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Jersey City parking agency set to be dissolved
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal The Jersey City Parking Authority, a 64-year-old autonomous agency that enforces the city?s parking rules, is on its way out, Mayor Steve Fulop announced this week. Jersey City is set to hire high-powered law firm Weiner Lesniak to probe the operations of the JCPA, the first step the city must take to dissolve the much-maligned agency. Fulop wants to fold parking enforcement duties into the new public-safety department. READ MORE
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Girl injured after police say a tractor trailer plowed into her at Jersey City crosswalk
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal A truck driver residing in Jersey City is in jail today after witnesses told police he slammed into a teen girl crossing Summit Avenue on her bike and kept driving even after motorists tried to stop him. Allan Sookhai, 54, was driving east on Montgomery Street last night at about 11:30 p.m. when witnesses say he turned right on Summit Avenue and hit the girl, according to an accident report. READ MORE
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Jersey City woman to 'Say Yes to the Dress'
By Jonathan Lin/The Jersey Journal A Jersey City woman headed for the altar will become a reality-show star, if only briefly, when an episode of ?Say Yes to the Dress? airs this week that features her struggle to find a wedding gown. Dina Mahone, 51, whose appears in this Friday?s installment of the TLC show, said she filmed the episode after she made an appointment at Kleinfeld Bridal in Manhattan to find a dress for her April 2014 wedding. READ MORE
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Jersey City signing onto Michelle Obama's 'Let's Move!' campaign
by Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal Jersey City is kicking off a new wellness campaign, with fitness nut Mayor Steve Fulop signing the city up for First Lady Michelle Obama?s signature ?Let?s Move!? initiative. The kick-off begins tomorrow with a Boot Camp program at 6 a.m. at the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center, 140 Martin Luther King Dr., where residents can meet every Tuesday and Thursday at that time to work out with a trainer and get in shape. READ MORE
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State officials may review Jersey City after reports of 911 problems
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal The state office that oversees 911 call centers may investigate Jersey City thanks to a story in yesterday?s edition of The Jersey Journal that detailed problems callers have had reaching city 911 operators. State regulations require all 911 calls be picked up within 10 seconds, or 20 seconds during heavy call periods. But callers have reported to The Jersey Journal that they have waited so long for 911 operators to pick up that sometimes they just hang up and wait for operators to call them back. READ MORE
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Jersey City to shake up 911 dispatching system after complaints no one picks up
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal Jersey City says it plans to make changes to its 911 dispatching system after hearing complaints that calls to 911 can result in up to 30 rings before an operator answers. The problem surfaced again in April when witnesses tried to report a pedestrian being struck and killed at Kennedy Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue. READ MORE
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Famed Colgate Clock returning to Jersey City Waterfront
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal An iconic piece of the Jersey City skyline is on its way back. The 90-year-old Colgate Clock, which was dismantled and removed for restoration in June, is now being returned to its spot near the Goldman Sachs tower. Workers began bolting the timepiece's frame into place at about 10:30 a.m. today. Read more
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Jersey City schools chief creating new inner circle at district
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal One year after she was hired to run the state?s second largest public-school district, Schools Superintendent Marcia V. Lyles is ramping up her efforts to make her mark on Jersey City schools, most recently with the hiring of a chief academic officer. The position, a new one for the 29,000-student district, will be filled by Jason Bing Schetelick, at an annual salary of $170,700, thanks to a nearly unanimous vote at the Aug. 27 Board of Education meeting. Schetelick, who resigned abruptly in July as Bloomfield?s schools superintendent, becomes the latest member of Lyles? widening inner circle at the BOE?s central office on West Side Avenue. READ MORE
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It's official: former governor McGreevey hired to lead Jersey City jobs program
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal Former Gov. Jim McGreevey, who resigned in disgrace nearly a decade ago after revealing that he is gay and that he had hired his secret lover as a homeland security advisor for which he had no qualifications, was hired this morning as the director of a Jersey City jobs commission. Read more
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Listen: 911 calls reveal details of April 19 fatal crash involving Jersey City cop
The Jersey City cop who struck and killed a pedestrian on Kennedy Boulevard in April refused to give a 911 operator his name in the minutes following the fatal crash, newly released tapes reveal. Michael Spolizino -- who was indicted on Aug. 6 on charges of aggravated manslaughter, death by auto and leaving the scene of an accident -- is tentative on the roughly minute-long call, one of at least 10 made to 911 that night. ?I just struck, I struck a male on Kennedy Boulevard,? Spolizino says in the call, which came in on Friday, April 19 at 10:06 p.m. He adds later: ?The male, just, he came out?? before emitting what sounds like a frustrated sigh. When the dispatcher asks for his name, Spolizino says, ?Um, I don?t want to give it right now. Read more
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That link is accurate and updated through March, CatDog.
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Fulop told me yesterday he has no intention of having a reval while he is mayor. He doesn't want it restarted with a different firm or the same one. He doesn't want it to happen, period.
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Robinson dropped out of the race. He told me business has suffered at his two businesses since he started campaigning. A love one's illness also played a part.
None of the other candidates wanted to run, so Coleman is running solo.
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When I spoke to the City Clerk on Election Day, the # he told me Watterman had to cross was higher than the number posted in the final tally, which means a runoff is still happening.
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The voting machines do have these counters. Those #s weren't on the unofficial election tally I have, so I don't know them, but county election folks do. The clerk has assured me, in no uncertain terms, that there aren't enough provisionals to get Watterman (the leading vote-getter in the at-large race) over the threshold that would bring in the other two top finishers. He may be certifying the results today, so I may post something later confirming the final numbers.
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I come on here occasionally if I know the answer to a question someone asks, and because JC List posters are good about linking to my paper's stories. Voters can register up until Tuesday, 5/21 for the runoff. The City Clerk will be open until 9 p.m. and you can also register with the County Clerk. Every candidate starts with 0, otherwise they could get two votes from the same voter.
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That's correct. The formula is derived from the number of people who vote in the at-large race, whether they vote for one or all three.
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Sorry, I tried to do it as clearly as possible. But I couldn't do it with a formula, so maybe this will help:
Total # of people who voted in the at large race DIVIDED by two PLUS one = the number that the highest vote-getter in the at-large race has to get to avoid a runoff. Not everyone has to achieve that threshold, just the highest vote-getter.
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For mayor: A: 6705; B: 4310; C:4729; D: 4889; E: 5688; F: 5395
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I'm working on getting a ward map uploaded to nj.com (it's an enormous file) but in the meantime I've uploaded individual ward maps to Tumblr. If you click on the ward, right-click and "view image," you'll be able to zoom in and see the street names.
New ward map Terrence
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OK this is the final list. The Clerk told me today all but one person who filed has been certified. Islam "Sam" Farghaly (at-large hopeful) did not make the cut. * notes an incumbent.
Mayor: Steve Fulop At-Large: Rolando Lavarro*, Daniel Rivera, Joyce Watterman Ward A: Frank Gajewski Ward B: Khemraj "Chico" Ramchal Ward C: Nidia Lopez* Ward D: Sean Connors Ward E: Candice Osborne Ward F: Diane Coleman* Team Healy: Mayor: Jerramiah Healy* At-Large: Peter Brennan*, Omar Perez, Viola Richardson* Ward A: Charles T. Epps Jr. Ward B: Gerald Meyers Ward C: Janet Chevres Ward D: Mario Gonzalez Ward E: Daniel Levin Ward F: Jermaine Robinson Team Walker: Mayor: Jerry Walker At-Large: Sean M. Connelly, Ramon "Ray" Regalado Ward A: Rickey "Rick" Johnson Ward B: Chris L. Gadsen Ward C: Adela Rohena Ward D: Grace Giron Ward E: No candidate Ward F: Chantel Snow Independent candidates: Mayor: Abdul Malk At-Large: None Ward A: Jayson H. Burg, Lori Hennessey Ward B: Jesus M. Tosado, Esther Wintner Ward C: Rich Boggiano, Imtiaz Syed Ward D: Michael Yun Ward E: Fletcher Gensamer Ward F: Tyrone Ballon, Deborah King; Kenny Reyes
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Mayor: Steve Fulop At-Large: Rolando Lavarro, Daniel Rivera, Joyce Watterman Ward A: Frank Gajewski Ward B: Khemraj "Chico" Ramchal Ward C: Nidia Lopez Ward D: Sean Connors Ward E: Candice Osborne Ward F: Diane Coleman Team Healy: Mayor: Jerramiah Healy At-Large: Peter Brennan, Omar Perez, Viola Richardson Ward A: Charles T. Epps Jr. Ward B: Gerald Lyons Ward C: Janet Chevres Ward D: Mario Gonzalez Ward E: Daniel Levin Ward F: Jermaine Robinson Team Walker: Mayor: Jerry Walker At-Large: Sean M. Connelly, Ramon "Ray" Regalado Ward A: Rickey "Rick" Johnson Ward B: Chris L. Gadsen Ward C: Adela Rohena Ward D: Grace Giron Ward E: No candidate Ward F: Chantel Snow Independent candidates: Mayor: Abdul Malk At-Large: None certified yet Ward A: Jayson H. Burg, Lori Hennessey Ward B: Jesus M. Tosado, Esther Wintner Ward C: Rich Boggiano, Imtiaz Syed Ward D: Michael Yun Ward E: Fletcher Gensamer Ward F: Tyrone Ballon, Deborah King Two candidate yet to be certified: Islam "Sam" Farghaly (at-large) and Kenny Reyes (Ward F). They both have to hand it "cured" petitions, meaning they have to fix any problems with petitions they submitted Monday, by 4 p.m. today.
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You're correct, petey8. I've adjusted the language a bit to make it more clear. Thanks!
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Certified: Boggiano; Councilwoman Nidia Lopez; Healy's candidate, Janet Chevrez; and Imtiaz Syed, who ran in the 2011 special election.
Adela Rohena, a one-on-one teacher's aide who is running with Jerry Walker, submitted petitions yesterday but has not been certified yet. No one else filed petitions to run, so it will be that first group and possibly Rohena.
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It's undeniable that one of the Healy campaign's strategies is to make voters think Steve Fulop is a Republican and not a Democrat, and I think it's valid to explore that. I don't think there's any real innuendo repeated, aside from, strangely enough, current Fulop ally Sean Connors.
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The comments are now open, everyone. It was just a glitch that we corrected as soon as we found out. Comment away!
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