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elgoodo

Re: Ideas to discourage gang activity?

#61

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Stop selling white t-shirts.

Posted on: 2006/6/19 15:47

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Re: Ideas for Jersey City T-shirts

#62

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Cilento wrote:
It would be great if you could use Donald Trump's picture.

you've gotta be kidding.

Posted on: 2006/6/14 16:01

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elgoodo

Re: Ideas for Jersey City T-shirts

#63

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EthanCrane wrote:
Jersey City: It's Really Not that Bad

I vote for this

Posted on: 2006/6/14 4:28

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Re: The New York Times: LeFraks Envision Even Bigger Skyline Across Hudson

#64

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bryhove wrote:
All I'm saying is that there is nothing that resembles a neighborhood bar. The more these jerkoffs build into the sky - the less space there is to have any type of mom & pop establishments. Not saying that what the residents want; but it feels like a closed community that keeps extending its boundaries.

Right on.

I've got no beef with anyone who lives in Newport...to each his own.. But I could not have articulated my PERSONAL distate for Newport better than Bryan has.

Not to mention the fact that he basically called the Lefraks "jerkoffs" which is priceless.

No, really, the whole reason that the "Newport project" (sounds so sinister, doesn't it) bothers me as much as it does is that I see it encroaching further and further into Downtown proper.

Posted on: 2006/6/1 21:48

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elgoodo

Re: Tax abatement for Newport this Wednesday

#65

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I'm not certain, but I think that Fulop might have been the lone nay vote on the Shore Club. That was how it was expected to go down. I can't say for certain because I didn't see the Shore Club vote but I did hear the result of it (approved.) I had to leave before the final vote was taken on American Can. I - like most - did not disapprove of an abatement for the American Can project but simply did not see a need for the extra ten years tacked on to it.

I saw the army of Newport workers leaving City Hall just as I was arriving. All wearing "we love working at Newport" t-shirts. Those guys sure know how to put on a show.

Posted on: 2006/4/27 16:45

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elgoodo

Re: Tax abatement for Newport this Wednesday

#66

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I arrived late and had to leave early, but it appears that both abatements were approved handily, despite several compelling speeches, specifically against the Shore Club as well as the extra 10 years tacked on to the American Can deal.

So don't worry folks. We're still giving away the store. Enjoy riding over those potholes, sending your children to substandard schools and searching desperately for a police officer for the next 30 years.

Posted on: 2006/4/27 2:13

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elgoodo

Re: Tax abatement for Newport this Wednesday

#67

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Minnie wrote:

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If the abatements are not given out downtown, then the developers will go where they can get them.

You honestly believe that? You really believe that some of the most valuable land in the United States will remain untouched by developers if the abatements cease?

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You have to think about these things because your taxes are going to go up regardless!

They've gone up a lot more at least partially due to recent abatements. Somebody's got to carry the burden, and if you own non-abated property, that somebody is you.

The very things you are complaining about are directly related to the thing that you are rooting for.

It is also crucial to remember that Downtown is but a small part of Jersey City. And really, at present it's the only cash cow we have.

Posted on: 2006/4/26 13:40

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elgoodo

Re: Tax abatement for Newport this Wednesday

#68

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Minnie wrote:
Oh boy.... my beloved Newport! What time is it on the agenda?

But don't count on me to jump on the SOS anti-development/abatement bandwagon.... cause I'll disappoint you ever time!

My friend bought a place in Newport pre-construction back in 86/87... and there wasn't anything there. The PATH was a mere hole in the ground. Rail yards, abandoned warehouse-type buildings... a real dump! And there wasn't even a road to Exchange Place... so I'm told. I'm sure some of you on this site remember that. So it looks nice now.... but it didn't just evolve that way on it's own. Somebody took a chance, and Jersey City is better for it.

Precisely the reason I am on the anti-abatement bandwagon. I agree that Newport in particular and Downtown in general are obviously very different places now then they were in Schundler's day. I believe abatements were almost certainly helpful in the development of Downtown. But at this point in our history, no way do I think that this is a necessary or wise decision to hand out further downtown abatements, particularly when the infrastructure of the city is clearly falling apart, when propery taxes on non abated properties are rising at an alarming rate, and when other sections of Jersey City could make better use of any potential abatements.

Sorry to beat a dead horse.

Posted on: 2006/4/26 2:30

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elgoodo

Re: Tax abatement for Newport this Wednesday

#69

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rory_bellows wrote:

Millionaires? How much are these places going for? If I were a millionaire, I don't think Journal Square probably would be on the top of my list of places to live.

He probably meant it as hyperbole.

Posted on: 2006/4/25 17:06

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elgoodo

Re: Tax abatement for Newport this Wednesday

#70

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hero69 wrote:
Don't waste your time calling your council person. "Give it away" Healy is simply a LIAR and an incompetent mayor. Hopefully, in the next election, Healy will be voted out.

I think that's a given.

Posted on: 2006/4/25 16:16

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elgoodo

Re: **CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS IN JERSEY CITY ***

#71

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Years ago I heard a rumor that Naomi Campbell owned one of the brownstones on Hamilton Park. Then a year or two later, I heard a rumor that she sold it. Either way, I never spotted her either.

Posted on: 2006/4/18 16:09

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elgoodo

Re: Home price surge worries longtime residents

#72

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GrovePath wrote:
And for live music...

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NNJR wrote:
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(gee, I wonder who's gonna sell all of you your coffee and newspaper in the morning.)

Robots of course.

We're charging our battery
And now we're full of energy
We are the robots

We're functioning automatik
And we are dancing mechanik
We are the robots

Ja tvoi sluga (=I'm your slave)
Ja tvoi Rabotnik robotnik (=I'm your worker)

We are programmed just to do
anything you want us to
we are the robots

We're functioning automatic
and we are dancing mechanic
we are the robots

We are the robots

Posted on: 2006/4/4 1:39

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elgoodo

Re: Home price surge worries longtime residents

#73

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So basically, the entire Eastern Seaboard will eventually be populated exclusively by rich people (gee, I wonder who's gonna sell all of you your coffee and newspaper in the morning.)

Posted on: 2006/4/3 22:19

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elgoodo

Re: 18% TAX HIKE!!!!

#74

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Quote:

Skadave wrote:
Is it common for people to sell their property if they no longer can afford the taxes?

According to many old timers, in the darker days of Downtown ('70s-80s) it was common for people to walk away from their property because they could no longer afford the taxes. I've heard tell of many abandoned brownstones around Hamilton Park in those days.

Posted on: 2006/3/29 17:14

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elgoodo

Re: 18% TAX HIKE!!!!

#75

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And yet there will STILL be people calling for an abatement to build a Home Depot.

Posted on: 2006/3/29 16:01

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elgoodo

Re: JC is in the top 20 of best cities to eat in regards to food born maladies

#76

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BrightMoment wrote:

I don't mean you should be stoopid, but risk is everywhere from crossin' the streets at Erie lookin' out for wanna be NASCAR blade runners, to pigeon poop droppin' on ya leavin' your new Zephyr loft.

That's for damn sure. It's risky to even leave your apartment. There might be a guy in a bloody t-shirt holding a knife out there in the hallway. I'm not even going to leave my place anymore. I'd only lose my parking space on the street and then I'd have to yell at the mayor.

Posted on: 2006/3/16 21:59

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elgoodo

Re: JC is in the top 20 of best cities to eat in regards to food born maladies

#77

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Does this mean Mr. Grieves is vindicated?

Posted on: 2006/3/16 17:46

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elgoodo

Re: Amid the Glitter, JC's Growing Pains

#78

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I read the first guide they put out. One of the folks involved in it stopped by and posted here to solicit comments and suggestions.

I thought that the first guide read like real estate propaganda literature so it wouldn't surprise me if this one did as well.

Posted on: 2006/3/14 16:20

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elgoodo

Re: Amid the Glitter, JC's Growing Pains

#79

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PHResident wrote:
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MCA wrote:
I miss the good old days when Tris McCall used to write reams about who he was going to vote for... [/wishful thinking]

Tris is too busy writing big sloppy wet blow job pieces about all of the new development in downtown Jersey City. You can find his piece in the new free "Neighborhood Guide" found at various businesses throughout downtown.

If I sound sarcastic, it's because Tris as always portrayed himself to be on the sceptical side of happenings in Jersey City; the voice of reason if you wish to call it that.

In the piece that I am referring to, however, it seems that he very well might have simply gotten "blurbs" from the various sales and marketing departments of the developers and simply tied them together. Don't get me wrong, as a property owner in Jersey City, I'm pretty excited about the renaissance of our fair city, but after reading his article, I could only imagine the developers finding themselves leaning back, wiping themselves off and needing a cigarette.

I find that really hard to believe given Tris' well documented feelings on the 111 debacle. I'll have to pick up a copy to draw my own conclusions.

I know he does some "writing for hire" assignments but I would assume if it were strictly that (say, a brochure for a condo development), he wouldn't put his name on it as if it reflected his own opinions. And in a neighborhood magazine, where 50 percent of the people reading it are likely to know of him in some capacity.

Posted on: 2006/3/14 14:44

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elgoodo

Re: Amid the Glitter, JC's Growing Pains

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Quote:

MCA wrote:
I miss the good old days when Tris McCall used to write reams about who he was going to vote for, and I usually ended up agreeing with him.

God, I miss Tris too.

O Tris, why hath thou forsaken us?

Posted on: 2006/3/8 21:35

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elgoodo

Re: Amid the Glitter, JC's Growing Pains

#81

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Quote:

bdlaw wrote:
I was *mostly* kidding. I'm dead serious, though, about it being difficult to get hold of clearcut information about candidates that isn't attack literature sent by the opponent.

I'm with you there.

Posted on: 2006/3/8 21:33

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elgoodo

Re: Amid the Glitter, JC's Growing Pains

#82

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Quote:

bdlaw wrote:
Or, do you just say to hell with it and vote the incumbants out no matter who they are?

I hope you're kidding. I hate when people take their cynicism to this level and are dead serious about it.

Politics can give one reason to be cynical - certainly - but this kind of knee-jerk ill-informed voter apathy-cum-cruelty really makes me ill.

Posted on: 2006/3/8 20:59

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elgoodo

Re: schroeder lofts - hamilton park

#83

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valkin wrote:

I have not noticed gang activity in Hamilton Park. I have lived in Hamilton Park for 7 years and one block away in Harsimus Cove for a year. I felt safe in Hamilton Park. I think Paulus Hook has nice brownstones but is much more deserted at night.

I hear people singing numbers from West Side Story outside my apartment every night.

Posted on: 2006/3/2 19:11

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elgoodo

Re: Just Complaining List

#84

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Officer Mac!

I think it's safe to say we ALL miss you around here.

Posted on: 2006/2/27 19:38

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elgoodo

Re: God bless Sam Lefrak and JC developers of yore.

#85

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Can people please stop responding to this thread? (self defeating, I know.) I hate to see the title everytime I log in. I say if people want to pray for the LeFraks, they should do it in a church on their own time.

Posted on: 2006/2/25 19:11

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elgoodo

Re: God bless Sam Lefrak and JC developers of yore.

#86

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Quote:

fasteddie wrote:
"Queer Eye for the Developer Guy" is in development. They are talking to Trump about hosting.

Probably true.

Posted on: 2006/2/25 6:18

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elgoodo

Re: God bless Sam Lefrak and JC developers of yore.

#87

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Quote:

medfever555 wrote:
Their guts, vision and money set downtown on the right path back in the 80's. We are all benefiting from that today -even you kneejerk anti development types wouldn't be here today if not for those great men.

"These great men"? Yeah, they're right up there with Washington, Lincoln and M.L. King.

Posted on: 2006/2/23 18:58

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elgoodo

Re: Stop 171 Units On Brunswick!! New Date- 2/16/06 at 6:00 pm

#88

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mimosa wrote:
i agree w/the others...as a former resident of newark, i had my doubts about JC back in the day, downtown was much more sketchy than my old neighborhood. but nyc has spread, and jc benefited. newark has been poised, even named 'the renaissance city', and i think now that people are looking outside of JC for a deal (and access to PATH) newark will prosper....and sharpe will finally get out of office...
a walk in downtown newark, and along ferry street will tell you the better...(so long as you have a base of comparison)

From what I know (admittedly, not much) about the subject, I do agree that getting Sharpe James out of office would be a decent start. And yeah, I'm well aware that there are relatively safe, relatively nice sections of Newark.

I do wonder if the stigma of Newark is as strong for people who haven't lived around here forever. If you say the words "Newark, New Jersey" to someone who grew up in Boston, does it mean the same thing to them as it does to people around here? The fact is the stigma is so strong that you couldn't pay most people around here to live in Newark. JimmyConway's reaction is typical. But the same was once true of many places. People used to say "Alphabet City" as if you needed a bullet proof jacket to walk from Avenue B to Avenue C.

And yeah, I have friends who grew up in Jersey City who used to talk about downtown in similar terms. 20 years ago, there were people who grew up and lived in Jersey City who were frightened to set foot in downtown after dark. So there you go. A lot of it is perception, and I think the perception of Newark has to change before the city actually does.

Posted on: 2006/2/18 1:27

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elgoodo

Re: Stop 171 Units On Brunswick!! New Date- 2/16/06 at 6:00 pm

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rory_bellows wrote:
Funny, I was just talking to someone who grew up in Newark and still lives there, and says the real estate there is soaring (relative term). Seriously, hard as that may be to believe to anyone who grew up around here. And Metro Homes, the place that's partnering with Trump in JC, is building this monstrous... neighborhood, really, in Newark. Things are just insane. Get 'em while they're still affordable, while you still can! Look out Utica, Newark's a city on the grow!

That Whole Foods will be moving into Irvington any day now.

Real estate tycoons won't be happy until you cannot afford to live within one hour of New York City unless you have a household income of over 200k. Where the hell are all of these rich people coming from?

Seriously though, I do hope Newark comes back to some extent. It would be nice.

Posted on: 2006/2/17 23:32

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elgoodo

Re: Stop 171 Units On Brunswick!! New Date- 2/16/06 at 6:00 pm

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super_furry wrote:
The JCLIST Webmaster gives the Genius Awards once a year. You are a shoe in since Bouncing Soul/aka MrT no longer posts!

I still have my doubts that he's gone away.

Posted on: 2006/2/17 21:55

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