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JERSEY CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
ELECTION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011 7AM - 9 P.M. Election Information **Whether you rent or own, have kids or not, YOU will be impacted by the Jersey City School Board Election! ************************ For Immediate Release Jersey City Board of Education Elections Voter Registration Deadline April 6, 2011 The deadline for voter registration and transfers for the annual Jersey City Board of Education election is Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The election will be held Wednesday, April 27, 2011, from 7:00AM to 9:00PM Superintendent of Elections and Commissioner of Registration Marie G. Borace announced that the Commissioner of Education Office hours are from 8:30 a.m - 4:30 p.m. daily Monday through Friday. However, the office will be open on April 6th from 8:30 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. for the registration and/or transfer process. The office is located at the Hudson County Plaza at 257 Cornelison Ave. 4th Floor. Residents who have any questions can call 201-369-7793 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. This topic thread is for ALL to post candidate forums, candidate info, or comments. All current threads have had posts not germane to the respective threads, so now there will be one thread for everything as I was asked to make this generic initial post for all I'm just sayin'...
Posted on: 2011/4/4 22:10
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Re: HUGE GAS LINE COMING? Companies look to run natural gas pipeline through Jersey City
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"I just had a Spectra Energy employee come to my door to get me to sign a petition to put in the pipeline. I hadn't heard about it until then. I was skeptical, so I didn't sign it. I'm glad I didn't."-Michael
Stop Spectra - Volunteers needed for Volunteer Expo April 26 @ Loew's Theatre FERC will be releasing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) soon that will be the last time the public may comment on Spectra's proposed gas pipeline route through Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken to NYC. NO Gas Pipeline will need volunteers to collect signatures for our city-wide petition . The Volunteers Expo on April 26th from Noon until 8PM at Loew's Theater at Journal Square will give us an opportunity to both gather signatures to petition that day as well as sign up volunteers to help us city-wide. We need you to work any amount of time that day to help out at our table and signing up volunteers through the crowd or directing them to our table. Please contact Dale Hardman by phone or email below if you can help us all Stop Spectra by volunteering April 26th, anytime from Noon to 8PM. Thanks for all you do and I will see you that day at Lowe's for the Volunteer Expo! Dale Hardman & Stephen Musgrave 347-789-7508 nogaspipeline@gmail.com www.nogaspipeline.org Twitter: http://nogaspipeline.org/twitter Facebook: http://nogaspipeline.org/facebook
Posted on: 2011/4/2 14:41
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Re: 2011 Board of Education Election - Steve Fulop backed candidates
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On April 27th, the voters of Jersey City will have an extraordinary opportunity to bring change to public education in our city. Three seats on the Board of Education are at stake in the election, and with them the possibility of a new majority on the board. Imagine what becomes possible when the Board of Education is no longer in the control of Jersey City's political machine. I've imagined it, which is why I have been doing my best to support three great candidates: Carol Harrison-Arnold, Sue Mack, and Marvin Adames. You can read bios for each of them here: Jersey City Board Of Education Candidates Six days before the election, on April 21st, there will be an education-reform fundraiser t Zeppelin Hall in Jersey City to support Marvin, Carol, and Sue. We will be joined by two special guests: Anibal Ramos and Shavar Jeffries, who are at the forefront of education reform in New Jersey. t is rare that these gentlemen appear at a joint event outside their own city of Newark. They are doing it on April 21st to make sure Newark can soon have, in Jersey City, a partner in in pushing the urban education conversation in New Jersey. I am hopeful you can join us for this special event. Sincerely Steven Fulop Steven Fulop for Jersey City 76 Essex Jersey City New Jersey 07302 United States
Posted on: 2011/4/2 9:38
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Re: Bob Hurley and St. Anthony on 60 MINUTES
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All of us in Jersey City are lucky to have Coach Bob Hurley working with these young men who have a caring mentor. Hurley leads by showing that hard work, discipline, execution, team work, and application to academics as well, build a lifetime of self confidence and initiative that may be used in anything they choose to do in life. Coach Hurley is the best and makes me proud to live here.
Posted on: 2011/3/28 15:45
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Re: Stolen Honda Civic (yes, another one)
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Honda Civics are on every state's insurance list as easiest stolen.
My former super had his civic stolen 3 times, each time found in Newark, not hurt. Cops told him likely kids who come into JC by PATH and joyride cars easy to break into back home. Check with Newark police.
Posted on: 2011/3/28 5:21
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Re: JC Board of Education 2011 budget contains $2 million increase in local tax
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Carol, you make us proud that we elected school board members such as yourself and Sterling Waterman,when both of you post with such transparency as to how our school board reallyfunctions.
Everyone should remember to vote on April 27th!
Posted on: 2011/3/27 4:14
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Re: The Embankment could have been JC\'s High Line
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Posted on: 2011/3/26 14:48
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Re: HUGE GAS PIPELINE COMING - through Jersey City
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Governor Christie has not "officially" spoken out one way or the other. Christie filed as a formal intervenor (legal standing) against the proposed LNG facility at Perth Amboy as did our own law firm, Eastern Environmental Law Center. Christie said he was "fulfilling my campaign promise." Christie later vetoed the entire project under "his veto authority under the Deepwater Port Act to prevent construction off our shore," Christie also said, "I will not subject our State's shore and economy to the environmental risks that are inseparable from such a project." Apparently Christie's comments don't apply to Jersey City. Lobbyist close to Christie, hired by Spectra, recently contacted our lawyer asking us to meet with them at the Marriot Hotel located at Newark Airport. NJ Sierra Club and NO Gas Pipeline met with them in person while Food and Water Watch and Atlantic Sierra Club were on speaker phone. Sign up on our site for Alerts(click my signature below) to find out the outcome of that meeting as a blog will be posted soon.
Posted on: 2011/3/25 6:19
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Re: HUGE GAS PIPELINE COMING - through Jersey City
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That's cause IT IS ED GONZALEZ! They're probably all Spectra or union construction workers not from Jersey City, imo.
Posted on: 2011/3/20 11:27
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Re: Busking in Jersey City
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I would do it at Grove Street. I hand out flyers for NO Gas Pipeline loudly proclaiming how to stop Spectra Energy and their gas pipeline coming through Jersey City and only had Port Authority ask me to stand 10' away from escalator. I think if you busk in semi-circle plaza when Groove on Grove is NOT happening you MAY be ok. I'd check with Cultural Affairs Dept. in basement of City Hall to be sure and if license is necessary.
Good luck to all you buskers!
Posted on: 2011/3/20 11:17
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Re: 2011 Board of Education Election - Steve Fulop backed candidates
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Great reply Candice! While I didn't interview them, I have met all three, heard them speak at their launch and will be supporting them for the BOE election on April 27th from 7 AM until 9 PM. (*NOTE*: Time changed at last BOE mtg)
Posted on: 2011/3/20 11:09
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Re: The Embankment could have been JC's High Line
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The Embankment as an open space park would become a destination spot regionally and nationally due to connection to national East Coast Greenway Alliance, a 3,000 mile hike and bike trail from Maine to Florida. Locally, the Embankment you would hve additional usage and nearby retail places, whether restaurants, bike shops, etc, would all benefit. Like the High Line, we would add to tourism and economiic development as well as recreation for all. A non profit group appointed by the City, such as the Enbankment Preservation Coalition, could apply for corporate grants to manage the property after JC purchased it from Con Rail if EPC federal suit succeeds or through eminent domain purchase by JC. According to this 2001 study for the East Coast Greenway Alliance, they reference how much NJ generated in tourism dollars for the state : TABLE 2: State of Tourism Along ECG New Jersey $13.9 Billion "Travel Industry Association of America Tourism Works for America Report 1998" Local and Tourism Use of the East Coast Greenway Prepared for the East Coast Greenway Alliance ? 2001 Prepared by Alicia Schatteman Schatteman Consulting Services e) Services and Amenities Another component of a successful trails tourism program is evaluating if the local communities have the necessary infrastructure to support a growth in trails tourism. For example, are there shopping and retail opportunities for visitors? What are the hospital and emergency medical facilities like and where are they located in relation to the trail? The ECG will be one of the few, if not the only trail, to cut through major urban areas where the tourism infrastructure already exists to a large extent. Preferences for services and amenities are very dependent on the how the user travels (alone, with family, with spouse, or in a group). f) Transportation and Access The East Coast Greenway is located proximate to the most developed transportation infrastructure in the United States: ? System of interstate highways and expressways allows for fast access to the whole north east corridor ? The many international airports, some of the busiest in the country, are located here, with direct flights to every part of the world ? Numerous smaller, regional airports ? Rail transportation along the northeastern corridor by Amtrak. Rail should be considered a critical partner in trail access since it facilitates linear movement. The policies regarding the transport of bicycles have restricted its role to date. ? Not to be overlooked because of the urban nature of the ECG, is access to public local transportation such as buses, subways and ferries Transportation corridors dominate the northeastern United States. This is can be a positive feature, providing linear movement along the ECG corridor.
Posted on: 2011/3/20 10:39
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Re: No Bar @ Barrow & Mercer
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Yes, I have in fact. Where Chris closed Barrow St Bar used to be JC Winston's. I lived directly across the street from the side opposite their garden on corner, 290 Baarrow. Even when Richard Price hung out with biker cops while he wrote "Clockers" after hours and it was noisy, it was fine. I lived next door to Acme on Great Jones St in NYC as well with no problem. I think urbanites of NYC are used to bars in residential neighborhoods is the difference. Caveat Emptor.
Posted on: 2011/3/5 6:58
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Re: HUGE GAS PIPELINE COMING - through Jersey City
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Not true. There has been NYC community uproar as they only found out about the pipeline when Spectra formally filed on Dec 20th. NO Gas Pipeline is part of a coalition that involves both NYC and NY State community groups including Damascus Citizens Group, who Director Josh Fox dedicated his Oscar nominated film, Gaslands to for their excellent work nationally on fracking. This NYC group will soon have a major press release. Sane Energy Project
Posted on: 2011/2/24 0:11
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emileigh23 wrote: [...] When is the next hearing? And do we get to talk this time? (I was at one of the meetings over the summer, but I was just learning about the issue then. I might be brave enough to speak next time.)[...]
Posted on: 2011/2/23 23:17
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Re: Record Stores in JC?
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Iris Records is da bomb!
Posted on: 2011/2/20 23:49
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At $50/sq ft. don't hold your breath.
Posted on: 2011/2/17 5:16
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Re: Loew's Theater could be so much more...
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Touche! Why not do both? The venue fee is prohibitive for most in addition to forget showing film unless you rent your own DVD projector as we did for Gasland, which go for $750/day with the necessary throw lens of 5000 lumens minimum. If we hadn't the City's support we couldn't have shown Gasland at Lowe's as they own it and provided the necessary insurance liability coverage plus free rental. Todd of Maxwell's has been the only music producer able to use Lowe's effectively for music despite the bad acoustic sonority. The one exception I've heard was John Hammond's incredible tour de force on solo guitar and mouth harp.
Posted on: 2011/2/17 5:13
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Rich has been very supportive of the downtown community and has never been anything but pleasant to deal with in my opinion.
Posted on: 2011/2/17 4:59
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Re: Save WNYC Radio-Covers Jersey City!
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I am a dues paying member of not only WNYC, but also our own WFMU, WFUV (Fordham), WBGO (Newark, Jazz 88.3), WKCR (Columbia University), WBAI (Pacifica Network) and WWOZ in New Orleans. I don't think we should play one station against another, and even though I disagree with some of the programming changes at WNYC, and their expense to produce, there are programs that they originate for ALL of NPR such as On The Media, Studio 360 and other gems such as Brian Lehrer and Leonard Lopate, imo, the two best programs covering news topics internationally to locally and then Lopate's cultural show that covers it all from news worthy to historical to all the arts in intelligent consideration not matched by any other station. WBAI is great with Bob Fass and other programs that are political such as Amy Goodman, my JC friend, Steve Rendall, senior analyst at FAIR, Gary Null and more but not a reason to stop federal funding of the aforementioned NPR/PRI/Pacifica programs that would not be produced if these Federal monies were not available, or would cut the production values on these programs if monies were lost. After 84 Years, WNYC Cuts a Cord With the City as It Moves [...]When all the costs are added up, and the price of new programming is tossed in, the bill comes to $61.3 million. That is on top of the regular operating budget: $38 million this year. Plus, rent must now be paid; the Municipal Building space came rent-free. So add a couple of million more to the total.[...] Support who you choose but don't play one against the other. We need them all
Posted on: 2011/2/17 4:55
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Save WNYC Radio-Covers Jersey City!
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Within days, Congress will vote on legislation that could cut 100% of funding for public broadcasting, which includes $3 million to fund programming operations for New York Public Radio (WNYC and WQXR), plus an additional $1.25 million for innovative, original programming. These proposed cuts threaten WNYC and public broadcasting as a whole.
170 million Americans rely on public radio and public television for trusted news and perspective and programming that brings the arts to everyone ? for a minimal investment of $1.35 per U.S. citizen per year. You can make a difference ? contact your representatives in Congress to let them know how you feel about federal funding for the independent journalism, thought-provoking news, conversations and cultural programs you hear on WNYC. I encourage you to take action now to let Congress know what public radio means to you. * Click here[ to send a pre-written (and editable) e-mail. * Or call your representative in Congress at (202) 224-3121. Your support for public radio helps our democracy thrive. Your voice now can make a critical difference. Sincerely, Laura R. Walker President & CEO, New York Public Radio
Posted on: 2011/2/16 6:56
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Re: Jersey City Council encouraging residents to raise chickens and cultivate bees
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I'm down with both! Just got to convince my condo board.
Posted on: 2011/1/26 22:19
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Re: HUGE GAS PIPELINE COMING - through Jersey City
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On 1/26/2011, the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C.:
Filer: Sierra Club Eastern Environmental Law Center (as Agent) Food & Water Watch Eastern Environmental Law Center (as Agent) No Gas Pipeline Eastern Environmental Law Center (as Agent) Docket(s): CP11-56-000 Filing Type: Motion/Notice of Intervention Description: Motion to Intervene of Sierra Club, Food & Water Watch, and No Gas Pipeline under CP11-56. To view the document for this Filing, click here http://elibrary.FERC.gov/idmws/file_l ... cession_num=20110126-5413
Posted on: 2011/1/26 21:51
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BrightMoment wrote: ... The FERC Process-FILE as INTERVENOR By Jan 26 @ 5PM!
Posted on: 2011/1/26 20:58
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Re: HELP: Looking for a 1 bedroom apt in Downtown Jersey City for less than $700 per month
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Best advice imo is look for a share in 3 bedroom.
They're out there and craigslist and here have posted them. Sign up for both RSS feed here and google alerts.
Posted on: 2011/1/25 2:11
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As of December 20, Spectra Energy has filed their project application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency that approves pipeline projects. The deadline to intervene is January 26. The time to call Govenor Christie is NOW.
Demand the Governor Intervene @ FERC!
The FERC Process-FILE as INTERVENOR By Jan 26 @ 5PM!
Posted on: 2011/1/25 2:07
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While NO Gas Pipeline is pleased to see others intervene, understand that is step 1 in the FERC Process. Filing as an intervenor gives you access to info made public in the process and IF you decide to sue FERC to overturn their ruling on behalf of Spectra you have legal standing to do so. Only those who filed as an intervenor AND sue have a final voice. NO Gas Pipeline intends to sue if necessary. Go to our site, sign up for alerts and to volunteer to spread the word. Most folks in JC don't know about the pipeline. Please donate funds for expert witnesses, mailings and expenses for any possible suit. ALL monies will go to fight Spectra! Click on the PayPal button at our site to donate any amount.
Posted on: 2011/1/21 19:42
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We are well aware that Spectra filed their formal application on Dec 20th as was written about by all local media and posted on our home page. We responded to this filing in the Jersey City Independent and on our site. We will be filing as an intervenor with legal standing against FERC represented by the Eastern Environmental Law Center as reported on our web site. I suggest you check out our site and sign up for alerts for our updates.
Posted on: 2011/1/5 3:00
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