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1. Everybody outside of town gets that the Healy administration has set a new low for corruption, deception and cynicism. 2. Jerry Healy and his campaign are getting increasingly bizarre and desperate. BUT...DANGER IS AHEAD. 3. "It seems inevitable that Fulop will be mayor, if not in this election then in the next." Nothing is inevitable. The election will be won by the voters who come to the polls, and lost by the voters who stay home. We cannot take another four years of Jerry Healy and his corrupt crew of cronies. Our tax bills cannot stand another four years of money funneled to his friends. Our streets cannot stand another four years of violence and filth and lack of maintenance. Our city government cannot take another four years of mismanagement. We have to make the change NOW. It's about us, not the guys running for office. Now is the time to make sure everybody you know treats the election like our future depends on it. It does.
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With Jerry Walker skipping the debate in favor of a fundraiser, and Healy suing Fulop for playing Healy's FBI video, it should make for a lively evening.
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PolitickerNJ.com: Healy plans to sue Fulop over Dwek ad
Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy plans to sue his opponent in the upcoming mayoral race, claiming defamation over a recent campaign add, according to a statement released today by the healy campaign. Healy claims the add produced by the campaign of downtown Councilman Steve Fulop that shows FBI surveillance footage of Healy meeting with disgraced FBI informant Solomon Dwek is defamatory and a lie.... The ad features FBI surveillance video of the meeting. In the video, Dwek is posing as developer Dave Esenbach, who purported to be interested in building a condo complex in Jersey City. The developer can be heard telling Healy that he hopes his application will not end up at the "bottom of the pile" and tells Healy he gave "Jack" $10,000. "And I'll do another 10 now," Dwek can be heard telling Healy. The voiceover tells viewers they are watching surveillance video of Healy making a "$30,000 secret deal with a developer." Healy was never charged with a crime, a fact the campaign says makes the ad defamatory.
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I can't think why Healy would want to remind people of his performance during Sandy, except the chance to say "ObamaObamaObama."
I also don't know why Fulop hasn't made a bigger deal of Sandy. Healy turned in a performance reminiscent of George W. Bush at Katrina, while Fulop's people shined. Here for Sandy announcement, Healy calls Connors critique a 'preposterous utterance' By Max Pizarro | April 29th, 2013 - 2:30pm HIGHLANDS – There’s no way to escape the Jersey City mayor’s race – even in Monmouth County. “We’re very grateful for the governor’s advocacy for our state,” said Jersey City Mayor Jerry Healy, present to hear the details of Christie’s announcement of New Jersey’s receipt of $1.83 billion in Sandy recovery aid. Backed by President Barack Obama, Healy said the President called him personally to check in when Sandy upended the city. Healy’s challenger, Downtown Councilman Steve Fulop, and his candidate for council in the Heights, Assemblyman Sean Connors (D-33), criticized the mayor’s Hurricane Sandy performance. Connors was particularly harsh, announcing what he saw as Healy’s feeble-footed effort as the main reason for his abandonment of the mayor’s cause. “It was a preposterous utterance,” Healy said of Connor’s critique. “It was a wholly manufactured excuse” for Connors to justify leaving the Healy political circuit, the mayor said. (As if you needed an excuse. How about the convictions of his inner circle? How about the embarrassing Deputy Mayors he keeps appointing? Or the tax raises? Or the abatement giveaways? Or about the embrace of failure from Charles Epps? Or the raises given to cronies while laying off real workers? Or the conviction for drunken interfering with police officers doing their job?)
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It all depends on what the introductions and alternatives are about. in the case of the Fulop emails, it seems that they were introductions and nothing more. Contrast this to the introduction Ed Cheatam, Leona Beldini, and Jack Shaw made, of Jerry Healy to Solomon Dwek. (Plus who knows how many other introductions and "alternatives" they brokered.) Fulop made his introductions directly, through the front door, leaving a paper trail which could be checked. he had zero influence over subsequent dealings. Healy's Three Amigos got him away from City Hall precisely so there would be no record, and others would not be aware of the relationship. If it weren't for the FBI there would be NO RECORD of this meeting, except for the $30,000 in donations Dwek was making to grease his fraudulent project. And on the tape you clearly hear Healy assenting to Dwek's request for expedited handling of his approvals. I guarantee you that is NOT the kind of introductions and alternatives the people of Jersey City hired Jerry Healy to pursue on our behalf. Healy was in it for himself. He obviously broke the law and broke faith with the public trust he swore to pursue. MAY 14.
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Re: Healy on campaigns: 'they're all ugly' |
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“He raised $40,000 since breakfast this morning, and that’s hard money ,” said Healy operative Craig Guy, looking up from his BlackBerry. This is truly scary. How do you think that $40,000 is being raised and from who? Healy, who lagged behind Fulop in fundraising for the whole campaign cycle, suddenly finds a magic pipeline of money. BTW, Craig Guy in the background there, Healy's 2009 campaign manager, who presided over all the Bid Rig “fundraising”? You find out some amazing things if you just Google "Craig Guy Jersey City". http://nj-pensions.findthedata.org/l/58303/Guy-Craig-J Craig Guy was born in 1957 and retired from Jersey City on 04/05 with a retirement cause of Special - applies to PFRS & SPRS only. The Pension is funded by PFRS - Police and Firemen's Retirement System as a Member benefit type. The Salary used for the pension calculation is $108,177 with a monthly pension payment of $6,287.52, which is 194.3% higher than the average for all New Jersey State Pensions. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/15/nyr ... gned-on-drug-charges.html Sgt. Craig Guy, 31, of Hazlet, who headed a squad in the narcotics unit, was arraigned on charges that he had conspired to distribute cocaine. http://jclist.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7082 Shouting, shoving, then they're all smiles By Augie Torres, Saturday, November 18, 2006 It only took the second day, and technically the first few hours of the third, for the Jersey City contingent to make themselves known at the League of Municipalities Conference in Atlantic City. According to some present, about 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, in the Borgata hotel and casino's Gypsy Bar, a "physical" confrontation broke out. The star of the day seemed to be Jersey City Corporation Counsel Bill Matsikoudis. Also present were Carl Czaplicki, Mayor Jerramiah Healy's chief of staff, city Business Administrator Brian O'Reilly, Jersey City Councilman Bill Gaughan, the grandfatherly chief of staff for County Executive Tom DeGise, and Craig Guy, former police officer and another DeGise assistant. http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_s ... hoboken_story_left_column 7. Craig Guy and Harold “Bud” Demellier Craig Guy and Harold E. Demellier Jr. are the Batman and Robin of Hudson County’s inner circles, both employees in Hudson County government who work their political magic behind the scenes. These two are the real power behind Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, who often lends out their services to political allies. Guy, for instance, once worked as campaign manager for Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy, while Demellier was once lent to West New York after Sal Vega first became mayor. Guy, who sits on several county boards and is deputy chief of staff for DeGise, and Demellier, director of the county Department of Roads & Public Property, are in the brain trusts of several other key political figures, such as Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith.
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Dan, like his new mentor Jerry Healy, must be glad to have another endorsement from someone who can't vote for him. Having watched Mr. Levin and the Council in action for some time, I don't think he would do so well as an elected leader. His inability to get his own campaigns off the ground speaks to the relative weakness of his base support and would compromise his ability on the Council. If you liked him as an activist, keep liking him in that role and vote for another Councilperson. As a politician, his choice of allies (Team Healy) has been poor and his SILENCE on issues where they're wrong suggests that AS A POLITICIAN he is not an independent voice.
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Re: Ward A Council Candidates Say Crime, Business, and Transportation Key |
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It's interesting that all the things Epps mentions are Fulop's and Gajewski's platform: community policing, recreation, jobs. Perhaps the most curious thing is Epps' statement that “My role is to create change, to inspire the mayor...” If the mayor needs inspiration, we need a new mayor. If we're looking for a change creator, we should look for someone other than a school superintendent who failed to move the needle on student achievement despite 10 years of almost total control of the school system.
Great argument to vote the Fulop ticket: 5A, 8B, 9B, 10B, and for Ward A Frank Gajewski 1C.
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Re: Former Jersey City council candidate Lori Serrano pleads not guilty |
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Who was it that appointed Ms. Serrano to her JC Housing Authority post?
Mayor Healy. Add this to the count of FELONY CONVICTIONS of Healy's running mates and appointees. Even in Hudson County, Mr. Healy's record stands out. Even should you believe his ludicrous claim that he knew nothing about the crimes his own campaign team were committing around him, you'd have to then believe he is the county's worst judge of character and completely unqualified to manage the city.
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NJ.com Poll: Is Solomon Dwek fair game for the Jersey City mayoral campaign?
Fair game? It is the number one issue in the mayoral campaign. If Healy and most of his administration had not been caught at their crimes, the HCDeadO would still be the default, hold-your-nose choice. Watch the video. Healy says it shows his innocence. You let me know if if it shows the kind of mayor you trust to handle the city's business with integrity.
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FULOP SAYS IN "SECRET" EMAILS EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID IN PUBLIC!
Healy's bs fishing expedition did nothing except waste taxpayer dollars, throw around false accusations, and DISTRACT PEOPLE FROM HIS OWN RECORD OF FAILURE. Healy's accusations were false, and all the legal bs served only to prove that Fulop did nothing wrong. In fact, Fulop said exactly the same thing in the "secret" emails as he was saying in public. Sounds like good testimony to his integrity. On the other hand, "With Election Day just a month away, the public has a right to know..." that Healy's got nothing: no record to run on, no vision for the future, no hope for another term.
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Re: Jersey City mayoral candidates get into shouting match over corruption at debate |
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“Let’s talk about the issues.” But corruption is Issue #1. Healy surrounded himself with crooks who went down soliciting bribes during his last campaign.
You can't argue this is harmless, it is a CORRUPTION TAX on JC residents, which we pay in favors doled out to contributors, incompetent political hacks "managing" city departments for fat salaries, and government jobs awarded for political loyalty, not for ability. It is what fed Charles Epps and his patronage machine at the Board of Ed for 10 years without moving the needle on student achievement. Healy's crony government steals education from our kids, wastes tax dollars on his friends, and lets the city rot while he pretends he's doing a great job. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
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Re: What's in a name? Jersey City council candidate says everyone knows him as 'Chico' |
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Harm to his candidate's vote total. Nothing more, nothing less. With the unintended consequence of giving Khemraj CHICO Ramchal some free publicity. But you shouldn't be too surprised. They run the city without any thought to consequences.
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Re: Three Jersey City residential projects awarded tax breaks by City Council |
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You've got it exactly right. Abatements should not be used as a subsidy to every developer's profit. They are meant to tilt the scales, to get a project built that would not happen without the abatement. When everything is abated, the landscape becomes flat again, and the only impact is taxpayer subsidy of all large-scale new development. Abatements are no longer needed downtown, period. Builders are not going to disregard downtown based only on abatements. Continued abatements downtown, though, discourage investment elsewhere. Why take on the extra risk of breaking ground in a new area, when you can get a sweetheart deal downtown? The administration's approach to development is completely misguided, and that's why no other part of the city has seen any significant development under Healy's watch.
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Re: What's in a name? Jersey City council candidate says everyone knows him as 'Chico' |
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Doesn't anyone else regard it as a problem that Healy is suing the city, forcing us to spend money to defend his ridiculous lawsuit?
And wouldn't it be a tiny bit of a conflict that the City's lawyer is running Healy's campaign? This is F-ed up, Jerry! Do some work for a change!
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Re: Café owned by Jersey City candidate operating without mandatory certificate |
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I was by last night and the doors are still open. I guess that permit is optional - "we're checking into it."
If anybody remembers the place with its previous name (the "Corner Pocket"), the bar was a bucket of blood, with regular shootings, stabbings, and a body count probably unequaled in the city. Unfortunately this is Mr. Robinson's past. He WAS MANAGING that blight in partnership with his father. So I guess we should all be glad that now he's just ignoring heath and buildings ordinances.
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The "harm" is to the Mayor's vote total. He doesn't want people to correctly identify the candidate running against his boy. Healy's trying anything. He'll lose. There are nicknames on just about every ballot.
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Re: Extreme Right Winger On Healy Ticket |
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It's pretty obvious he didn't say this when first asked because it's not what he thought of when first asked. The "message consultants" and "spin managers" had to get him to shut up first so they could tell him what he really meant to say. The guy obviously has trouble sorting out church-state issues. He's running his campaign form his church. You can't expect him to be clear on what he should tell people he believes. Note how lurking right behind the "I can love people I don't agree with" is the hate the sin but love the sinner crap so many churches peddle. "I disagree with every choice you've made in life, but just let me help you and eventually you'll see it my way."
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Our Mayor seems to have a great talent. For insignificant storms that never materialize, you get OEM calls and he has crews standing by on overtime.
For Sandy, for the last big snow, and tonight he seems under-prepared at best. I'm home now, but I spent the last few hours out, on Rt. 440, Kennedy Blvd, Communipaw, Ocean, and a number of side streets. The roads are a mess. I did not see any plows or trucks spreading salt, and no evidence that any of them had been out. I thought the whole point of preparedness is that you PREPARE. You are ready whether the storm comes through or not. I can't decide whether its the corruption or the incompetence that bothers me more.
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Because they don't give a rat's patootey about what happens after the start raking in the revenue. They knew that without the Governor taking a stand, municipalities and citizens don't have any chance at all of stopping this, because they helped write the laws which assure there is no meaningful local control. And the long-term risk to them means nothing, but the extra cost of running the pipe underwater was money out of the current management's pockets.
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Yes he does, and yes we are if we vote for the crook again. I only got the Fulop mail. Better for my blood pressure.
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Re: Charles T. Epps Jr. running for Ward A City Council with Healy |
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Epps was a ten year disaster for taxpayers. The inflated sums we paid him for his salary and bogus expenses were a drop in the bucket compared to the waste and favortism he presided over at the school board.
Somebody should ask him about his attendance record in Trenton when we were paying him a second salary as an assemblyman. Epps on the city council would be obstruction, delay, and more waste. In addition to the outrage of further subsidizing his retirement. If Ward A is able to say no to him, that will really be something. No Charlie Epps signs on my block.
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We could go around all day questioning each other's credibility. Maybe that's the nature of anonymous or psedononymous posting. Why we just might question the fact that 8 of your 9 posts are anti-Fulop, and the 9th was a complaint about school reforms, and conclude that you don't have any credibility either. But one of the pluses of this communication is that it allows you to focus on the issue rather than the person. Is the claim credible? Right now the issue is that Connors made a charge about the Reverend's beliefs. The Reverend, as an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God, is rightly assumed to believe in his church's teaching. When pressed, does the Reverend say what he believes? No. He complains about being persecuted for his religion, tells how that's just like Martin Luther King, and refuses to answer the question. His claim that he will be able to serve all the people he represents neglected to mention sex (Assemblies of God is opposed to women in authority) and sexual orientation (Assemblies of God is strongly against gay relationships). Rev Gonzalez could demonstrate his own credibility by answering the charges - or he could duck them. Just like Healy, who's made a career out of ducking responsibility. Like Healy's other running mates, who duck direct questions, counting on Team Healy solidarity to work election day magic. They might be right if people stay home, or their fear tactics about "outsiders" works. News flash: I'm fed up with Healy and Fulop looks a lot better. I find it incredible that anyone could think that Healy, Walker, or Malik are anywhere near prepared to govern this city.
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Re: Jersey City election 2013: where the race stands |
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I love the way Healy's people complain about politics at the parade. As if the parade wasn't political. LOL!!!
Like the way Healy used city trucks to parade his campaign banners. Or that the Fulop people are somehow wrong for handing out literature and having Fulop signs, while the "Irish for Healy" signs that just by coincidence appeared yesterday along the parade route are somehow ok. (BTW, the parade committee OK'd everything the Fulop team did - I know somebody on the committee. All this indicates Healy's double standard - if Fulop does it, it's wrong, but if Healy does it, it's right. And it also indicates they're worried about the direction things are going. You don't cry foul when you've put the ball in the net.
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Not even a hint of impropriety. The outright over the top STINKING REEK of impropriety, yes, but not a hint. This is no smokescreen. This IS one of the real issues in the campaign. With Healy, the city is for sale. He proved it four years ago. And he's proven he cannot stop. The man needs someone to stop it for him. Jersey City voters, it's up to you. Please help Jerry begin the 12-step program he so desperately needs: Corruption Anonymous. There's a sponsor waiting for him in the U.S. Attorney's office.
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Jersey City election 2013: School district's state monitor working for Walker campaign
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal on March 06, 2013 at 12:01 PM, updated March 06, 2013 at 12:02 PM The controversial state monitor of the Jersey City school district confirmed yesterday she is working with the mayoral campaign of former local basketball star Jerry Walker. Cathy Coyle, an ex-school administrator who returned to the school district last year as a state monitor, said yesterday she is working as the Walker campaign’s treasurer. Coyle said she met Walker, who runs an afterschool program for the school district, about a year ago.... Team Walker, Walker’s afterschool program, won a one-year, $176,500 contract with the school district last August, though it has worked with both the district and the city for years. Both Coyle and Walker said they don’t think that contract represents a conflict of interest that should preclude Coyle from working with Walker’s campaign.
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This would be a very welcome change if the campaigns actually do it.
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Re: Jersey City officials challenge state plan to shut NYC-bound lanes of Skyway |
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We have to fix the skyway, no question. But the traffic problems is going to be a major headache, since there just are not many alternatives, and no GOOD alternatives.
Maximize the bandwidth on the bridge. It seems like a good idea to have the bridge open one way, but reversible so that max traffic can go INBOUND towards the Holland Tunnel in the mornings, and OUTBOUND in the afternoon and evening. Carpool/ridership requirements are also ok. Public education. Make sure that people know the alternatives, and that you do your worrying ahead of time, not 2 days before you close the thing. Heavy enforcement, especially as new traffic patterns start, and occasionally to prevent slippage.
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Re: Jersey City mayor presents budget with no tax hike; rival warns of 'massive increase' next year |
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There's a real gap in independent reporting and analysis on Jersey City's fiscal situation.
I would love to see someone - even from a campaign - produce a report on exactly where we stand, giving some real numbers. That would be a real public service.
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Re: Political Insider: Healy, Fulop produce visions of selves, city in videos |
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More of the campaign silly season. Fulop's ad addresses his problem of still needing to introduce himself to voters who are not that engaged with city government. Not everybody follows this or reads the JJ.
Healy's problem is that people do know him, so his ads need to avoid anything resembling his porch or Solomon Dwek. Since his record is perceived to be so poor, he needs to try and convince people that he's actually been doing something (contrary to most peoples' perception). So he has a two-pronged strategy of tearing down Fulop while trying to "look busy." I hope that VOTERS will demand more and really ask the candidates to spend more time on issues.
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