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Re: Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker Proposes Bicycle Tax
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Posted on: 2011/1/13 14:01
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Re: Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker Proposes Bicycle Tax
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Those darned seniors!

Last week I almost got run down by an old lady riding her 'Hover-round'.

I wish I could have gotten her 'plate number'!

Posted on: 2011/1/13 13:59
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Re: Seven students arrested in riot outside Dickinson High during lunch dismissal
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Keep in mind that the taxpayers are shelling out over $17,000 per student/per year for this.

Posted on: 2011/1/9 18:01
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Re: CITY REBUFFS POLICE UNION OFFER FOR CONSESSIONS
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The city also intends to demote several Captains and Lieutenants after promoting four Inspectors to the rank of Deputy Chief. A move that the city argues will save the department money but has devastated morale across the police department.


My income has dropped more than 40% during the past two years due to this recession while my taxes have gone up 40%.

So please spare us the "devasted morale" crap.

Posted on: 2010/12/31 14:04
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Re: Civic Rally on 12/15 at City Hall
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This rally is scheduled for 5pm.

So I will do like the cops do whenever I have called them for something:

I will do a drive-by around 7:30.

Posted on: 2010/12/16 14:06
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Re: Jersey City Economic Development Corporation could name former councilman CEO
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He said he didn?t want people to think he only got the position because of his relationship with Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy.


Of course not! It never crossed my mind!



a-holes.

Posted on: 2010/12/8 15:28
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Re: Wayne St. stabbing in the head/shooting tonight
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plnj wrote:
This thread is a broken record. There is no report of anything happening on wayne st last night so until there is lets end this BS


Somewhat agree.... aside from the "cop banter", are there any confirmed details about this supposed crime?

Posted on: 2010/12/6 14:14
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Re: Councilwoman Flood's "Most Wonderful Son" - Arrested Again
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Guy is a total piece of sh1t that we will end up supporting one way or the other.

Posted on: 2010/11/23 17:07
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Re: Gingko Trees
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We should gather all the stinky fruit and bring it to the park on Wayne Street.

Might accomplish what the cops can't...

Posted on: 2010/11/20 3:33
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Re: Most of Hudson County's mayors welcome Christie's "tool kit" attempt to rein in property taxes
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Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy said that without the proposed reforms it will be near impossible to stay within the 2 percent cap without "causing a further reduction in services, which will hamper effective and efficient government."


WTF does Healy know about "effective and efficient government"?

Posted on: 2010/11/17 18:34
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Re: Heights/Western Slope: Armed thugs enter 2 stores minutes apart and clean out cash registers
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Ware was in prison from April 15, 1994 to Oct. 28, 2003, March 31, 2004 to July 5, 2005, and Jan. 20, 2006 to Jan. 18, 2009, for crimes including two counts of aggravated assault, five counts of weapons offenses, and other crimes, corrections records say.

Drew was in prison from Dec. 12, 2005 to Nov. 25, 2009 for aggravated assault and receiving stolen property, corrections records say.


Fry them. Now.

Posted on: 2010/11/17 16:11
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Re: Shame on you City Council
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caj11 wrote:
Construction site and building inspectors need cars to get around the city quickly from one inspection to another. As much as I detest him, the mayor should get a car (but not his press secretary). Aside from police officers, I don't see why any other city employee needs a car, especially city council members, who work part time. If they must drive to different parts of our city, they can pick up a car at city hall from a motor pool.


This. And the city motor pool should be a fleet of small electrics with a range of no more than 30 miles before they need to be recharged. And the recharge stations can be set up to only charge from a city specific plug-in. That keeps the car from wandering down to Bradley Beach.

Why is this so simple for those of us not working at City Hall?

Posted on: 2010/11/15 21:07
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Re: Firewall (Construction).
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denimnyc wrote:
Unfortunately the party walls between the historic rowhouses do not qualify as firewalls for insurance purposes...nor do they meet today's building code requirements. True firewalls between dwellings must extend beyond the construction of the roof... by 3 feet. Fire can still spread from one rowhouse to another from the adjacent roof if the firewall separating two rowhouses do not extended beyond the roof construction.


This is all true, but in the old buildings, this is what you've got.

Up to current code or not, it is the existing, "grandfathered" condition. The trigger for upgrading is usually dependent on a renovation and how intensive it is.

Posted on: 2010/11/14 17:02
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Re: NYTIMES:The Big Squeeze - 20 somethings live smaller & move to neighborhoods once considered dicey
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Does his mother, who?s paying his rent, worry about him?


Who friggin' cares?

Posted on: 2010/11/13 16:27
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Re: Firewall (Construction).
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tern wrote:
For insurance on an old historic rowhouse, the insurance company is aksing me where the firewalls are (i.e. How many units between firewalls).

How would I determine this? Does the JC zoning department have this information?

Robin.


For a rowhouse, the firewalls are typically the masonry "party walls" that separate the individual rowhouses. For a single family, that is the only answer.

For a multi-unit building, in addition to the party walls serving as the firewalls, the walls that separate the dwelling units from the common corridors and stairways are also required to be firewalls.

A "firewall" is a wall assembly that is constructed so as to resist the passage of smoke and fire for a given time period. Typically, the walls noted above are required to have a fire-rating of 2 hours (masonry party walls) and 1 hour (dwelling unit/corridor walls) in a non-sprinklered building. There are variations also depending on number of units, height, area and # of floors, etc.

The ratings of various wall, floor, roof and building element assemblies are compiled by various testing agencies, the biggest in the US being Underwrites Laboratories (UL).

Posted on: 2010/11/12 17:42
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Re: Jersey City mayor and councilman clash over plan for merging JCIA and Dept of Public Works
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Healy said Dabney conducts annual reviews of his employees and Hadley knows his staff well. He said both are honest men who would pick the most productive workers to staff the new combined agency.


Healy wouldn't know an "honest man" unless one fell out of a beer tap....

As usual, Fulop has a total grasp of the issue.

2013 can't come soon enough.

Posted on: 2010/11/9 19:28
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Re: Reval pain from 1988 still lingers - What does the past predict for the future?
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As for the suburbs... they aren't much better. I have one customer that pays over $30k on a home (Maplewood) that is about 3,200 sqft. Its a big house, but by no means a mansion.


But they get good schools, little crime, litter, vandalism, etc. They get cops who actually show up the same day you call them and elected officials who can finish their terms without having to go off to prison.

Bottom line is that everyone should pay their fair share, but no one should have to pay their fair share and feel they are getting raped at the same time.

I'm paying 13K in taxes and 8K on private school. Guess what: that's a whopping 21K for the privilege of living in Healy's circus. The only saving grace is a (hopefully) decent profit once the kid is out of school and I'm out of this hellhole of a city.

I really wanted this place to be all I know it could be, but it's been over 20 years and it just ain't happening.

Posted on: 2010/11/8 16:29
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Re: New York Times: Sparks Fly Over a ‘High Line’ Park in Jersey City
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The apartment building shown on the first rendering is so underscaled as to be laughable.

Posted on: 2010/11/7 22:14
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Re: Is there anything you can do after getting your car keyed?
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Not condoning damage to the car... but just wanted to clear up the facts :

1. You knew it was in front of a garage driveway and would trouble the owner - yet you didn't care

2. The owner has left notes for people who have parked there earlier (oh.. let's be specific.. rude notes) which means people do this all the time - yet you didn't care

3. After parking there, you "forgot" about it and left it there till the morning.. potentially inconveniencing the owners significantly - yet you didn't care

Hmmm - and you are the only wronged person here. Interesting.


***applause***

Posted on: 2010/11/7 22:12
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Re: Is there anything you can do after getting your car keyed?
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Not for nothing, but do you have any real proof to suspect the person who's garage you blocked?

Seems like a conclusion you are making a huge jump to unless you've had run-ins with that person before.

Posted on: 2010/11/5 17:31
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Re: Value Plus on Newark Ave btw Erie and Grove
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spider wrote:
where's the homeless people playing saxaphone?


Once the street is rehabbed, they will hence forth be known as "street performers".

Posted on: 2010/11/4 15:18
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Re: Value Plus on Newark Ave btw Erie and Grove
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THIS could and should be Newark Ave.:

burlington, vt.

Posted on: 2010/11/4 14:51
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Re: Value Plus on Newark Ave btw Erie and Grove
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icechute wrote:
True. I'm still convinced that most of the population of Newport and a good share of the people in PH believe anything West of Washington is equal to walking through Camden at 2am.


Or Greenville....

Posted on: 2010/11/4 12:32
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Re: Value Plus on Newark Ave btw Erie and Grove
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crushthedemoniac wrote:
Because those "affluent" types ( I hate when you say that) sleep here and drop their kids of at pre-k, and that's it. Do you know how many times I've met some "affluent" D*** on the path and actually wont admit to living in JC, but simply say they live off the path stop "almost in NYC". So if these people wont even admit to living in JC why would they want to take a stroll along Newark ave or Central for that matter and do a little shopping.


True. I'm still convinced that most of the population of Newport and a good share of the people in PH believe anything West of Washington is equal to walking through Camden at 2am.

Posted on: 2010/11/4 12:32
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Re: Value Plus on Newark Ave btw Erie and Grove
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Not necessarily promoting corporate retail, but there is some truth that the Newport Mall has had a hand in delaying the development of Newark Ave. Compare Newark with Montague st. in Brooklyn Heights and you'll see what I mean.

The mall however is not the only problem on Newark. One of the main issues I think is the overly large spaces on the south side of the street. Many are just too big for the kinds of places that should fill the void the mall does not. I think you just need to look at how much has transformed on Grove from Grand all the way up to first st. to see that the smaller places are renting and being reasonably successful.

Posted on: 2010/11/3 14:40
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Re: Radar Speed Sign @ Stop Sign?
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HEY!

Guess what's been moved 2 blocks further north to a corner without a stop sign?

C'mon guess!

Posted on: 2010/11/2 13:07
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Re: Radar Speed Sign @ Stop Sign?
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First time I saw it last week, I'm like, "How dumb, It's at a stop sign!"

I do like how the numbers jump all over..... 5 mph, 16, 2, 23..... it's like a big slot machine.

Posted on: 2010/11/1 13:22
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Re: STRAY SHOPPING CARTS
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jaah37 wrote:
If the cart is still there the next day make a follow up phone call.


And if it's still there the day after that, you are within your rights to leave it in front of City Hall.

Posted on: 2010/11/1 13:20
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Re: Mike Tyson reality series takes wing -- Tyson has hundreds of birds in a loft in Jersey City
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The creativity index just hit zero.

Posted on: 2010/10/28 18:50
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Re: Developer prohibits volunteers from cleaning up contested Sixth Street Embankment
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stephen wrote:
To be clear, the group didn't want to get onto The Embankment, rather only to clean-up litter and cut back the overgrowth in the area next to The Embankment where a sidewalk would otherwise be.


That's where this gets interesting.... for those lots, is there technically a portion that would normally be a public right-of-way (sidewalk), and thus open to the public?

I have a sidewalk in front of my house. And while it is my responsibility to clean and maintain it, and while I am liable for any slip & fall lawsuits that could arise, I cannot, for example, erect a 6 foot high fence out to the curb line in front of my house, effectively closing my portion of the sidewalk to the public.

So the question becomes, that while Hyman is correct in saying he would be liable for any injuries, I don't see where he can specifically stop people from picking up litter and pulling weeds on that public right-of-way.

Posted on: 2010/10/25 21:29
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