mrrogers wrote:

Your constant whining about how Fulop should Back Manzo is the Equivalent of manzo slapping Posters up all over downtown.

Telecomreg wrote:
Fulop has to step up to the plate here. We have a reform slate (so far) under Manzo

samual wrote:
Yes, no doubt I do have an agenda. However my goal is good goverment, and good goverment includes good people, and Jim Carrol is one of those good people. As to your views that the city doesn't benefit by supplying its officers with incentives to continue their education, which they do on their "on their own time": These views are simply not consistant with the policies that exist in many major police departments across our nation, where educational opportunities are offered to their police officers as incentives to them to complete this training on their own time. So, you don't agree with me that a police officer having a law degree benefits the city, well I continue to disagree with you for reasons stated in my previous post. However, what really seems to bother you is that a police officer can make an extra buck by maybe doing a real estate closing. Quite frankly this would seem more like jealousy on your part than a reasoned response.

I am happy you agree with me that Robert Troy was a disasterous appointment by Mayor Healy. And yes, a well trained police officer in all aspects of the law can save the city millions of dollars in civil liability. I am not implying that , its a fact, just look at the money which untrained police officers across the country have cost their municipalities in legal fees and punitive damages etc...

samual wrote:
Ross, yes you are correct when you say that Jersey City paid for Jim Carroll's law school.

Now I will tell you how Jim Carroll having a law degree benefits the taxpayers, which should be obvious to someone without an agenda. The City of Jersey City will pay for any police officer studying a criminal justice and law curriculum, this is contractual. Jim Carroll, a police sergeant has probably better than ten years to go before he retires. It certainly benefits the city to have its police superiors highly educated in the area of law, both from the perspectives of civil liability for the City as well as being highly trained in criminal law. Now, if Mayor Healy had recognized this, we would not have been burdened in the way we were with the appointment of Police Chief Robert Troy, who by the way has the city involved in FIVE very expensive law suits involving his improper actions. Count them again FIVE LAWSUITS.

Please stop throwing mud and inuendos at a guy like Jim Carroll just for the sake of throwing the mud. Think through what you are saying before you press the submit button.

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So Carroll's a police sergeant, an attorney (more than likely on the city's nickel), is running for paid political office, and the Gaughan's are milking the system?

Carroll is a police officer who will have to take a leave of absence to be a councilmen.He does not have any legal work with the city nor county.
The gaughn family on the other hand have at least six jobs and three free cars with gas in the family.Big difference.

Trubrit wrote:
... a nice departure from the typical JC lefties and self interest types.

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samual wrote:
I happen to know Jimmy Carroll. Jim is a lifelong Jersey City resident who lives in the heights with his family. Jim who is an attorney is very community spirited and involved with the schools, and he donates his proffesional services to the church. Jim is a police sergeant in Jersey City and a fine example of the youth and proffesionalism that should be reflected on the city council. this was a very very good pick for a very important council seat by Manzo.

Could't agree more on Jimmy Carroll.He is a real nice guy who has done a lot of great things in the heights.Sixteen years of Bill
Gaughan are more than enough.Streets are filthy up there and Gaughans whole family is on the payroll.I will defenitly Volunteer
some time to help Jimmy Carroll knock off Bill(four jobs)Gaughan.

fat-ass-bike wrote:
I hope someone buys some baby dolls, removes their clothes and in a sign of protest, dumps one in all the internal trash bins at the hospital.

Another reason to sue for unnecessary suffering to the mother and family. Now-a-days money talks to force change and accountability!

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fat-ass-bike wrote:
I'd still like to know who is footing the bill to produce all these cd's and whether a kick-back is on the cards for some-one who might have sponsored this promotion.

please don't tell me that cityhall funded this self indulgence.

Go to city hall and ask to see the mayor then ask him for yourself. I for one like the Christmas card he sent me it has a beautiful picture of his family on the front.

KNOWITALL wrote:
Dan may be a good guy but he has no chance of winning or even being competitive... in the mayoral race or any council seat ..Ward E or At Large. I call on you Dan to reconsider your plan to run. Support Fulop for mayor and Skinner for council. They need you support Dan!!!

KNOWITALL wrote:
Why was Schundler there.....hanging at the door, greating people as they entered like he had anything to do with the event. For 7/8 years he has not been active in Jersey City now he's trying to jump on the reformer bandwagon.
B. S. was a very aloof mayor whose main accomplishment was not getting arrested.

Greested wrote:
I'm one of those guys mentioned in the article who arrived in JC post-Schundler. Having been here now for 2+ years, I can say that I agree with a lot of the sentiment in this article, namely, that this place has come a long way, but perhaps not as far as it could or should have. Here's my question: is this Schundler guy another Bloomberg, like the article seems to suggest? Can he be trusted? Is this JC's man for mayor? Let's hear from some people who lived through the Schundler years.

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The Parking Authority must have a ton of no show-patronage jobs to support, I wonder if there is any way to find out who is on the payroll.

See: http://www.jcparking.org/contact%20info.htm

Atsushi wrote:
Please don't get me wrong. I do like Jersey City, and that's why I've decided to move there. But I've wondered why so many empty lots have pile of rubbles that remind me of the pictures of the buildings destroyed by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. I've taken many trips to JC prior to my decision, and it seems that nothing is being done to these empty lots. Why are things not happening in JC as much as they should?

Atsushi

super_furry wrote:
Fulop voted against the abatement for the Beacon, where you claim to reside. This shouldn't come as a surprise since Fulop has consistently rejected abatements that are not needed.

icantdrive55 wrote:
oh yeah... whatever did happen to those judges? that's the problem, these scandals flare up and then noone pays attention to the aftermath -- there are no consequences once all the initial furor dies down.

scooter wrote:
sadly, JCLaw's description of the city as a whole sounds about right to me - all we downtown yuppie scum have is the media.

(I would think the intersection of old-school Jersey City corruption and all the new development coming in would make a great vehicle for someone looking to make a name for themselves as a investigative reporter, but I haven't gotten anyone to bite just yet.)

mrrogers wrote:
They left out that to get the 8 mil.we will have to be included in the distressed city program like trenton and camden.
So much for the world class city Healy is always crowing about.

Investers don't look kindly on distressed cities.

nugnfutz wrote:
A $1.5 million spend like this would be much more palatible if it didnt add directly to our individual property tax bills. At a time when JC has real trouble balancing it's budget, and with the debt crisis (no-one wants to buy Municipal bonds/debt anymore), all this means is that every dollar of JC overspend is likely to directly hit JC property owners pockets.

Mr Fulop - you work in the big bad world of Finance. Can you beat some sense into these council numbskulls?

ianmac47 wrote:
The advocacy groups you mention are biased lobbying organizations that each have their own specific agendas, none of which have anything to do with providing transportation alternatives, aiding economic growth, or facing the realities of Jersey City's expanding population.