What is it with these guys?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_wo ... an_steven_lipski_is_.html

Jersey City Councilman Steven Lipski is No. 1 threat at Washington club

BY RICH SCHAPIRO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Sunday, November 9th 2008, 12:06 AM

A drunken Jersey City councilman was arrested for urinating on a crowd of concertgoers from the balcony of a Washington nightclub, police and club sources said Saturday.

Councilman Steven Lipski was caught relieving himself onto several revelers at the 9:30 Club during a concert by a Grateful Dead tribute band Friday night, club sources said.

"He was very drunk," the source said, noting that it wasn't the first time Lipski had caused a ruckus at the popular concert venue.

"We've dealt with this man before," the source added. "He's never peed on anybody, but he gets really belligerent and drunk."

Lipski, 44, was hauled out of the club about 9:50 p.m. after staffers spotted him in the act on the concert hall's second-floor balcony and called the cops.

The crass councilman, who is serving his second term in office since getting elected in 2001, was charged with simple assault, police said.

Attempts to reach Lipski were unsuccessful Saturday night. His aide, Irina Zaki, said the councilman was in Washington Friday night, but she had no knowledge of his arrest.

The lurid incident marks the second time in recent years that a Jersey City pol was caught with his pants down.

Photos showing Jerramiah Healy, still a councilman at the time, naked and passed out on his front stoop were widely circulated in 2004 days before he was elected mayor.

rschapiro@nydailynews.com

It's bad enough that he is a sloppy drunk and that he was caught seeing a tribute band. But peeing on people, who does that?

Answer: Jersey City politicians

Isn't it amazing what "power" (or just the perception that one is "powerful") does to people. It is one thing to throw the office of mayor around in an attempt to not get arrested. But to think that you can unrinate on someone? And we have elected these people to represent us. What does that say about us?

OMG. Every cop is a criminal and every politician is a low life. I deal with people publicly urinating in my neighborhood who really don't know better. I hope Lipski resigns. He has made a fool of Jersey City and its residents.

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It was not just any tribute band, it was a "Grateful Dead" tribute band. Does the man have NO shame, or taste? Peeing off the balcony is awesome but not awesome enough to cancel out attending a Grateful Dead show.

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I was going to mention that but didn't want to offend any "Dead Heads." Shameful!

Maybe now Jersey City will finally repeal those antiquated anti-public urination laws. Newark Avenue will never reproduce the success of Washington Street while that laws on the books.

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+1.

I've noticed elected officials working side by side, some of whose judgment and character support a standard of professionalism as such and some whose behavior seems to undercut the real importance of their post. Unfortunately, when they are re-elected, there's little incentive to change.

What's the difference between taking oneself too seriously and taking oneself seriously at all? How does that translate to action, on and off the job?

Imo, this report is about many things, including personal frailty and a deep cynicism.

I wonder if this arrest will have any impact upon his standing as the Executive Director of Jersey City's CREATE Charter School?

Can an educator gain the state clearance necessary to be part of a school with an arrest/conviction record?

CREATE Charter School - Jersey City

A lot of the club's shows are "all ages" -- I hope that wasn't true in this case.

Click below for info on the club:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/930_Club
http://www.930.com
Click below for info on the Grateful dead tribute band:
http://www.zvents.com/washington-dc/e ... 83110-dark-star-orchestra

I think i'd rather vote for a corpse than Lipski.

This faux Grateful Dead concert was an "All Ages" event and started at 7pm - see link below:
http://www.jambase.com/shows/event.aspx?eventid=791174

This is from the club's own website:

Q: How old do you have to be to attend shows at Nightclub 9:30?
A: Unless otherwise posted our club is All-Ages, All The Time.

Q: My child wants to attend an all-ages show at 9:30, but I feel nervous?
A: We've been doing all-ages shows for many years, but the decision to let your son or daughter come to a show here is obviously up to you as a parent. We suggest attending a show with your child so you can get a first-hand experience of how we run the club and treat our patrons. We're confident that once you've been here you'll feel comfortable about allowing your child to come to 9:30 shows.

Q: Do I need ID to enter the venue?
A: An ID is only required if you plan on drinking alcohol. Because we are an all-ages venue we take checking ID's very seriously.

Q: Should my child attend if they have a fear of being urinated on from above by a jersey politician?

Lipski can atone for his behavior by publicly being urinated.

Lipski just another born and bred classy jersey city politician,just like McCann and countless others.

Maybe he is just being a good HCDO soldier and did this to take the heat and attention off of the HCDO leader, Mayor Healy.

I can't wait to hear what the Mayor has to say about this. Does he call for Lipski to resign?

As embarrassing as it is to have these idiots represent us and be our "leaders", I have to admit it is awefuly entertaining.

Report: N.J. Lawmaker Urinates On Concertgoers
Councilman Steve Lipski Arrested For Assault

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) ― A Jersey City councilman has reportedly been arrested for urinating on a crowd of concertgoers from the balcony of a Washington D.C. nightclub.

The New York Daily News reports in Sunday's editions that two-term Jersey City Democrat councilman Steve Lipski has been charged with simple assault.

The newspaper says 44-year-old Lipski was removed from a place called the Nightclub 9:30 on Friday night.

That's after club staffers saw him relieve himself onto the crowd from a second floor balcony during a concert by a Grateful Dead tribute ban.

Messages left at Lipski's council office, and a Jersey City listing under his name were not immediately returned.

And this guy runs a charter school. What a great example.

Does Steve Lipski want to go to rehab ? , he says NO NO NO !

This administration has been pissing on the taxpayers for years.
Lipski probably thinks he did nothing wrong. Arrogent drunken fools are running this city.

Healy set the standard of acceptable behavior for his administration - They can do as they please and will never lose their positions & pay at cityhall - imagine all the money we would save if they were fired and as a result lost their pension.
Its like the Bush administration but on a small scale - they want all the authority without the accountability.

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Then it's time for you out of towners to run for local office just like Fulop did. It's one step better than voting.

LOL! This is hilarious! Lipski is probably related to Healy!

What a total and complete loser. Being drunk is not an excuse... the alcohol only emboldens people to act the way they really want to act. He has to resign, right?

Has to resign? This is Hudson County, I wouldn't be surprised if he announced he was going to run for mayor. The "born and raised" politician's here are very arrogant. They think they can do anything and get re-elected.

Ward C (Journal Square) Councilman
Steven Lipski
City Hall, 280 Grove Street
Room 202
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Tel: (201) 547-5159
Fax: (201) 547-4678
email: LipskiS@jcnj.org

Irina Zaki, Council Aide
Tel: (201) 547-5172
email:


Term of office
First elected to council: June 12, 2001
Current term expires: June 30, 2009

Biography
On June 12, 2001, Steve Lipski realized the first of two dreams. He was elected Councilman of Ward C the Journal Square area in Jersey City. On September 4, 2001, the new Councilman realized his second dream. He and his lovely wife, Yraida, officially opened the doors of Create Charter High School in the Greenville Section of Jersey City, welcoming 100 young girls and boys as ninth graders, and just four years later graduated the first ever charter high school class in Jersey City. Both as a Councilman and a School Administrator, Steve Lipski has had successes. For Steve, dreams do come true!

Born and raised in Jersey City, Councilman Lipski was a believer in patriotism from an early age. A Cub Scout and a Boy Scout, Steve served in the U.S. Army Reserves as a Drill Sergeant. Steve played in the Little League, and ran track and played football at Dickinson High School.

He studied at Seton Hall University, where he received two undergraduate degrees and two Master's Degrees, and recently completed his work for a Master's Degree in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was an educator in the New York City School System for ten years until he received approval to open his Charter High School.

Councilman Lipski is presently serving his second consecutive term as councilman, the first to do so in Ward C since the 60's. During his tenure as councilman he served on the Redevelopment Agency as Commissioner, Vice Chairman, and Chairman. In addition, he has his own civic association that serves meals on Thanksgiving., sponsors three teams in Pershing Field Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken, and in cooperation with Pershing Field Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken gives out more than 4000 toys to children during winter holidays.

A community adviser for many years, especially in helping the less fortunate, Steve is a member of many civic and government groups and organizations, lie is a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus and a member of the Elks and Moose Clubs. Steve has always been a big supporter of the Philippine American Friendship Committee, Inc's (PAFCOM) community development projects. Steve has an open arm to accommodate and help the Filipino American seniors and the youth in their needs. This year, Steve joined some Filipino American community leaders in CADCA's midyear training, held in Phoenix, Arizona, to develop and expand a citywide coalition under the Jersey City Community that Cares Program, to fight substance abuse in Jersey City, Today, he is working with PAFCON's executive Director, Rolando Lavarro, to Collaborate efforts to understand and improve the quality of life in Jersey City.


Special Projects
Education
Community development

(Taken from the City of Jersey City website. Note the last sentence of the last paragraph.)

Local JC politician huh? A lot of people make the case that an outsider shouldn't be elected for Mayor as in Fulop's case, but I don't see a whole lot of success from Local JC politician's. If it takes an outsider not to get drunk and piss himself or get involved in fighting/intervening in domestic disputes I would say I don't care if he/she's from Kansas! I say we say NO to LOCAL!! Anyone not from Jersey is a good choice in my book. Go Fulop!!

Hey I've been to that club! It's such a cool place, been to a few concerts there back in my younger days when I lived in DC (and yes, I used their regular bathroom, on the lower level, when I had to go).

Does this ever end? First it's Mayor Healy, then Deputy Mayor Kabili Tayiri, then councilmember Willie Flood's son, and now this.

What charter school does he run, anyway? Perhaps the board of that school would like to hear about it.

These local politicians have been doing this stuff for decades and they keep getting re-elected. The long time people of JC don't seem to mind...they are almost "proud". To get them voted out, we need all the new people in JC (those along the water front and anyone else who moved here over the past 5 years) to come out and vote. The problem is that they don't vote. I bet 95% of the people along the waterfront didn't know where their polling station was before this weeks presidential election. Hopefully this will embarass them enough to come out and vote all these loosers out of office.
I agree that a breath of fresh air like Fulop would be a welcome change to this city.

JJ has now updated the story and in a bizzare twist Willie Flood is now the one defending Lipski.