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Yes he does, and yes we are if we vote for the crook again. I only got the Fulop mail. Better for my blood pressure.
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Epps was a ten year disaster for taxpayers. The inflated sums we paid him for his salary and bogus expenses were a drop in the bucket compared to the waste and favortism he presided over at the school board.
Somebody should ask him about his attendance record in Trenton when we were paying him a second salary as an assemblyman. Epps on the city council would be obstruction, delay, and more waste. In addition to the outrage of further subsidizing his retirement. If Ward A is able to say no to him, that will really be something. No Charlie Epps signs on my block.
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We could go around all day questioning each other's credibility. Maybe that's the nature of anonymous or psedononymous posting. Why we just might question the fact that 8 of your 9 posts are anti-Fulop, and the 9th was a complaint about school reforms, and conclude that you don't have any credibility either. But one of the pluses of this communication is that it allows you to focus on the issue rather than the person. Is the claim credible? Right now the issue is that Connors made a charge about the Reverend's beliefs. The Reverend, as an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God, is rightly assumed to believe in his church's teaching. When pressed, does the Reverend say what he believes? No. He complains about being persecuted for his religion, tells how that's just like Martin Luther King, and refuses to answer the question. His claim that he will be able to serve all the people he represents neglected to mention sex (Assemblies of God is opposed to women in authority) and sexual orientation (Assemblies of God is strongly against gay relationships). Rev Gonzalez could demonstrate his own credibility by answering the charges - or he could duck them. Just like Healy, who's made a career out of ducking responsibility. Like Healy's other running mates, who duck direct questions, counting on Team Healy solidarity to work election day magic. They might be right if people stay home, or their fear tactics about "outsiders" works. News flash: I'm fed up with Healy and Fulop looks a lot better. I find it incredible that anyone could think that Healy, Walker, or Malik are anywhere near prepared to govern this city.
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I love the way Healy's people complain about politics at the parade. As if the parade wasn't political. LOL!!!
Like the way Healy used city trucks to parade his campaign banners. Or that the Fulop people are somehow wrong for handing out literature and having Fulop signs, while the "Irish for Healy" signs that just by coincidence appeared yesterday along the parade route are somehow ok. (BTW, the parade committee OK'd everything the Fulop team did - I know somebody on the committee. All this indicates Healy's double standard - if Fulop does it, it's wrong, but if Healy does it, it's right. And it also indicates they're worried about the direction things are going. You don't cry foul when you've put the ball in the net.
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Not even a hint of impropriety. The outright over the top STINKING REEK of impropriety, yes, but not a hint. This is no smokescreen. This IS one of the real issues in the campaign. With Healy, the city is for sale. He proved it four years ago. And he's proven he cannot stop. The man needs someone to stop it for him. Jersey City voters, it's up to you. Please help Jerry begin the 12-step program he so desperately needs: Corruption Anonymous. There's a sponsor waiting for him in the U.S. Attorney's office.
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Jersey City election 2013: School district's state monitor working for Walker campaign
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal on March 06, 2013 at 12:01 PM, updated March 06, 2013 at 12:02 PM The controversial state monitor of the Jersey City school district confirmed yesterday she is working with the mayoral campaign of former local basketball star Jerry Walker. Cathy Coyle, an ex-school administrator who returned to the school district last year as a state monitor, said yesterday she is working as the Walker campaign?s treasurer. Coyle said she met Walker, who runs an afterschool program for the school district, about a year ago.... Team Walker, Walker?s afterschool program, won a one-year, $176,500 contract with the school district last August, though it has worked with both the district and the city for years. Both Coyle and Walker said they don?t think that contract represents a conflict of interest that should preclude Coyle from working with Walker?s campaign.
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This would be a very welcome change if the campaigns actually do it.
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What is this, a joke or a bald-faced lie? Healy signs have been going up all over town. And you know they don't come from a few rogue volunteers. This is part of Healy's blatant disregard for the law. His supporters didn't mistakenly put up a few signs out of over-enthusiasm. Those things are expensive and distributed from the campaign with instructions to plaster them all over the place. That's because they're afraid they won't find many real citizens who will put one of those dirty things on their property. The operation is run right out of Healy's headquarters because they feel they've got the right to break the law.
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We have to fix the skyway, no question. But the traffic problems is going to be a major headache, since there just are not many alternatives, and no GOOD alternatives.
Maximize the bandwidth on the bridge. It seems like a good idea to have the bridge open one way, but reversible so that max traffic can go INBOUND towards the Holland Tunnel in the mornings, and OUTBOUND in the afternoon and evening. Carpool/ridership requirements are also ok. Public education. Make sure that people know the alternatives, and that you do your worrying ahead of time, not 2 days before you close the thing. Heavy enforcement, especially as new traffic patterns start, and occasionally to prevent slippage.
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Re: Jersey City mayor presents budget with no tax hike; rival warns of 'massive increase' next year
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There's a real gap in independent reporting and analysis on Jersey City's fiscal situation.
I would love to see someone - even from a campaign - produce a report on exactly where we stand, giving some real numbers. That would be a real public service.
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Re: Political Insider: Healy, Fulop produce visions of selves, city in videos
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More of the campaign silly season. Fulop's ad addresses his problem of still needing to introduce himself to voters who are not that engaged with city government. Not everybody follows this or reads the JJ.
Healy's problem is that people do know him, so his ads need to avoid anything resembling his porch or Solomon Dwek. Since his record is perceived to be so poor, he needs to try and convince people that he's actually been doing something (contrary to most peoples' perception). So he has a two-pronged strategy of tearing down Fulop while trying to "look busy." I hope that VOTERS will demand more and really ask the candidates to spend more time on issues.
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Yes, but before you went to college, your SAT scores mattered. They were one of a few factors which determined whether a particular college considered your application or gave you financial aid. They mattered precisely because that test was a proxy for learning and for college preparation. I went to high school before people got obsessed about studying for the test, and people did all kinds of extra test prep. Nobody has been complaining about teaching to that test, because millions of individual students saw the value of doing well on that test. That's a ridiculous amount of importance to place on a single test. It's interesting to note that individual families and students bought into the "teaching to the test" model welll before NCLB. This all misses the mark, because a test used well is only an indicator of whether a student has acquired certain knowledge and skills. There really are things we want our 3rd graders and 8th graders to have learned. Schools which have not been able to do this need change. Period.
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You've perfectly described the crony corruption of the HCDeadO. It remains to be seen how much Fulop could change that if he's elected. But there are encouraging signs. The Board of Ed headed by Charles Epps was an entrenched machine. That's been cracked open a bit, and reports from parents and teachers so far give Dr. Lyles high marks for her professionalism and education focus. The City Council was an entrenched machine. Fulop cast an awful lot of lonely 8-1 votes opposing downtown abatements and introducing reforms. But Healy's guys have been going to jail and down in electoral flames, and Fulop's winning most votes now. If he gets most of his council team in, that entrenched machine will have really changed. If you expect everything to change instantly, that's a recipe for stripping your gears and losing hope. If you work steadily for change, you might get somewhere.
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This is a great program and a great idea. It hits a number of problems at the same time. It gives kids job experience, great preparation foe life after high school. It gives kids something to do in the summer other than wandering the streets. It helps keep kids connected to schools, and might help reduce drop outs. The only problem is that the program needs extra funding and should be extended even further. This is one step forward, maybe next year Fulop can find some more funding.
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Public schools are governed by an elected or appointed school board which is accountable to the body politic. Charter schools are governed by a privately organized board. Public schools are subject to all kinds of standards appropriate to public enterprises like public financial reporting, public budgeting including in some cases electoral approval of school budgets and bond issues, public records acts, etc. Charter schools are generally either not subject to these requirements or need to conform to less stringent versions. Charter school advocates often like to say that charters are public schools. I get it. They are funded by public money and must follow many of the same educational and reporting standards as traditional public schools. They generally must take any students which come (although usually pre-select away from serving students with significant special needs). But "charters" are chartered by the state and effectively bypass local school management. That's their raison d'etre. They step outside the normal public school management system but not the normal public school funding system. I'm ok with charter schools. They are a potentially creative response to poorly-performing, wasteful, entrenched school systems. But they only have a place if they improve educational outcomes and/or provide educational opportunities not available in the traditional public system.
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Pizza Masters is ok, good for the neighborhood. The thread reminded me to stop by Elio's today in time to grab a Sicilian slice. Man oh man. Thanks, jclist.
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I was talking to a friend who works for the city who DID NOT get a phone call, and he was really upset. He really wanted the chance to blow the whistle on the mayor's "high ethical standards."
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If only Mayor Healy could pick up the Batphone.
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One of the persistent complaints around town is how curfew laws are not enforced. JCPD says its because of manpwoer, they don't assign staff to it, and the officers that are on curfew watch mostly just chase kids off corners. If they bring anybody in for a violation, that takes them off the street for hours. You only get reasonable enforcement if you have manpower assigned to it, the support of the district captain, and cooperation of citizens.
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Agree that McGinley Square is further away than its boosters would like. Journal Square development will help it long-term, but not do too much for it short-term - because the JSQ developments will be the focus. Why build at McGinley (or move there) if you've got a better opportunity right on top of a PATH station?
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Nice little speech. But at Liberty Academy we're not talking about a quarterly sales target. We're talking about a 14 year track record. missing a "quarterly sales target" is one thing. Missing 14 years of them is another. Everybody (except perhaps Michelle Rhee and No Child Left Behind Dubya) understands that education is more than a test. But if you are being educated, you will pass the tests. A school's consistent failure to better its students' test scores is an indication that it is failing in its educational mission. Charter schools got into the business by promising that these private enterprises would get public tax money to improve educational performance. Whatever other wonderful things are going on in a charter school, the schools' own claims have been that the will impact the bottom line of producing better-educated kids, who can pass these tests in school and the tests of life.
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An abatement might be crucial to a project's financing - but probably not.
That's pretty much irrelevant to a city's decision to abate or not. The primary purpose of abatements from the city's perspective is to encourage development in places where it would not otherwise occur. The goal is to get some ratables rather than none. You trade some of the potential tax revenue of the new property in exchange for the PILOT payments, and also to help attract other new development to an area. Sooner or later the city should be out of the abatement business in a particular area. For example, downtown. You need abatements in Journal Square, Ward F and Ward A. You may need them to get development started on the Hackensack River. But they are no longer a good planning tool downtown. As long as you keep abating downtown development, builders don't have much incentive to break ground in new areas, if they can get the same breaks in a "proven" area.
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This is one of the great things about charter schools. When they don't deliver on their promise of quality education, it's easier to close them down and restart.
Wishing all the best to the folks at Liberty Academy.
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Josh Henne, a spokesman for the Healy campaign said though the campaign "always follows both the letter and the spirit of the law... " LOL. Quote: "Healy has already instructed his finance team to return any money raised last night." I can just imagine how that conversation went. If you think he F-bombed the JC Independent reporter last week for asking a question, imagine what he was feeling about having to give back money. Quote: Torraca did not return a call or email for comment.... Team Transparency strikes again.
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Healy's admitted he can't raise money with the pay-to-play laws in force. We know from 4 years ago his people will break the law. This is almost a dog-biotes-man story. No surprise.
See also the Politicker NJ thread.
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JCEA and AFSCME did not, and some of their members are pissed.
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Glad they got the dirtbag. Good work, JCPD.
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Shot while playing basketball at 8pm. Sounds like a real troublemaker - not. I hope he recovers.
If only the Eye in the Sky had been watching. Seriously, when is our city leadership going to start acting like this is a crisis? It can't be the Mayor. He's too busy telling us crime is down.
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Anybody who has a track record with the zoning board will be able to give you the straight scoop. Worth paying the money upfront to get it right.
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The reality is that these people try a lot of doors and find the elderly, impaired, and otherwise clueless to prey upon. If somebody tries this to you, you should call the police right away and let them come and scare the guys of your block at least.
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Maybe it was all the used condoms in the pipes.
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