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Nice to see Council broke their own rules about only giving honorary dedications to those who had already died (I forget the time period but it was at least a year).
Posted on: 2015/6/21 21:32
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Both daughters have County jobs & one was also his council aid (or was that the wife?). The (now ex) son-in-law got a County job. The current may now have one also. The one daughter's boyfriend (maybe an ex by now) works for the Parking Authority & teaches at Vo Tech. Bret got him into this whole thing & let him & his pals do what they want. And know you can't walk anywhere in the Heights without the constant reminder of their greatness (cough, cough).
Posted on: 2015/1/30 12:17
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Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. You left out having his utterly unaccomplished daughter named chair of the MUA so she could have the bennies like healthcare.
Posted on: 2015/1/30 4:42
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winning. At the time of Lipski's R. Kelly poser phase, I thought the city should restore the Journal Square fountain with one of those urinating cherub statues, with Lipski's face on it of course.
Posted on: 2015/1/30 3:36
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I agree 100% with you about us (Jersey City)knowing who we are & I am damn proud I am from here. However, Mr. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton does not represent who & what we really are. He is the epitome of what the rest of the country jokes about. The steps will be forever known as the "100 Steps", that is the history & he will mercifully fade into the shadows. Gaughan & his ilk are deifying themselves hoping that all recent arrivals will view them as a great & important part of Jersey City's fascinating history. Unfortunately, it will not be the story of the building of a great city but the underbelly that you whisper. I respect your opinion as I hope you will respect mine but someone who has been as greedy & self-serving as this man & his family does not deserve this honor.
Posted on: 2015/1/30 0:48
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I'd love to see all public urinals in the City dedicated to Steve Lipski. That would be owning it.
Posted on: 2015/1/29 18:16
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I think the naming is fitting. We know who we are in Jersey City and are not afraid to admit it. It's not like it's that different in other places, but we flat out own it.
Posted on: 2015/1/29 15:53
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I am glad these steps are restored. I used to walk up the 100 steps as a teenager living in Hoboken. I stopped after awhile because it was becoming dangerous.
Posted on: 2015/1/29 15:07
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To have these stairs named in honor of a person who is the very symbol of the Old Guard's penchant for cronyism & nepotism, not to mention greed (City, County, State jobs as well as private business) is a slap in the face to those who did all the ground work. And Gaughan's arrogance about his name being put to these stairs speaks volumes about who & what he is.
Absolutely nauseating.
Posted on: 2015/1/29 12:17
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What amazes me about this story is that the Stair Naming issue was prioritized over the Street Paving ordinance. Come on, what kind of idiotic journalism find that the honorary naming of a set of stairs is more important than the fiscal issue of who pays the large sums to repave streets?
My assumption is that PSE&G will think twice before ripping up a street on a frivolous whim. That they'll combine projects and deal with all the issues under a street block when an urgent necessity comes up for that block. Thus saving everyone money.
Posted on: 2015/1/29 12:08
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Forget the steps. Ride your bike up our local Alp d'huez switchbacks.
Posted on: 2015/1/29 5:49
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From the JJ article
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...if it's done once and done right it's more likely to save millions and millions and millions. But good to know PSE&G is a fan of doing shoddy work, given their "worry-free" contracts.
Posted on: 2015/1/29 4:23
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nothing like a councilperson complaining and criticizing the very people who did the good deed.
Posted on: 2015/1/29 4:13
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In reality, there's nothing stopping someone from putting up a sign dedicating, say, 12 steps to Gaughan and the rest of the steps to Maria Tuzzo.
Posted on: 2015/1/29 3:27
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City council votes to approve measures naming Jersey City's 100 Steps, mandating repaving of city streets
By Patrick McGovern | The Jersey Journal January 28, 2015 at 9:04 PM After impassioned dissent from several residents in the audience at Wednesday nights City Council meeting, the city council voted 9-0 to approve an ordinance naming the 100 steps connecting the Jersey City Heights with Franklin Street after former City Councilman Bill Gaughan. Becky Hoffman, former president of the Riverview Neighborhood Association (RNA), said that the disagreement ?had nothing to do with the honoree,? but must be voted down ?because there was no input from the community.? ?This seems to have some sort of political taint to it,? said Vito Brunetti, former president of the RNA, of the mayor?s decision to name the steps after Gaughan. ?The mayor hasn?t given a reason why he wants to honor Bill Gaughan. He?s looking for political patronage.? Read more: http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... ng_jers.html#incart_river
Posted on: 2015/1/29 2:16
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