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Re: Fulop details 'challenges' of fighting crime in Jersey City
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While I disagree I do believe jersey city if it wants to will reopen an academy they don't need a pool , they already have a bldng and the only issue is the accreditation which has to do with the instructors which will take some time , now as for our Governor that's a different story, the way He has attacked police a, fire and teachers not only with the pension but with health care etc you would be hard pressed to find people to take the test these days, I personally don't know if I would want my kids to follow in my footsteps these days with the way the Governer has changed the pension and healthcare and the overall way the law enforcement community has been demonized by the powers that be currently , like I said earlier If things don't change I don't see myself encouraging my kids to follow in my footsteps, and that in and of itself speaks volumes because I always loved the job ( still do) the powers that be just make it that much harder

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Re: Fulop details 'challenges' of fighting crime in Jersey City
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I am not arguing anything... Facts are quite simple I know for a fact those Police academies have no swimming pools swimming is not a PTC requirement, the City does in fact have a building that they utilize for certain training, the room that they have is in fact larger then the rooms utilized at the old police academy on craven point road ( army bldng) I know for a fact they city closed the academy at the time to save money because the army was closing the building for construction and the City didn't want to lease/ purchase another bldng at that time. The city since then does utilize another bldng for training currently and would be suitable to fit the academy needs. That being said the fact remains and you could agree or disagree doesn't matter, the problem is the city did not reopen the academy in the necessary time and allowed the accreditation to expire, and now of/ when they decide to reopen the academy will have to go through the accreditation process again which is time consuming . Reopening our academy will in fact save time and money simply by you don't have to pay the other academies for the recruits and in fact you don't have to send out multiple instructors to two different academies since they are running at similar times and you in fact would also see a financial gain in long run because other municipalities such as sheriff's north Bergen Bayonne etc would send their recruits to JC rather than outside the county, again what was said at a community meeting and what is reality is not always the same

Posted on: 2016/1/15 22:01
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Re: Fulop details 'challenges' of fighting crime in Jersey City
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Attorney general guidelines are just that guidelines ( suggestions) not law there's no swimming pool at the Essex county police academy in cedar grove no pool in Passaic county police academy in Wayne no pool in union county police academy in Union and no pool in the state police academy in sea girt! And there's no ptc requirement for swimming in the State Of New Jersey! Jersey city already has a building that is large enough to have the Police Academy actually bigger rooms then the army building that they leased space from for the academy that closed so the truth is they can open the academy again and what the Captain was probably referring to is when a municipality chooses to close an academy (usually for short term economic reasons) they must reopen the academy within a certain amount of time in order to retain their accreditation otherwise if the time lapses they have to go thru the bureaucracy of getting re accredited that more then likely is what the Captain was referring to

Posted on: 2016/1/15 21:05
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Re: Fulop details 'challenges' of fighting crime in Jersey City
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Jersey City did have its own Academy at Caven Point up until a few years ago. They never had a pool and in the police academy there is no need. In reality all they need is a classroom and a gym and also can train outdoors , right now they utilize the Passaic County Police academy as well as the Union County police academy it would probably be more efficient to have our own as we have in the past rather then have to send instructors to other academies

Posted on: 2016/1/15 20:42
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Re: what time is construction allowed to start
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Like the Officer stated ,they are allowed to work on the interior of the building on any day. As long as the noise stops by 10 pm. The only reason they need permits for interior work would be first to insure that the repairs are up to the City code, and secondly for tax appraisal purposes ( when it comes time for a tax reval and the people don't want the assessors into their residence the city simply looks at the permits for the improvements made and estimate the tax that way.

Posted on: 2015/2/7 19:32
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Re: Star Ledger: Greedy NJ Unions Responsible for Pension Mess
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Your right I still don't get it. You can show me all your pie in the sky numbers at retirement age and for the record the law requires all police and firefighters to retire at their 65th birthday ,so we won't make what someone who retires later in life and. Since you mentioned statistics police and firefighters statistically pass away 5-10 yrs after retirement you still fail to show how the state will make their contributions again missing the point or you figure I don't get it, just like I don't get property tax relief but I know you will post all these numbers to show the property tax relief and yes I know the bridge scandal Christy had no knowledge of that either , I missed that point as well so show me all the numbers you want of how well you do with a 401k plan pays out yet I must have missed your post on how the State will make the required payments again who is missing the point...... Look in the mirror for the answe

Posted on: 2014/6/6 18:59
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Re: Star Ledger: Greedy NJ Unions Responsible for Pension Mess
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as a point the pension belongs to the employee, not the State , the employees allowed the state to invest the funds as they see fit ,the only way they can withhold any of the pension after retirement is if the employee is convicted of a crime... If You don't believe me go to North Jersey.Com and read the opinion of Christies legal team as to what will happen when he fails to make the necessary pension contribution prior to July 1 2014 , for a better opinion you could go to Mercer County Court on June 24 2014 and see and listen for yourself

Posted on: 2014/6/6 18:09
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Re: Star Ledger: Greedy NJ Unions Responsible for Pension Mess
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I am simply wrong , I guess if you say so it must be fact.... Show me an example over the last twenty years where the State/ Municipality has paid the legally required contribution... While it's true a 401k plan is yours and the deductions can be made like direct deposit if the State/Municipality doesn't make their contributions available the only payments going to the 401k are the employees , I guess my logic escapes you, its the same as the property tax relief that the Governor says we all enjoy, my property taxes have gone up steadily every year over the past ten years so simply because the Governor says it's true doesn't mean it is.The fact remains even with a 401k there is nothing to prove that the State will make the required payments, you can keep implying that I am not intelligent enough to understand how a 401k plan operates, I am however intelligent enough to know if the State is refusing to meet its legally required payments to the pension that we currently have there is no way to prove how they will make them with a 401k plan , it's a simple argument you can try and complicate it as much as you like ,that just does t work with me... and as a point Police/Fire pay 10 % towards their pension , one of the highest contributions by a Public Employee in the Nation (FACT) , Maybe the Governor should model the Pension after New York Cities, its extremely similar to NJ oh thats right the difference is NY Public employees can retire in 20 years as opposed to our 25 and they collect at a higher percentage at retirement ,pay less into it ,oh the difference is NY makes the required contributions each and every year, they have competent employees who effectively invest the funds even during the collapse and they don't raid the pension in order to fund other things such as a bankrupt casinos.... Again lets fix the issue by blaming the employees and the Union ....

Posted on: 2014/6/6 18:04
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Re: Star Ledger: Greedy NJ Unions Responsible for Pension Mess
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They haven't been making THE REQUIRED PAYMENTS TO THE PENSION FUND IN OVER 20 YEARS. They are paying out to those who retired. So You are wrong.. That is the Issue obviously flew over your head... Just google it and read up on what the States/ Municipaliteies have been contributing to the Pension fund. My point was BETWEEN THE STATE/MUNICIPALITIES FAILURE TO PAY INTO THE PENSION FUND AND THEIR INCOMPETENT USE OF THE FUNDS ON THE STOCK MARKET AND THE GOVERNORS RAIDING OF THE PENSION FUND TO REFINANCE THE CASINO REVALS DEBT (BY THE WAY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OR AGREEMENT OF THE EMPLOYEES I BELIEVE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHEN AN EMPLOYER USES FUNDS CONTRIBUTED BY AN EMPLOYEE FOR ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE REALM SUCH AS TO REFINANCE DEBT OF ANOTHER COMPANY ETC IT IS CALLEDA CRIME....) is the reason why the pension is in the position they find it in again started by Whittman and continued by each and every Governor since, but hey why blame the responsible party( the State) when you can blame the employee/ union, just so much easier that way.....

Posted on: 2014/6/6 16:59
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Re: Star Ledger: Greedy NJ Unions Responsible for Pension Mess
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I've had 401k plans, and I am familiar with how they work.That was not the point I was making. just because on your Paycheck it shows where your employer pays into your 401k plan in this case (State/City) doesn't mean that the State/City will pay. They haven't made the mandatory payments in years to the pension as it is now even after the Governor's reform they still don't make the payments. in theory your 401k plan might sound nice, the reality is just because you change the name of the retirement plan giving the employees more control over how they invest their money DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE STATE/ MUNICIPALITY WILL PAY THEIR SHARE. I don't drink the kook-aid ,again once someone can give me examples /proof that the State/Municipality will pay their required portion then maybe I would have a different opinion until that time stating that it's a better plan isn't accurate . I mean the Governor did after all promise and still states to this day that His pension reform has led to property TAX RELIEF.... I've owned the same house for 10 years now and my TAXES have INCREASED every year....So just like the pension payments please define property tax relief that he speaks of...

Posted on: 2014/6/6 16:32
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Re: Star Ledger: Greedy NJ Unions Responsible for Pension Mess
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Jcman8, So the Unions should've sold out the unborn and gone to a 401k... Under a 401k the employee contributes a certain percentage and the employer in this case the State matches, if the State hasn't been making the payments to the pension that they are supposed to be making , what in God's name makes you believe they would pay into the 401k plan ?? Christy under his first pension reform required the employees to increase their contributions from 8% to 10 % and mandated by law that the municipalities and the State make the required payments , but yet again Christy is violating his own law and refusing to pay the mandatory contribution... Also if it went to a 401k plan he wouldn't be able to steal millions of dollars from the pension fund to rescue Reval...... imagine if You were paying into either a 401k plan or a pension and the CEO decided he wanted to open a different business so he took money from YOUR PENSION/401K PLAN AND DIDN"T PAY It Back.... OR USED YOUR PENSION FUND TO BAIL OUT ANOTHER OF HIS BUISNESS" You would have a very different opinion. Bottom line this is /was a contractually agreed on benefit ,but I guess the greedy unions should give back ...... If the Unions did that without a fight the Governor would still have to pay into it whether a 401k/or regular pension and based on past performance I would say you have a better chance of having a blizzard in July...

Posted on: 2014/6/6 10:42
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Re: Star Ledger: Greedy NJ Unions Responsible for Pension Mess
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The reason the pension is the way it is is because the Governors starting with Whitman have not paid into the pension, and have even taken millions of dollars out of it to either to balance the budget or as our illustrious current governor did to rescue Reval ...And still the Governor doesn't want to pay the legally required pension payment, a law He himself pushed through the legislature

Posted on: 2014/6/6 1:35
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Re: Former Gov. McGreevey to head Jersey City jobs commission
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I thought we voted for change in May ?? I didn't realize this was the type of change we were getting. First the Mayor hires Mcgreevey one of the most corrupt Politicians this state has seen in years,( who used the "I am a Gay American" to deflect from the real issue of his corruptness) as the head of the re-entry program, then he gives Mcgreevey a second job as head of the Cities tax abatement program, now he allows Mcgreevey to hire another corrupt former politician who bilked the taxpayers for years out of millions of dollars ...... Remember the Mayor is only 6 months into office and this is the type of people he hires..... So much for being good government and transparent.... I guess there were no competent people without a criminal record to do the job the right way ............ I would suggest all former politicians who have been convicted of crimes while in office to send their resumes to 280 Grove street asap for immediate consideration.... remember those who are the most corrupt will be given the utmost consideration all though you may be over qualified...

Posted on: 2014/2/12 20:37
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Re: The JC School Board want to limit public comments
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And they have no Political aspirations either, right, and they're not influenced by the administration,right.......Stopping the Public from excersing their right to speak at BOE meetings is also right....They new what they were getting into and what was entailed. If it was too time consuming they never should've run... and if it encroaches on their time to much they could always step down.... Let's see what other restrictions they place on the taxpaying parents, (of course as long as it doesn't adversely affect their time)...

Posted on: 2014/1/25 0:08
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Re: The JC School Board want to limit public comments
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Bogart, while it is true these board members are not paid, they carry Political Clout and most(not all) use their position for future Political gains,they are not all as altruistic as they would have you believe.Most get their marching orders from the people in office .

Posted on: 2014/1/24 20:26
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Re: Christie calls on extending school day and school year. In Jersey City
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Monroe, the problem isn't with the Schools ,it is with the parents, A child's first teacher are the parents,if a parent doesn't care , or puts forth no effort no matter how good a school or teacher is that child will ultimately fail... If the parents don't care , the student puts forth no effort and like the parent will ultimately blame the school system rather accept responsibility for themselves. The only way to improve the education system is to change the culture of America were it is now acceptable to blame others rather then accept responsibility for one's own actions.. More charter schools and longer school days and longer years does nothing but absolve the lazy parents of their responsibility to their child. Like I stated as a parent the last thing I want for my children is a longer school day and longer school year... Change the culture of Americans blaming everyone else for their children's shortcomings and you will see change, until that day comes nothing changes but the length of time a child spends in school......It's about accountability and until people realize that accountability and responsibility starts at home, they are a product of their parents and will emulate the parents behavior...

Posted on: 2014/1/17 17:24
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Re: Christie calls on extending school day and school year. In Jersey City
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The people that are using the teachers salaries and benefits as a reason to believe that extending the school day and year is the right thing to do are illogical and inane to say the least. If people are so concerned with Teachers salaries and benefits , leave your current job and go back to school and get the necessary degree to become a teacher!! It's time people start worrying about themselves and their pay/benefits and not worry about others salaries/benefits. I am not a Teacher, nor do I have any desire to be one. Like I previously stated however I am a parent of two kids that although they go to Catholic School( It follows the Public School district schedule with the exception of Religious Holidays) My children (5 and 7 yrs old) already are in School for 7 hrs a day and are exhausted by the time they get home.And that doesn't include Homework!!! I would implore all those that are in favor of extending the school day and school year to please supply examples of how that would BENEFIT THE STUDENT!!!( notice I said STUDENT!!! again lets not concern ourselves with teachers salaries and benefits because it is the STUDENTS who are supposed to benefit!!!! Now of course I am sure people will still interject the teachers salary and benefits into this debate, which would just prove that you have no real interest in the students just pure envy... Remember most adults work 8hr days and more then likely that last hr is spent watching the clock,but you think a student will somehow benefit, again please provide examples.............I am raising a Child not a robot and part of growing up is being able to experience childhood not be in school for longer then they already are .....

Posted on: 2014/1/17 16:42
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Re: The JC School Board want to limit public comments
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Unfortunately Yvonne, with the new "positive direction"the board is going, the parents will never know why ps38 wasn't on lockdown when the kid brought the gun to school and we won't know if when a kid brings another gun to school if protocol is to lockdown the school,positive progress and transparency at its best(sarcasm)

Posted on: 2014/1/17 1:59
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Re: Christie calls on extending school day and school year. In Jersey City
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The Catholic School that my kids go to follow the public school district in terms of school year,snow days and number of days necessary to fulfill state requirements.They don t follow certain curriculum i.e.religion etc

Posted on: 2014/1/17 0:53
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Re: Christie calls on extending school day and school year. In Jersey City
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As a parent, i certainly do not want a longer school day or year. As it is (my children go to Catholic School) their classes start at 8am and end at 3pm with a half hour for lunch! Most people a normal workday is eight hrs long(with either a half hr or hour for lunch) asking a 5 and 7 year old to spend more than 6.5 hrs in class 7 total hrs at school(they are not permitted to leave school on lunch) is a bit much in my opinion ,and the teachers salary has no bearing in this

Posted on: 2014/1/16 22:52
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Re: The JC School Board want to limit public comments
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What it discourages is the voters right to participate in the process and rather allows the board to pass bills without opposition .A simple solution would be to first of all to cut the number of items on the agenda, post them in the paper 2 weeks prior to the meeting.people who wish to speak would have to call 48 hrs prior and be scheduled to speak and limit the time to five minutes. Now that would be positive progress, but rather then do that (requires commitment from the ELECTED board) let's just discourage people from excersizing their rights

Posted on: 2014/1/16 22:37
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Re: The JC School Board want to limit public comments
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That may be true with people speaking at Council meetings,however it is their right to question the decisions that are being made by the City Council/School Board especially since it most likely will have some affect on their lives. Just because You may not find it important what they have to say doesn't mean it's not important to them or others, and if you are bothered because most of the people leave prior to Your speaking, well most people who go to the meetings are concerned with certain issues and once they either had the chance to speak on the issue or get the answer to their question they leave.Am ideal way for those issues to be resolved would be First of all be on time ,no reason why a scheduled 6pm council or school board shouldn't start on time ,secondly have an additional meeting during the day (won't happen)

Posted on: 2014/1/16 21:51
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Re: The JC School Board want to limit public comments
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Of course it was done at a caucus,they knew the public would never go for it...your right had this taken place during the Healy administration it would've been an outrage,but because it's Fulops people ,it's all right.They want to muzzle the people and simply do what the administration wants....Similiar to the way they tried to change the Ambulance contract. Secretly and hope no one notices... Transparency is a Foreign word to this administration

Posted on: 2014/1/16 21:10
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Re: The JC School Board want to limit public comments
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I agree with Yvonne, according to the article the meetings are scheduled for 6pm ,yet rarely start on time, maybe the board members should think about leaving a little earlier, so as to start the meeting on time. The limiting the number of items a person can speak about is all about control. The board only wants to allow people to either speak on general topics or the agenda not both. I thought this was a democracy not a dictatorship!! As a taxpayer and a voter I should have a right to speak about whats on the agenda and a general question. If the board members don't want to sit through the public speaking portion or feel it's to time consuming they should've thought about that before they ran for the school board, they KNEW what it was all about then, now they want to change the rules in the middle.......this is a way for them to make changes to the schools without the parents/public's input, to me it's rather transparent what their motives and the politics behind it are. And we certainly know why they no longer want the meetings taped.... No record of what they did

Posted on: 2014/1/16 20:35
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Re: Jersey City to choose new ambulance provider?
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linky, Your 2 brothers in law the "Firemen" and Sister the "nurse", should realize that JCMC, has been the ambulance provider for the past 130 years!! And are looking to continue being the ambulance provider!Not take over, Mccabe is the for profit ambulance company affiliated with the for profit hospital Christ -Care point hospital that Your Sister just happens to work for...Also it is Mccabe who will be in a consortium with the other local hospital ,i.e Bayonne,Hoboken (who just happen to be Carepoint Hospitals). Now as for the wait of over 15 minutes, that is not accurate at all, Also the JCFD has and will continue to be the first responder to certain medical calls. The FD can only supply O2 and AED and perform CPR, they have no other ability to administer any kind of medicine, nor do they have the ability to transport. All anyone including Your "Firemen Brothers in-law, and Sister the Nurse " have to do is simply look to the deal Mccabe had with Secaucus, where they couldn't maintain 2 ambulances in town ,nor could they maintain a response time of 8 minutes or less.

Posted on: 2013/12/23 19:05
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Re: Jersey City to choose new ambulance provider?
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JPhurst, The JCMC is not giving up their ambulance service, even if they lose the Jersey City contract, They already made that clear.Secondly Mccabe has already attempted to purchase ambulances from JCMC in order to get the necessary ambulances just to fulfill the contract and were told there not for sale. So if JCMC isn't getting rid of their ambulance service what makes You believe that the EMT's will just leave the JCMC and work for Mccabe? Also the JCMC offers training constantly for their EMT's and afford them the opportunity to become paramedics(ALS) something Mccabe doesn't offer, if they leave JCMC to go to Mccabe there's no room for advancement, so whats the benefit for an EMT to leave JCMC to go to Mccabe?

Posted on: 2013/12/23 2:37
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Re: Jersey City to choose new ambulance provider?
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Profit vs Non profit is just a small part of the issue, the bigger issue is can Mccabe offer a comparable level of service and care for the patient that JCMC offers. First off all one has to do is look no further then Secaucus, Mccabe had that contract which called for them to maintain 2 ambulances and have a response time of no more then 8 minutes. They lost the contract because they could not maintain 2 ambulances and their response time was well OVER 8 MINUTES!!! Now Secaucus is much smaller then Jersey City and less populated then Jersey City.. What leads you to believe that Mccabe/ Care Point can handle Jersey City ? Or do You suggest We gamble and hope that they keep their end of the deal? I don't want to gamble with my life... That 2.6 million dollars won't even cover the first lawsuit that comes along when you are waiting and waiting for Mccabe to show up !! Not to mention that Care-Point owns Bayonne and Christ Hospitals who barely have enough staff to cover emergency patients as is. and half the time after the patient is treated at the emergency room at Christ Hospital is then transferred to other hospitals such as JCMC since they don't have adequate staff( speaking from experience with more then 1 family member who went to Christ Hospital and after being treated at Christ was subsequently transferred to JCMC) That way Christ Hospital gets to charge the out of network insurance fees for the emergency room visit, not to mention then their partner Mccabe gets the transport again out of network costs.. But lets reward them with this contract....

Posted on: 2013/12/17 23:17
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Re: Jersey City to choose new ambulance provider?
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The 2.6 million is supposedly to pay for the JCFD cost for being out on first responder calls ...The City or whoever will have to pick up the cost to have ALS available 24hrs (something that already came with JCMC actually provide 2x the amount required by law.. Don t worry in an effort to save money they will now provide the bare minimum as required by law

Posted on: 2013/12/17 15:18
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Re: Jersey City to choose new ambulance provider?
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JPHurst, You state that based on the JCMC ad's that the Council should know everything they need to know on the bid prior to the initial vote, well the final vote is tomorrow night, but I guess since Mccabe put on their Facebook page that they won the contract already...... So I guess that the only people that will vote against it are Boggiano and Yun!!! Nice that the City Council is going on with this charade since it appears that Mccabe already knows the outcome......... Does the City Council know that Mccabe lost the Secaucus contract due to their failure to maintain 2 Ambulances in that town and could not meet the response time of 8 minutes!!!!!! Not to mention that Mccabe does not have paramedics(ALS) !!! I guess the council believes that the JCMC will provide ALS at no cost!!! So in reality that 2.6 million dollar profit will turn into a loss real quick, unfortunately not just in money but in life!!!!! Some things shouldn't be decided by money alone!!!! The sheep will follow tomorrow night prediction 6-2 in favor of giving contract to Mccabe... And they will suddenly have enough ambulances and staff in 14 days!!! Yeah I have a bridge to sell you.
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Posted on: 2013/12/17 14:51
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Re: Jersey City to choose new ambulance provider?
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The City Council might want to ask McCabe who had the ambulance contract for Secaucus why they lost the contract, they lost it because the contract called for McCabe to keep 2 ambulances in Secaucus which they failed to do. So if they can t keep 2 ambulances in Secaucus what makes people think they can handle Jersey City

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