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Re: Election results
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Can anybody provide a reference to the election law regarding the at large positions?

I think Byrne's statement about a runoff might be wrong.

Posted on: 2013/5/15 10:57
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Re: Senator John F. Kennedy Journal Square speech Nov 6, 1960….(for Ward E/+JC interlopers)
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Those are fantastic speeches. And the conclusion of the second speech makes me think of the difference today between Healy's motto, "if it ain't broke don't fix it," and the Fulop plan for specific action, as spelled out in his platform papers.

JFK said: "there is no substitute for action. We cannot drift or sleep or lie at anchor."

Well said. Let's elect the man of action.

Posted on: 2013/5/14 22:12
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Re: Healy signs and “workers” every where this morning…..
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This was posted in violation of the campaign rules. The message is clear: STOP HEALY!
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Posted on: 2013/5/14 21:47
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Re: Haircut for Guys
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Check out Nino's, 210 Columbus (corner of Coles). Great cut for $15.

Posted on: 2013/5/14 17:17
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Re: Top Ten Reasons to Vote for Jerramiah Healy
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Quote:

caj11 wrote:

Healy is nothing more than the Marion Barry of New Jersey. He, Sharp James, Lorenzo Langford, and a few other disgraced New Jersey politicians should do a circle jerk together.



Brilliant!!!

Posted on: 2013/5/12 23:08
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Re: 141 Newark Avenue
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493 Jersey Ave. is Del Forno's office

Posted on: 2013/5/9 16:09
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Re: Healy embraces gays?
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Yes, please post a pic of the flyers. I am deeply offended by this crap.

Posted on: 2013/5/2 4:21
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Re: Fletcher - FLETCH - Gensamer for Ward E - Your choice to keep Ward E Independent
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Fletch,
It's great that you are involved in the community and speaking out on city issues.

But there's something very "conspiracy theory" about your comments regarding Steve Fulop and Candice Osborne.

Everything I have seen and experienced about them is very positive for the city and very enthusiastic about good government and competence. It's a stark contrast to Mr. Healy and his insider dealing HDCO corruption machine.

Claiming that Steve and Candice are part of another "machine" sounds more than a little paranoid and not very credible. It doesn't ring true.



Posted on: 2013/5/2 4:18
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Re: Fulop for Mayor TV commercials
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Wow, Ahab's graphic is right on!

It's amazing how little is necessary to cause a big change. All we really need is 20,000 votes.

Let's do it, people! Let's cause the change we need. Oust the bastards and let's get smart, honest people working for us in City Hall.

Posted on: 2013/5/2 3:46
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Re: Healy team using owners to place signs against renters wishes
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I would be surprised if this has happened. The guy is so conscientious, and so is his campaign staff. If there was a sign placed at the wrong house, it must have been a mistake, and I'm sure they would fix it pronto.

Posted on: 2013/5/2 3:34
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Re: Healy embraces gays?
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This is outrageous, and it's making me boil too.

fed up, can you post or PM a pic of the flyer? I'd like to get that to HRC.

Thanks.

Posted on: 2013/4/30 22:51
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Re: PolitickerNJ: How will Fulop perform on his home turf?
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Quote:

neverleft wrote:

Attention all of you Ward E interlopers. The ball is in your court. It will probably be a close election between Healy and Fulop with Walker in the mix (ok and Malik too) Ward E is going to be critical for a Fulop win.

...If the same fools..err I mean FOOL gets voted in this time it will be on you if you don?t vote. If you don?t get yourself and your neighbors out to vote on May 14th then you ..err WE all lose again for another long 4 years. A whole new generation of Healy?s will be getting city jobs.


+1. Very well said, neverleft. We absolutely must vote Healy out and Fulop in. The Healy cronyism, shady deals, double-dipping, nepotism, and feather-nesting must come to an end. Property taxes are out of control, and it's because we have to pay for all of that.

Be sure to get out and vote on May 14. If you think you'll have trouble getting to your polling place, get yourself a mail-in ballot application and be sure to send it in this week.

Fulop 2013!

Posted on: 2013/4/29 22:44
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Re: PolitickerNJ: How will Fulop perform on his home turf?
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Quote:

Dahood wrote:
?There are people in the Newport section who get on the train each morning and go to Wall Street to work and they think their mayor is Bloomberg,? a source told Politicker.com. ?If you took them out of one of their sheer towers, blindfolded them and dropped them off a handful of blocks from their home, they would have no idea where they are.?

Steve Fulop and the Ward E question


Yes, of course Steve Fulop needs a good Ward E turnout. But this comment in the NJ Politicker is just stupid. (And attributed to "a source" -- anonymous because it is likely a Healy supporter.)

I do not believe that anybody who lives in Newport thinks that they are part of New York, or that Bloomberg is their mayor. Everyone who travels into New York, whether by PATH or by bus or by ferry or by car, is painfully aware of the time delay and expense of crossing the Hudson River.

This anonymous source quotation is downright insulting to the intelligence of the people who live here.

Posted on: 2013/4/29 17:22
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Re: Jersey City man charged with cutting down campaign signs
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Quote:

LoKo498 wrote:
Btw, have u guys seen who "chico" hangs with... Phil Kenny. Need I say more???


I have absolutely no clue what your posts mean. All of this nonsense about who did what to whom, when, and why, is not very important to most voters. It's a bunch of politico crap. It's meaningless.

What IS interesting is how much property taxes increased after the last mayoral election, despite campaign promises to prevent tax increases. What is also interesting is the culture of nepotism and cronyism that has permeated NJ politics for so long.

Time for a change.

Posted on: 2013/4/18 4:52
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Re: Gia Gelato
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The Healey sign wasn't huge and we didn't notice it at first. They also had a Fletch sign. Maybe they're posting anybody who asks. I wonder if anyone from Team Fulop has asked them to post a Fulop sign?

Posted on: 2013/4/15 14:40
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Gia Gelato
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Wow. Fantastic. Two thumbs up.

It's on Newark Ave. just past Pecararo Bakery.

Wow.


Gia Gelato and Cafe
281 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07302
201-216-0555

Posted on: 2013/4/14 22:27

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Re: Jersey City parking agency signs off on 12 percent pay hike for executive director
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SIX weeks of vacation?!?
And 15 paid sick days??
That's even more offensive than the salary.

Posted on: 2013/4/8 16:49
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Port Authority priorities
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The Port Authority is now looking to take over operations at the Atlantic City airport. What a dumb move. The Port Authority should keep its focus where it belongs -- here in the metro area. For instance, a wiser move would be to invest in extension of the PATH from Newark Penn Station to the Newark AirTrain monorail station. That would serve the core purposes of the Port Authority better than taking over a tiny regional airport more than 100 miles away.

Send feedback to the Port Authority here.

Big Dreams for Sleepy Airport
Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2013
By TED MANN and HEATHER HADDON

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it can turn Atlantic City International Airport into a robust regional access point, easing tourists into the area and relieving congestion at the airports in the metropolitan area.

But to bring new flights to the sleepy airport, which has one commercial carrier and an average of 27 flights per day, the authority should be prepared to offer "lucrative incentives," the Port's consultants on the deal warn. Such incentives?which can include payments to airlines when passenger revenue falls below a guaranteed level?would be an additional financial burden for an agency grappling with historically high debt and facing costly upgrades to bridges, tunnels and the airports it already controls.

The Port Authority Board of Commissioners voted last week to begin negotiating an agreement to take over daily operations at Atlantic City beginning July 1. Sometime after that, the Port would consider whether to buy the airport from the South Jersey Transportation Authority, which also operates the Atlantic City Expressway and area parking facilities.

The move stems from laws passed in New York and New Jersey that allowed each state to select one airport to be established as a Port Authority property outside the agency's existing geographic boundaries. Stewart Airport in Newburgh, N.Y., became part of the Port organization in 2007.

Some aviation experts are skeptical that a money-losing airport some 125 miles from Manhattan will do much to lessen gridlock around New York. "It won't do diddly to reduce congestion," said Michael Boyd, chairman of Boyd Group International Inc., an aviation-consulting firm in Colorado. "No one's going to fly into Atlantic City and take the Garden State Parkway to the Bronx. It's not going to happen."

"If you were doing a port analysis and deciding where you could put money to make money, I'm not sure Atlantic City would be on that list," said Robert Mann, an aviation consultant based on Long Island. "I'm not sure Stewart would be either, but that's sunk cost at this point."

"I'm not sure you want to go for other albatrosses," he added.

New Jersey officials, however, say the Port takeover represents a chance to breathe new life into the coastal airport?and into the Atlantic City region.

"I think that it will make the airport more active and more accessible and that will help everybody in this region, not just in Atlantic City, but it will help all of the folks in this region from a tourism perspective," Gov. Chris Christie said of the airport takeover plan last week.

A spokesman for the Port Authority referred most questions to the consultants' report, which warned of "challenges," but also said the Port Authority could be well-positioned to oversee the expansion of services at Atlantic City because of its long expertise and significant resources for running airports.

The consultants, hired by the port last fall to evaluate the takeover idea, warned of likely costs. "It will take a concerted marketing effort (and again, here the Port Authority can offer the advantage of a large, established and successful transportation marketing operation), as well as lucrative incentives, to be able to take advantage of opportunities to attract additional airlines.?" said the report from QED Airport and Aviation Consultants, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Such efforts would include promoting the airport's use for casino patrons, the consultant report said, but also spending on big projects at the airport, likely on runways and utilities.

The ultimate goal of making Atlantic City International Airport turn a profit would require an additional 22 flights per day over the next six years. the QED report found. The airport now averages 27 daily flights.

The South Jersey Transportation Authority "has not realized an operating profit from ACY in any year" since the authority took the airport over, the consultants' report said. The authority used revenue from the Atlantic City Expressway to subsidize the airport, including $4.97 million for operating costs and $4.18 million in debt service for 2012. A review of the airport's existing bond documents shows debt service virtually doubled in five years, from $17 million in 2006 to $30.1 million in 2011.

"There's a risk that this potential acquisition could be a drain on the agency's resources," said Richard Barone of the Regional Plan Association, who co-wrote the association's 2011 study of regional airport capacity. "There possibly could be some benefits, such as reducing congestion, but the question is if there could be enough benefit to merit the expense of taking over the airport."

The potential takeover has the support of powerful South Jersey officials, including Democratic Sen. President Steve Sweeney. But officials in Egg Harbor Township?where the majority of the airport is located?expressed caution about the possible ownership transfer, saying no one had discussed the deal with them. The airport creates traffic in the town and arrests there are adjudicated in local courts, but is also a local employer, said James McCullough, mayor of the township of 43,000 residents.

"I would hope that somebody would have the courtesy to at least talk to the host municipality and let us know what their plans are," said Mr. McCullough, a Republican.

Mr. Christie, also a Republican, has staked considerable political capital on turning around Atlantic City after years of declining gambling revenue in the city. As part of a five year plan to revive the casino sector, the state assumed many of the operations in the city's tourism district. The plan is now at its midway mark, but gambling revenues have continued to decline and the $2 billion Revel casino declared bankruptcy in March.

Mr. Christie, however, has remained steadfast in his belief that Atlantic City can rebound.

Write to Ted Mann at ted.mann@wsj.com and Heather Haddon at heather.haddon@wsj.com

A version of this article appeared March 29, 2013, on page A17 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Big Dreams for Sleepy Airport.

Posted on: 2013/4/2 15:44
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Re: What's in a name? Jersey City council candidate says everyone knows him as 'Chico'
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This lawsuit is absolutely preposterous. What a putz.

Posted on: 2013/3/27 15:32
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Re: Historic Jersey City smokestacks to be removed
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I disagree. It's a beautiful brick building. The multi-story arched windows are distinctive and are going to look terrific from the interior when the space is renovated. It's a shame the smokestacks can't be saved, but I don't think the renovation plans should be scrapped.

Posted on: 2013/3/27 15:28
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Re: Peace in the valley means war in Jersey City
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Healy's campaign remains empty of ideas.

The post meanwhile shows the terrible price we pay for a state of 508 municipalities. There are too many plums for the picking. Our historical system of multi-layer spoils for friends and family of elected officials is preposterous, outrageous and ridiculously expensive.

I refuse to pay for this graft.

Posted on: 2013/3/25 2:21
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Re: Political Mail becomes Metaphor for campaign
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I received the newsletter in the mail. It's the same one that comes out a couple of times per year. I'll see if I can get it scanned or I'll post pictures.

It's 8 pages, glossy. When it arrived it was folded in half with a picture of Healy on the front and the back. When you open it up the first page is a story titled "Mayor Healy & Police Chief Swear in 22 New Police Officers."

Then there was a page about plans for Fulton Ave. Park in Ward F, with yet another tip of the hat to Healy. Then the spring/summer recreation calendar. Then 2 pages about Hurricane Sandy with 5 photos (Healy in 3 of the 5). Then a page titled "Mayor Healy Announces Comprehensive Bike Program." A picture of Healy holding a check from the gun buyback. Then a directory to government phone numbers with 4 photos (Healy in 3 of 4).

10 photos in 8 pages.

Posted on: 2013/3/18 20:18
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Re: More Traffic for Downtown
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Quote:

jmiz wrote:

Why would the bridge create any more or any less traffic downtown?
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I fail to see how ADDING an entrance / exit will INCREASE traffic.


The concern is that driving commuters on the Turnpike during the inbound rush will exit the Turnpike at 14B or Liberty Science Center and take the proposed bridge and local streets as a shortcut to the Holland Tunnel.

Already there are a lot of drivers who take the Columbus Drive exit to do exactly that. The Academy Bus to Wall Street routinely does that.

And the JC traffic engineers seem to encourage that behavior. They've programmed the lights on Columbus Drive eastbound to give priority to drivers turning left onto Jersey Ave., Erie and Marin.

Local street traffic already includes more commuters passing through JC on their way to the tunnel because of these features. A car bridge connecting Jersey Ave. to Phillip St. likely will make that worse.

Posted on: 2013/3/14 22:22
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Re: New Architect's Rendering for Empty Lot Next to City Hall, aka Majestic II / Grove South
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Nice. Not offensive. It's good to see all the retail on the ground floor. The scale seems appropriate relative to nearby buildings. Looks like it has one floor more than the Majestic.


Posted on: 2013/3/12 22:42
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Re: Jersey City election 2013: All sides agree not to post flyers on poles
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It's very odd to see that the photo has signs for Cunningham, who says she isn't running. Or at least that she's not responsible for the signs.

Is the JJ trying to get her to change her mind? Weird.

It's funny that the caption says "One of the signs...." when the photo has two fully visible and two more partially visible on the other side of the pole.

Posted on: 2013/3/6 18:29
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Re: Power Lines in JC
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I think the bigger problem is that all the substations that deliver the power to the grid are located in low-elevation sites on the edges of the city. For instance the big substation at Grand and Pacific (southeast corner, click here to see an aerial view) was in the surge zone. PSE&G announced plans last week to elevate the equipment in those substations and switching centers.

Posted on: 2013/2/27 18:05
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Re: What used to be at Grove Pointe
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Quote:

Br6dR wrote:
What is WOP?

Quote:

user1111 wrote:
One of my favorite JC vintage photo.
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I think it's WOR, the radio station. Note the "MUTUAL" on the microphone -- WOR was in the Mutual radio network, according to Wikipedia, from 1934 to 1957.

I would like to know the story behind the photo. User111, do you have any insight? Thanks.

Posted on: 2013/2/15 21:43
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Re: A New Face with Old Jersey City Roots
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Wow. That's a very thoughtful and well-written letter. I applaud your efforts! Good luck.

Posted on: 2013/1/31 16:34
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Re: OPEN JERSEY AVENUE TO LIBERTY STATE PARK!!
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Posted on: 2013/1/31 16:32
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Re: OPEN JERSEY AVENUE TO LIBERTY STATE PARK!!
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Here is an update as of yesterday. Most of the park is open now.

Posted on: 2013/1/30 22:47
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