heights wrote:
I am surprised there is a market for this. Didn't realize the value to it all.

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Pretty sure it's illegal to leave dogs outside 24/7 if they don't have access to shelter. Call Animal Control. As far as dog-run barking? Well people wanted to pen them into small areas and this is the result.

But let me tell you something about the sort of people we're dealing with - at VVP there is an asshole with a MEGAPHONE that yells at people in the dog run when dogs bark. If ever there is insanity that needs the cops involved it is that guy rather than some yapping dogs in a dog run.

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Well said DonnaJC65. Jersey City, born and bred here.

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I agree that more pride is key to future success. I'm not sure about the Newport area, but I think Jersey City pride is on the rise elsewhere. Here's a good example of some recent JC pride: http://www.chicpeajc.com/.

This is the third time you have shilled for that awful blog by that awful woman.

Haha you're obviously an angry old turd. FYI quoting my post helps my shilling. Good work Tonto.

Great lawyer, asserts I am angry, old and a turd with no evidence.
Please inform me why you think the illiterate ramblings of a self-obsessed, self-promoting and, quite frankly, badly dressed woman counts as civic pride.
The entire blog is about her, not Jersey City.

gordonh wrote:
I don't know why this isn't on the JC Cultural Affairs calendar, but this Saturday (8/9/2014), is the 11th Annual Bolivian Parade. It starts at Hamilton Park at noon, goes up Jersey Ave, ends at City Hall.

If you haven't (even if you have) seen this before, I highly recommend it.

www.boliviannj.org

nope wrote:
the former location of Cintron Barber Shop which is now an abandoned building is now basically a homeless hangout. this sucks. it was a great place to get cleaned up and the people who worked there were great. it's a shame this happened to a cool spot.

user1111 wrote:
The Jersey Journal

The Jersey City Fire Department made city history today when Tara Walker became the first black woman firefighter in the department's 143-year history.

"I knew there were a few women; they were teasing me, and things like that," Walker said in a Ch. 7 Eyewitness News interview.

Walker, 31, a high school girls basketball legend who scored 2,376 points in her Marist High School career, is now one of six women in the department. She was one of 26 sworn in at the City Hall ceremony.

The diverse class includes two black men, four Hispanic men and an Asian man, city officials pointed out.

"Now today is really a great day because if you look at the 26 men and women sitting to my right, to your left, it really represents everything that is great about Jersey City," Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop said at the ceremony. "It is a diverse class, it is a young class, it is a motivated class, it is a class of people that have dedicated and lived their lives here in Jersey City."

The new class brings the number of Jersey City firefighters to 557. City officials said that 47 members have been hired since Fulop took office.

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I don't think knowing a certain number of black people on a deep level allows you to know what "black people" are like as a race/group. That's racism by definition (racial stereotyping that directly leads to racism). All people are unique. You can't apply a few qualities/ideals of a few black people to an entire race; it doesn't work that way.

I think Pebble makes some great points. This argument/discussion should be about poverty, not about black people. I think that's the biggest problem with what that reporter said.

Ok, let's talk about poverty. Do you know which racial group has the highest poverty rate in NYC? Asians.

29% live below the poverty level, compared to 26% of Hispanics, 23% of blacks and 14% of whites.

Guess this indisputable fact blows up the "progressive" narrative. And it suggests the reporter was more correct than many want to admit.

http://nypost.com/2014/07/19/why-nycs ... -will-punish-poor-asians/

jimbehrle wrote:
Clearly there's plenty of crazy to go around. I wouldn't be surprised if the Kill All White People guy was a regular contributor around here.

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Honestly, the owner of this place should spend a day walking around any decent neighborhood in Brooklyn and take notes on the restaurants and bars, rather than modeling something after Hobroken.

Great advice for anyone opening a business in JC. Please don't turn this place into Hoboken.

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not total BS boss. My dad dealt cards there for 25 years. He and many, many of his friends that were cooks and waiters in the hotels became dealers when they opened up the casinos.

Im born and raised and he's still there. He supported our family and put me through catholic grade school, high school and helped with college. Also paid off his house. Trust me, many dealers and other non "menial" workers at least started off in AC. Yes, many leave after they get their feet under them but some do stay.

Your anecdote is not enough evidence that this is in any way a good idea. How many dealers can they possibly have? Are they really getting paid the same rate they were 25 years ago?

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The said Atlantic City would employ locals and it was total BS except for the most menial, low wage jobs. All the dealers and host/hostesses were brought in from other places.

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Lets see Fulop take this down

NOT gonna happen.

The saddest thing is that the page already has 312 likes, as of a few minutes ago. Keep it classy, JC!

It will be close to 5k in a day or so...

Are you one of those "likes?"

Not at all justifying "salmoning", but you really should be looking both ways when crossing a street, especially in a densely populated city like JC. That's basic street safety taught to kids!

denised wrote:
So I'm still trying to find a place to run. I'm looking for something near downtown as I want to do this when I get home from work at about 6 pm everyday and I don't want to have to drive anywhere (lose my parking spot on the street). I also only want to do a mile or two at a time, which for me to get to LSP would add a couple of extra miles to that. Any other suggestions??

CatsnDogs wrote:
The closure to vehicular traffic on Sundays will be a hardship to me and my 501c3 non profit, Companion Animal Trust. Companion Animal Trust provides a free service to the City of Jersey City by rescuing, fostering,providing medical care, and rehoming stray cats.

We do cat adoptions every Sunday at Fussy Friends at 148 Newark Avenue from 11 am - 5pm. Since we started our partnership with Fussy Friends in 2012 we have adopted out 163 cats.

Each Sunday we drive the cats and our equipment to the store, unload and then find appropriate parking. If the street is closed to us, will someone from the Harsimus Cove Association step up and carry these heavy items for us?

The owners of Fussy Friends do not support this closure either. Customers purchase heavy bags of litter and food almost weekly and use their cars to transport it home. If they cannot bring their cars onto Newark Avenue Fussy Friends will lose these customers.

fat-ass-bike wrote:
your only issue will be with dog poop, parking, and motorists running stop signs

kimmygo wrote:
I'm getting a car, and I believe I read somewhere that JC residents cannot get a parking permit for the street if there is parking in their residence (like apartment building). Is this true? My apartment building has parking, but I do not own/rent a spot. I would like to park on the street.

JCbiscuit wrote:
I see the building is under renovation (becoming Porta pizza, I think?)

anyone know if the sign is staying? it's a pretty great remnant of old Newark Ave. I'd hate to see it go the way of the Kentile Floors sign in Gowanus.

http://gothamist.com/2014/06/12/kenti ... _sign_certainly_looks.php

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On_The_3rd wrote:
It's that time of year. I'd expect to see these posts popping up every couple of weeks for the next 3 months.

Burglars don't just show up in troves. Most burglars are serial burglars. They often work with 1 or 2 others and repeatedly hit an area till they are caught or decide to get out while the gettings good. People always assume there is just a whole bunch of people breaking into properties but that's wrong.

Where are people assuming that?

tommyc_37 wrote:
Haven't seen a menu or a website but I believe the name of it is ... The Coffee Shop. There was a sign outside at one point, saying they are going to have like 20 taps of craft beer and 30 TVs (don't quote me on the numbers exactly). Sounds good except for the 30 TVs (wtf???).

I am not getting my hopes up, to be honest. The space itself looks really cool though, I hope that guy doesn't ruin it.