Re: Jersey City construction worker has $128,000 confiscated at airport
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Actually, as per the CBP website "travelers leaving or entering the U.S. are required to report monetary instruments (i.e. currency or checks) valued at $10,000 or more..." So yes Customs would give a crap if you brought in Nigerian currency. If they didn't care, then everyone would convert all their money into foreign currency before entering the country and smuggle in all the money they wanted . Just because it is not in US dollars, doesn't mean it does not have to be reported. And any monetary instrument is defined as: "1. Coin or currency from the U.S. and/or other countries, including gold coins; 2. Travelers Checks; 3. Checks, promissary notes or money orders that can be cashed by the bearer. This includes checks or money orders made out to someone other than the bearer that are endorsed without restriction(i.e. for deposit only.), and incomplete checks, money orders, promissary notes that are signed but on which the name of the payee has been omitted (the "To" line is left blank); 4. Securities or stocks in bearer form."
Posted on: 2008/7/28 23:19
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Re: Jersey City construction worker has $128,000 confiscated at airport
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Despite my immediate ancestors coming to the US about 60 years ago, their memories about the move-in process is far from weak. I don't think a transatlantic voyage is something that one forgets especially after being displaced from their native country. Back in those days, immigrants were required to have a sponsor, a place to live, and a job prior to getting to the country all of which did not come cheap. But I'm not here to argue who had an easier/harder/more or less complicated time in the country. Going back to the original post, each situation is unique, and if he has proved that he has paid his taxes, then he should get his money back.
Posted on: 2008/7/28 23:08
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Re: Is being ignorant a requirement to work for the JC Parking Authority?
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Pink, I need to disagree with you here on principle. Why give the city more money? It may avoid a hassle, if you will, but the city does not deserve any more money just to rectify a mistake they will probably make again.
Posted on: 2008/7/27 22:27
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Re: Is being ignorant a requirement to work for the JC Parking Authority?
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I can't remember who it was, but didn't someone here post a copy of a check they got from the JCPA for ticket and boot reimbursement after they went to court? NolieOlie, I woud bring all your receipts and ask the judge to have the JCPA give you your money back. It doesn't hurt to try. Of course if that fails, I bet a letter from a lawyer will sure get you your money back quickly. Agencies would rather settle rather than go to court.
Posted on: 2008/7/27 22:25
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Re: Jersey City construction worker has $128,000 confiscated at airport
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JSQ, You are making a huge assumption here. Again, I firmly believe that everyone should know the laws and regulations. However, knowing them AND understanding them are two separate things. Can you imagine the number of rules, codes, regulations, etc., that foreigners are probably inundated with when they come to this country? And of course, how many foreigners have a complete understanding of the English language to understand the regulations completely? Do you ever read and understand all the fine print when you shop for a car or a cell phone - same principle. As an example of a ridiculous law still on the books to my knowledge, I'm sure that you know that donkeys can't sleep in bathtubs in Brooklyn - although I doubt the consulate informs foreigners of this one . What a dig at foreigners - "if they had any visa, that is". Might as well lump all of our ancestors in there with that statement. I could be wrong but quite the xenophobic statement.
Posted on: 2008/7/27 15:54
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Re: Jersey City construction worker has $128,000 confiscated at airport
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Heights, I guess everyone can not be as well versed in international commerce and customs regulations and as financially savvy as you. Yes it is up to each individual to know the rules and regulations beforehand, but don't throw it back in their face when they make an honest mistake. I'm sure you never ever made a mistake. And you probably never ever brought anything back into the country without declaring it.
Posted on: 2008/7/26 22:26
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Re: Is being ignorant a requirement to work for the JC Parking Authority?
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It's called vacation bdlaw. I don't jclist at work. I don't have time for that.
Posted on: 2008/7/25 17:44
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As a govt employee, i resent that.
Posted on: 2008/7/25 17:10
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Re: Is being ignorant a requirement to work for the JC Parking Authority?
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The JCPA has been doing this for quite some time and they just don't care. Apparently everyone is trying to scam the city and the JCPA is never wrong. Ever.
Part of the problem is that the street signs say you can't park within the ZONE for more than 2 hours. So as far as the signs go, they are technically correct. However, unless they do follow a car around all day they will not know whether or not you have been moving from parking spot to parking spot. I do not know what the law actually states, so maybe the signs are really wrong. I would fight the ticket using just this argument. Just remember, the burden of proof is on you. It will mean taking time off for the day, but if you do fight it, bring witnesses, notarized statements, and anything else that can prove your whereabouts for the given day. Frankly, in the last several months, the JCPA has really begun to spiral out of control. I've heard of papal infallibility but never JCPA infallibility. In my opinion, I think the JCPA needs intervention and new oversight - and by oversight, maybe it is time the State Attorney General looked into their operation, audited them, and maybe even take over the operation until all issues are resolved. With the number of complaints that the JCPA generates, maybe it is time for the city to establish a Civilian Complaint Review Board. Maybe that would generate enough oversight and scrutiny to direct the JCPA to act in a professional manner that serves the people of this fine city in their best interest. With the JCPA, the poor city services, the poor street conditions, the rumble strips where we don't need them, the horrible schools, and all that money we pay in taxes to get all of the above, these are all enough to start driving people out of Jersey City.
Posted on: 2008/7/25 15:53
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Re: Stop Signs on Erie Street - Steven FUlop
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So are the officials saying that slowing traffic down is a problem? I thought that is what we were trying to do.
Posted on: 2008/7/24 16:06
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Re: Jersey Ave rumble strips
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Umm isn't it supposed to be a distraction, ahem, an alert, to make drivers more aware of an approaching intersection. I wonder if the DPW did any studies before putting these noise strips in place. I don't recall anyone standing around and clocking speeders on Jersey Ave. I don't even recall any equipment set up for such. Or even a radar that reports your speed as you drive by. There haven't been any police pulling over speeders as far as I know. So my question is, just why did they put these in?
Posted on: 2008/7/24 15:56
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Re: Jersey Ave rumble strips
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Wow. Look at Jersey Ave now. Just a few days after our posts and now there are rumble strips on both sides of the street. I bet they are going to say that they just needed to finish the job.
Anyhow, we have 6 of them on our block (3 on either side). It is the most annoying sound ever as cars are still speeding over them and not even considering slowing down. I think the HCA and Fulop will be getting calls and emails over these. Have these strips been put in any other section of Downtown, or just on Jersey Ave?
Posted on: 2008/7/24 15:50
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I've been away for a few weeks and just noticed the new rumble strips placed along Jersey Ave. Now, I'm no street engineer, but aren't they supposed to be placed so a vehicle passes over them before the intersection, rather than right after? Or did they think that placing them that far back would give drivers ample time to slow down?
Poor planning on the city's part as I watched vehicles speed right over them or, more dangerously, go into the opposing lanes to avoid them. If they city was going to take this route, maybe speed humps would have been more appropriate. Better yet, how about this city stops being so cheap (considering all the money they scam in taxes from us and do not return to us in any form of decent service), and put up some lights and/or stops signs.
Posted on: 2008/7/22 23:45
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Re: Street Sweeping
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When I first moved to Downtown JC from Manhattan fours years ago (on June 30!!! ), I found it strange that people parked right after the street sweeper has gone by. I thought that, like Manhattan, you couldn't park it those spaces within that time period. So one day, as the street sweeper and JCPA came by, I asked the JCPA if it was legal to park after the sweeper had gone by, and she said yes.
Every now and then when I haven't been able to tell if the sweeper had come by, I've stopped a JCPA agent, and they would tell me whether or not the sweeper had passed and,if so, indicated that I could legally park there. I haven't received a ticket for that at all (knock on wood, count my blessings, etc., etc....) Now the sweper does come by twice a week for either side (M-Th one side, and Tu-Fr the other, with Wed being the no hassle day). Maybe we don't need it twice a week, and it is annoying when I am home, but I rather have it twice a week, than once or not at all. Let's not give something up, because once we give it up, we may not get it back.
Posted on: 2008/7/2 23:34
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Re: Fine JC Policing
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Do tell what are the other four?
Posted on: 2008/4/27 14:19
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It seems our finest were cracking down on double parkers yesterday on Jersey Ave. I heard the electronic air horn a couple of times outside my building so I looked out the window.
A woman who graciously picks up and drops off laundry for folks in the neighborhood was dropping off laundry across the street and she had 1/2 parked her car in a parking space. She hears the police horn, goes back to her car to move it, the cop hits the horn again and starts saying "let's go, let's go". Before she is even sitting in her car, he hits the horn again and yells. As she is shifting it into drive, he hits the horn again and yells. I am the first person to say the the police have a very tough job that none of us in law enforcement can ever understand. I am also the first person to step up and defend them when they are insulted accused of negligence when all the facts aren't present. However, there is something called an officer's discretion. Go ahead and hit the horn once and move on. Or even wait for the car to move. But don't sit there hitting the horn constantly and actually create more of a disturbance. Did the overly zealous officer realize that some people will become more nervous, tend to make more mistakes and be more apt to have an accident if he keeps hitting the horn? I guess not. And BTW, you won't always get arrested for having a suspended license. I know. A friend was pulled over for an expired registration (oops misssed it by a day) and having a suspended licencse (which he was unaware of). The car was towed and he was not arrested. This comes down to that thing I referred to as discretion. And a final note, an officer can choose to arrest you for any violation at all. ANY. But most offenses don't warrant such action and are not worth the paperwork.
Posted on: 2008/4/27 14:14
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Jersey City Plastics Recycling
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I've lived in Jersey City now for about 3 1/2 years, but I've yet to get an answer to this plastics recycling question.
When it comes to plastics recycling, does anyone know which plastics can be recycled in JC? By type I am referring to the number on the bottom of most plastics. Most cities only have the capability to recycle 1 and 2 plastics, and the remaining types, 3 thru 7, should be thrown out with the regular garbage. I called the JCIA and emailed them when I first moved here, but never received a good answer. On the phone, the person I talked to sounded very confused - just put it all in he said. He didn't seem to understand what I meant by different plastic types. I never received an email reply. Great PR JCIA. Thanks for your help.
Posted on: 2007/12/2 18:26
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Re: tax increases
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When my wife and I first moved into our condo in July 2004 we were thrilled at the extremely low taxes. However, when we received our tax bill in 2005, we were shocked to discover our taxes had doubled.
We live in a condo conversion. The property is assessed in January. When we moved here in July 2004, the taxes were for before it was converted. It was converted in February 2004. Now when the building was assessed again in 2005 it was as a condo and based on property value. The short of it is we now pay about 3X in taxes what we originally thought we were going to. Good thing we have the property tax relief every year.
Posted on: 2007/10/23 0:44
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Re: ox restaurant
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Hey parkman, how does one "sever" a vodka? Just kidding.
Anyhow I thought maybe I missed a new place opening re: White Horse. It's all good. And why would we let anyone get away with anything here?
Posted on: 2007/10/21 17:37
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Re: ox restaurant
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It's mentioned a few times. Go back to the second post by goblin for one.
Posted on: 2007/10/20 21:39
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Re: Skinner's Loft... delish!
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A few weeks ago, my wife had the banana split. They forgot the banana. My wife ate some of it thinking it was uner the heaps of ice cream. No banana. When we complained we just got a look from the waitress and a sorry.
Then when my wife was in the bathroom and the waitress came back, one of my friends asked if we could get a banana as she really was wanting the banana. Rather than a sure no problem, the waitress semed troubled that we asked and then said "I don't know if I'll have any luck, but I'll see if we can do something, but I can guarantee anything.". Umm, you forgot the banana and then it's a problem to get one. Let's see isn't that the key part of a banana split? Shouldn't the problem have been fixed without asking? We finally did get the banana. We were also there last week and another waitress was clueless on how any of the food was, clueless on any of the wine, and then when I finally picked a wine, she came back 5 minutes later to say they were out. And 5 minutes later she came back to tell me wife they didn't have what she had ordered for dinner. I like to give places at least 3 times before I stop going there, but so far it's on a downward spiral for me.
Posted on: 2007/10/20 21:00
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Okay, I'm embarrassed to ask this, but where is White Horse? Do you mean Light Horse Tavern?
We ate at Ox last night. This is a delicious alternative to Marco & Pepe. We've been waiting for it to open for weeks. The sweet potato salad and ox tail were great. The rabbit was just so juicy and tender (not anything like any chicken I've ever had - how could you even say it tastes like chicken). The pork belly just melted in your mouth - a perfect play of flavors. Everyone at the table tried a piece and it was the best by far. The sea bass was delicious as well. The apple cranberry crisp was great. It does need a larger helping of vanilla gelato though. The nutella tart was devilishly decadent. Oh and the Jersey City is definitely worth it. I saw it on their website the night before and knew ahead of time that is what I wanted. It did not disappoint. A perfect balance of bourbon and brandy.
Posted on: 2007/10/20 18:03
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