I often think of Corey Booker as the black Bret Schundler. Another narcissist who thinks he's smarter than everybody else in the world. He's luckier than Bret though. He gets to run against Steve Lonegan, a complete walkover. Corey may be a narcissist but Lonegan is a right wing lunatic.

I believe the Frank Hague desk now resides in the office of City Clerk Robert Byrne. It belonged to a previous City Clerk and Mayor, Thomas F.X. Smith.

I know there was a previous thread on this but I can't seem to find it.

Can anyone recommend a good company for replacement windows ? Not a historic building. Modern construction.

Lots of activity and speculation on the Dan Levin thread but still no rationale offered by Fulop supporters for the Connors selection. How is Levin running with Healy any different than Fulop selecting Connors ? It all sounds like typical Jersey City politics.

Oh wait a second, I thought Fulop didn't play that game ?

I'm curious to see how the Fulop folks rationalize this choice. Not only is Connors a hack he's a stupid hack to boot. And he brings McCann along with him.

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This is the type of lunatic logic you hear from right wing nuts and their NRA buddies. That some day the US government will be oppressing it's people and that those fighting that oppression will need their guns.

What crap! The way governments are changed in this country is via the ballot box not by the gun. That's why the rest of the civilized world laughs at us. In this country there are 30 deaths per day by gun, over 1,000 a month and over 11,000 per year. In the UK there are only 60 gun-related deaths per year.

IMO, only law enforcement should have the right to have hand guns and all assault rifles should be banned.

Too bad she didn't talk about her own personal patronage mill, the JCIA. And her incompetent lackey Oren Dabney.

Many of the County offices are now in the old Block Drug building at the end of Cornelison Ave. across Montgomery St. from the Beacon.

http://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/

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The only entity that seems to take Turner seriously is the Jersey Journal. The guy is a complete loon who if ignored would crawl back into the woodwork.

Many people seem enamored of Booker, I am not one of them. He is far too wrapped up in his own persona (dare I say narcissist?). At times i think of him as the black Bret Schundler, trying to leverage his current job into higher office.

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Yes, especially when they come from someone (Migna Khan)who calls Obama a fascist zionist.

At the end of the day I think this election will hinge on whether the HCDO fully supports Healy or if stays out of the race. Fulop seems to have some real issues in the African-American community. If the HCDO and the black community back Healy it will be difficult for Fulop to win.

Levin cannot win without backing from Healy. If he accepts backing from Healy who wants him ?

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The prevailing wisdom is it was never returned.

Lipski has left that job because the City Council wouldn't give him the obsecene pay increase he was looking for.

However, because he is a loyal HCIA hack, he was given a job as an Assistant Principal in the Harrison Public schools at $122,532

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It's simple. Healy needs the support of Cunningham, Richardson, Dublin, etal to be reelected. In order to have that support, the Cunningham Patronage Mill aka the JCIA will continue to operate.

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Poor poor stillinjc. I guess you didn't join the white flight to places like Monmouth and Ocean counties. Just an angry old white man who probably watches Fox News day and night.

Sean Connors is one of the stupidest pols in Hudson County. So of course, he's rising to the top of the leasdership. Ugh

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I find this very funny, when Healy is the one who should have been indicted for corruption. He sat with Solomon Dwek and no doubt knew money was coming his way for favors. If you want to talk about getting away with something, how Healy never was indicted is a prime example.

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I thought I read somewhere that Esther Wintner was a member of the local Tea Party Alliance.

Is that true ? If yes, it gives a perspective on her possible partisan nature.

I always thought Dan Levin was a lightweight. I'm guessing Fulop sensed this as well. It's truly remarkable he would consider joining Team Healy.

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I agree with Fulop the JCIA should go. His problem; he's trying to forge coalitions to become Mayor and many of the people he wants to align with won't cross Sandy Cunnigham and the HCDO. The JCIA exists as a Cunningham patronage mill and the HCDO hacks play right along. Each time Fulop confronts a Richardson or a Cunningham he is branded a racist. I know it's all bullshit but they all may end up with Healy and that will make it difficult for Fulop to win.

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Restoring the assault weapons ban would be a good start. And every person who owns a gun should be required to apply for a license to use it. We require licenses to operate a car why not guns.

Of course the NRA and the Republicans will obstruct any meaningful laws. They still foresee an apocalyptic future where all those guns will be necessary to fight a repressive US government. OY !!!

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He's not that nice IMO. In fact he can be downright difficult. Thankfully he's gone.

Embattled director of Jersey City agency says he won't accept pay hike

By Charles Hack/The Jersey Journal

The executive director of the Jersey City Incinerator Authority has announced that he is not going to accept the nearly 5 percent pay hike he's been awarded in his new five-year contract.

Last month, the board of commissioners of the autonomous city agency approved the new contract for Oren Dabney that took effect Wednesday.

The new pact gives Dabney a base salary of $126,215, a 4.8 percent increase from his current pay. He also will be entitled to annual increases of up to 4 percent after the first year.

But Dabney has received flak from several City Council members for getting a pay hike even though his agency has a nearly $7 million deficit.

And in light of discussions to consolidate the JCIA with the city's Department of Public Works, these council members object to the provision of the contact that grants Dabney pay and benefits for five years whether or not the JCIA is in existence.

Dabney said he has no intention of accepting a raise until his other workers at the agency can also be given pay hikes.

"I should note that although my old contract allowed it, I have voluntarily not taken a raise in three years," Dabney wrote in a letter to The Jersey Journal. "I will continue to not do so until we are able to afford raises to my dedicated union and non-union employees."

In three 4-5 votes Wednesday night, the City Council shot down three resolutions involving the matter.

One resolution called for the resignation of the JCIA commissioners who approved Dabney's new contract even though he still had two years to go on his old contract.

Another resolution called for the JCIA commissioners to void Dabney's new contract.
A third resolution would have established a council sub-committee to investigate the approval of director contracts at all of the autonomous agencies.

Council members Steven Fulop, Nidia Lopez, David Donnelly and Rolando Lavarro voted in the minority in each case.

Reiterating comments she made Monday, Councilwoman Viola Richardson said Wednesday that opposition to Dabney's pay increase was based on racism.

"My problem is that we sat around here and every other director got raises, benefits and whatever ever they wanted, and not a mumbling word was said until Oren Dabney got his," Richardson said. "You can call it what you like. It's a racist action."

Dabney is African-American.

Fulop dismissed Richardson's allegations of racism on Wednesday, saying that the consolidation of the JCIA has been at the forefront of discussions about reducing city expenditures.

"When you look at the performance of the Incinerator Authority you could say it was under-funded, but at the end of the day, you are given a budget of what to spend, and the director spends whatever he wants," Fulop said. "That's not called under-funding. That's not the way a business works."

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Viola says it's racism at work. What a freakin joke !

It's sad that this argument will never be settled by reasonable people. But as long as there are right wing troglodytes in Congress willing to obstruct any gun control laws this insanity will continue.

Over 200 million guns in this country !! And the conservative knuckle-draggers continue to drone on about their 2nd amendment rights. The rest of the civilized world laughs at us.

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It's an old theme but ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES !

Those folks who chose not to vote for Al Gore saddled us with George Bush. Bush led us into an unnecessary/unpaid for war that killed/disabled many Americans and who also led us into the financial crisis.

And of course, Healy & Co.

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Historically, the Council has always held it's meetings during the day in the summer months. Doesn't mean they aren't still FOS.

"I know in the past and perhaps now, Gaughan had/has a state contract for burying unclaimed bodies."


It's the Zombie Apocalypse !!!