Go Steve! Having one honest voice on the city council isn't much, but thank God we've got at least one.

COUNCILMAN INTRODUCES TWO VEGA FOCUSED RESOLUTIONS FOR COUNCIL AGENDA

(Jersey City- Friday, July 24, 2009): At this week?s city council meeting scheduled for Wednesday July 29th, Councilman Fulop will present two resolutions before the city council. With the lone exception of Fulop, the council, led by Mariano Vega, was elected in May as part of ?Team Healy? and ran under the banner ?Change You Can See?.

The first resolution will be a no confidence vote asking the rest of the city council to support a formal request for the resignation of Councilman Mariano Vega. Fulop stated that ?while Mariano Vega deserves his day in court, the sheer scale and widespread nature of the allegations is an outrage to the people of our city. Vega?s every vote going forward will be tainted on the council. It is impossible at this point that Council President or the other indicted members of the Healy administration for that matter can adequately represent the people of Jersey City with this cloud of suspicion hanging over them.?

The Second Resolution will formally request that Mayor Healy amend his executive order regarding the closed - door abatement negotiation committee to which Healy appointed Mariano Vega as chairperson.

?In light of yesterday?s arrests, there is a cloud over these closed backroom meetings. The public is rightfully concerned about them. There has never been a more appropriate time for the mayor to open these meetings so the public can see how the city negotiates their tax dollars,? Fulop added.

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