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collinsjer2010 wrote:
In my post I did say that they got to keep their jobs which is a good thing, but they really had no choice in the matter. It was either do it or you lose your job. AND yes I do have a problem in that the FD was not used the same way. What's good for one is good for the other.

Hrmph wrote:
Any word as to when this place might open? Saw some arcades moved in the last few days I've walked by but no one around to ask when doors will open.

Vigilante wrote:
Blah, Blah, Blah. By the numbers you guys will be down about 15 cops per shift across the entire city. Save the scare tactics for your wife or girlfriend or whatever. I think the citizens will now be stepping up their watchdog tactics. Everyone carries a camera nowadays so no more lollygagging for you guys.

Vigilante wrote:
Indian tribes hunt for food and are respectful and grateful for the animals they kill. These hunters do it for fun and are really just soul-less pussies.

DanL wrote:
we still have not seen a laid out budget plan that should be driving the decisions (of what/where/how much to cut). if the decisions are made piecemeal, they are guaranteed to be bad decisions.

public safety should be the last to go. however, I do question the need for the police and fire director positions and their staff above the police and fire chiefs or at worst need only ONE public safety director.

eliminating the "semi-autonomous" agencies; JCIA, JCPD and especially the Parking Authority, their costs and redundancies while providing much needed civil service protections should have been on the plate of the mayor/council years ago. now, we learn it was studied, not acted on and the current effort is the opposite of what the study recommended.

itsaurora wrote:

YES! I also walk this way everyday and it's a huge annoyance. You never know if you'll have time to make it across or if you'll suddenly have to do a mad dash before the light changes.

hero69 wrote:
I propose that JerseyCityKid08 take a 15% pay cut or better yet, why not just eliminate his/her job. People make budget cutting sound so simple but their tone changes when it's their job/income//family's well-being.

GrovePath wrote: I really don't see "yuppies/hipsters" going way over there for indoor go-carts... and at 45MPH only redneck parents will let their kids ride...
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JSleeze wrote:

- Eliminate the Parking Authority, just as they should eliminate the Incinerator Authority. Patronage pits that serve no purpose other than to award friends, family and campaign workers.

- The payroll of the police department was almost $97 million last year. If the union doesn't want layoffs, they should be willing to take an across the board 8% salary cut. If they don't like it - move back to Jersey City and vote.

- You can't lay off top brass. But you can reassign them. Make them earn their keep and suddenly, by reactivating the dead wood you won't miss the laid off nearly as much.

bridif wrote:
Re: Burlington VT, I believe the same company planned the pedestrian malls in Burlington, Ithaca, NY and Boulder, CO. Couple this with the success of street closures on Broadway in Manhattan, and I think this Newark-as-pedestrian mall is a good idea. I live in Paulus Hook and I try to go to Newark Ave area for shopping and food as much as possible in order to support local businesses.

As someone who has walked/biked from PH to Newark Ave, I think another issue with downtown is the empty space between both neighborhoods. I usually stick to York and stop in at Tommy 2 Scoops on the way there or back. There isn't much else in between.

ianmac47 wrote:
Real reform would be reducing the number of superintendents by eliminating school districts. Capping salaries just means driving qualified education executives into other fields or other states. Having more school districts than municipalities means a gross mismanagement of government resources.

pranilrao wrote:
Avoid the metropolis towers!

nafco wrote:
A little off topic but its kind of strange that the no mans land between Jersey City and Hoboken still remains so valuless in terms of property. It seems that all that can exist there are gas stations, strip malls and vacant lots. You would think there would be a little more desire to build that area up being between two relatively decent urban areas. I guess it has a lot to do with the Holland Tunnel traffic right there.

jcboyz wrote:
I agree, these are animals we are dealing with, not people! They deserve nothing but to rot in hell Legalize hand guns for the good citizens of NJ and crime falls that day. I live in the same area and I know exactly who to watch out for, it's not rocket science! If the cops weren't so busy getting over time jobs on construction sites, maybe they could actually walk the beat in Downtown JC. Or maybe we fire all the jerk off meter maids and hire more cops. Let the cops ticket the cars, at least they will be out and about.

PathH8Tr wrote:
Once again - what are the proactive things we citizens can do?

JadedJC wrote:
Yes. The gray shacks are a perfect example of historic preservation run amok. Residents in the neighborhood have complained on and off for years to Del Forno (they either own or manage the building) about the people hanging out there. At its worst you had people openly getting drunk, throwing all their plastic cups and beer cans into the street, harassing women walking by and getting into the occasional fight. It's only very recently that things have quieted down a bit over there. I suspect the Rosina's developer leaned on Del Forno because they were getting ready to start showing the building. I wonder how long that will last.

jcdowntowner wrote:
I think this type of safety improvement would be great for saving lives throughout downtown Jersey City...

http://www.streetfilms.org/daylightin ... osswalks-safer/#more-1256

spider wrote:
My friend lived on second st downtown for a year, no permit or anything and never got a ticket. Do they really enforce parking downtown? And a few times I've borrowed my girlfriend's car and took my chances parking on columbus while I went to work on a weekday, no ticket. I read some of you have gotten boots but I've never actually seen a car with one of them downtown. I'm bringing my car up here permanently in a week, I don't know if I'll have enough time to get a permit. Is it a grueling process if I go up to the place on central?

itsaurora wrote:
There are no wolves in Liberty State Park but there is a pack of dogs that has been living in the park for many many years. You can regularly see them around dawn if you're in the area. LHS used to get one or two puppies in each summer that were assumed to be offspring of those dogs.