borisp wrote:
Ditto.

Why would we ever elect a pro-union guy to represent OUR interests in negotiations with unions?

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PBW wrote:
Of course, Jersey City has been the source of serious muslim reformers in the past. A few of them took down the towers on 9/11. I hope that's not the kind of reform your looking for.

My goodness PBW! Such views.
But then again, maybe you have a point!
Keep in mind just 2 weeks ago a serious white christian reformer murdered about 90 people in Norway.

With this reasoning lets keep white christian reformers out of the political process. Agreed?

BTW: I would really appreciate your thoughts on our governor speaking about Muslims and Sharia Law just 2 weeks ago (July 26). Check out the video at http://youtu.be/y83z552NJaw
I look forward to your response.

PBW wrote:
What happened in the past two weeks? Or did you mean years, Referring to the FBI shake up?

Tell me your views. I wouldn't vote for you just cause you are non-caucasian, which would be racist itself. But I would vote for you if I agreed with you on most issues.

asdfdf23 wrote:
Also thanks for introducing me to a new word, "hypocracy". I though it was a misspelling but on research found that it describes the political situation here in Hudson County. This applies double to the JCPD.
Best!

balthazar wrote:
Went here for brunch last weekend. The waiter could give a hoot that we were actually CUSTOMERS. "Hey guys (we are both women), want to sit here?" Gee - thanks for the welcome, pal. Oh, and it was worst seat in the house (right by the door on a cold day) when others were empty. My friend and I both had the fritatta - was like a pile of Elmer's glue. Thankfully, we brought wine to slug it down with. What a waste. Next time I will head back to Le Source, where the bartenders and staff are charming.

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emergent wrote:
what kind of action should I take?

Keep the shampoo, water the flowers.

jc_oldman wrote:
Not to go off on a tangent but if the mayor didn't give out all of those tax abatements, perhaps we wouldn't be in this mess. I think it is time that all those people who are living property-tax free in this city, start paying for the services that they get from the city. There has to be a legal way to put through a special "assessment" on these properties. Hell, as the mayor has said, these are tough times. Everyone has to do their part.

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Crazy_Chester wrote:
She might have more success finding her ancestors if she searched farms.

The first place she should check should be city hall, its full of pigs hungry for money.

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skepticalhook wrote: Government employees work for society, but they act like society owes them. Well I say F them.

You sound like a typical Bush/Christie right wing moron. The unions are responsible for all, that is wrong in this country, particularly those evil government worker and teacher unions.

The truth of the matter is this country was on a sound financial footing when Clinton left office and Bush the war criminal screwed it up. Tax cuts for the wealthy, two wars that weren't paid for with tax increases and a slew of unfunded/under-funded mandates.

Now the bills are coming due and the right wing teabagger crowd want to take it out of the hide of government workers. While the banks, hedge funds and multi-nationals continue to skate.

Sutherland wrote:
This notion that all of these public employees are pulling in six figure salaries is a bit embellished. There are plenty of poorly paid public employees who aren't earning enough to buy a home in Jersey City. Of course I'm not ignorant to many of the abuses. The assertion that public employees in general are making dramatically more "than the rest of us" is hard to believe and in fact absurd Bankers and Hedgefund people are the really over paid people creating problematic income disparity. Their grossly over paid salaries created an unsustainable and unbearable rate of inflation. In a area where the average home is about $700k, why is anyone astonished by someone with a college degree and 20 plus years or working experience earning $110 to $120k.

My mom worked for the state court system for 20 years and did not earn anywhere near $100k. She barely made $55k. Her pension now pays her approximately 40% of her average salary for her last three years on the job. Nor did she have more than 4 weeks unused vacation or sick time to be paid out. This is hardly a burden on our local economy. I'd like to know what percentage of the public employees fall in my mom's category and what percentage of highly paid folks there are. Among the highly paid folks what percentage are reasonably being paid well. I know for sure that county prosecutors and public defenders aren't "raking in the dough." Yet they have seven years of advanced education and a professional license.

Of course the abuses should be addressed. For instance public employees like some police officers who were putting in for over time while hanging out at home or sometimes even at another job. Unfortunately some of those folks have retired and their pension payout is based upon the salaries they were paid including the falsified OT. So it's probably nearly impossible to figure out how to reclaim those dollars at this point. Still if a propery audit is done uncovering enough abuse I suspect a claim may be made to support a position in an effort to reform the pension obligations to something that would alleviate the impending disaster.



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robotjustin wrote:
STOP TELLING TEA PARTY LIES!!!!!!!!!

Sounds right on the money (so to speak) to me. We can no longer afford to have 2 parallel but unequal economies: one of high compensation, benefits and security for public employees, and another for the rest of us.

Michellesharon wrote:
I have to say that I had high hopes seeing as it is close to where I live.... My boyfriend and I both thought it was terrible. We were there for hudson restaurant week and selected items from their set menu. I can't speak to hibachi or sushi but everything was clearly frozen, defrosted and put on our plates. Reading these other comments makes me want to give it one more shot.... but we spent over $100 and we expect more than frozen seafood.

jc_dweller wrote:
If you're looking for a highrise in which nobody has ever seen a cockroach in it, I think you should probably reevaluate your standards. The more important question is, is there a history of infestation, how do the landlords and/or codo assoc deal with it, etc. There's probably not a building in downtown, new or old, that doesn't have cockroaches on occasion. That's par for the course in high density living and is no reflection on the cleanliness of any one person since they spread so easily. You could keep your home spotless but if someone down the hall brings them in, bam!

icechute wrote:
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Velazquez, who earned his jurist doctorate at Notre Dame, works as a judge in the Jersey City Municipal Court and as assistant Hudson County counsel.

So this will make 3 city/county jobs this guy has.

Am I correct that this makes him the first "triple dipper"?

Xerxes wrote:
As far as banks paying back the taxpayer money. It ignores the mountain of toxic mortgages that were "bought" by the government at face value.
This largesse to Wall Street and the banking system made the TARP money look like cabfare. Officials, those few who understand an iota of economics, prefer not to dwell on this fact.

If we revalued this toxic debt to actuual value, the number would be BLINDINGLY high.

So, no, the banks that should have failed and the insurance companies that should have failed, and the mortgage companies that should have failed were bailed out for many many TRILLIONS and that debt to the American people will NEVER be repaid.

And as for inflicting pain, anyone who is jobless today can thank Wall Street's greed and fraud.

Farfromit wrote:
In Soviet Russia, leases renew you.

gumbo wrote:
+1

still do not understand how Healy escaped prosecution. the man is on freaking tape thanking Dwek for 10K.