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Yep, that's it exactly: the smug I-was-here-first attitude that so often shows up on JC List.
BTW, being here 11 years doesn't make you a long-timer. I also moved here in '98 and I'm happy with the neighborhood improvements. No, the Hard Grove isn't what it was. I guess that's white people's fault.
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Re: Music festival leaves Liberty State Park a muddy mess - reminded many of the 1969 Woodstock festival
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I did a run around the park yesterday and, even though I was at APW, I was still surprised by the amount of damage. The vast middle part of the part won't be the same until the spring. New grass doesn't take hold that quickly. It's going to take a lot of time and work.
I think it's awful that a private event can ruin the park for visitors for months, but it was just chance, a fluke of weather. If they hadn't had two days of rain, LSP would be looking good now. BTW, a lot of damage came from the heavy equipment that the organizers used to move things. There are huge wheel marks in the grass everywhere. It wasn't just the crowds.
Posted on: 2009/8/5 15:10
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Re: Councilman Fulop Press Release July 24
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Go Steve! Having one honest voice on the city council isn't much, but thank God we've got at least one.
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Re: Tips for a (successful) Stoop Sale
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Clothing doesn't sell well at stoop sales, but if that's all you've got hang everything up and space them out so people can see them easily. No one's going to sort through your plastic bins.
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Re: New Jersey Discontinues Free Rabies Vaccine June 30, 2009
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Odd that they would say that. I always thought it was the city that paid for the vaccines. I searched and found this link. Pinkowitz, do you know anything about the city stopping this?
Posted on: 2009/5/16 4:53
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Re: Steven Fulop for Council - Ward E
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Please, everyone, make sure to get to the polls for Fulop tomorrow. I'm so proud that we have an independent voice willing to look out for the people's interests, not those of the HCDO.
I'm a lifelong Democrat and the HCDO makes me ashamed. It's only goal is to keep itself going. It's the opposite of good government. It's so threatened by Fulop trying to clean up city hall that it's putting its resources behind a Republican to fight him. In the last four years, Fulop has been incredibly accessible and willing to listen to the people over city hall or developers. We can't lose his voice or his energy. Please, get to the polls tomorrow and support him. And, while you're there, vote for anyone besides Healy for mayor.
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Re: Letters to the Editor: City must not re-elect mayor
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It's amusing to see an incumbent running on a platform of "change." Doesn't he know that he's had four years to change things? Any change now would be away from his policies.
Of course, it's purely cynical posturing. He's trying to grab Obama's coattails and so he grabbed the "change" idea. But it doesn't work unless you're an outsider. It just shows how empty his words are and how little he thinks of his constituents.
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While it sits empty, the neighbors are loving all the free off-street parking they're getting.
Posted on: 2009/5/7 15:42
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Re: Thanks for stealing the package off my door stoop!
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I've had packages left like this. From what I was told, FedEx changed its policy a year ago so now packages can be left without signature by default. If you want to make sure you sign for something, the sender has to specifically request a signature.
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I second this one. I think it's the best derm in the area.
Posted on: 2009/2/13 3:33
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Re: Healy unveils mayoral slate ("In Ward E...Guy Catrillo, a Republican ")
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If that's true, then Levin's the man. Sometimes people become so entrenched that they can't see the real problem.
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This year, we really need to focus on killing the machine. The machine only serves the machine, not the people. Jersey City corruption isn't a thing of the past. Vote for anyone except Healy's slate.
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Someone better tell the Observer staff their paper closed. I don't think they knew. The Observer looks like a paper, but it functions as a weekly news magazine for key NYC industries. You don't get the daily news from it.
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Re: Journal Square/Kennedy Boulevard: Commuter punched and dragged but thwarts robbery at 6:35 a.m.
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Hey, Jersey Journal editors: you left out one part of the description...again!
Posted on: 2008/10/31 14:37
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Re: What's worse for JC, Luxury Condos or Hipsters?
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What's worse? Neither. It's the change-resistant, I-was-here-first old-timers.
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Re: Greenville: 5 armed teens run scared from combative bodega couple
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First there's a monster in Montauk; now there are five-armed teens in Jersey City.
I'd run scared, too.
Posted on: 2008/8/5 16:03
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This is infuriating. The corrupt are in charge and change the rules to protect their corruption. It's time to kill the machine that controls JC politics and get behind independent politicians. This referendum might not get on the ballot, but we need to get behind non-HCDO candidates.
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Call Willow Ironworks and ask to work with Kevin Gill, their carpenter and door expert. He did a fantastic job for me. He's quick, pleasant to deal with, and reasonably priced. If anyone wants to PM me, I'll send you Kevin's direct number.
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Many people seconded this post, so I wanted to offer this update. I was in the mall Saturday (for Batman, naturally), and saw that Hale and Hearty Soups is now on the food court. For anyone who knows how fantastic their soups are, this is great news. Sure, it's a lunch spot, not a dinner spot, but it's now the best food in the mall by far and a great addition to the downtown area.
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I miss Cosimo's, because it was the only decent place to eat in the mall.
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I'm not crazy about it either. Sure, the noise is bad in the summer when the windows are open -- but even worse are the windy nights. Some mornings I have to search the block to see where my garbage can ended up.
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You've got a bad vet there. He or she is playing on your emotions, and is deliberately not telling you about the much cheaper group cremation option.
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This is a good idea. I think I'll try the Journal Square area, since I can take the PATH home. The ones downtown -- like A&L and A1/Avel -- seem to be only good if insurance is paying. Anyone know of other bodyshops in the Journal Square area I could try?
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I wanted to give this another shot. Can anyone recommend a shop or a person for affordable bodywork in the downtown area? I really need to get this done.
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Dukes 2 is no more, and that has me upset. George has gone and sold his 2nd Street bodyshop -- the cheapest in the area -- and moved back to Argentina. I don't know how he could have done this to me. The place is still there, but now just a mechanic shop.
So, does anyone know a bodyshop in the downtown area (downtown only, please) that does decent work at super-reasonable prices? I tried Avel, but it was way high. I think a lot of places are used to charging insurance companies and billing a fortune. I need a dirt-cheap place for the driver who's paying out-of-pocket.
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Re: looking for good dentist aroud van vorst park, grove Path
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My plan doesn't offer a lot of dentists in the Grove PATH area, so I'm going to try Platinum Dental on Broadway in lower Manhattan. Anyone have experience with it?
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I just read this article at the Journal's online site and I was hoping someone had posted it here. As Mugatu said, "I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" Why is Fulop the only person in our local government who will speak out about blatant pay-offs like this? I guess I should be glad there's one person who will do so, but why is there only one? The council gets billed for ads no one authorized and agrees to pay more for them than even the authorized paper got?! The mayor feels free to play the race card because it's a black-owned paper?! This is insane. And we put up with it?
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I'm proud of Fulop for making them vote against this. He knows it won't pass, but now the council members opposed to it will be on record. Go Steve!
Posted on: 2007/9/6 20:13
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The first thing we should do is ban fishing on that pier, and every pier in town. The fisherman leave them so rancid that no one else can enjoy them. Second thing, move that awful stabbed-in-the-back statue at Exchange Place. I'd vote for someone for mayor if his or her only campaign promise was to move that statue.
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Now we have another illegal gun on the streets because of our legal gun shop. We need to find a way to shut this guy down. He's a nut. His last episode is barely out of the papers -- the one where he could have gone around a double-parked car, but instead chose to shoot his gun into the air -- and now we get this. This crime happened because he left a gun case unlocked. That's criminal stupidity. How do we petition to get his gun dealer's license revoked?
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