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Thanks meowmix, I will follow up with your recommendations..
As far as these feral little beasts go, while I do find their presence aggravating, (seriously right now there's a four way going on on my porch), It's not their fault that they're wild and they act that way. At some point in their family tree, they were domestic. Then one day, an irresponsible cat owner neglected to care for their pet, and alas we have an out of control feral cat population. Is it the cat's fault? No. Is it the fault of a human? Yes... So, be that as it may, I think it's my duty to act humanely. As far as the argument over what belongs here and what doesn't, well that may have greater weight over in the Galapagos, but around these parts, there are very few species that are in fact native. Crap, even earthworms are an introduced species.
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Hi everyone,
I can't seem to find the information regarding a spay and release program for feral cats...It's getting out of control on my street--- my porch and front yard in particular. We've got two pregnant females and several non neutered males that need to be fixed. Any suggestions?
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Re: City To Conduct First Property Revaluation Since 1988
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I just received a notice in the mail verifying that they will need to take photos of the interior of your space. As I have done more than ten years of renovating, I will not be letting them into my house. While I think it's fair to tax based on square footage, I do not think that they should be assessing property based on interior improvements. What I would like to know is if you do not let them in, can they peer through your windows and take pictures that way? Is that legal?
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Re: hookah place on Vroom st.
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it's been a really long time since I set foot in there, but I remember that they used to serve amazing egyptian-style pizza. We used to order pizza with calamari and olives on it. I'm not sure if they've changed hands since, because the last time I went, they didn't have a menu and there were absolutely no females to speak of...
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A couple of weeks ago, I threw out a pallet that was used to ship a new appliance. The wood from the pallet was cut up and placed on the sidewalk. I received a $105.00 ticket for construction debris. Does this count as construction debris, or does this seem like something worth contesting?
I have another appliance shipment likely to arrive on crate. In the future, does anyone know how to properly dispose of the pallet? I know that I've seen signs on 1/9 offering to buy pallets, but I am unable to bring the pallet there, unless I cut it up. Any suggestions?
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Can anyone recommend a good tv repairman for a flatscreen?
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Re: St. Peter's College Area: Planned mixed-income housing complex gets $650,000 in corporate donations
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this is great news... however I wonder what the city will do with the property that Shelley's occupies now. Are they just going to board it up and let it sit like the Fine Fare on West Side Ave?
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Re: Healy endorses second-generation crony for vacant council seat
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REALLY ??!!!! Um yes, really. Do you live in this ward? Have you attended any community meetings here? If so, please tell me why you feel otherwise. I would be open to hearing your opinion. But if it's based solely on the process that got him into the position and not on the efforts he has made in his ward, then you'll have a hard time persuading me. I'm not saying he's superman, this part of town needs some TLC, but he's come off very approachable--way more so than Spinello, who really did seem like a sock puppet of the Healy regime.
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last year it was "Dump Donnelly", this year it is pretty quiet. it's been quiet because David Donnelly is doing a pretty good job over here in ward B. Esther Wintner seems like a wonderful person, and I would vote for her if I thought she could do a better job, but I have seen the action that Donnelly took after the whole Reed street tragedy went down and his continual effort to clean up Bergen Ave. He's been very accessible to his constituents and seems to show the same genuine concern that this mother Mary did when she was Councilwoman. Granted, I don't agree with the process that put him in his position, but he certainly doesn't seem to be a Healy hand puppet either.
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Re: Fastest route from TECCS (95 broadway) to Downtown
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thanks for your responses..
I am going to try Newark ave--- that seems like the shortes route, but I'm not sure how hellish the traffic situation is around Dickinson High school. I'll give 139 a try as well, but I'm not sure how bad the traffic is going into the holland tunnel. There are no school buses that run from my neighborhood at this time. I would bike it if I could, but it's not logistically possible at this time.
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Does anyone know the fastest route from 95 Broadway to 5th and Manila? Mind you, this is at around 8:00 in the morning, so I'm not necessarily looking for the shortest way, but the way to avoid the most traffic!
TIA
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I can't speak about Hopkins, I don't know that area too well. However, the neighborhood around Fairmount west of Bergen is pretty decent. There is a large group of very involved parents in the area. I live a couple of blocks south from there on Fairview. You are both walking distance to LCCS and Primary Prep- two very good schools in the area. TECCS is also not too far, about ten blocks, but pretty close to the Path. I work full time in Manhattan and have two kids-- I usually bike or walk to the Jrnl Square Path. I love living here and being so close to Lincoln Park. Also to note, there is a toddler park in the works for the corner of Duncan and JFK. That is slated to start sometime next year.
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I guess I just don't understand why a reval can't happen when a property is sold. Wouldn't this make the most sense? Make it so that upon signing a contract the buyer is given the new assessment before closing. They keep that assessment until the property is sold once again. I understand that we must all pay into the system fairly, but how is it fair that someone who bought a place in the seventies for 25k should pay the same rate as someone who could afford to buy the same place for 400k. They are obviously in a different tax bracket.
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I've had this happen several times on my side by side fridge. Check the door .....Sometimes the door falls out of level and does not engage the light switch in the fridge.
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Hey Tanze,
I'm interested in finding out about Purple Dragon. I sent you a pm.
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So based on some recommendations from this site, I dropped ADT and switched to another alarm monitoring company (Alarm Relay). I managed to reuse most of the components of the original system, however I was told that I needed to hire an alarm technician to wire in any newer parts to the system. Can anyone recommend an alarm technician or computer geek who knows how to do this?
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Here's an email I received a while ago regarding this issue:
There was a follow up email clarifying that a folding bike is permissible at all times except on the first and second cars of the train. April 25, 2006 Ms. xxxxxxxxxxx Dear Ms. xxxxx: I am very sorry that you encountered this difficulty in boarding PATH last evening. I have spoken with the supervisor of the conductors and he has asked if you can help us with a descripton of the conductor. If you see the conductor again, you can ask him for his badge number; a staff person is required to provide it. I have also checked and the supervisor has told me that a folded bike is permissable to bring on PATH. Thank you for telling us of this difficulty. Sincerely, Joann Breslin PATH Customer Service Unit
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really nothing major. In the summer, the neighborhood kids like to play manhunt, which can be annoying, especially when they hide out in your yard. When we first moved here ten years ago, someone stole a couple of plants out of our front yard and we've had a garden tool or two go missing. Other than that we've been lucky enough to not be broken into and to have a really great set of neighbors who watch out for our place when we're not around. good luck!
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It's a pretty decent block if you ask me :). I live on fairview and have had few problems here. As far as flooding goes,
I have had my basement flood with about a half an inch of water from time to time, but it's something that could be alleviated if there was a sump pump installed. You are on the top of a hill if you are near jfk as opposed to westside ave, but because the sewer and storm drains are connected, when it downpours, you can get some backup.
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check your pm
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Sorry tanze, please, please don't take offense, I was only sarcastically quoting what was said by gnomegeneral about how my tax paying, hardworking neighbors are a bunch of "lowlives". Quote: I would rather live in downtown JC than with a bunch of pansy hipsters who stick up for the lowlives of their hood like you do.
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Ummmm... if you bothered to read my post, I live in McGinley Square. Please don't lump me in with your hateful rhetoric and go ahead and file me away with Tanze de lasters and other such lowlifes. I don't care if you rent, own, or still live in the basement of your parent's house with your sticky little porn collection and your black lights. You don't deserve more, you deserve as much as me and anyone else in Jersey City. And as far as this being a downtown list, so be it, but then please refrain from posting comments about the Beacon or the five police officers tragically shot in my part of town. Oh wait, I forgot, it's only fair to comment about the rest of the city when you want to trash it. I must admit, I do try to refrain from posting much on this board anymore. But I have a hard time just sitting back and letting members of the downtown community blatantly attack an area based on all the misinformation you have gathered from here say or the occasional drive through the 'hood.
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My husband and I moved for one simple reason - proximity to the city and friends. And let me guess, you haven't gone to a single community meeting or attended any of your local police precinct meetings. You just post away complaints on a blog with no vested interest in the area outside of your own needs and somehow you deserve more. You really should move. And I have a right to say this because I pay more than you. 
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Here's my tax bill. Mind you l live on the west side (near Reed street!!!) and I believe my taxes are slated to go up another +/_ $400. 2009 4 11-01-2009 TAXES BILL 1,724.58 2009 3 08-01-2009 TAXES BILL 1,724.58 2009 2 05-01-2009 TAXES BILL 1,927.13 2009 1 02-01-2009 TAXES BILL 1,926.93 I also know people in hamilton park who pay less than half of what I do and own an entire house. I guess by your rationale, and the aesthetically unpleasant area I supposedly live in, I should be paying less. And maybe being that I own, I should be entitled to more, maybe the city should park a cop right on my doorstep. OH and maid service please......I deserve more. And if your going to judge how degraded a neighborhood looks like based on aesthetics alone, you probably think Williamsburg is a scary dump.
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Really????well let me show you my tax bill. The argument that someone deserves to be safer just because they pay more is an elitist one and one that I hope the city will overlook. We all deserve more safety. Equally. Admit it, you pay more, because you moved here once the area had a decent coffee shop, not because the schools showed great improvement and the crime rate dropped. What really irks me is the way residents from every part of jersey city separate themselves from each other. If you were to look at the city as a whole, you would realize that we are all affected by each others' actions--good and bad.
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I donated my car to the humane society over in liberty state park. They had all the paperwork ready and were very helpful in providing me with all the info I needed to complete the transaction.
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The same thing was said about Red Hook in Brooklyn. I worked there for a number of years and I couldn't even fathom the kind of development that has happened over the past 10 years. And I find Red hook to be a much less neighborhood friendly place than McGinley Square. It's more than a 10 minute walk to the subway ( you have to cross over a pretty desolate walkway overlooking the BQE and then wait FOREVER for the F or G train), the housing inventory is mostly limited to industrial spaces and aluminum-sided houses, and the bus service in no way compares to the options that are available to the residents of McGinley Square. Yet, the area is doing quite well. Businesses have flocked to the area and set up some really nice cafes, boutiques and nurseries--despite the large inventory of low income housing and the more than occasional burning parked car. The foundation for growth is here, it just needs more time. To me, part of what is going to make the Beacon development a successful one is the innovative and aggressive actions of Metrovest. I think that they are acclimating their inventory well in light of the current market conditions. I don't see how an auction is a sign of failure, the condo's still fetched a pretty penny considering the stale market we're in. And as far as "location, location, location" goes, you ever talk to someone from brooklyn or manhattan about jersey city? Many of them have the same opinion/lack of knowledge of us that many jc downtowner's have about the rest of jersey city.
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Problem is, your property directly affects my property and it affects your neighbors who can no longer park where they rightfully once could. There's a reason why you have to get a very difficult to obtain variance to plow over your front yard with an ugly ass block of cement. It's because it selfishly only serves to benefit you at the cost of the rest of the community. You may own your front yard, but you certainly don't own the street in front of your house. If you don't like it, you should probably move out to the burbs.
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monj1985---- as a law student, I am certain that you do not want to be breaking the law right? SO, please don't do it.
I must admit, I'm pretty passionate about this issue--- enough to be the jerk that would phone you in and make the sure the city held you accountable for your illegal actions. I own, and I find it to be a visual eyesore as well as bringing down the property value. Half the parking pads that I've seen don't even fit the car that's parked in them, so they end up sticking out onto the sidewalk. I understand how difficult it can be to park in the city, but you can blame it on all the other illegal driveways that take up public parking and the fact that some areas of the city do not have permit parking allowing people from anywhere to park on your street all day. Maybe try doing something constructive with your degree and figure out a way to get the city to issue permit parking for the area you live in.
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I completely agree with what dntshootthepianist has to say. I don't visit this forum as much because of the constant, mostly unfounded negative comments of this area. I have been living on Fairview between Bergen and Jfk going on ten years now and couldn't be happier with my choice. My neighbors are awesome, we watch each others' kids, we care for each others' pets, we help fix each others' property and we hang out at the park tavern in the summer! I would like to see a nice coffee shop open up at some point, but I am completely happy with what we have now and I appreciate both the cultural and economic diversity this area has to offer. I actually think this area is great for commuting to the city. You can walk to the path, take a bus to journal square or into port authority, or bike it and lock it. In the evenings there are always cabbies waiting for you, but I have walked home on Bergen and not had a problem in the time I have lived here. Good luck and pm me if you have any questions.
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