JPhurst wrote:
This was a federal investigation where the criminals were lured across the river so they could establish crossing of state lines. There is no need for Healy, Fulop, Levin, or Osborne to have any involvement in this.

The feds busted a dangerous child predator couple. That's a good thing. That JC pols were not part of the press release is not a matter of concern, and has nothing to do with this thread.

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JPhurst wrote:
This was a federal investigation where the criminals were lured across the river so they could establish crossing of state lines. There is no need for Healy, Fulop, Levin, or Osborne to have any involvement in this.

The feds busted a dangerous child predator couple. That's a good thing. That JC pols were not part of the press release is not a matter of concern, and has nothing to do with this thread.

Challenging Dan and Candice on why there was no reaction to DTJC being associated with child predators in regional news, I think is very pertinent to this thread.

If you are so concern about JC's reputation newsflash we also have teen prostitution on Ocean ave, & Tonnelle Avenue there is crack, heroin and PCP being sold on our streets near schools, there is gun violence 5 min from downtown on a daily basis I am more concern with these issues then some FBI sting. Lets get real! WTF is wrong with people here?

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This was a federal investigation where the criminals were lured across the river so they could establish crossing of state lines. There is no need for Healy, Fulop, Levin, or Osborne to have any involvement in this.

The feds busted a dangerous child predator couple. That's a good thing. That JC pols were not part of the press release is not a matter of concern, and has nothing to do with this thread.

Challenging Dan and Candice on why there was no reaction to DTJC being associated with child predators in regional news, I think is very pertinent to this thread.

JPhurst wrote:
This was a federal investigation where the criminals were lured across the river so they could establish crossing of state lines. There is no need for Healy, Fulop, Levin, or Osborne to have any involvement in this.

The feds busted a dangerous child predator couple. That's a good thing. That JC pols were not part of the press release is not a matter of concern, and has nothing to do with this thread.

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D, I have no first hand knowledge of this, but I will take a stab at it. In cases like this that involves multi State crimes Federal crimes etc. the FBI is the lead agency and usually will only notify the local PD of the events that will take place. In most of the news reports they could not give a reason why these people were in Jersey City and this has been an ongoing investigation out of New York.

No dispute that the FBI have got to catch and put sick people like this away. Our JC pols and police need to assure us that our kids are safe, give a strong message to any potential predators that JC isn't a soft target, and limit the damage to JCs image caused by this press. Imo, both Team Healy and Team Fulop seem to have been asleep at the wheel on this one.

D. With all due respect I have to disagree and withhold any judgement until facts come out. As stated in the media, no one knows why the chose a Jersey City hotel to meet. The people live in Brooklyn and for now we aren't hearing that they had any ties to JC except for booking a hotel room on the waterfront. This story sends chills right to the bone. I don't see how Mayor Healy or Councilman Fulop could have prevented any of this. Let's wait until more facts come out before placing blame on anyone other then the people arrested. I do understand the outrage you have and knowing this scum was in out town even for a meeting in a hotel room is sickening .

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D, I have no first hand knowledge of this, but I will take a stab at it. In cases like this that involves multi State crimes Federal crimes etc. the FBI is the lead agency and usually will only notify the local PD of the events that will take place. In most of the news reports they could not give a reason why these people were in Jersey City and this has been an ongoing investigation out of New York.

No dispute that the FBI have got to catch and put sick people like this away. Our JC pols and police need to assure us that our kids are safe, give a strong message to any potential predators that JC isn't a soft target, and limit the damage to JCs image caused by this press. Imo, both Team Healy and Team Fulop seem to have been asleep at the wheel on this one.

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D, I have no first hand knowledge of this, but I will take a stab at it. In cases like this that involves multi State crimes Federal crimes etc. the FBI is the lead agency and usually will only notify the local PD of the events that will take place. In most of the news reports they could not give a reason why these people were in Jersey City and this has been an ongoing investigation out of New York.

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LimpiarElSucio wrote:
Dan, why do you affiliate with right wing homophobes? Why do you affiliate with a dirty ex-cop who sold drugs to jersey city's children? Whats up with that? Do you let these people around your kids?!

Posting anonymously about Dan's children is cowardly and reprehensible. Team Osborne has sunk to a new low.

I don't want to get into a back and forth with anonymous posters, but I believe this warrants a statement from me. I agree 100% that children should be off limits. While I understand that some people on JCList may agree or disagree with Dan's views (or my own), I do not condone bringing children into the conversation in this way.

I ask that Team Fulop/Osborne supporters, Team Healy/Levin supporters & Team Fletch supporters keep it to the grownups.

Candice

On a similar topic, can you or Dan or someone from JC explain why all of JC, and downtown in particular, has been made to look both clueless and sleezy in the recent use of the Hyatt by the feds in their bust of the couple from Brooklyn? Why, for example, wasn't the JCPD in on the arrests?

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Dan, why do you affiliate with right wing homophobes? Why do you affiliate with a dirty ex-cop who sold drugs to jersey city's children? Whats up with that? Do you let these people around your kids?!

Posting anonymously about Dan's children is cowardly and reprehensible. Team Osborne has sunk to a new low.

I don't want to get into a back and forth with anonymous posters, but I believe this warrants a statement from me. I agree 100% that children should be off limits. While I understand that some people on JCList may agree or disagree with Dan's views (or my own), I do not condone bringing children into the conversation in this way.

I ask that Team Fulop/Osborne supporters, Team Healy/Levin supporters & Team Fletch supporters keep it to the grownups.

Candice

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LimpiarElSucio wrote:
Dan, why do you affiliate with right wing homophobes? Why do you affiliate with a dirty ex-cop who sold drugs to jersey city's children? Whats up with that? Do you let these people around your kids?!

Posting anonymously about Dan's children is cowardly and reprehensible. Team Osborne has sunk to a new low.

I don't want to get into a back and forth with anonymous posters, but I believe this warrants a statement from me. I agree 100% that children should be off limits. While I understand that some people on JCList may agree or disagree with Dan's views (or my own), I do not condone bringing children into the conversation in this way.

I ask that Team Fulop/Osborne supporters, Team Healy/Levin supporters & Team Fletch supporters keep it to the grownups.

Candice

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Dan, why do you affiliate with right wing homophobes? Why do you affiliate with a dirty ex-cop who sold drugs to jersey city's children? Whats up with that? Do you let these people around your kids?!

Posting anonymously about Dan's children is cowardly and reprehensible. Team Osborne has sunk to a new low.

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Dan, why do you affiliate with right wing homophobes? Why do you affiliate with a dirty ex-cop who sold drugs to jersey city's children? Whats up with that? Do you let these people around your kids?!

Posting anonymously about Dan's children is cowardly and reprehensible. Team Osborne has sunk to a new low.

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LimpiarElSucio wrote:
Dan, why do you affiliate with right wing homophobes? Why do you affiliate with a dirty ex-cop who sold drugs to jersey city's children? Whats up with that? Do you let these people around your kids?!

OneJC wrote:
http://onejerseycity.org/?p=1672

Levin is more than any ticket

Some friends have asked us if we still support Daniel Levin for the Ward E City Council position, now that he has chosen to run on Mayor Healy?s ticket. The answer is an emphatic yes. In fact, before joining the ticket, Daniel asked our opinion and the opinion of other people who had supported him in the past. We encouraged him to go for it.

We?ve known Daniel for many years as an activist in our neighborhood, and we?re confident he will remain an independent, strong voice for good government in Jersey City no matter who wins the mayoral election.

In issues such as the Grove Plaza, the Embankment, PAD, and the 9/11 memorial, Daniel has always stood firmly on the side of the people, and he doesn?t give up. We believe he would be an excellent addition to the City Council.

Charles and Annie Kessler
Jersey City

Althea wrote:
Actually the parts of the sewer system that are damaged are being fixed and we don't have to wait generations. While I agree that storm water retention is important, the lack of overall planning as far as new developments surrounding older housing stock thereby creating a bathtub effect is of even more concern.

You are on the inside now Dan. You are at the table and you therefore have the ability to make a real impact by demanding to know what the plan is to protect the existing homes rather than allow for these huge foundations to be built on top of mini hills that will divert water around them and only collect storm run off for their "stand alone" buildings.

Clearly the fact that the administration has had many meetings with developers to push their projects (new ratables) forward and none for the public must cause you great alarm and is surely something you can change right now.

Councilman Fulop and I started the pressure 18 months ago to help alleviate flooding to the Van Vorst Park and Paulus Hook area and these fixes are the only thing that the administration has to hang their hat on and will come nearly 2 years after Irene.

Exactly when do you stop with the lines "it will take generations" and everything is crumbling and actually start doing, instead of telling people what they can do to help the City that is not doing their job? The people of downtown deserve a candidate that is going to start fixing the situation and not just hand out a brochure telling them what they should be doing because they won't see relief in their life time.



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Water ? A Plan to Minimize Impacts of Stormwater

Our aged sewer system is inadequate and crumbling, resulting in flooding and sewer backups. Breaches create underground streams that force water through building foundations.

Fixing the system will likely take generations. A long-term capital plan must be created to plan repairs and upgrades. Steps can be taken now, however, to minimize the impact of stormwater on our sewer system during periods of heavy rain.

?Water ? A Plan to Minimize the Impacts of Stormwater? is a plan that focuses on slowing stormwater runoff from entering the sewer system during storm conditions. The plan recommends:

Creation of a Municipal Utilities Authority Master Plan for infrastructure improvements:

-Increased use of High Level Storm Sewers (HLSS)

-Maximum use of green space

-Low-impact development

-Green parking lots, streets, and highways

-Green roofs for new tax-abated development

-Rain Gardens

-Larger tree pits

The plan may be viewed at: Water ? A Plan to Minimize Impacts of Stormwater ? Click to Open PDF

November 17th, 2008 | Category: Environment, Health and Pollution

OneJC wrote:
http://onejerseycity.com/?p=170


Water ? A Plan to Minimize Impacts of Stormwater

Our aged sewer system is inadequate and crumbling, resulting in flooding and sewer backups. Breaches create underground streams that force water through building foundations.

Fixing the system will likely take generations. A long-term capital plan must be created to plan repairs and upgrades. Steps can be taken now, however, to minimize the impact of stormwater on our sewer system during periods of heavy rain.

?Water ? A Plan to Minimize the Impacts of Stormwater? is a plan that focuses on slowing stormwater runoff from entering the sewer system during storm conditions. The plan recommends:

Creation of a Municipal Utilities Authority Master Plan for infrastructure improvements:

-Increased use of High Level Storm Sewers (HLSS)

-Maximum use of green space

-Low-impact development

-Green parking lots, streets, and highways

-Green roofs for new tax-abated development

-Rain Gardens

-Larger tree pits

The plan may be viewed at: Water ? A Plan to Minimize Impacts of Stormwater ? Click to Open PDF

November 17th, 2008 | Category: Environment, Health and Pollution

JTaylor wrote:
Mighty Oz,
Most people I know- Dan included, did Sandy relief. Only Team Osborne has used it as a campaign photo op. Hurricanes are not the only issue currently facing Ward E residents. Does Ms Osborne have any other qualifications to replace Steve Fulop as Ward E Councilperson?

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I guess Dan is still Dan. He says he wants a different kind of politics. But then...

He hooks up with Healy and all the crud that brings along with it.

He posts vague wonkfests and refuses to answer questions about them.

His friends go out to attack Dan's opponents but they can't get their story straight. Candice is a rank newbie with no experience - or a seasoned political operative.

In their view she can't be exactly what Dan has claimed he is: a concerned citizen who got involved in politics because of the mess they saw and the way good government could help people.

The hypocrisy reeks of a desperate grasping for straws. Move on and make the case about how Dan has the ability to do the job.

Mighty Oz,
Dan Levin is the only candidate running in Ward E who will not be a rubber stamp for either Mayoral candidate. Since you bring up qualifications, can you explain what Ms. Osborne's are other than agreeing with Team Fulop?

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The fact that Candice knows about, is concerned about, and is ACTUALLY working to alleviate the flooding issue in the worst part of downtown is kind of a big one for me.

HUGE actually.

Her leadership skills and non-stop efforts in the aftermath of Sandy - HUGE.

Candice is able to understand what is critical and hit the ground running. This is why I endorse Candice.

Bikes are nice, but not if you have nowhere to live.