Epps was a ten year disaster for taxpayers. The inflated sums we paid him for his salary and bogus expenses were a drop in the bucket compared to the waste and favortism he presided over at the school board.

Somebody should ask him about his attendance record in Trenton when we were paying him a second salary as an assemblyman.

Epps on the city council would be obstruction, delay, and more waste. In addition to the outrage of further subsidizing his retirement. If Ward A is able to say no to him, that will really be something. No Charlie Epps signs on my block.

Looks like there are bad apples on both sides of the fence.

Our worst enemy is the young ladies," and "The young girls are bad. I don't know what they're drinking today, but they're bad." Charles Epps 2011

Real Ladies vote for Real men, if they know what is good for them!
On election day Vote
Healy, Epps and Gonzalez 2013
The team that makes sure women know there place since 2004

Is this the same Epps who in April of last year told a group of ministers that "young ladies" are the community's "worst enemy" and labeled some students "dirty, nasty, bad kids?"

Well done Jerry!

Brilliant! This race keeps getting interesting.

Speechless....

Ousted Jersey City schools chief running for City Council with Healy

By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal
December 07, 2012

Former Jersey City schools chief Charles T. Epps Jr. will run in next year?s city election for the Ward A City Council seat on Mayor Jerramiah Healy?s ticket, Healy?s campaign announced today.

Epps was ousted as schools superintendent last year, after more than 40 years with the district and more than a decade as its chief administrator. Today, he joined Councilman at large Peter Brennan as the newest additions to Healy?s ticket.

"While his opponents look to sell out our schools, families and future to the highest bidder, Mayor Healy always does what's best for Jersey City,? Epps said in a statement issued by the Healy campaign.

Healy?s opponent in next year?s mayoral race, Ward E Councilman Steve Fulop, is largely credited ? or blamed, depending on who?s speaking ? for Epps? December 2011 retirement from the Jersey City school district.

Fulop has supported every successful candidate in the last three school elections, and it was after the April 2011 school election that school board members began a concerted effort to force Epps into retirement.

"I look forward to being part of the Healy team, as we continue making sure Jersey City is recognized as the world-class city it is for all the families who live here," Epps said.

Epps' tenure as Jersey City schools chief was tumultuous, with some critics carping about his two-year stint as assemblyman while he was running the school district. He also raised eyebrows with a taxpayer-funded trip to Great Britain and, more recently, when he said "young ladies" are the "community's worst enemy."

"Charles Epps' record speaks for itself and we are looking forward to highlighting it for voters during the campaign," Fulop spokesman Bruno Tedeschi said.

This is Epps? first bid for the City Council.

Brennan, meanwhile, is running for his fourth term on the council. He joined in 2001 as the Ward A rep, then became an at-large member in 2004 when Healy vacated that seat to become mayor.

Brennan, who owns a Greenville pub, was appointed the council?s president in 2009.

"Under Mayor Healy's leadership, Jersey City is clearly on the upswing, with reduced crime and five new parks in various stages of planning and construction throughout the city,? he said in the statement. ?I'm looking forward to continuing the progress for every family and all parts of this city we both love."

Today Healy also picked up the endorsements of current and former Ward A council members, including Michael Sottolano, the council's current Ward A rep, Kathy Curran and Tim Hawkes.

The Healy/Fulop matchup is set for May 14, 2013. The mayoralty and all nine council seats are up for grabs.

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