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"Consumer protection?" Please. Aside from the reduced need for on-site maintenance due to over-the-air firmware updates and the nature of the engine's design, 3rd party repairs are always an option. Car dealers can be useful from an economic perspective. But the legal requirements for autos to be sold via a dealer has nothing to do with "consumer protections." Quote: If a change is needed, it goes through your elected representatives, not directed by fiat through the Governors office. Guess what? It got changed. Quote: In any case, this is a lot of hot air about the tiny number of NJ millionaires who want to buy a very expensive car from a billionaire. The Model S costs $70,000. While that's not cheap, that's also not "millionaire" territory, especially since the TCO tends to be lower than with gas cars. Oh, and the 3rd gen car may be $35,000. Quote: I'm of the opinion that when we have problems in NJ it's best to spend our time and money going after the low hanging fruit that will result in improvements for many NJ residents, not the entitled few. Yes, because it's taken SO much effort to pass a regulation allowing zero-emission cars to be sold in NJ. 
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The problematic water fountains were shut off immediately after the report. Unless some idiot turned on a contaminated faucet, none of the students are drinking contaminated water.
In fact, it seems like many of them were shut off for years, since Ms Lyles' predecessor knew about the issue, and didn't fix it. It's not clear how much remediation has taken place, but at least some of the fountains were taken care of in a few weeks after the report. Keep in mind that sometimes it can be a relatively easy process (e.g. replacing a fixture), other times it can be difficult and expensive (replacing pipes in the wall). Quote:
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So, wait. It's a moral issue to return the property, which the city paid for, but it's also OK to use it for a police academy? How does that work?
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Yeah, that doesn't really matter. A tunnel is critical for NJ and NY; the Feds already offered a huge sum; it would have avoided paying Amtrak on that line; and once construction started, there's every possibility of getting the federal government to pitch in for some cost overruns. Christie made a huge mistake by canceling the tunnel, even if it building it meant eating some costs along the way. Quote: I'd suggest doing what I've done, which is contact our Senators and ask that they bring back Federal grant money to get this done. Uh, hello? McFly? This already was a "shovel ready" contract with long-term economic benefits. Christie canceled the tunnel, refused to return billions in federal funding allocated specifically for a tunnel, got into several lawsuits with the federal government, and spent the purloined cash on a bridge and a couple of roadways. He didn't even bother to pocket the funds for a better tunnel project. Even Congress isn't stupid enough to repeat that mistake. He has screwed the pooch. Now, we have to wait for another administration and another tunnel plan. The delays will add a dramatic increase in costs to get this done -- quite possibly more than just eating the cost overruns. Thanks, Chris.
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What does that have to do with anything? It's not like you can justify funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to an out-of-mission project because they got involved in out-of-mission projects in the past -- especially when you blast them for those earlier out-of-mission projects. Oh wait, I know. It's another of your red herrings. Why discuss the crap Christie pulls, when we can talk about decisions the PA made 50 years ago? Quote: Why did the PA allow Christie to use the money for the Pulaski Skyway? Because NY wanted more PA money for the Freedom Tower. No, it's because he installed a bunch of flunkies and yes-men on his side of PA. He would have undoubtedly exacted revenge on anyone who blocked him. That's how he operates. I mean, really. The PA "allowed" Christie to yank a billion dollars to a non-PA project? What do YOU think would happen if they refused? Was David Samson going to tell Christie to take a hike? Whatever corruption exists on the NJ side, it's Christie's responsibility to yank it out, or at least take a stab at it. Do you want to try and tell me he's done a good job of reforming the PA...? Quote: At least the Skyway is a transportation project.... It has jack to do with the PA's mission. I do agree it had to be done; the Skyway is falling apart, and a replacement would be even more expensive. But the PA doesn't own it, and it has nothing to do with the PA's mission. Nothing, nada, squat, zippo. If anything, those funds should have gone to the PA's capital plans, or better yet, to a replacement for the ARC tunnel. Instead, it got yanked into a bunch of car projects that have nothing to do with any ports, bridges, tunnels or airports. And no, you can't defend this unjustified redirection of funds by pointing out past out-of-mission decisions which you simultaneously criticize. Either it's OK for the PA to spend on out-of-mission things (in which case, you can't criticize buying and developing the WTC), or the PA shouldn't do things that are out-of-mission (in which case, they shouldn't be spending money on the Skyway). Make up your mind. Quote: And Christie didn't squash the tunnel because of upfront NJ costs. He got out because he knew the project would have cost overruns, that he didn't want to pay for. If it wasn't needed, that would be a reasonable position. But the need for the tunnel still exists, and grows every day -- as do the costs that we'll have to pay when someone finally does bite the bullet and agree to build it. We could have had a new tunnel finished around 2020 (allowing for 2 years of delays). But, no. Because of Christie's short-sightedness, a new tunnel is going to cost taxpayers and PA ratepayers far more than it could have; and I cannot imagine that anyone in the federal government is going to be stupid enough to throw billions at Christie again, only to watch him spend it on highways near Red Hook. So, yeah. I'm not going to thank Christie for basically screwing over NJ so Christie can make it look like he spent less money while in office.
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I agree that Christie killed the tunnel because he didn't want to pay for any of it, and yes it was likely to go over budget. I'd say he was very straight-forward about his reasons.
That doesn't change the fact that all such plans go over budget, yet the infrastructure is desperately needed, and would have heavily benefitted NJ residents and businesses. Or how the longer we wait to build a project like this, the more expensive it will be. Christie's decision to redirect funding away from Port Authority to highway projects outside PA's mandate was not "brilliant," it was a craven misuse of funds for projects that Christie didn't want to pay for. It shows yet again how the PA is so often a pushover to NJ's and NY's governors.
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I second the idea of working with the police, in order to keep your identity obscured. It's basically their job to manage these types of situations in a reasonably neutral manner, and to pretty much keep you out of it.
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They've taken all the trees out on that side of that block and are rebuilding the sidewalk.
I don't have any solid information, but: The trees were completely destroying the sidewalk. That sidewalk was seriously buckled by the roots. In fact, JC List posters have bitched about the poor condition of that side. It's possible they grew enough to affect any infrastructure in the ground (e.g. pipes), and might also be at risk of falling over in a big storm.
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How so? It is increasingly clear that they don't have the professional skills to run the theater, and the RFP guaranteed the FOL a bunch of dates. Quote: I find Mayor Fulop's intimation that the FOL have sat on their hands to be inaccurate and, frankly, pretty lame. I don't think that's the problem. It's that FOL feels entitled to run the theater, but don't show much ability to do so. Quote: Seems to me that the reason the Loew's hasn't taken the giant leaps forward that the Mayor seems to think they should have is because City Hall hasn't stayed true to their promise to fund the improvements. FOL has had years to raise funds, develop a profesional staff and improve its programming. All they've done is wait for the City, which hasn't had the funds to do anything. Quote: The decision will be this: are arts an important enough priority to Jersey City that we want to actually invest in it? With what money? What programs should we cut, and/or raise what taxes, and/or take on how much debt, to pay to renovate and operate the theater? And then find someone who is actually capable of operating it without losing money? Quote: The impending reality that we might see a "LiveNation Loew's" in Journal Square makes me a bit nauseous. Why? Do they really do an awful job with Irving Plaza, Roseland, Jones Beach, the Stone Pony and their NYC venues? Or do you just object to a large company because it's a large company?
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Maybe. I don't have anywhere near enough information to make that claim. Violent incidents in JC's schools went up after 2006, and have come back down to 2006 levels. In addition, school violence dropped 20% for New Jersey overall in 2013, and it dropped 30% in JC. That may or may not be due to any local or education policies. Figuring out the causality for violence is extremely difficult, so I for one will not draw any conclusions. Nor have I said that "Lyons achieved this!" (In fact, I think that's a bit unlikely.) What I would say is that there MIGHT be a downward trend. We certainly have to look at more than one teacher's anecdotes to find out. More to the point, it doesn't look like there is a genuine trend of escalating school violence across JC. And if it turns out that a few schools have a short-term problem, it's best to recognize it as such.
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H'm, let's see what a Google search turns up....
http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index ... y_schools_experience.html "Incidents of reported violence, vandalism and drug use in Jersey City?s public schools are down almost 30 percent from last year, their lowest level in six years, according to a new state report." And no, I don't buy the idea that someone is burying the truth. There was just as strong an incentive to cover this stuff up in past years as there is today. Quote:
If she isn't doing a good job managing education, then let's criticize her work on that basis. That's a separate issue from the OP's claim that she is neglecting security. (On a side note, if you're going to fault her for this, keep in mind that the problem of excessive focus on testing clearly extends beyond just one superintendent. E.g. she could get fired if she doesn't get test scores up; a replacement could take the same approach, etc.) Quote: Don't dish it off just because you personally don't know if it's true. It's not a matter of my knowledge. It's that the OP is unable to prove his/her claims. (Separately, the OP doesn't seem to be using effective tactics.) Quote: You have a teacher in a school telling you the school is in crisis. Again... Pass. Are we really supposed to uncritically believe what s/he says because s/he is a teacher? I don't think so. You want me to act, then let's have some proof that it's a real issue or a trend, and that the causes really are school policies and/or can be addressed by school policies. Quote: If one school is suffering this crisis, it serves to reason that others may be as well due to the neglectful, test-obsessed attitude coming from Claremont Avenue. Your logic is flawed. If violence is falling at another high school, why wouldn't we thus conclude that JC's schools are getting better? Or: If I said "There were a dozen car thefts in Paulus Hook last month, therefore crime is up all across Jersey City," would you uncritically accept that claim, too? In a city as big as JC, you cannot look at one school. You have to look at all of them. If there is a city-wide change that is an actual trend, that's one thing. If there is one school where the problem is being ignored, that's a very different issue, with potentially very different causes and/or different solutions. So don't give me anecdotes, don't give me screeds, don't give me "it feels worse!" Just give me the facts. Which, so far, do not seem to support the OP's claims.
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Pass. If I'm going to get riled up over this, I want to know whether or not it's a legitimate problem. If it is, then by all means let's tackle it. If it is not a legitimate problem, then we should direct our efforts elsewhere. In addition, the OP doesn't seem to be pursuing a particularly effective strategy. Quote: some of you would just as soon see poor kids given manual labor jobs so you wouldn't have to pay for their education any more. I most certainly do not fall into that category. I fully support public schools, and want every student to get a good education. I also don't want students to be subjected to lot of wasted effort and/or draconian measures because a teacher does not realize that not every increase in incidents constitutes a trend. Quote: To respond to the OP with cynicism is embarrassing. To let the OP manipulate you with fear-mongering, however well-intentioned he may be, is not very impressive either.
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Back on point for a moment....
If you do not want a contractor who hires ex-felons, hire one who is bonded. Or, you can ask for the name and city of residence, of the workers. Pony up for a zabasearch or a similar service, and you can see if they have a criminal record. A little bit pricey, but it's legal....
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1) Write letters 2) Work with existing community groups, PTA 3) If so inspired, start your own group 4) Start writing letters to elected officials She didn't read it last time; she isn't likely to read it this time. A change in tactics -- or to be more precise, relying on multiple tactics -- is much more likely to work. Now, if you want to attract OUR attention, that's a different story. In which case, you should not be trying to claim you are trying to attract HER attention. Quote: As far as ?data? ?proving? a trend of increase of violence. I am going to assume you have some basic understanding of what happens at your job everyday and you should assume I do as well. What I know is that actual numbers trump subjective impressions. Quote: I am not going to pretend to remember the data from last year and the year before to indicate a trend but is this acceptable to you regardless? No. As far as I can tell, you are one teacher at one school. It's not clear what is happening at other schools. It's not clear how overall violence rates have changed in the schools over the past 10 years. It's not clear whether the type of violence has changed. It's entirely possible that some schools are getting better while others are getting worse. Plus, in many cases what may seem like a huge run-up in violence can be temporary. You might not have noticed how things were calmer at some earlier time, and then there's a number of incidents one right after the other. Plus, short-term aberrations are not necessarily indicators of trends. And of course, we tend to remember negatives much more strongly than positives. And no, anecdotes are not a substitute for data. If I tell you how that Soaring Heights has had fewer fights over the past 5 years, is that meaningful? Not really. It doesn't tell me how many fights they had in the past, it doesn't tell me any objective facts about whether that really is true, let alone a trend), it doesn't tell me what's happening at Dickinson or Lincoln or Cordero. In short: Subjective evaluations are unreliable. If you want me to believe that there really is an escalation in school violence in JC, then I need to see some cold hard numbers. Quote: Even without a data trail the line of causation is very simple. It really isn't. Are kids more violent because of lapses in school security? Because of economic conditions changing at home? Are they somehow procuring weapons that cause more harm? And so forth. In general, figuring out the causes of violence just aren't simple. Quote: Now it just gets swept under the rug because they are told by leadership that it is not important. I'm sorry, but I really just don't believe that is the case. I can certainly believe that specific, or even numerous, individuals are incompetent. But I find it highly unlikely that anyone is shrugging off an escalation in school violence. Which, again, is far from a proven claim. Quote: Marcia Lyles is our leader and that is why I am calling her out in this venue of free speech. If she isn?t going to listen to me maybe she will listen to the community. That's fine, but again, I highly recommend: 1) You take the time to gather up the facts. 2) You find a better way to capture her attention. 3) If you want JC List readers to actually do something, you should at least have a concrete plan of action.
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Someone should tell Imtiaz Syed that hospitals and offices are usually private entities (so they can do what they want), and that the prayer space at Newark Airport is a non-sectarian, non-denomenational "meditation room" that can be used for any religious services.
It's fine for them to have a space at HCCC, as long as it can be used by any group for any sort of service. It just can't be exclusively for Muslims.
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Then perhaps you should find a different way to attract her attention. Quote: I'm also concerned because it seems like it is getting worse... In what, the last 2 months? Do you have any data to show the actual trends? Let's not forget that crime has been dropping since the 1990s. While it may be possible, it seems unlikely that crime is rising in the schools while dropping everywhere else. And no, anecdotes about a kid heckling the Mayor doesn't count.
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I have to ask, which arts professionals have been lobbying Fulop, and in which contexts? What are they pushing? What are their credentials? I also don't see anything wrong with using an RFP. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's fairly routine when it comes to cities that want to put in a new PAC. Do we really need to do a collective Google search? ;) Quote: I hope you all are ready to buy $50-$80 show tickets on a very frequent basis to keep these doors open, cuz that's all that will get produced. Yeah, that's kind of how it works, unless you want it to just be a movie theater. Keep in mind it's a huge theater -- 3000 seats. If you don't do big draws, the place will be empty and it's going to look like crap. Plus, it will take millions to renovate, and that will not be easy to recoup. Quote: The most successful art centers around the country are typically founded by non-profits that grew with the venue and took careful consideration as to how the venue expanded with its community?s needs.... That's not really an option in this case; the theater already exists, and FOL certainly didn't "grow the venue." There are also lots of for-profit theaters that still do well; the Beacon comes to mind. Quote: For the Loew?s, the RFP process would result in a for-profit company taking control, but that is not the way to maintain and grow community arts and other varied programming. Neither is handing over control of the theater to a group of well-meaning amateurs who lack fundraising, programming and organizational skills. Quote: FOL won?t participate in a process that?s not the best for the FOL. FTFY ;) Sorry to be cynical, but I am really not impressed by their behavior in the past few months. Their own statements reveal that they want to run the theater, they feel entitled to run the theater, and are not interested in demonstrating their fitness to do so. Quote: OK so my next question then is, does the RFP require the bids come from for-profit organizations? Nope. Quote: I do believe the FOLs know the theater better than anyone at this point.... Why? Again, they haven't shown the ability to fund-raise, their programming skills are decidedly unimpressive, and they think they can sue their way into control of the theater. Nothing about their recent track record makes me say "yeah, those guys know how to make the most out of a 3000 seat theater." This is not to detract from their efforts to save the theater in the first place. I just don't see any evidence that they are the ones to make the most of it.
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User111 is correct. You are in a public place, your image can be captured.
In almost all cases, you have no recourse to stop them unless they are using your image for commercial purposes without your permission. There was also a case recently where a photographer took pictures of his neighbors for an art project. Their faces were not visible, and he sold the prints in a gallery. The neighbors sued, but did not prevail in court; the judge found that the artists' 1st Amendment rights trumped an expectation to privacy. (http://www.ibtimes.com/arne-svenson-p ... rivacy-court-case-1374381) While I'm sure that will rub some people the wrong way, and I fully understand that emotional reaction: The simple fact is that if you haven't drawn the blinds, you don't have an expectation of privacy. It's the same as sitting on your stoop. If you don't want your neighbors to see you, it's your job to draw the blinds.
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To where? Quote: Mom is assured that insurance will only be for kid. By whom? Quote: Kid is eligible for New Jersey Familycare. According to whom? A family of 3 maxes out of NJ Familycare if their income is over $69,000. If the parents are divorced, and the Mom has custody, then their income is $30,000. That's over 150% of the FPL, which means the kid is eligible and the Mom is not. (The kid's care will also have some copays.) Which sounds like what you're describing. So, yeah, I gotta say I am not all that bent out of shape that a single mom getting medical care for her 16 year old kid for the next 2 years.
Posted on: 2014/4/2 3:24
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