Tino wrote:
I walked past LL every night and rarely had any issues - especially since they did their large renovation a year or so ago - it was usually pretty quiet. I never actually went in there, but sad to see someone who invested in their business lose out and then be publicly shamed like that. Peace and prosperity followed by a year of construction noise to come? Come on BGT.

Now Indio's on the other hand... that place needs to clean the f up.

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That's bullshit. Just because a bar was there first doesn't give its owners and patrons free range to violate noise ordinances, ignore parking laws, fight and scream in the streets, leave broken glass all over the block, and so on. Anybody who has lived on that street can you tell you what a nightmare it was. Anybody claiming racism is doing so because they don't have any valid arguments. I'm happy for my old block.

I lived on the block for five years and outside of cop cars on a handful of occasions, it wasn't particularly worse than any other bar. Lucky 7's , two blocks away, is just as loud and has more people standing outside of it and it doesn't get the flack that Latin Lounge got.

bodhipooh wrote:

As for the ongoing drama about the banner, well... it is well known in JC circles that lots of people had it in for Latin Lounge. People who *choose* to move next to a bar (or other commercial establishment) and then complain about the noise of said place get zero sympathy from me. The ones that take it a step further and actively seek to close the place are the worst, on my book.

Yvonne wrote:
One thing you missed RCResident, I never said to use public funds or public lands. I said the city could have done a fundraiser for them. There are so many negative things associated with inner youth in JC, St. Anthony was a positive thing. In the video on Showtime, you could see how much the youth loved their school. I am sorry it is not available for the next generation. Our youth needs direction and St. Anthony HS gave them that.

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Toomas wrote:
... I came upon incident just as cops arrived. The group of teens, male and female, then took off on foot down Mercer. Appeared as if group had assaulted one individual.

Incidents like this that I've witnessed usually happen when the attacked individual (allegedly) messed with someone else's man/woman. Often baseball bats and/or bottles are used.

TonyTwoPoops wrote:

I seriously wonder what inspires people to respond to threads in this manner. "I have nothing relevant to say because I don't shop there so instead I'm just going to give a rundown on where I do grocery shop for no apparent reason"

MDM wrote:
Between Costco, internet orders, and patronizing some local places (Young's for veggies and Mahoney's for beef) I hardly buy anything in ACME (formerly A&P) these days. Same for the StopnShop in the Heights.

Monroe wrote:
So the people were getting amped up over the 'Muslim registration list' that no one has, or would, suggest? Jeez, snowflakes, have some cocoa and calm down.

TheBigGuy wrote:
Wow... 40 Story Building??? That baseball field will disappear. I am curious where the families that use that field will park.

It get pretty busy over there on weekends. Can't imagine what it will be like if that proposal goes through.

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and some people wonder how Donald Trump got elected....I am sick and tired of tax abatements in areas that do not need them. Maybe tulip needs to start looking for another job done he is not standing by his pledge to end stuff abatements

I'm sick of tax abatements myself, but I wonder what you think Donald Trump would do about this? On the business side, Trump would be eating up abatements like candy. On the government side, Trump would be doling them out like candy. If you doubt me, just look at the Carrier deal. He gave millions of dollars to a company that's moving a bunch of jobs to Mexico. Trump is exactly the problem that you're complaining about.

At least this abatement includes a new public school, so we're getting something out of it.

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JCGuys wrote:
There always seem to be a fine line between places of worship and community center. My solution you ask? Amend the zoning code so they're treated exactly the same. A small community center should be allowed anywhere a church is allowed and vice versa.

Don't shut it down. That's just salty.

Why is there a line at all? A nonprofit gathering place is just that, whether they worship Ganesh or basketball is immaterial.

These folks don't drive on the Sabbath, so they need a place in their neighborhood. Not accommodating that in some sensitive way will bring a shitstorm, there's storefront churches all over this town.

Not driving is a choice (dictated by their religion) just like it is also a choice where you reside. If having a place of worship close by is important, then it is incumbent upon each individual, or group of individuals, to make sure that where they are choosing to live can accommodate their needs, within the law. If the article is correct, the current zoning laws do not allow for a houses of worship on MLK. So, if the synagogue violates the law, why should it be allowed to continue operating as such? That's a slippery slope... what if someone opened a bar or club in a residential area? Should they be allowed to remain open because they already built it?

Monroe wrote:
Meanwhile, maybe you shouldn't put a radical anti-Semite, Muslim Brotherhood promoting fella as the head of the DNC!

JerseyCityFrankie wrote:
Many military and historic restored aircraft like to get photographed with the Statue of Liberty in the background and this is a much more likely explanation of why you see military aircraft in our skies. Its not anything sinister. If you were in the military and you had a choice of where to fly around, wouldn't you want to fly over NYC?

JCMan8 wrote:
Bullshit. BLM is a hate group that is responsible for the death of cops.

They are racist too, many times excluding whites. And violent as well.

The sooner they are taken down, the better. Jeff Sessions won't tolerate their bullshit.

JCMan8 wrote:

Most of these incidents are fake, committed by ardent "progressives" seeking to further their anti-Trump agenda.

It's no coincidence that these incidents nearly all occur in heavily "progressive" urban cities, where the amount of Hillary voters heavily outnumbers Trump voters.

And when there is photo or video evidence of the perpetrators, they are black or otherwise obviously people who knew what they were doing. Here is a representative example:

http://www.phillyvoice.com/more-racis ... alism-found-south-philly/