Really! +1


I hope we won't get this for the next two years!

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ny times article on His Honor Mayor Quimby:
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...she got that right.

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Huh? Not sure I follow...Because this is a discussion about politics instead of a rant about parking?

did I surf to getnj on accident?

I like Fulop, too. He at least has been responsive to emails when I raised concerns a couple years ago when we were slammed with that big double-digit property tax hike. I also sent emails to Healy and didn't get any replies. Healy doesn't give a rat's ass about accountability. While Fulop seems to enjoy broad support in the downtown, gentrified areas, you have to remember that Jersey City is much more - way more - than just Paulus Hook, downtown and Hamilton Park. There are vast swaths of Jersey City that aren't gentrified - and I'm going to have to choose my words very carefully here - where voters are not as well educated and for whom property taxes and corruption aren't the overriding issue. These are the voters the Hudson County machine targets and exploits, and very successfully at that. This is why lowlifes like Healy and Flood keep getting re-elected, and by very comfortable margins at that. Their record just doesn't seem to matter. As much as I like Fulop, I just don't see how he's gonna get elected mayor without the machine on his side, and to get the machine on his side he's probably going to have to make some very yucky deals.

Fulops is the way to go! I don't even live in Downtown but the man knows good politics. He's like the Glen Cunningham protege we all need!

Before voting for Healy remember that property taxes were raised by him approximately 6% three times since he took office! Yesterdays Jersey Journal reports we can expect another 6% increase in property taxes. How much damage can he do in another 4 years? If the people of Jersey City don't toss this embarrasment out of of office they deserve exactly what they get. Maybe this new guy Fulop can do better. I cant imagine anybody doing worse!

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But they are interested in their backyard (Nyc) When it affects the home owners in DT and the price of renting goes up they they will take notice.

By the way, it's important to remeber that NOBODY in downtown JC ever bothers to vote in local elections. That's why Healy & Co. can walk away at the polls with just a handful of votes.

It's really pathetic.

Perhaps Fulop will be able to interest a few more people, but...

Those who work in Manhattan sadly seem more interested in NYC civic and political matters than those in their own backyard.

The next mayoral election is in 2009.

Also...FYI for those that think change in local politics cannot happen...take a recent look at hoboken. They voted alot of new comers into their politics. alot of the old guard is gone or slowly getting voted out. The same can happen for JC, people need to take a stand and vote.

I moved here 3 years ago. He was already mayor...shouldnt he be done next year? any info on who might run?
I like Fulop, but need to know more about what he wants to do for JC.

Not voting for Healy!