dwntwngrl wrote:
After the recent flooding, my brick backyard/patio has started to sink. I need a contractor who can put it back together and hopefully and a fprevent this from happening again :)

ThirdGrove wrote:
Shadow:
Where do you get your population growth projections from?

Does that include under-counting from the last Census?

I looked at 1990 to 2000 data once. We constructed something like 9000 units in the '90s which led to a growth of 18000 overall. I would assume we'd grow more than that (if we constructed about the same number of units), and I have no idea what the GS building and the financial co. bring in terms of residents. 35,000 would be a big game-changing number for us.

Ianmac: I agree with your assessment of Newark; although, I have no idea what foreclosure does to the population of any town. Do people move out. Intuitively, I feel that if you can't make it in Newark, you tend to end up renting there because it tends to be the most affordable place to pick yourself up.

swooshy wrote:
Has anyone planned on tactics if they try a "this is too crowded -- I am calling the Fire Marshall, or the police bla bla bla "--
Didn't someone try that last time?
There are capacity limits on rooms. How many people can fit in that room? What will happen if the limit is reached, ie can they stand in the hall (or is there a law?) etc.

jcnight wrote:
Crossing Guards make no where near as much as a police officers. They do not work year round, they do not have details and they do not work overtime. They are there there simply to make sure the kids are safe when they are going to and from school. I dont give a hoot what they make they are needed. And as for the comment about them standing around on the corner, i assume waiting for the kids is part of their job. Alot of people are confused in thinking their job descriptions include stoping the traffic and crossing adults. It does not. They are just being nice when they stop the traffic for adults to cross.
Their job is to protect children from the crazy maniac drivers that are in Jersey City.

LoKo498 wrote:
How the hell is Kwadir Felton, 18, (who was shot by a undercover Jersey City police officer doing surveillance at Dwight Street and Bergen Avenue last month) out on the streets?

T-Bird wrote:
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JRL wrote:
.... Let's keep working on pushing them out....We need to keep the pressure on.

And boy, wouldn't it help if keeping the pressure on weren't such an uphill struggle. If this were any other city in America, we wouldn't have to rely on the media from a much larger city to cover our news. Think about it - Jersey City is roughly the same size as Buffalo and Birmingham, Alabama. If high ranking officials in those cities - cities with national prominence - were being indicted, there'd be a steady drumbeat on the local network affiliates day and night. TV vans would be permanently parked in front of city hall. The mayor wouldn't be able to move without a camera in his face. Instead, we get the NY stations to come out and cover the highlights with a one or two minute clip buried between a hit-and-run accident on Long Island and .... guess what??? It's Raining Again!!!!

I believe the biggest reason corruption has festered on as long as it has is that the shadows are very, very comfortable here. There is usually little danger of angering the public - no offense to the Jersey Journal, but they have a hard time competing with the NY papers. This time though - the story is big enough that it hits the national radar. At least for a little while.

Bobblehead wrote:
They have to move 27 signs, and they want to pay $130,000 to have it done?

Is there any reason this should cost more than $1,000 per sign, if that?

And really, the city doesn't possess a heavy duty drill and some concrete? And some workers to do the work?

Incredible. Read my sig line. . . .