PathH8Tr wrote:
I walked past a construction site for that new tall building behind Shoprite and there was brick falling OFF the building. You could see bits of brick scattered on the road and sidewalk etc. I witnessed a chunk the size of a softball fall in front of me. I talked to a woman with a baby stroller to warn them, I (and I think she) called and complained to the city etc. They put better signage up to make sure pedestrians cross the street but the problem is the brick was over on the side where the sidewalk is. The site has since moved on from doing the brickwork but this post on the other lax scenario has me re-think my walk to work.

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Yvonne wrote:
Actually, the union does complain but most of these jobs are non-union. The union goes around visiting job sites. It doesn't matter if it is non union. I met an union rep there at the Liberty Harbor North and he explained the hazards that was happening at the moment.

You must of been talking to an idiot - Occupational Health and Safety is serious business and a union rep will start to seek voluntary compliance from the construction co, then if that fails, they go directly to the authority and shut the place down until the safety hazard is fixed.
Once again do your homework Yvonne, shutting down an unsafe site is VERY easy to do. There is always a back-door to positive union involvement, as most if not all sites are made up of sub-contracting firms that can be spoken to off-site regarding safety of their staff on a particular non-union site! A simple question to them is "are you prepared to send your staff to an unsafe work site and now that you have been enlightened of those safety concerns, your ignorance is none and void of accountability if something happens to your staff there?"

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JCCheerleader wrote:
How so? The Port Authority is the entity that's not keeping up with our changing times. Them and people who get offended by the commonly used word, 'shitty'.

And the city is contributing to the problem. The more people, the more trains. Trains that should be serviced are put back into service due to more people. Simply put, JC and the PATH, is a poor marriage, no communication. Fulop is part of the problem.

i guess the solution for some would be halt development

Only so many people can fit on boat before it sinks and there is no quality of life if you cannot take the trains to work at a decent time. There are people who get up at 5:30 am to make sure they catch an early train. What is the point of urban living if you are spending more time waiting to get on a train. I said in the past, we need more stations and another affordable ferry system. I have been saying this since the 1990s. Constantly building without providing services is just plain silly then have the mayor call out the PATH just adds to, "It is not my problem" routine.

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Heights2014 wrote:
Below is the link to the Hudson County View expose on the Akil "Non Profit" "More Than a Race"(MTR). In August 2013, 3 months after the mayoral election, letters were sent out by MTR to multiple donors who gave very large donations to Akil's MTR. Although Akil's MTR had it's "Non Profit" status revoked by the IRS, MTR told the contributors that it had tax exempt status and donations were tax deductible. Among the donors were:

1) The Decoitis law firm: over $7,000.00 contributed. This law firm subsequently secured up to a $500,000.00 contract with the Jersey City MUA.

2) MCE, an engineering firm: over $3,700.00 contributed. This firm subsequently received a contract from the Jersey City MUA worth several hundred thousand dollars

3) "25 Senate Place": contributed a $1,000.00. Shortly thereafter it received a tax abatement.

John Thieroff the former campaign manager for Mayor Fulop is a trustee of Akil's MTR and he is also a commissioner on the Jersey City MUA.

Gerald Balmir is a Hudson County Freeholder and is also the Chairman of the MUA. Akil was Balmir's campaign manager during his recent run in the democratic primary.

Richard Moon is the Executive Director of More Than a Race (MTR). Mr. Moon is also the owner of the house on Arlington Avenue in which the "Secret meeting with CERF" was conducted by then Councilman Fulop and his hand picked BOE Members. Interestingly, when Mr. Moon was asked if he had attended that secret meeting he told Jersey a Journal Reporter Terrance McDonald he "could not remember".

http://hudsoncountyview.com/radical-p ... med-akil-raise-questions/

So it would be safe to assume that Richard Moon is also full of shit? He let's people have secret meetings at his house and he didn't remember being there?

Yvonne wrote:
We should do an examination to see if our council have a spine, so far only Yun and Boggiano appears to have one.

Monroe wrote:
Lincoln wasn't a slave owner . . . among other nonsense you just wrote.

bearbear2013 wrote:
LHS does in fact turn away animals, they're not supposed to but they certainly do.

Information from LHS IRS form 990:

LHS brings in a little over a million dollars a year from grants & contributions according to public records for years up to 2013: they received $700k in grants and contributions for 2011 and almost $900k in grants and contributions for 2012.

Of the average $1 million in grants/contributions they bring in yearly:

$600k went to salaries for 2011 and $609k in salaries for 2012

Less than $48k is spent yearly on vet bills

Under $20k is spent for food

Less than $5k is spent for building repairs

If you don't know what's going on at LHS, go and find out...

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Hudson County View:
This is not just a rehash of yesterday news - Akil has a non-profit in which Fulop gave $5,000, plus law firm DeCotis, CME, and developers 25 Senate Place LLC which received an abatement in JC also gave funds.
http://hudsoncountyview.com/radical-p ... med-akil-raise-questions/

Poncho11 wrote:
The Masonic Hall ? This person is pulling your leg. But, next door Renato's is a great place to have one. Food is good, as well as the service.

TheWrathOfCane wrote:
As a long time reader largely timid of contributing to the petty hostility on this forum, here is a simple sum up. A city beureacrat who did not run for office returned to her home on 9/11, llikely after a long day of work, and lost her cool with non-residents who make noise into late hours and throw garbage onto her doorstep. Curious as to why she was there? Google her name and you can find her address through a particular public info webpage, and you'll see it's her home. She's an employee that nobody has ever heard of until now, who only is getting attention because the typical drama hounds on jclist have considered this the latest great thing.

For those of you who have been grandstanding on this, and arguing for why she should be placed in the public stocks, here's where you dropped the ball. Myself, and numerous others who live in this city, initially didn't think this was the type of behavior that should occur from a public employee off hours, particularly given Fulop's earlier statement. However, you've taken it to such a far stretech in your search for blood, that your agenda is beyond transparent. This isn't something that a beureacrat needs to get fired for. It's something that, at best, requires a verbal reprimand, which has more than likely already occurred as of Monday at the latest. She wasn't caught urinating on a concert crowd or driving drunk. She lost her cool with people who are a nuisance right outside her door.

Think that isn't what happened? Take a look at the Faceook profile of the guy who shot the video. A picture with a guy blatantly smoking a blunt. Take it from there. This was a self indulgent crowd that has no care for the community where they decide to party. Yes, she lost her cool. But, the discussion of why she did it, and why she needs to be beheaded, is completely absurd.

Frankly, Yvonne, and the rest of you jackals that have chimed in on this, you are part of what makes claiming to be from Jersey City so embarrassing at times. Your hate is transparent. Your pettiness and ignorance in your pursuit of being some form of local hero makes pre-schoolers look like a bastion of maturity.

Seriously, shame on you. I'm waiting for this to finally die so your lot can go back to cheering you having to rant about possibly having to bake cakes for gay couples who want to marry.

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fat-ass-bike wrote:
Maybe we (The City) should be investing in a small business bureau to help ALL small business entrepreneurs

Agree. There is a lot of talent, business acumen and creativity in this city, it should be harnessed and retained.

How do SBBs develop?