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Businesses with long-term service arrangements should not be allowed to advertise rates based on short-term discounts that expire. If they want to offer introductory discounts to get people to try their services--fine. Just quote the real price first.
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Does the city have ANY authority over these "service" providers. This kind of fraud should result in prison time.
I'm looking at my current service at Verizon FIOS's website. FIOS is offering me an "upgrade" which they promote as follows: "Total 1st Mo. Price $5.00 a month more" Elsewhere on the page is a box, easily missed, that says "1 Included Discounts!" under which in finer print it says "Monthly Price includes $10.00 in discounts." OK sounds good. BUT there is a circle with a plus sign, again easily missed. Clicking on this tiny circled plus sign reveals "$10 FiOS Quantum Credit for 1 Month" In other words, the upgrade price is only $5 a month for 1 month, after which it is $15 a month-- 200% more. How can they get away with this?
Posted on: 2014/2/17 0:14
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Re: anyone had success in pothole damage claim against state of NJ
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Potholes? What potholes?
Posted on: 2014/2/6 3:00
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. . . and morning . . . and evening. Sounds like . . . victory.
Is this going to last all week?
Posted on: 2014/1/27 20:28
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Politicians take money through taxation and tolls, so I suppose their behavior also justifies muggers and burglars.
Posted on: 2014/1/27 17:50
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It has nothing to do with altruism. My point is that they have professional lives outside of their BOE responsibilities. They are entitled to want to use their BOE time efficiently.
Posted on: 2014/1/24 21:15
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Re: The JC School Board want to limit public comments
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The people serving on the Board are doing so as unpaid volunteers in addition to their other work and family obligations. Any step to make their service more efficient will encourage more people to be willing to serve.
Let's face it-- the more time someone wants to speak at a public meeting the less likely it is that they have anything constructive to say. Important, constructive comments can be scheduled in advance. It is mainly people who view these meetings as ego-boasting free entertainment who will not have the discipline to plan ahead.
Posted on: 2014/1/24 18:03
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Reminder about an event in April:
Quote: Gov. Chris Christie today vetoed a bill requiring oversight of billions of dollars in federal aid for Hurricane Sandy, despite Democratic objections, calling the measure redundant and wasteful. http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/ ... oes_sandy_oversigh_1.html All sorts of things are going to come out.
Posted on: 2014/1/18 22:56
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Re: Chris Christie 'Suspiciously Connected' To Revenge Traffic Jam
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They took away 2 of the 3 lanes reserved for local Ft. Lee traffic. (This actually made it easier for all other traffic.) Think of the right-most lane of the Holland Tunnel tollbooth which is reserved for traffic turning right off of Marin. Those local access lanes were used by people outside of Ft. Lee just as not everyone using the Marin lane is from Jersey City. However, the resulting traffic crippled Ft. Lee alone. Quote: 2. Even the small fraction of people from Fort Lee who might have been inconvenienced by the traffic jam who bother to vote would be angry at the Port Authority, not the mayor - he has no control over the bridge. I don't think they were seeking to make Ft. Lee voters angry at their mayor. I don't think there was any rational purpose to the stunt. Bullies don't need reasons. They just wanted to lash out. There is another theory out there: The local access lanes run through an area of vacant land that Ft. Lee is developing with two massive ($1 billion) projects. It is Sokolich's core accomplishment. The value of the land is dependent on it's easy access to the bridge. The closures might have been an implicit threat that the lanes could be closed permanently, turning the advantage of easy access to the bridge into the detriment of constant angry traffic running right through the site.
Posted on: 2014/1/13 19:48
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And what about the rust?
Posted on: 2014/1/13 19:11
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Re: Christie: Have I ever been angry with Steve Fulop? 'You bet I have' but ...
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So NOW the New York Times is interested in JC.
Posted on: 2014/1/13 18:08
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Fox News viewers.
Posted on: 2014/1/11 21:27
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I've read both NY Times and CNN accounts, and I don't see this. CNN says another aide was forwarded an email from the Port Authority's Executive Director discussing the problems the lane closures were causing, but not that she knew about why the lanes were closed. My favorite so far. Times description of "study" hastily prepared after the fact Quote: The study was emailed among officials at the authority on Sept. 12.
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Re: Bright Street parking lot approved for 30 units by the city!
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I read about it somewhere.
Posted on: 2014/1/10 23:01
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Looks like in a distinct minority, but I think those towers are exciting and will attract a lot of attention to DTJC.
Posted on: 2014/1/10 19:49
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I think Rachel Maddow's analysis makes a lot of sense, especially given the timing and the Ft. Lee Mayor's saying he was never asked for his endorsement.
But of course, as Monroe points out, the real issue is MSNBC's ratings. They are lower than Fox News's, so we can dismiss Maddow's thoughts without even reading them.
Posted on: 2014/1/10 17:28
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Republican debate strategies: 1) Change the subject. 2) Never agree with a Democrat on anything.
Posted on: 2014/1/10 17:12
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Re: Ready for the worst article ever written about Jersey City?
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For the record--the worst pedestrian experiences in DTJC are north of Hamilton Park, especially if you want to walk to Hoboken.
Posted on: 2014/1/10 3:29
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It is contrary to department policy and a prohibited personnel practice under federal law to consider the political affiliation of career employees or other non-merit factors in making personnel decisions,? said Justice spokeswoman Dena Iverson. ?Removing a career employee from an investigation or case due to political affiliation, as chairmen Issa and Jordan have requested, could also violate the equal opportunity policy and the law.?
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So what actually happened today was Issa and a conservative legal group are trying to make an issue out of the investigator's politics even though it would have been illegal for the DOJ to look into her politics.
That's not wrongdoing by Obama's Justice Department. That's more opportunistic public relations by Darryl Issa.
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Do you have a source for that? First I've heard of it.
Posted on: 2014/1/10 1:45
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It turned out that the IRS examined both liberal and conservative groups, as they should have. No one was "targeted." That's why the "scandal" went away.
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See? P.S. They were not rescheduled. They were just cancelled.
Posted on: 2014/1/10 1:02
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It has nothing to do with what we are talking about. I've noticed this behavior before. Right wing people like to argue a point by changing the subject to some alleged hypocrisy by the left which, invariably is not real.
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That was a remark President Obama made to Eric Cantor in 2009 about a policy dispute. It has nothing to do with petty retribution. Besides, the behavior at hand happened BEFORE the election.
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Fulop added, "Nearly every single meeting we have requested with state commissioners with regard to proactive Jersey City issues has been unfortunately rejected over the last six months ? Cancellations include an entire day of meetings with state commissioners scheduled to be in Jersey City that was abruptly canceled, with each of the commissioners individually canceling within an hour of the time I communicated my intention to not endorse." http://www.njbiz.com/article/20140109 ... op-on-Christie-comments:-'Gross-misrepresentation-of-the-facts
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It's true that there is nothing (yet) to prove that Christie knew about this. However, common sense tell us that his aides and political advisors would not be acting so recklessly without his approval or a strong basis to believe he approved based on prior behavior.
Also, his aides were delighted by their little plot. If you had done something you thought was a clever bit of political revenge on your boss's behalf--wouldn't you want your boss to know about it? My impression was this was a Nixonian performance. Full of lies and betrayal of loyal aides. There is also the question of the many redactions on the e-mails released. There has been no explanation for them and it is hard to think of any legitimate reason for them. In some cases, the identity of the person sending the e-mail was redacted. Christie had every reason to believe that the new Speaker would not authorize a continuation of the Assembly's investigation and that the matter would quietly die. Now the investigation can't be squashed and federal prosecutors are involved. The redacted information will be revealed. Can't wait to see what they tried to hide.
Posted on: 2014/1/9 18:52
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Non-stop coverage on MSNBC; Fox mentioned the story once during 3:00 PM show. What a country.
Posted on: 2014/1/9 2:37
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Intriguing comment.
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