I voted for Fulop but wouldn't give him credit for "turning around" JC's economy. Few mayors have that ability. We're married to NYC's economy and any turnaround is organically linked to NYC's. So let's not overstate his contribution.

It's not all rosy in the press. Fulop's special friend gets booted for his racist comments, his sneaky trash plan for south JC got derailed, his calling someone a 'dick' was channeling his inner Christie (has Christie ever called anyone a 'dick'?), his own traffic gate attempts against the Port Authority backfired, he had to fire or demote several of his first appointees . . . but props for standing up for the JC cops, he did the right thing with the low life thugs and their supporters.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... of_2014.html#incart_river

Winning! Fulop named 2014 political 'winner' by Record columnist

By Ken Thorbourne | The Jersey Journal
on December 28, 2014 at 1:31 PM

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop is the lead political "winner" in today's column by Record opinion writer Brigid Harrison.

In her column, Harrison, a professor of law and political science at Montclair State University, names eight political "winners" of 2014 and five "losers."

About Fulop she writes, he "seems to be making all the right political moves to position himself for a run for governor."

"But beyond the inside-baseball politics, his successes in turning around Jersey City's economy should evoke envy among other mayors and also among potential gubernatorial competitors in the Legislature whose record of accomplishment is the now-abandoned 'Jersey Comeback,'" she adds.

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http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... _by_record_columnist.html