Re: HUGE GAS LINE COMING? Companies look to run natural gas pipeline through Jersey City
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Another point interresting to me.
San Bruno couldn't publish where the pipeline went for fear of terrorst attack. How will Spectra manage the route of the pipeline through JC? They can't keep it secret due to JC population density. And if they publish the final route, they're opening Spectra and JC to attack. Seriously, it's got to be a non-starter. EVEN if it isn't, a very simple campaign of pointing out the Spectra pipeline work will likely stop the effort. Once Spectra starts building in my back yard, I'll be the first out there with huge signs pointing out where Spectra are building the gas pipe, asking residents to block it. Terrorists will figure very quickly how to blow it up.
Posted on: 2010/9/18 3:15
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Re: 3rd Quarter Property Tax Bills - question
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That's all public record. If you want to sniff out a story you can find all Councilmembers property tax records online, assessed values, payments made, etc. You can even use other resources to figure whether they're under/over assessed, and track the impact of the upcoming reassement on their properties. I had a look at that stuff some time back - didn't see any skeletons. I would speculate though that currently, properties without listed sq footage seem to be currently under-assessed. But that's speculation and applies to a lot of properties, not just some Councilmembers. Feel free to do your own digging. PS: Average Jersey City property values have dropped over 10% 2009-2010 to date. Anyone that didn't appeal their tax bill last year should do so this year as soon as you receive you bills (around Feb). Even if you appealed last year and were successful, I'd recommend you appeal again. I know Steven Fulop is going to be organizing some workshops with the JC Tax Assessors end of the year or early next year. Highly recommend people attend them - you could easily save yourselves thousands in taxes.
Posted on: 2010/9/18 1:52
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Re: Downtown: Man beaten outside Jersey City bar on life support
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Think we have both hijacked this thread. Let's agree to disagree at this point, and move it to another thread if you want to debate it further. On this individual crime....I think it's horrible and I hope the perps are caught. For those that are directly invoved, pretty sure the police don't crayon out races and colors on mugshots. Big difference imo on that and publishing it to everyone.
Posted on: 2010/9/17 1:46
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Re: HUGE GAS LINE COMING? Companies look to run natural gas pipeline through Jersey City
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Let's hook Spectra with Vega and make them both go away.
Posted on: 2010/9/15 0:45
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When someone can prove publishing race makes a difference, then I'll support it. So far noone has given any facts nor evidence that it does.
Posted on: 2010/9/15 0:33
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Re: Downtown: Man beaten outside Jersey City bar on life support
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No icechute. If you're a victim of a crime committed by any race, and that crime is murder, you're dead irrespective of race. My point was about perps not victims. Quote:
Sinik I posted BOTH the link AND the excerpt in my post. Your reply made NO distinction nor qualification between the two. On post #36 I didnt care to repost your paragraph that included your rant on Asians, and idiotic assertion about my beliefs. I was answering your first paragraph. I didnt care to answer your idiotic and absurb claims in your second. Quote:
Posted on: 2010/9/15 0:24
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For those that care to read, the "blah, blah, blah" has information. Sarcasm doesn't excuse your ignorance. Quote:
"A majority of crimes is committted by them. Same for Hispanics" Which is it? African Americans commit most crimes? Or Hispanics? Or both? Quote:
Ok - let me summarise the wiki for Sinik, CC and icechute who don't seem to be able to read nor comprehend. The percentages of crime show little relative differences between races on commiting crimes. But guess who gets arrested the most? And Sinik, 2008 is 2 years ago, not 20. If you guys have something useful to say other than your stereotypical opinions, please back it up with some facts. Quote:
Posted on: 2010/9/14 4:47
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Re: Can landlord 'force' me to renew my lease?
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I think Brewster's your guy to ask since he's a landlord.
Most landlord's just need a fixed commitment. If you cannot commit to a one-year renewal, ask them what can they work with. I'd guess most private landlords would be happy with a 3-month notice so long as you don't mess them around with your rent and leave it in a good state. Bottom line though - it's a contract between you and your landlord. If they insist on a yearly contract, there's not much you can do. You can check whether you can sub-let mid-contract. You're still on the hook for the full year though. Other than that, you'll have to honor the contract, or move. If you are in a really nice place, I'd offer a 3-month notice, plus a 1 month rent early termination fee. And make it to the real owner not the property manager. Remember - it really is all negiotable - but don't lowball your landlord - they have bills to pay. And your not going to find a month-to-month place - they don't exist.
Posted on: 2010/9/11 5:14
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Another reason to oppose JC Gas Pipeline - Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion in San Bruno, Ca-
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Posted on: 2010/9/10 3:21
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Re: Downtown: Woman robbed outside her (second street) home
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I carry big dogs. For those not able to carry big dogs, I agree with this in general. We just need some checks and balances to prevent criminals having the same right.
Posted on: 2010/9/10 1:31
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Re: Downtown: Man beaten outside Jersey City bar on life support
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To chiefdahill, t-bird and sinik.
The JCPD are investigating the crime. Their primary aim short term is to find witnesses to the attack. Witnesses will likely have enough info from the JJ/JCPD published details to come forward. At the moment, it's not a statewide, nationwide nor international manhunt. When it becomes such a manhunt, the local, state, federal and international police authorities will publish what details they see fit. On general local crimes, publishing race generally serves no purpose imo. I'd leave it to the experts. As far as stereotypes go, this isn't my idea - its a well documented issue, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_States To quote: "Regardless of their arguable accuracy, public focus on the disproportionate representation of minorities in violent crime rate statistics has led to both the general racialization of the discussion regarding crime[39] as well as to the emergence of a racial stereotype which characterizes young African American men as "inherently more sinister, evil and dangerous" than the young men of other racial groups, which Katheryn Russell-Brown has dubbed the "criminal black man" stereotype.[40] Research conducted over the last two decades on the public perceptions of crime reveals that 54% of surveyed White Americans believe that African Americans are more prone to violent behavior.[41] However, this perception of African Americans as inherently violent is not limited to the White segment of the population: the National Race and Politics Survey of 1991 recorded more than half of both White Americans and African Americans as being in agreement with the statement "Blacks are aggressive or violent". Further, nationwide research conducted in 2002 and 2004 revealed that the general public holds the belief that African Americans are involved in a greater percentage of violent crime than the official statistics actually indicate.[41]" For me, I agree with JJs policy of leaving race out of the report unless it was directly relevant to the crime (hate crime, etc).
Posted on: 2010/9/10 1:07
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USA demonstrates the survival of the fittest? To be honest not sure these days. I'd agree WWI-WWII and probably thru to the 90s. The British empire held the title early 1800s-WWI. China and Russia may have already passed the US on arms sales. Testing their DNA vs the US's? On a 30-50 year time horizon, I know where my money would be.
Posted on: 2010/9/9 2:32
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I'm not an expert on this. But I'd agree with JCPD's approach - if they think they don't need to publish race, etc, that's their call. There are good reasons not to...
Posted on: 2010/9/9 1:18
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The police publish the info that they need to identify the perps. For potential witnesses, the JC police believe that's all they need to publish to jog potential witnesses memories. If they're not putting out a "America's Most Wanted style all-points-bulletin" why mention race? They're looking for witnesses at the scene, at the time. If you were there at the time, you'd get the JCPD references. If you weren't, it's meaningless. That's a good thing imo. Publishing race on every single mugging, bar fight, or whatever really achieves nothing except reinforce stereotypes. There are too many armchair critics on this forum
Posted on: 2010/9/9 1:08
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I posted your full quote. Simply put, posting race is unnecessary. It doesn't help the JC police find the perps. If they don't feel the need to post race, why do you think you know better?
Posted on: 2010/9/8 3:10
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Perhaps because the police and JJ are looking for witnesses, and not create stereotypes. How does the JJ statement create stereotypes? Your logic is twisted... Nope, actually absurd. From JJ post: "slim build and wearing a red shirt, blue jeans and a dark colored hat, reports said. The second man being sought was wearing a NY Giants T-shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers, reports said"
Posted on: 2010/9/8 1:01
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Re: Bayonne man shot in face in vicious Jersey City robbery; two others also injured
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Good post FAB.
There are also services like www.mobileme.com and www.instamapper.com that will track your stolen cellphone for you if it has built-in GPS.
Posted on: 2010/9/7 2:27
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So given your tortured logic, both you and CC think all slim, tall Giant fans of an "unspecified ethnic group" are vicious thugs?
Posted on: 2010/9/7 2:16
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Nope. It didn't go over my head. It was just badly worded by CC. It implied a number of things that neither I nor the JJ stated. CC was the only person that used the phrase "vicious thugs". I get RAD. Sometimes inferring one thing from another comes across as simple mud-slinging, and needs a clear response. Quote:
I would have thought part of the process of issuing liquor licences factored in whether there was adequate external policing around closing time. Would you hold the bar also responsible for drunk driving and any offense off-premises? I think you have a point. Not sure how to enforce this kind of accountability though.
Posted on: 2010/9/6 0:30
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This is a key point that a lot of people forget. The current embankment soaks up a lot of storm/floodwater in Downtown JC, most of which is in a FEMA-defined flood plain. Developing anything on this embankment pushes more of the problem elsewhere downtown. We need to ensure any plan in the infrastructure handles the additional runoff. We can't remove this natural water "sponge" of the embankment without making sure we have a plan to deal with it.
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I never claimed all slim, tall Giants fans are vicious thugs. What else do you want to see to validate your own prejudices? If there was a person dressed like the JJ description, at that bar, at that time, then the police would be interested. How is that untrue? If you were not at, nor near the bar at the time of the incident, nor have any inside knowledge - the police probably don't care what you think. Look up "deduction" and "inference" in the dictionary, because clearly you don't get it. Shut up yourself :)
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Anyone that uses EZ pass to take an JC exit, then within 1 hour takes the Lincoln or Holland Tunnel should be hit with a $5 or so JC "rat-run" fee. I'm pretty sure a lot of people avoid the end of the Turnpike when it's backed-up, take the Columbus or Liberty exits, go through downtown, then hook back up on Marin, Erie or Monmouth to get to NYC. I don't have a problem with that, but let's make them pay to Jersey City.
Perhaps, if they don't have a NJ license plate, nor EZ-pass and go through the JC cash exits, they should also pay the additional $5 or so. Mebbie needs a lil thought....perhaps the $5 is only charged during morning/evening rush hours.
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I think neither the police nor the JJ need to publish race/ethnicity when they are looking for witnesses to this kind of crime. They're more interested in hearing from people on the spot, at or near the crime scene, at the time. The info in the story is more than enough to jog people's memories.
For any crime the police will always withhold facts. If you're a potential witness, give them a call. If they're doing an AMW-style manhunt then they'll publish more details, including race, photos/drawing of suspects, etc. Putting race/ethnicity into this story does nothing but create stereotypes, and while Joe public might be interested in the info, it really serves no purpose other than creating tensions in the community.
Posted on: 2010/9/4 0:48
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Re: Need to hire a van or party bus for bachelor party, any recommendations?
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Try www.limos.com for some competing quotes. You can probably get a stretch limo SUV for under half that price, gratuity included.
Posted on: 2010/9/4 0:23
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Re: Downtown Jersey City major streets very unsafe and bad access for pedestrians
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Monmouth is a rat-run, with very confusing signs. The only stop sign northbound is on 7th. People abuse parking laws, and hinder peoples views without even getting ticketed never mind getting towed. I'd recommend immediate ticketing/towing for anyone blocking the view on any Monmouth intersection. And better road calming/marking near the 7th and Monmouth intersection.
Posted on: 2010/9/3 2:40
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Re: The Entire Board of Liberty Humane Society Just Resigned...
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I think we just need to cool the debate a little, There's too much heated feelings in a number of directions that really distort the issues. I respect why the board felt the need to resign. I don't agree with their decision, but I respect their reasons.
I think everyone wants LHS to suceed long term, even those folks that resigned. Can we focus on how to help LHS succeed going forward? LHS have got to resolve a number of issues: state inspections, overcrowding, no-killl, etc. I think the current board get the issues and are making some major steps on all these issues. Let's help them with that. LHS is too valuable a JC institution to lose over some stupid bickering - when everyone in JC wants the some thing.
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Re: The Entire Board of Liberty Humane Society Just Resigned...
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I've been a long-time supporter of LHS in one way or another. I've adopted dogs, I've directly contributed financially, my wife has volunteered hours there.
The closure of the Hudson County shelter and directing input to LHS probably was the trigger for a lot of the recent LHS problems. Donations are also probably way down because of recent financial upheavals. Generally I'm for no-kill, but it's not black-and-white for me. If it's no-kill versus LHS's existence: sorry I'll back the current board on this one - I'd rather see LHS continue with their current policy than have LHS fold. Anyone that wants LHS to fold is an idiot. Can we make no-kill work at LHS? Probably yes, but I think it will likely take a change of "position" by the no-kill proponents. The number one priority for the LHS board is to pass state inspections. If they don't pass, there is no LHS. No-kill is irrelevant. Where the no-kill movement could really help LHS, is to rally other nearby no-kill shelters with both open capacity and the capability to house and rehabilitate unadoptable or supposedly dangerous animals. I think the board at LHS wants to get back to no-kill status, but perhaps needs a little help getting there. Perhaps set up a shelter-to-shelter website if we need to on transfers/at-risk animals. Put your egos back into your boxes folks. Let's work together on solving LHS's immediate issues for the benefit for all the animals under our trust.
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Re: Gov. Christie Fires Schools Chief, Bret Schundler
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Or might have suited all the pols...Christie gets to cut ed deep, Ohio Dems get support.
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Call me cynical - I don't subscribe to the Republicans nor Democrats....but the Democrat Govenor of Ohio is 8 points behind in the polls, and I want to shaft it to the Republican govenor of NJ ....what better way to do it?
Smart move by the Obama team...but that's exactly what it looks like - a smart politically motivated move, not a real benefit the public move. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publi ... ection_2010_ohio_governor
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