FrGuidoSarducci wrote:
Yvonne, you are a Manzo lackey. You have no credibility.

loopmaker wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions (except for Hudson Horizons--your parents and teachers, sweetie, failed you somehow since you get kicks out of bullying here).

loopmaker wrote:
I moved to McKinley Square area over the summer and my assigned elementary school is No. 17 on Bergen Avenue. I was not sure how rough the kids were there and anyway they did not have enough places for the first graders so I put my daughter in St Aloysius on West Side as a relatively inexpensive alternative. I find it is safe and small environment but not that rigorous. With the economy as it is, and my absolutely stunning parlor floor apartment without a tenant (please come see--shameless plug) I want to find an excellent public school for next year, second grade. I have heard that No. 1 and martin Luther King are good--true? Can anyone tell me how I can go about this. The individual schools do not seem to give tours or accept applications and I probably missed the lottery for charter schools. Any advice?

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( these kids do not live in the area)

fat-ass-bike wrote:
It is generally accepted that cats and especially cat poo should not be in the vicinity of pregnant women, children and basically humans due to the spread of disease.

If this is so, then any newly born child or humans in general that suffer from any cat / cat poo or pee exposure could sue the city because of its approach to release feral and stray cats ?
I don't see any litter boxes anywhere (parks etc) and who is not to say that these cats are not pissing and pooing in childrens' sand boxes or gardens, when a pregnant women might be planting flowers ?

With the worst case scenario being to an unborn child who's mother is exposed to cat poo / piss, can they also sue animal liberation groups and their members for their demand to let stays and feral cats free in populated inner city areas ?

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ianmac47 wrote:
What do you expect, its newport mall.

+1

if i really want to catch a movie on the big screen (rare these days), i'll go to lowes in secaucus

Shadow wrote:
It's only news if it makes the papers. Nontroversy, controversy, shmontroversy, you gotta love it. When you read a line that says something is "regarded as an international model in stakeholder consensus negotiations and sustainable development" you become aware this is psychobabble spouted by those who think they know things we don't because something really, really important is on the verge of happening but don't ask what it is because what it is, it ain't. Get it?

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J_Downtown wrote:
Haha yes, Healy's only qualifications for office include serving as a county prosecutor, running a private law practice, being a former judge and actually being mayor. Plus he's the head of the HCDO and counts the governor, Cory Booker and US Congressmen and Senators as his supporters.

slightly on topic/slightly off topic:

I just have to add this because I think it's amazing that both Mayor Healy and Mayor Booker can just pick up the phone and call President Obama. How cool is that?

JC_Man wrote:
This building looks nice on the outside and probably is nice on the inside also. But it's too bad these people didn't think long term - when it comes time to sell, it will likely be very difficult because directly across the street, (eventually) will be the other half of the Columbus towers. It may not be built next year or in two or three years, but eventually it will be built and they'll have no view (not that they have a great view now), no sunlight and a constant shadow. It's unfortunate that a nice looking building like this will eventually and literally be overshadowed.

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True -- it is Bergen Lafayette and it is closer to Montgomery Gardens Housing Projects than it is to McGinley Square.

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To be clear, Arlington Park is not in McGinley Square, by a good half a mile.

The Astor Bar and Grill, however, is.

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...The gunman approached Benjamin at there was a physical confrontation during which the victim was shot, DeFazio said, adding that the second man cleaned out the victim's pockets and the cash register. Benjamin was rushed into emergency surgery at the Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at about 2:40 p.m., DeFazio said.

There is something particularly bone-chilling and gruesome to imagine them cleaning out the pockets of the man they just SHOT as he lay dying.

Disgusting.

Why would you expect anything less from Animals ?

4bailey wrote:
I, for one, am looking forward to seeing what the other Ward E candidates have to say.

Steve may still end up with my vote, but I?ve been a bit uneasy about the prominence of the ?family initiative? types on Team Fulop (first Althea Bernheim,? now Shelly Skinner). There are other constituents in Ward E and I hope the heavy FI presence isn?t a forecast of the priorities in a next term for Councilman Fulop.

So,?I?m willing to at least hear the other candidates out? even the Pizza Man!

hero69 wrote:
Healy s_cks in m opinion. I can see $$$ for sewer repairs and putting in pumping stations, but if he wants a police station in Wes Bergen then spend city moeny

troysmith wrote:
I would say that in our society, income is the best gauge available of one's worth to society. I can't think of a better alternative.

Perhaps to an individual, self-worth and pride is worth more than any type of monetary compensation, but unfortunately, you can't go to a grocery store and expect to use your pride as currency.

Also, the services of garbage collectors is certainly not priceless, I'd say probably between $40-60k a year. Regarding HF managers? Right on point, why do you think so many have liquidated their funds?

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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.

Annod wrote:
Noon?

Also, Hudson Street and Essex Street is where the light rail, Liberty Terrace, Liberty Towers, and the Goldman Sachs Tower are. If you run east on Essex Street, you will be running right in front of the security guards at Goldman Sachs, and you will be heading straight into the Hudson River.

The light rail has cameras, but they only care about their vending machines. All these buildings have security, but they are useless to the people on the street.

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Gunpoint robbery at noon on Essex St. Downtown

Thursday, February 12, 2009

A New York City man was robbed at gunpoint in Downtown Jersey City yesterday morning and the thieves escaped by running away along the Light Rail tracks, officials said.

Officers sent to Hudson and Essex streets at 12:03 a.m. met the 25-year-old victim, who told them two men approached him and one had what looked like a black revolver, reports said.

One man said to the victim, "Give me your money and your phone and I'll kill you if you don't give me the cash," reports said.

The victim gave them $50 from his wallet and handed over his $400 cell phone before the pair took off running east on Essex, reports said.

MICHAELANGELO CONTE


http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerse ... 34423579144590.xml&coll=3

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Dial *67, and that blocks your information from all Caller IDs. No name, no number. Comes up as either "Private Caller" or "Blocked ID".

If you think the cops can't tell who it is if you use that, I have a bridge you may be interested in.

regulator wrote:
am i missing something? the central ave (and adjacent streets, like palisade) have gotten 100% better since the time i was growing up (so roughly 15 years, which is the same timeframe as the OP was referring to). was this a serious post, or another tongue-in-cheek typical jclist post?

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ianmac47 wrote:
Is this really all you people have to complain about? Don't call the cops, there are real crimes in this city.

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Ianmac47 doesn't have kids, and therefore anybody who has concerns that aren't relevant to Ianmac47's immediate experience are complainers.

I think he understands that the OP is over-reacting. OP at 9:45pm.

jsqfunk wrote:
I walked past the M650 building today, there is a banner hanging on the front saying "25% Sold" ... I really wish the developer the best (I live in the neighborhood) but it just looks so sad.

Also, up the block at bit is an old police station that is being turned into condos, a sign on the building lists them as starting in the 200s, which is starting to get a bit more reasonable for the McGinley Square. area, not sure if the police station will have heated towel racks like M650.

ilikeglass wrote:
Jeebus...."Seriously, the logic of privileging artists, most of whom at some point made the choice to be voluntarily poor (do trustifarian artists qualify?), is a bit hard to understand. I think a lot of other folks such as car service drivers, cops, small business people, etc. contribute more to everyday quality of life than artists so it just comes down to artists successfully working the political system to their own benefit."

Take a look around you, do you wear clothes? they were all designed by someone...

Do you eat food? the packages they come in were designed by someone...

Do you like the park? gee, that was designed by someone too...

Do you read magazines & newspapers? Graphic artists and photographers hard at work there.

Oh and what about that expensive bottle of wine you are drinking with dinner, do you think the delivery guy drew the picture on the label for you?

Do you get my point? perhaps you do not see artists everyday like you see the bus driver or the store clerk but our contribution to society is no less valuable.

And who out there is really working the political system to their benefit anyway???Politicians? CEO's? Trump?

Basically, the arts are always the first to get kicked in the ass when time get hard.

I also believe that there need to be affordable places to live for everyone, not just one group. If you are a cop or firefighter or teacher, they also have special programs that help them buy homes based on their chosen profession. Why not artists too?

ianmac47 wrote:
Is this really all you people have to complain about? Don't call the cops, there are real crimes in this city.

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coronalime wrote:
From a payphone

Ha! Seen one lately?

And did it work?

Besides that, the idea that I might leave my home to call from a payphone, when I see something from my back window is ludicrous.

Got any other ideas?

chiefdahill wrote:
I'm just saying that there were a bunch of muggings, murder and rape on the UWS just last week.

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I missed the line in there about Church.

You also missed the point.

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fat-ass-bike wrote:

I don't understand what 'very nice and friendly' has to do with it - We have all heard how mother's describe their sons who sell drugs or do a crime as being a loving and community minded child that attends church every Sunday.

I haven't.

I take it you never read the paper or watch the news on television, then?

Show me an example of a mother describing their drug dealer son as attending Church every Sunday. Thanks!

Well, it's not a drug dealer, but It's close enough. Ask, and you shall recieve.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_cr ... cop_charged_in_dwi_d.html

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