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I'm sure that there are many other candidates but how many have done anything but leech off of taxpayer money their whole life?

I would include Schundler in that group of "candidates ...(who)leech off of taxpayer money".

Go the site of my sig to find out why Schundler's just like all you Republican/Libertarians who talk the talk, but don't walk the walk, just like BushWhack & his ilk who bled our economy dry during the last 8 years running up the greatest deficit this country has ever known while left a surplus.

Republicans/Libertarians leech off both the corporate/institutional tit as well as the taxpayer.

Good riddance to Schundler's candidacy!

CapnJon wrote:
since this is JClist... how long before people start complaining about this?

- they're polluting my river, i was here first!
- too many yuppies on the plane trying to gentrify the river!
- if there had been after school programs, there would've been no crash!


just kidding.

that pilot is a total rock star. someone had better buy him a drink!

BrightMoment wrote:

Don't worry Jenny, there are already announced plenty of other Mayoral candidates and more to come, viable and not.

I won't have a pity party for Schundler's loss though.

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I might consider feeling bad for "most people" after they take a 45% pay cut, watch many around them lose their jobs, and man up so that their firm can survive. I don't see UAW workers doing this.

The goal isn't to get the UAW to "man up". It is to get rid of all unions in this country. Conservative Republicans don't negotiate to make things work better, they deem something evil and try to get rid of it altogether. Like they did with deregulation. We're seeing how well that worked.

mwa7368 wrote:
"Dinged On their Bonus"? Give me a break! Take your Bonus and shove it. Financial guys, reap what you sow!!

Most people don't get bonuses and this year the financial employees should not only not get bonuses but they should pay other peoples bonuses.

regulator wrote:
the problem is alot of metro areas like NYC/JC aren't really suffering to the same extent alot of other areas around the country are. is the sky falling? probably not to the extent that the media would want you to believe. but is there a noticeable problem at the macroeconomic level? yes

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Jeebus wrote:
I think the notion of another Great Depression is hyperbole. Let's not forget that during the Great Depression people went hungry and today a major health problem for the poor is obesity. That's a good illustration of how much better the standard of living is today and what's at stake (a decline in one's 401K vs. starving).

crushthedemoniac wrote:

[snip]I never wanted it to stay a dump but rather improve the quality of life and keep its gritty charm. [snip]

fasteddie wrote:
I always thought LSC was part of the state park system. I guess not. Anyway, rich people donate money all the time to universities, hospitals etc. 2.5MIL is peanuts to a rich guy(or gal). Doesn't LSC have a department that solicits gifts and donations? Yes, for big money you gotta name something after the gift giver but who cares? As long as it's not Trump. Ha, fat chance he would give anybody 5 cents.

GrovePath wrote:
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More police were assigned to the school because of an uptick in gang violence. There was even what police described as rioting, including a machete attack and numerous arrests on Monday.

Superintendent of Schools Charles T. Epps has been the target of angry residents, including members of the Hilltop Neighborhood Association, who have for years complained about student intimidation, loitering, fighting and vandalism.

This week, Epps sounded more like a Wild West town sheriff than an educator.

"We put on extra police and are going to continue that through the week and up to Thanksgiving to insure we are going to be there, and whatever (bad) is going to happen, we are going to stop it," Epps told The Jersey Journal.

Shop owners say that some of their neighbors often shut their business doors at lunchtime, when students are released, and open again for business when school resumes after lunch.

They say there are times when hundreds of students run down the local streets to watch and cheer on fights.

How bad is it? On Monday, a 16-year-old boy and two friends were walking home when they were attacked by a pack of 15 boys, according to the police report. One of the attackers took a swipe at the boy's face with a machete but only cut his hand when he put it up to defend himself.

Epps said he's "working closely" with Police Chief Tom Comey on the issue. He said a symposium on gangs and conflict resolution for students, parents and community leaders is on tap for January.

It is a shame that a place of learning has become a center of chaos. There are students whose only concern is education and making a better life for themselves, but those in charge are having a difficult time of providing a scholarly and safe venue.

A symposium is a start. More parental participation is essential. For the time being, a constant police presence is a necessity.

JC_Man wrote:
Is Alice Galmann for real, saying that things could redound significantly between now and Spring 2009? Where has she been for the past two months!! It will be at least another year before things start to get better and it won't be significantly better.

"She said even the election of new president may help settle a volatile market, now that people know what?s ahead." Yeah, since the election, the stock market has tanked another 10%, so THAT will help the housing market for sure.

All of these realtors are drinking the Kool-Aid!

GrovePath wrote:
DICKINSON TURMOIL
Epps: 3 arrested pupils put hands on cops

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
By PAUL KOEPP
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
and JENNIFER KIM

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Another student believed the fight might have been related to an incident that happened last week.

"Last week, there were some guys from a gang that came in with machetes and guns, and it happened again today," the student said. The teens arrested yesterday were not charged with carrying weapons.
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NewHeights wrote:
Loopy

Since you are an expert on the 2nd amendment and spelling for that matter why don't you enlighten all of us on why we are so wrong on this subject.

In the meantime I'll be at Caso's Gun o rama buying more ammo.

Good luck fighting off that pack of wolves with a broomstick.

Original201 wrote:
It sounds as if the burglar went straight for the keys and then the gun. I wonder if this crook was there just to target the gun or if the cop left his service weapon somewhere and reported it stolen before it gets used in a crime by the person that found or stole it from a place it shouldn't have been left.

It would be nice if the Jersey Journal mentioned if anything else was stolen besides the glock, holster and ammo.

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Eleanor_A wrote:
Jersey City ISN'T an "outer borough.

It's a WHOLE OTHER STATE! If you live here and work in NYC you HAVE TO pay NJ state tax.

While you do have to pay NJ state tax, a big plus of JC is you don't have to pay NYC income tax (which is pretty big, on top of NY state tax.)

Actually, you only have to pay NJ state taxes on income you earned in NJ (eg interest, capital gains). If you work in NY, you pay NY state taxes and get credit for it in NJ. So you are NOT double taxed by NY and NJ. As mentioned above, you also don't have to pay NY city taxes if you live in JC. The annoying thing is having to file both NY and NJ taxes.


If you've been paying both NY and NJ state taxes, you should get an accountant to clear that up.

GrovePath wrote:
Robber's gun outmatches victim's bat

Monday, October 20, 2008
By KEN THORBOURNE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A Jersey City man tried to beat his robber off with a baseball bat Friday night, but the robber flashed a shotgun and got away with $1,635 in valuables, according to police.

The 26-year-old victim, a resident of Wayne Street, told police he and the man got into a beef over money. The Wayne Street man fled when the other man fired a gun at his car, reports said. But then the man who fired the gun called the victim on his cellphone and said he wanted to meet at the Colony Shopping Center on Grand Street, reports said.

At that meeting, the Wayne Street man told police that after a brief verbal spat, the other man stuck his hands in the victim's Lexus and grabbed the keys to his car, his driver's license, $700 in cash and a black Nokia cellphone, reports said.

The Wayne Street man then pulled out a baseball bat and whacked the man until he was bleeding, but the robber staggered to his black BMW X5, pulled a shotgun from the trunk and pointed it at the Wayne Street man, reports said.

The Wayne Street man then backed off and the other man drove away, reports said.

ianmac47 wrote:
"In the community of people dedicated to analyzing poverty, one of the sharpest debates is over why some poor people act in ways that ensure their continued indigence. Compared with the middle class or the wealthy, the poor are disproportionately likely to drop out of school, to have children while in their teens, to abuse drugs, to commit crimes, to not save when extra money comes their way, to not work. ...

...traditional economics just doesn't apply to the poor. When we're poor, Karelis argues, our economic worldview is shaped by deprivation, and we see the world around us not in terms of goods to be consumed but as problems to be alleviated. This is where the bee stings come in: A person with one bee sting is highly motivated to get it treated. But a person with multiple bee stings does not have much incentive to get one sting treated, because the others will still throb....Poverty is less a matter of having few goods than having lots of problems....

Karelis argues that being poor is defined by having to deal with a multitude of problems: One doesn't have enough money to pay rent or car insurance or credit card bills or day care or sometimes even food. Even if one works hard enough to pay off half of those costs, some fairly imposing ones still remain, which creates a large disincentive to bestir oneself to work at all....

Reducing the number of economic hardships that the poor have to deal with actually make them more, not less, likely to work, "


Boston Globe

sporkster wrote:
I'm surprised that only 20 states allow this. If you commit a crime, serve the time sentenced and are released, why shouldn't you be allowed to vote? Shouldn't we as a society allow people to make mistakes and accept their punishment? Obviously a lot of criminals continue to commit crime, but I don't think we should exclude someone from their basic rights once they've completed their time.

Nana wrote:
I grow herbs and tomatoes. Unfortunately, my little fuzzy neighbors, the squirrels have eaten all the tomatoes. Anyone have a recommendation for keeping the squirrels away?

GrovePath wrote:
Jury says Jersey City must pay owners $18.6 million for land it seized

Jersey Journal
by Ken Thorbourne
Tuesday September 23

Byron SmithWarren Drilling operates its business on land that was seized by Jersey City through eminent domain.

The last chunk of property needed to be acquired for the Liberty Harbor development in Downtown Jersey City just shot up in price -- way, way up.

A jury sitting in Superior Court in Jersey City on Monday awarded Ronald Kerrigan, his wife Lynn, and his sister Katherine, $18.6 million for their 3.4-acre holding at the foot of Jersey Avenue, according to city officials and the family's Florham Park attorney, William J. Ward.

But it could be a while before the Kerrigans can count their riches.

Before the day was out, Jersey City Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Robert Antonicello said his agency -- which seized the property through eminent domain -- is appealing the award.

"This property is at least 10 years away from being developed," Antonicello said. "There is not even a street there."

The city's last offer for the property, which has views of Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty and Liberty State Park, was $3.8 million.

The deed to the property -- which is rented to Warren George, a drilling operation -- has already been turned over to Peter Mocco, the developer of Liberty Harbor, officials said.

And Mocco has more than a passing interest in the outcome of this compensation case.

As part of his redevelopment deal with the city, he is on the hook to reimburse the city legal fees and acquisition costs for any property being taken for the Liberty Harbor project, officials said.

Mocco was mum yesterday about the jury's award.

"This is being handled by the JCRA," he said. "I think it is inappropriate for me to make any comment."