T-Bird wrote:
+1 shadrack, particularly on the NE Rebuplicans.

It seems a large stretch to equate the loss of a wildly unpopular governor to the standing of Obama - even in a democratic state. Corzine outspent Christie something like 10:1 - I don't hear anyone saying that spending caused Corzine to lose.

The one thing that seems to be a more clear conclusion than what either of the governor's races provided is the deep divide within the Republican party evidenced by the outcome in the NY 23 congressional race. You had a lot of star power lined up behind the conservative, in defiance of the wishes of the local republican infrastructure, and they were shot down.

It will be interesting to see how Palin maneuvers over the next year - neither of the Republican candidates for governor accepted her offer to campaign and she has to carry the baggage of having the Becks and Limbaughs too close to her. I found it refreshing that Gingrich stood against Hoffman (the Conservative) on principle.

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I will watch and hope for the best, but I cannot wrap my brain around the fact that he was a Bush appointee and considered a real loyalist by that administration. A politician must be about to articulate his ideas instead of quoting bumper sticker slogans at every campaign stop. The last time pundits said \"he\'s not a good speaker\" or \"watch what he does,\" we ended up in Iraq and New Orleans drowned.

I am tired of the dumbing down of Republican politics. Northeast Republicans were the smartest and most savvy pols in Washington at one time. Now the party is defined by the likes of Palin and Beck.

It has become a party that eats its own if a member is pro choice, supports effective financial investment regulation, or supports gay marriage all of which Christie opposes.

I hope that I misjudged Christie and want nothing more than to be proven wrong. Lower taxes, good services, and honest government are not left or right issues and Corzine did not deliver.

The only silver lining is that Healy and his minions may need to worry, but I won\'t hold my breath.

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Crazy_Chester wrote:
It has been very close, but barring a large turnout by dead Democrats or ACORN shenanigans (both more likely than you might think), I think Christie will edge out Corzine.

Would you have even known what ACORN was if 20 years ago the President hadn't volunteered his time to help citizens register to vote?

Is it just citizens that ACORN help to register?

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TheHookJC wrote:
It is pissed away in cities like Newark and Camden.

Cities like Jersey City?

trambone wrote:
Christie looks like he sweats when he eats. Just a personal opinion, but anyone who thinks that little about education will never have my vote. My god i'm agreeing with gnomegeneral in some sick way...

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**Important** All democrats, due to polling malfunctions, we have to vote on Wednesday, not tomorrow. Corzine and Obama oyea!

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ianmac47 wrote:
OMG I PAY TOO MUCH TAXES!

OMG Why doesn't government give me the services I want when I want it?

lhsucks wrote:
Liberty Harbor just SUCKS! I'm sure this will be erased by the management company as all my other posts on other websites with my warnings of STAY AWAY!

The management company is the MOST INEPT, DISHONEST, UNRESPONSIVE, AND RUDE management I've ever met. Everything is the renter's fault and they do not give a crap about you once you have rented or own your unit. They do not put the customer first after you move, but will do whatever it takes to get you in the building...including lie, after lie, after lie, which they will never admit too.

Yes, they did tell us that we were going to have additional amenities - swimming pool, theater room, coffee shop, other businesses that were just moving in around the buildings, and that the beer garden was going to be a small section around the back. Interesting...lie, lie, lie. Oh and how there was not going to be any construction across the street from my window. Somehow I endured 3 months of parking lot cleanup. Now, I have to listen to garbage pickup nightly at various hours and beer keg dropoffs during the day with the trucks and their blaring music. It's just noise and problems with the clientele. I've had enough, but now they are giving us problems about moving out because they have cash flow problems.

No they do not care about residents or their reputation and so this is what they get. Unhappy residents.

ianmac47 wrote:
Arrested were: Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, Jersey City Council President Mariano Vega, Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Baldini, Jersey City Republican John Guarini, La Vern Webb-Washington, a Jersey City council candidate, Joseph Castagna, Jersey City's health officer, and Michael Manzo, a long-time veteran of the Jersey City fire department.

From NorthJersey.com

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ianmac47 wrote:
Another solution might be making travel down Marin Blvd. terribly inconvenient; add traffic lights at each cross street, and then make the light cycles alternate green and red so that traffic flowing north hits every red light along the way. Not only would that allow pedestrians safe crossing at each street, it would frustrate drivers looking for a quick shortcut.

Great idea, what we need is more traffic clogging the streets and more angry frustrated drivers racing around taking out their anger on the streets of JC.

matt07302 wrote:
IMO jaywalking is a systemic problem fed by motorists failing to yield where they are required to do so. Currently there is zero regulation when it comes to pedestrian law in JC. If more motorists would actually stop for pedestrians at crosswalks then more people would feel safe to use them.

Please let us first solve the problem of motorists not yielding to pedestrians at crosswalks. I am sure that if pedestrians feel safe to cross at crosswalks they will and choose not to take the risk of jaywalking. As a pedestrian and motorist I must admit that there is jaywalking in JC. I pay attention to my surroundings and slide my foot to the break when needed... It is not that big of a deal and doesn't happen everyday. Standing in a crosswalk 6 feet from the curb watching cars zip by one after the other does happen every single day in JC.

What also gets me frustrated is cars being allowed to park up to the crosswalks at the heads of intersections and thus blocking the view or motorists entering intersections. This is at every intersection in my neighborhood and it negates any law abiding motorist from seeing pedestrians attempting to cross the street. IT IS SO SIMPLE. Give the ticket and give drivers the opportunity to view potential pedestrians.

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mfadam wrote:
I'm confused did this mugging happen at noon or midnight?

If it happened during the daytime that's quite brazen. I can't imagine that would help the city's pitch for more comapnies to move to "wall st west.".

it has to be at midnight. I work right by the waterfront there, at noon there are tons of people getting lunch etc, there is no way 2 guys running on the track would be able to get away.

Why, coz a bunch of scared shitless d-bag finance industry yuppies might throw a latté at them?

Flame on indeed, pussoir.

ThirdStreet wrote:
I have a one bedroom at the sutton and am currently paying $445. Needless to say, the maintenance cost is tied to the square footage. I know of one bedrooms which are slightly smaller and pay a little less.
As for justifying it by looking at the amenities, I'll repeat what I said in an another thread : this only works out if your actually making use of them. Yes, there's a neat little movie theater, game room,giant jaccuzi, party room, etc etc but how often are you going to use them?

Also, free internet is only 120KBs per second. If you're someone who uses it for work or require something resembling 21 century broadband, you're going to have to pay (but not much, about $45 for 10Mbs a connection).

If you're concerned about maintenance costs being tad too high take a look at gulls cove. I found that maintenance costs there are are about $80 - $100 less every month on a comparable unit. GC comparable units do tend to be higher priced, however you maybe able to negotiate them down in the environment.

hope this helps

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I'm sure that there are many other candidates but how many have done anything but leech off of taxpayer money their whole life?

I would include Schundler in that group of "candidates ...(who)leech off of taxpayer money".

Go the site of my sig to find out why Schundler's just like all you Republican/Libertarians who talk the talk, but don't walk the walk, just like BushWhack & his ilk who bled our economy dry during the last 8 years running up the greatest deficit this country has ever known while left a surplus.

Republicans/Libertarians leech off both the corporate/institutional tit as well as the taxpayer.

Good riddance to Schundler's candidacy!