Journal Square, preparation for the event included a mandate that the Epps name go up on the theater marquee. On the day of the event, school security informed theater workers that providing parking for Epps in an alley next to the theater was not enough. Curbside directly in front of the Loew's had to be reserved.

Shortly after the January 2003 infamous district-sponsored Patti LaBelle concert, Epps was scheduled to speak at a Visual and Performing Arts students' art show. His car arrived early, but instead of entering the theater and reviewing the art, talking to the students and mingling with his staff, he waited in the vehicle for about 45 minutes. When alerted, he walked up on stage, gave his speech and left.

What has dumbstruck his supporters and members of the HCDO is that Epps allowed the question of his reimbursements to linger for about three weeks before taking action - and only when HCDO leaders pressured him. The decision to pay for his London trip made it sound like he was doing everyone a favor.

Democrats were tired of being beaten over the head by state Republicans over Londongate. Despite Epps' announcement, Hudson's state legislators know that the attacks by state Republicans have only just started. Epps has become the poster child of everything critics see wrong with funding the Abbott District schools.
The only question in the minds of the HCDO leadership is who will replace Epps as their Assembly candidate next year? They do not want any primary opposition and some are suggesting the widow of Jersey City Mayor Glenn D. Cunningham, Sandra Bolden Cunningham, could replace Epps and prevent a fight. Then there are many more who say they would rather stick with Epps than deal with the widow.

Another name being bandied about is former Jersey City acting Mayor L. Harvey Smith, who has had legislative experience. But there might be an objection from the "county boys" who may still feel that Smith has been ungrateful because he ran for mayor against their wishes.