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I would love a good old fashioned diner in that space. bizarre that the only real diner option in a vibrant New Jersey downtown is the Brownstone.

Never heard of City Diner?

Just because it exists doesn't necessarily make it worth mentioning. Brownstone isn't even that great. Downtown needs a decent diner.

Oh, please. It's still a real diner option.

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1. CAPS LOCK is to the left of your left pinky, learn to use it.

2. Yvonne is unhinged and makes up stories to fit her complaint, ie the pedestrian plaza causing traffic backup's going the west over a mile past the plaza

1] WHO R U 'TO BE OBEYED' ?

2] THANK YOU 4 SHARING YOUR UNINFORMED OPINION.

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Pizza and burger joints continue to reign supreme.

Food trucks vs. "brick and mortars" wars followed by a ban from the Grove Street Plaza.

Murder and homicides rates have inched up.

Deaths from delayed ambulances due to the Newark St pedestrian plaza: ZERO (sorry, Yvonne)

Property Tax Reval: still not here

PATH: still sucks, and everyone STILL hates the PA

Traffic jams perpetually snarling DTJC because of the pedestrian plaza: didn't happen.

DTJC real estate crash: nope, not yet

New classy bars with ZERO TVs: one (The Archer)

Bike sharing systems wars: one

New Whole Foods locations: zero

New eateries and bars: Dullboy, Prato, Cheesecake Factory, Chik Fil A, South House, The Archer, Transmission, The Kitchen, JC Fish Stand, Carrino Provisions / Osteria / Bell & Gray, Burger Eatery, Departed Soles, Bucket & Bay, Talde, Pasta Dal Cuore, Koro Koro, Ahris Kitchen, Raval, Just Beclaws, Porta.

Still waiting for: Monty's, White Eagle Hall, Hard Grove relocation.

New TJ locations: zero

Closed / OOB: Carrino Provisions / Osteria / Bell & Gray, Lee Sim's, Thirty Acres, Powerhouse Lounge / 6th Boro Lounge, Sushi Tango, Box, Nu Bar, Azucar, The Kitchen.

Council members indicted or arrested: one

I just saw the firetrucks moved like molasses on Newark Avenue heading west, no one knows because no data is collected on safety and the closing of the street. The traffic went from bad to worse after the closing. Residents in Ward C will have less fire service when the Palisade Avenue Bridge is close for renovations.

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Jersey City pays man $20K to settle warrantless-search lawsuit

By Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey Journal
December 17, 2015 at 1:26 PM

A Jersey City man whose apartment was searched illegally by police almost three years ago will receive $20,000 from Jersey City to settle a lawsuit.

Keith Pantaleon, who now lives in New York, was charged with possession of an assault rifle and other related counts, but those charges were dismissed by Hudson County Superior Court Judge John Young in February 2014, a month after Young had ruled the police officers' search illegal.

In that ruling, Young was extremely critical of the officers involved, Ehab Abdelaziz and Sean Francis Licata, saying they were not truthful in their testimony during an evidentiary hearing.

Young wrote that Abdelaziz and Licata testified that they stood in Pantaleon's doorway and did not enter his apartment until they saw a gun. Two witnesses, Panaleon's landlord and another tenant, testified that police entered the apartment with them, although the landlord was not given permission by Pantaleon to enter the apartment.

Read more:  http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... ettle_illegal-search.html

$20K?? Wow he picked the wrong attorney to represent him - should be at least two more zeros after the $20K.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12 ... -rating-new-jersey-216654
And Monroe, I don't want to hear about Corzine's polls or Hillary"s polls, deal with it!

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It's obvious that a literal interpretation of the koran is incompatible with western society.

True. Just like the old testament and much of the new testament.

Do modern Christians stone people? Honor Killings are still a thing in Islam.

Kevin Swanson held a rally in order to advocate for the murder of gay people. Sadly, three people running for president attended this event.

Honor killings aren't occurring in America at nearly the same rate as gay people are getting murdered due to bigotry...

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http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/12/ ... -jersey-voter-fraud-case/

People attempted to cheat and were caught. How is that proof that there is ongoing fraud? If anything, it proves that cheating the system is damn near impossible, even if the election is a low level city council position.

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Voting should require your identification. It is idiotic not to.

agreed. dont understand why you shouldnt have to show it

sranade wrote:
I was asked for my drivers license when I voted this morning. Luckily, I had it with me. Even though it's illegal to request ID, play it safe and make sure to have it on you when you vote. My polling station is in Ward E, but who knows what is happening elsewhere.

Yvonne wrote:
Sorry, I don't agree, this is close to porn without being porn, Sommerman.

CatDog wrote:
I'm also not excited about the bus only left turn from Columbus to Marin, which I guess was meant to deter people from taking the shortcut to the tunnel. Everyone ignores it anyway. It should be restricted to rush hour only, if that's what the goal was.

jcrules wrote:
Two words, sullyx. PEDESTRIAN PLAZA.

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I agree that if the pedestrian plaza will be a permanent fixture that something has to be done to accommodate bike riders... however this should be part of a broader discussion about bikes on the sidewalks in all of Jersey City.

Outside of young children riding on the sidewalk, it is incredibly dangerous (and illegal). I've been clipped by bikers several times on Newark and have had a number of close calls with my dog as well.

If I've experienced this on a regular/less-crowded sidewalk, the addition of bikes to the pedestrian plaza (without any specific guidelines) will result in injuries.

Given that this is still new, now is a great time for the administration to propose a solution.

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I agree, bustjc, but still feel very strongly that it would be best to have a strict no bike-riding rule. Really not that hard to walk it one block or take a different route. Really hope someone with power at city hall sees this and agrees. It only makes sense.

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Hold your horses, it hasn't happened yet so there is no proof of anything. The fact that it took a massacre to change people's opinions is a problem.

It really isn't. Now you're unhappy that people disagree with you over the colors of a freakin' cloth. By the way, I'm fairly ambivalent on this topic and see both sides here. But I find it ridiculous that some people feel as though there shouldn't be a debate and that this shouldn't be decided democratically, one side should just be declared "wrong" and that should be the end of it. That side lately has always been the left wing, by the way.

And realistically, it is only a matter of time before the flag goes away.

Well said. Democracy doesn't mean you get your way only. Many liberals seem to have forgotten this.

What possible debate can or should you have about the confederate flag? I has only had one meaning, as expressed here by the person who created it - http://mic.com/articles/121082/here-s ... f-the-man-who-designed-it

And if only conservatives also remembered democracy is not about only getting their way - http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bobby-jind ... ts-just-get-rid-the-court

thor800 wrote:
has this improved ? i live on the block and see the people around but guess the noise doesnt quite get to my end.

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I'm a big fan of Buffalo Wild Wings, unfortunately you need to drive to Seacucus for that.

Over the past week or so, I have heard two or three people raving about the wings at BWW. I have visited two different locations (not in this area) and have not been impressed, at all. I don't get the love for this place. If nothing else, I think it shows that anything above mediocre will do well in this area, given the poor choices. I honestly don't know of many good places where to get wings in this area, even after visiting many, many bars, pubs and restaurants. Locally: Talde and Bon Chon are good, and so is Cluck U. Regionally: Pok Pok (in Brooklyn) has good wings, any Korean fried chicken place (especially when ordering drumsticks) is good, Atomic Wings is decent (are they still around?) and I have had good wings at a few local bars/pubs (Jack Demsey's, on 33rd, stands out, and the Lincoln Park Bar and Grill, on 56th and 9th Ave)

We just don't have good wings in this area, and BWW is sub par. Outside of this area, but close enough: Quaker Steak & Lube (a new location opened recently in Edison) and Moriarty's in Philadelphia. In fact, I have had chicken wings all over the world, and I don't think I have ever had better wings than the ones in Moriarty's: the wings are PERFECT (huge, meaty, moist) and their fries are good, with a ton of really good draft beer choices.

- Going against the flow of traffic permitted only where there are dedicated bike lanes, bike going with flow of traffic has right of way

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What about the free for all that is Monmouth St? They put up a giant "Stop for Peds" at Pavonia and Monmouth but when you are going 50mph I suppose it is difficult to see the sign? I actually point at the sign as people blow past it on their way to the Tunnel or Hoboken and surprise surprise they do not stop. I actually had a woman in a white Jeep Cherokee flip me off as she sped past myself and about 6 kids waiting to cross. Always keeping things classy. Giant trucks, constant sirens and crazy drivers make Monmouth miserable. Try loading kids into a car on Monmouth or 9th without some ahole laying on the horn.

This is one of the worst corners, and it's a problem because that park is right there. Once i was trying to cross with my two little girls and their scooters. Car after car just kept going. One of them was a pair of cops who looked at us lazily and just kept going. I pointed at the sign and yelled in the window, " Thanks Officers!". They just kept going without batting an eye. Doesn't really matter to them because their kids live on a cul-de-sac in Howell.

Its not a real stop sign though. The only real one before that is like on 6th.