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Oh. My. God.

I'm going to go talk to the wall now. It's a better (and probably more informed) conversation.

Posted on: 2014/7/3 19:13

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Political Insider: Jersey City mayor receives his first-year report card

Posted on: 2014/7/3 18:52

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And Trump organization doesn't have many names? By the way Jared Kushner is married to Trump's daughter. Jared Kushner has given positive press to Fulop in the NY Observer and http://www.politickernj.com/ businesses Jared owns.

Posted on: 2014/7/3 18:17

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Here's how residents graded Year 1 of Fulop's tenure as mayor:

Grade: A

"He says what he wants to do and does it."

- Mike Shonk, Ward A

Grade: B

"He's good-- I've seen street improvements and more bike lanes in Greenville."

- Mary Kate Sharp, Ward A

Grade: A

"He's doing a great job-- I feel more safe and I see more cops around."

- Wanda Elias, Ward A

Grade: B

"He's doing what he can to curb the problems and getting feedback from the community is important."

- Lisa Joseph, Ward F

Grade: B

"I like the measures he's taken to save the city financially-- he's cut where necessary to save the city money. I like that he's going to be moving to the inner city and taking steps to rehabilitate MLK Drive."

- Petericia Harrigan, Ward A

Grade: A

"He gets things done right away and Jersey City is quickly changing for the better-- he's our future President!"

Lynda Young, Ward E

Grade: D

"I'm a little disappointed, I thought there would be a bigger change. The rest of the city is dying except for Downtown."

- Janette Scafidi, Ward F

More Grades here

Here's one more (I wasn't interviewed for the nj.com piece):

Grade: Incomplete

"There seem to be no perceptible changes in the Heights whatsoever - streets are still filthy, lots of abandoned buildings and storefronts, the parks decrepit (except for Washington Park), the recent spate of shootings is a big concern that problems are moving here. That said, I want to give the guy a chance..."

Bill N., Ward D

What part of the Heights is this guy in? The Heights seems to be changing to me, at a slow pace yes but I am seeing more and more people moving into the Heights than previous years

Posted on: 2014/7/2 15:11

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...In terms of KRE, Murray and Charlie are brothers. Charlie stepped aside due to legal problems. I don't buy the argument he is not involved. Families transfer interests all the time due to these reasons.

I guess reality is whatever you determine it to be then, huh? Never mind that Charles has his own company (Kushner Companies) and that the two companies compete against each other for land and projects.

Fortunately, what you "buy" is of little consequence.

Posted on: 2014/7/2 13:28

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Yvonne, I think Speak NJ needs a more J-looking New Jersey.

Posted on: 2014/7/2 1:10

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For some reason Healy gave a 12 abatement in Journal Square in the former Welfare Building which is an eyesore. In terms of KRE, Murray and Charlie are brothers. Charlie stepped aside due to legal problems. I don't buy the argument he is not involved. Families transfer interests all the time due to these reasons.

Posted on: 2014/7/1 19:29

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user1111 wrote:
Here's how residents graded Year 1 of Fulop's tenure as mayor:

Grade: A

"He says what he wants to do and does it."

- Mike Shonk, Ward A

Grade: B

"He's good-- I've seen street improvements and more bike lanes in Greenville."

- Mary Kate Sharp, Ward A

Grade: A

"He's doing a great job-- I feel more safe and I see more cops around."

- Wanda Elias, Ward A

Grade: B

"He's doing what he can to curb the problems and getting feedback from the community is important."

- Lisa Joseph, Ward F

Grade: B

"I like the measures he's taken to save the city financially-- he's cut where necessary to save the city money. I like that he's going to be moving to the inner city and taking steps to rehabilitate MLK Drive."

- Petericia Harrigan, Ward A

Grade: A

"He gets things done right away and Jersey City is quickly changing for the better-- he's our future President!"

Lynda Young, Ward E

Grade: D

"I'm a little disappointed, I thought there would be a bigger change. The rest of the city is dying except for Downtown."

- Janette Scafidi, Ward F

More Grades here

Here's one more (I wasn't interviewed for the nj.com piece):

Grade: Incomplete

"There seem to be no perceptible changes in the Heights whatsoever - streets are still filthy, lots of abandoned buildings and storefronts, the parks decrepit (except for Washington Park), the recent spate of shootings is a big concern that problems are moving here. That said, I want to give the guy a chance..."

Bill N., Ward D

Sorry to hear that, I been on the hill top since 11 and have seen drastic changes from the a new type of people to cleaner streets, more cops on bikes and foot patrol and less mobs of people hanging out on Ocean. I give Fulop a B+ I would give him an A but my taxes have gone up twice since he stepped in.

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user1111 wrote:
Here's how residents graded Year 1 of Fulop's tenure as mayor:

Grade: A

"He says what he wants to do and does it."

- Mike Shonk, Ward A

Grade: B

"He's good-- I've seen street improvements and more bike lanes in Greenville."

- Mary Kate Sharp, Ward A

Grade: A

"He's doing a great job-- I feel more safe and I see more cops around."

- Wanda Elias, Ward A

Grade: B

"He's doing what he can to curb the problems and getting feedback from the community is important."

- Lisa Joseph, Ward F

Grade: B

"I like the measures he's taken to save the city financially-- he's cut where necessary to save the city money. I like that he's going to be moving to the inner city and taking steps to rehabilitate MLK Drive."

- Petericia Harrigan, Ward A

Grade: A

"He gets things done right away and Jersey City is quickly changing for the better-- he's our future President!"

Lynda Young, Ward E

Grade: D

"I'm a little disappointed, I thought there would be a bigger change. The rest of the city is dying except for Downtown."

- Janette Scafidi, Ward F

More Grades here

Here's one more (I wasn't interviewed for the nj.com piece):

Grade: Incomplete

"There seem to be no perceptible changes in the Heights whatsoever - streets are still filthy, lots of abandoned buildings and storefronts, the parks decrepit (except for Washington Park), the recent spate of shootings is a big concern that problems are moving here. That said, I want to give the guy a chance..."

Bill N., Ward D

Posted on: 2014/7/1 18:40

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Because we need 30 year abatements so the rest of the city gets developed. No one is going to build in Greenville or BL otherwise.

Posted on: 2014/7/1 18:05

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Aside from the fact that you post a link to a 60-page (!) article and expect someone to read through the entire thing, a quick flip through it showed a lot of discussion (in particular, pages 7-9) of Charles (who was the staunch and vocal McGreevey supporter) and nothing about Murray. Murray is the Kushner of KRE - the firm building J-Squared in JSQ and the project neighboring Unico.

http://www.thekregroup.com/leadership ... html#/executiveLeadership

Posted on: 2014/7/1 17:57

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Yvonne wrote:Plus Fulop is giving generous tax abatements to McGreevey's friends, the Kushner family - Journal Square and changing the zoning for Unico for Kushner.

Why let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory, right Yvonne? As has been mentioned, on here, to you, directly, many times, the Kushner (Murray) of the JSQ abatement and Unico is the brother of the McGreevey-friend Kushner (Charlie). The brothers despise each other, one (Murray) having been involved in sending the other to jail. They haven't spoken to each other in many years.

So I guess the Record is wrong too? http://www.lenehan.org/McGreevey%20reprint.pdf

Posted on: 2014/7/1 16:52

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Yvonne wrote:Plus Fulop is giving generous tax abatements to McGreevey's friends, the Kushner family - Journal Square and changing the zoning for Unico for Kushner.

Why let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory, right Yvonne? As has been mentioned, on here, to you, directly, many times, the Kushner (Murray) of the JSQ abatement and Unico is the brother of the McGreevey-friend Kushner (Charlie). The brothers despise each other, one (Murray) having been involved in sending the other to jail. They haven't spoken to each other in many years.

Posted on: 2014/7/1 16:31

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The JC oldtimers see what happened in Hoboken with trepidation. Too damn bad. Bayonne and the rest of the county will be next. You want to have a county run by Dems, that's fine but it will be run on liberal principles and not bloated bureaucracy and jobs for friends, and real, important, economic growth.

This is the funniest statement ever. You are obviously a very newbie because with frightfully few exceptions, Jersey City has been run on liberal principles which, as Jersey City/Hudson County shows, is about a bloated bureaucracy, jobs for family/friends and no economic growth.

Posted on: 2014/6/30 21:43

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Here's how residents graded Year 1 of Fulop's tenure as mayor:

Grade: A

"He says what he wants to do and does it."

- Mike Shonk, Ward A

Grade: B

"He's good-- I've seen street improvements and more bike lanes in Greenville."

- Mary Kate Sharp, Ward A

Grade: A

"He's doing a great job-- I feel more safe and I see more cops around."

- Wanda Elias, Ward A

Grade: B

"He's doing what he can to curb the problems and getting feedback from the community is important."

- Lisa Joseph, Ward F

Grade: B

"I like the measures he's taken to save the city financially-- he's cut where necessary to save the city money. I like that he's going to be moving to the inner city and taking steps to rehabilitate MLK Drive."

- Petericia Harrigan, Ward A

Grade: A

"He gets things done right away and Jersey City is quickly changing for the better-- he's our future President!"

Lynda Young, Ward E

Grade: D

"I'm a little disappointed, I thought there would be a bigger change. The rest of the city is dying except for Downtown."

- Janette Scafidi, Ward F

More Grades here

Posted on: 2014/6/30 20:33

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Or with selling us out to CarePoint?

Posted on: 2014/6/30 20:13

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What does that have to do with Fulop giving abatements to McGreevey?s friends, Hamilton Park? Healy was reducing abatements to 10 years so why should anyone approve of 20 and 30 year abatements when their own taxes are increasing? Fulop is using JC as a stepping stone for the governor?s seat. And we are all expendable.

Posted on: 2014/6/30 19:10

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More straw grasping by people afraid of people from outside Hudson County moving in and upsetting the apple cart of corruption and incompetence.

The fact is that more abatements means more people from the city and the burbs voting for Fulop, Candace and their heirs. More people from outside of DT being priced out and replaced with newcomers.

The JC oldtimers see what happened in Hoboken with trepidation. Too damn bad. Bayonne and the rest of the county will be next. You want to have a county run by Dems, that's fine but it will be run on liberal principles and not bloated bureaucracy and jobs for friends, and real, important, economic growth.

Posted on: 2014/6/30 19:02

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Cowan, McCabe and the Reval are the three things Fulop has gotten wrong in his first year. And I can understand why he won't want to tackle the Reval until his next term. On virtually everything else I think he's been spot on.

Posted on: 2014/6/30 16:45

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Here is another view:
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... e_fulop.html#incart_river[/quote

I think you would have been better off starting a thread based on this article instead of that long rant.

In any event, #s 3 and 5 are most concerning to me, but not enough that he'd lose my vote. #6 is annoying because it seems like he's focusing his energy on fundraising for his governor campaign rather than actually work on Jersey City. Finally, I'm disappointed this article didn't mention anything about the CarePoint/McCabe issue.

Sorry, I don't agree. The last month before the election, Fulop ran campaign ads attacking Healy on Bid Rig3. There was a great deal of corruption under McGreevey Administration as governor. Plus Fulop is giving generous tax abatements to McGreevey's friends, the Kushner family - Journal Square and changing the zoning for Unico for Kushner.

Posted on: 2014/6/30 15:22

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Here is another view:
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... e_fulop.html#incart_river

I think you would have been better off starting a thread based on this article instead of that long rant.

In any event, #s 3 and 5 are most concerning to me, but not enough that he'd lose my vote. #6 is annoying because it seems like he's focusing his energy on fundraising for his governor campaign rather than actually work on Jersey City. Finally, I'm disappointed this article didn't mention anything about the CarePoint/McCabe issue.

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Here is another view:
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... e_fulop.html#incart_river

I am partial to statement 3: He'll align himself with the ethically lapsed.

Posted on: 2014/6/30 15:04

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Here is another view:
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... e_fulop.html#incart_river

Posted on: 2014/6/30 14:28

Residents in polarized Jersey City voting districts assess Fulop's performance

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Posted on: 2014/6/30 14:12

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Riaz Wahid, is known for his work with the homeless. But he does more than that, he attend county, board of ed, and city hall meetings.

You are losing it old girl. This Riaz's work with the homeless should be applauded. As for the meetings, so what. Anyone can go to a meeting cause all that requires is a presence. Ditto speaking to the issues. Now going through the mountain of papers that covers the issues takes a huge amount of time. Is this Riaz retired, like you, with nothing but time on his hands because he has no joy in life other than hearing himself speak? BTW, your picture of your husband sitting in a pothole was one of the saddest things ever as witnessed by the pained look on his face. I don't know about anyone else on this board but I am going to light a candle for this poor man.

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