GrovePath wrote:
From - HUDSON DEMOCRACY

Before voting for the budget, Heights Councilman Bill Gaughan said it was the "toughest year" to make a budget in his seventeen years on the council.

GrovePath wrote:
Property taxes will increase $572 for every $100,000 of assessed value.

JerseyCityPower wrote:
This is great--but it should be linked to OTHER connected issues.

Racism, the spending on wars, homelessness----and also to other JC corruptions (the recent arrests connected to the 'illegal-body-part-ring" for example.)

And, YOU must outreach to ALL communities...not JUST the 'hipster" Grove community.

Is anyone reaching out to Greenville?

T-Bird wrote:
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West wrote:

Sign up to speak,
Bring your signs,
Bring your pots and pans,

Finally! Pots and pans! I've been begging for people with pots and pans to swarm City Hall like the little women in Bolivia and Ecuador do. I'm so there!

Jersey City politicians charter bus to United Water rate hike hearing By Melissa Hayes/The Jersey Journal

Jersey City Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop and Hudson County Freeholder Bill O'Dea are chartering a bus to tomorrow's hearing on United Water's proposed 25 percent rate hike.Hudson County Freeholder Bill O?Dea and Jersey City Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop are chartering a bus to a public hearing on United Water?s proposed rate hike tomorrow.

United Water has requested to increase its rates by over 25 percent.

The hearings is being held in the Bergen County Freeholder Room at One Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack tomorrow night.

"While in our capacities as councilman and freeholder, we have limited ability to stop the increase. Regardless, it is absolutely crucial that we fight United Water and make our voices heard," Fulop said in a statement. ?This is nothing more than another backdoor tax on residents that they can't afford."

O?Dea, a Jersey City resident added, ?The impact on increased taxes, including NJ Transit, PSE&G, and increased water and sewer bills is unsustainable. With a tough job market, tough economy, and increasing cost of living, we must do everything we can to raise our voices against this additional increase."

The bus will leave City Hall, 280 Grove St. in Jersey City, at 4 p.m.

mvm wrote:
This is on top of the existing 25%?

Bike_Lane wrote:
To those of you who couldn\'t make it, don\'t worry. The Council wasted no time sticking it to us again.

Council voted against introducing ordinances to eliminate health benefits for JCIA and MUA board members. Win for the administration and its cronies. Loss for us.

The \"Fulop muzzle\" ordinance, up for second-read tonight, passed. Win for the administration and its cronies. Loss for us, and for our voice in Council.

Surprisingly the ordinance on JC1TV passed first-read this time! Possible win for us!


A young man from Ward A stood up to comment on rising teen violence, and proposed a teen mentoring/coaching program. He asked why Councilman Sottolano had not responded to his repeated efforts to talk to him about the program. Sottolano\'s only response was, \"I\'ve been in youth ministry for 40 years. When you get that much experience talk to me.\" He and Council President Brennan laughed in the face of this man who was desperately trying to get someone to do something about violence in his neighborhood. And these guys laugh him off the podium. It\'s disgusting. The man\'s plea fell on deaf ears. The city had coaches working part-time for minimum wage. They were fired to save the city some cash. The city didn\'t get rid of the car we bought and maintain for Councilman Vega. The city didn\'t get rid of health benefits for JCIA and MUA board members (Healy appointees) who serve one hour a month. The city fired soccer coaches who earn minimum wage part-time and keep the kids out of the streets. Where are the priorities and allegiances? With the people or with friends of the mayor?

srg1 wrote:
I have a question about Christie's speech today. Did he say the state was going to come after the 3.5% enterprise zone taxes collected? How much does Jersey City collect from this? Regardless, if they take away school funding, we are in big trouble. The city needs to figure out ways to save a lot of money.

Reece wrote:
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T-Bird wrote:

There is a nice subplot of Sleeping Tayari

$105,000 a year. To sleep.

What an interesting org chart it would be.

Starting with Mayor Healy, drunk and naked, outdoors on his steps and that Bradley beach incident.

Deputy Mayor Tayari, sleeping at meetings and charged with theft of a rental car

Deptuy Mayor Beldini, stripper charged with 2 counts accepting bribes

City Council: Vega, indicted; Gaughan and Flood giving jobs to family members; Lopez, ran as a resident of Florida.

Let us not forget past Councilman Lipski pissing on a nightclub crowd. And from there on down the food chain. It would go on and on.

Join Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy and the Municipal Council as they march in Jersey City?s St. Patrick?s Day Parade, from 12:30 p.m to 3:30 p.m., on Sunday, March 14

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Great editing Webmaestro! There is a nice subplot of Sleeping Tayari in here - at the 13:52 mark, when Esther comes on, there is a twelve second shot of Kabili sound asleep in the distance. $105,000 a year. To sleep. It ain't an official city meeting unless Kabili is sleeping.

Jesus christ. I feel like I'm living in the twilight zone with what goes on in this city. So sick.

Oh and check out 11:58. That's a good one.

srg1 wrote:
Will the council answer questions if asked? Or is it not supposed to be interactive? Can we ask a specific councilmember a question?

heights wrote:
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West wrote:
I think Wednesday is going to be a very interesting evening especially in light of Viola's introduction of 90K/yr full time council positions.

But will they work the same hours. I don't recall reading about this. I am glad there are other sources of medium to find out when I will be swindled. So thank you jclist for being an informative medium with the message.

JCLAW wrote:
What's most awful about this is that the council members aren't even suggesting that they give up their other government jobs in order to make the council position full time.

What they are demanding is MULTIPLE 'FULL TIME' GOVERNMENT JOBS!

This is really bizarre. It's like they are daring the voters to throw them out because they know we are incapable of it.

caj11 wrote:
Does anyone plan on going to the next city hall meeting and speaking their displeaure with the city council?