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Vigilante wrote:
I'm gonna let my off-leash dog poop on your "emergency" car.

Vigilante, again anonymity has its wonders. Why don't you say that to me in person?

It was a joke. I find these QoL threads funny because the biggest QoL issue that overshadows all is really just enforcement. The apathy of our city officials to any QoL issues is a sad testament to the state of our city. Of course, God forbid people behave responsibly without having to be scolded.

Vigilante wrote:
I'm gonna let my off-leash dog poop on your "emergency" car.

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JC_DowntownRegular wrote:
I have the second car in case I need to bring my children to the doctor while my wife is at work with our first car, or in case there is an emergency with either of our parents that live in NYC.

That's actually almost as good as Mariano Vega saying he needed the car to go out and "count the homeless".

carpetbaggertil718 wrote:
I have a solution. Its called the suburbs. Especially if you have children move out as soon as possible. Face reality and admit that the city isn't what it was back in the 70's and 80's. That era of JC being the greatest city in the world to be from is long gone and it's never coming back. Nowhere is completely safe but why increase the likelihood of your wife, husband, or child becoming the victim of a crime? Are you going to be able to face yourself if you had the means to escape to a better life for your children but didn't and now it's too late? Aside from the fact that your QOL is never going to improve, there really is no advantage to raising children in the city. Schools, parks and recreational
opportunities are far superior in smaller towns and it is just rotten to deprive a child of a better, safer, more secure future than they have in the city. The only thing the city is good for is young single people. As they say if you're going to hunt deer go to where the deer live. If you're going to hunt beaver go to where the beaver live. The city is where the beaver live, the burbs are where parents who care about their children live.

fat-ass-bike wrote:
It's your call and you need to ask yourself do I need that second car - Being egocentric isn't a crime, but you have highlighted one of many reasons why parking is so difficult to find downtown.

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JC_DowntownRegular wrote:
I don't know what you mean by 15. Can you elaborate?

Parking is an issue and those that leave cars parking indefinately in public parking places should either get rid of them or have a social conscious and place them in off- street long term parking areas.

What is worse is that some of these cars have not paid their taxes and look totally unsafe to communte in - Bald tires, broken lights etc - Basically they need to be in the boneyard.

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SammyTheT wrote:
You're wrong.

I know you are, but what am I?

About 75% of the windows of these buildings are dark on any evening at around 8pm, including blocks of consecutive floors which are completely dark. If they are largely occupied, then they must have been sold to sufferers of Xeroderma Pigmentosum. Or the Amish.

Cops vs. cameras: filming cops illegal

By Tim Elfrink
Thursday, Jan 27 2011

Publishing cops' photos also jeapordizes their safety, says Detective Juan Sanchez, a spokesman for Miami Beach police.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2011-01- ... ras-filming-cops-illegal/

Miami Police Department officers, meanwhile, say they only arrest camera-toting civilians like Hammonds when they harass cops and break the law. "When you go beyond filming to trying to piss off an officer, you're subject to arrest," says Delrish Moss, a department spokesman.

fraulein wrote:
Aaaaand so much for that.... nice try Telley.... if defensiveness and 'not giving the benefit of the doubt' could remove snow, we'd have flowers and grass growing in JC....

ironarts wrote:
Which site do they have the garbage pick up schedule posted on for different areas of JC? I know the days for my old address but seems to be different in PH and my landlord just got a ticket which i will have to pay:(
Thnx in advance ...

matchjames wrote:
Jersey City police are on the scene, leaving in orderly fashion.

snowflake20 wrote:

If he did not receive notice, it's because he didn't bother to look at the BOE website or turn on the news or the radio. It was well publicized. All parents are given the same tools by the school and are told to check the website for school closures.

And honestly, the OP is the one who was negative in the first place by unfairly criticizing the school's snow policy. There are things that are going to be out of your control and the sense of entitlement that the OP has about this non issue is fairly ridiculous. And again, Jersey City DID announce school closures the night before the last snow day. If he didn't figure it out himself by 1. Calling the school, 2. Checking the website, or 3. Turning on the TV, then it's his own fault. Instead of pointing the finger at himself, he comes on here to complain and moan about crap that isn't an issue in the first place.

dtjcview wrote:
Churches are closing their doors not just because they are more likely to be robbed, but because they don't have the financial support keep their doors open. A lot of that is down to losing congregation, especially in the more affluent communities.

My attack wasn't intended to be attack on people practicing their faith, nor on finding places of worship. It was an expression of my disgust against the child-abusers within the Catholic clergy, and those senior members of the clergy that have helped cover-up these crimes over the past few decades. For me and I'm sure many others it has eroded and shattered my faith and trust in those spiritual leaders. Going forward, I've chosen to exercise my freewill and decision-making capability, rather than follow another man's/institution's script. A tough personal decision given I was indoctrinated as a Catholic from an early age. I don't feel any guilt though, I left that back at the church.

snowflake20 wrote:
Because you can't control the weather and the JC BOE actually DOES give notice the night before if it's possible. This is what happened when we had our last snow storm and school closures. I find it ridiculous to criticize the school system for something that they can't possibly predict.

So what does this poster want the BOE to do? He posted this question over the weekend for a "possible" snow storm on Tuesday. Does he want the BOE to call a snow day 3 days before it possibly happens? And if it doesn't snow, then oh well we "thought" it would snow three days before it happened so let's just call it the day and give everyone the day off?

Here is a "suggestion" and I think it's a reasonable one. If it's going to snow a few inches, plan on a delayed opening. If it's going to snow more than, say 3 or 4 inches, plan on a snow day. It's not that hard.

MikeyTBC wrote:
It's too bad that a simple question turned into attacking the Catholic Faith. At least we now know that Catholics along with yuppies, hipsters, bj's carts and pit bulls are not liked by some of the JClist.

jrnotjunior wrote:
Restrepo - a documentary about an a platoon of US soldiers in Afghanistan

caj11 wrote:

I guess that quasi-government would be a better reference.

All of these agencies (and when I say CPB, I am referring to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has been a hotbed of government corruption in the past), receive a majority of their funding from the federal government, the USPS being an exception, yet don't have to answer to the government in the same way as a cabinet department (i.e., Agriculture, Defense) or independent agency (SEC, FCC) would. The people that lead these agencies are appointed by the President, but do not have to be confirmed by the Senate like a cabinet or independent agency head would be.

Furthermore, these quasi-government agencies are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act, are not required to use the competitive bidding process for services they purchase, and are subject to far less oversight than your typical federal department or independent agency.

They are the worst of both worlds - little bureaucracy and oversight to prevent corruption and not required to turn a profit either that would prevent corruption in the private sector. Much like the JCIA, JCMUA and JCEDC. As a previous poster said, they should be folded back into the city agency that they were once a part of, as they present an easier way for Healy to award patronage-type jobs.

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No doubt, the semi-autonomous agencies are perfect breeding grounds for corruption, much like those
semi-autonomous agencies in the federal government, such as Amtrak, the USPS, NEA & NEH, CPB and many others.

sillyscorp wrote:
plate # HG75115 (car 2990)
I have a few pictures of it... but I am assuming it won't make a difference to report it bc it will all of a sudden become "official business"

FletchFletcher wrote:
JC Boyz has it right, if its your kids that are joining the gangs and terrorizing the good people of JC, what are you doing on this day off to make things better?

The public high schools in JC suck and everyone knows it! If you are a parent of a student, what have you done this year to improve the situation?

chachacha wrote:
Pretty sure the "law" is to discourage eating and drinking on the train...not to carry food. It doesn't make sense that I can't go grocery shopping at Whole Foods/Trader Joes and also buy a few beers and not be able to bring them back via PATH train.