Can we have a memorial for the policeman who arrested the drunken bum Healy?


Bradley Beach police reaction was 'way over top,' says Healy
Monday, June 19, 2006
By MICHAELANGELO CONTE and JACK HERMAN
JOURNAL STAFF WRITERS

BRADLEY BEACH - Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy said he warned the man he was trying to calm down outside Barry's Tavern early Saturday morning that Bradley Beach police "don't play around."

And Healy - sporting cuts on his forehead, knees and shins, scrapes on his face and marks from handcuffs on his wrists - said yesterday that he learned that for himself when he was cuffed, Maced and arrested. He was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after police say he interfered with their investigation outside the bar around 2 a.m., reports said.

Healy recounted the evening's events yesterday while sitting in Barry's, his sister's bar, whose walls are adorned with framed Jersey Journal news stories about the mayor.

Healy said he and his wife, Maureen, had just left the bar after a graduation party for his niece - who graduated from the State Police training facility - when he saw a man jumping on the hood of a car. After learning the man was upset because his girlfriend refused to let him drive home, Healy said he tried to calm the man down and warned him against giving the police a problem when they arrived.

But Healy, whom his spokeswoman said had drunk "a couple beers," apparently failed to heed his own advice.

One cop began to yell at the woman, Healy said, prompting him to tell the officer that she hadn't done anything wrong. The cop then grabbed his arm, Healy said.

"I pulled it away, but he said 'That's it,'" Healy said.

Healy put his hands behind his back to be handcuffed but the officer threw him to the ground, the mayor and witnesses said. Healy's head was smashed into the pavement, cutting him, said one witness, Herbert Cutolo, who was leaving the bar at the time and saw the incident.

Healy asked why he was being handcuffed, and the officer jammed a knee into his back, Cutolo said.

"He didn't resist at all, he was trying to talk to them and explain the situation" said Cutolo.

When Maureen Healy told police that her husband is the mayor of Jersey City, officers threatened to cuff her, using an obscenity, said Cutolo.

When Maureen Healy went to pick up the mayor's glasses from the ground, the officer pushed her down, too, the mayor said.

"It was just way over the top," Healy said. "(One cop) was the architect, the engineer of the whole episode."

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True Healy is a dysfunctional drunk who should resign.

But they are ALL corrupt.


btw- what is the name of that bar in the Heights where Healy's brother spends all his time falling off his bar stool?

Ah yes, you are all thinking that grieving should be a quiet and reflective practice in The Grove of Remembrance in Liberty State Park. A tree for each and every victim can be added and therefore the entire park can be a memorial or alternatively it can be an enjoyable park for families and cyclists, etc.

This monument is clearly not designed to be a memorial but is in fact designed to be a ghoulish tourist attraction conveniently located as near to the car parks and concession stands as possible.

Take the money.

What absolute garbage to hear these corrupt politicians talk about pride.

How many 9/11 memorials do we have now in JC?

I say we have an individual memorial for each and every person.

A tree should be planted in the park for each victim.

The 9/11 families have their own private memorial and the park gains much needed trees.

Simple.

Truth be told he?s a nice drunk.

I wouldn?t say a drinking buddy, but I have had the pleasure a few times.

First off he is not Irish, he is an American. I was born in Eire, so I know the difference here.

Secondly, I have personal experience of drinking with the man.

Thirdly, there are plenty of news stories about his drinking. Try Google.

I voted for Healy, hence the utter disappointment. He is an elected official who has failed and therefore he is open to attack. He does spend too much of his time drinking and unlike say Winston Churchill, Mr. Healy is not even a functioning alcoholic.

We need a mayor with vision: Someone who can get some money out of the waterfront. Someone who can control crime (time for zero tolerance?), someone who can structure the school system and someone who has innovative ideas about how to get money flowing into Jersey City ? God knows the potential is obvious.

I am by nature a democrat and believe that in terms of national and international politics a Democrat President is far more successful. However, on the local government level a Republican candidate seems better a fighting through all the complacency, corruption and entrenched and un-productive thinking. JC needs to be totally restructured as the present model is a complete mess. On the local government level we need someone like Rudolph W. Giuliani. I?m not Rudy?s biggest fan, but he got stuff done and we really need someone who can get stuff done at this crucial point in time of JC?s development.

Nobody plans an 18% tax hike, it is something that happens when those in charge are incompetent.

Saying that Healy is better than his predecessors is really no defense at all. He may well have inherited the problems, but surely he knew what the problems were before he decided to run for office and therefore he should have had some solution to solve them? The fact is Healy has no vision and has done nothing to raise money from other areas. He has no imagination or proactive policies. He has simply reacted (badly) to the political situation that is around him ? that he has "unfortunately" found himself in ? rather than come up with any innovative ways of raising money. There are plenty of innovative ways to raise much needed cash for JC and the waterfront is merely one way.

Btw ?Roaring20s?: Oh, please. I can assure you that I am nobodies lacky and trying to banish my honest opinion to some other place indicates that you are childish, undemocratic and don?t believe in the freedom of speech. It makes you sound quite pathetic really. Personal attacks just make you sound sad.

Healey? Healy? Heely? Whatever.

Can he spell his own name correctly? I have seen him so drunk at times that I very much doubt that he could hold a pen let alone write his own name.

The fact of the matter is that his term in office has been a total and utter failure. The man should have the decency to resign.

He is redundant of any political vision for the future of the City.

Politically speaking he is an imbecile.

by Pisces1979 on 2006/3/29 16:03:39
The cost of everything has gone up 20 percent in the past 10 years, so has the cost of running a government.


And the amount of money coming into JC has also gone up at least 20% and probably a LOT more.

Impeach Healey and the JC council ? all of them should resign. They have failed to represent the people. They have completely mismanaged Jersey City. There is money coming into the city ? more than enough money ? Only fools would find themselves in the position that Healey and his cronies are in.

Healey is a drunken oaf and a buffoon.

The Tax increase of 18% indicates that Healey has completely mismanaged the City funds. He is clearly incompetent and out of his depth and he is either a moron or a crook.

Should he do the decent thing and resign?

"We wouldn't want to hurt the poor flunky's self esteem by not leveling the playing field for him"


At the moment the only poor flunky we have in JC is the Mayor and his cronies.

Mayor Healy: Crooked or stupid which one is he?

Nobody plans an 18% tax hike, it is something that happens when those in charge are incompetent.

Mayor's Action Bureau
201-547-4900

Phone them and ask is there any truth in the Mayor resigning?
IF our taxes go up 18% will he resign?

Healey has completely mismanaged the city funds. He is clearly incompetent and out of his depth and he should do the decent thing and resign.

All the money that is coming into the city and the taxes go up by that amount??!!!

Healey must be a moron or a crook.

From the Jersey Journal:

Jersey City taxpayers are looking at an 18 percent property tax hike.

With three months left in the fiscal year, the City Council is expected to vote tonight to adopt a $130.4 million budget that includes the increase.

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Now we have a proposed 18% increase in taxes which is partly to pay the benefits and pensions of these useless retarded slobs who work for Jersey City Council.

1. Fire the retarded slobs who work for the council. ? 40% of the employees at least.
2. TAX the corporations on the water front
3. Find other innovative ways of raising much needed money (see below)

Install cameras at traffic lights and fine anybody who jumps a red light ? they have automated cameras like these in other cities in the world ? like Dublin and London ? and they raise a small fortune in monies. Installation is cheap ? as there are companies that install and run the system for only a small % of the traffic fine. Also improves safety, etc.