MSV Premium Content will be featuring an exclusive story on the City’s plan for a Southwest park. The story will be out LATER today.
At the previous City Council meeting, Da Horsey spoke at the end in public portion noting the arguments on eminent domain surrounding a $3 million county grant were moot as the requirement is a targeted track and the City did not have one as no seller was available in the Southwest. That was then, this is now. More to come…
The County job for an overnight supervisory role is not filled and Michele Russo’s application although submitted has not moved to her landing the position according to a Hudson County source.
Both the Hudson Reporter and Jersey Journal reported almost two weeks ago Michele Russo had landed the full time position that includes taxpayer paid health benefits with the latter stating she would start immediately. Hoboken Patch has not written about the story stating its work on the issue is continuing.On background, a County source indicated the position is not filled although no specific information on the number of applicants and interviewed candidates was available. It was unclear if additional applications could be submitted for the role.
| Michele Russo prays for a Hoboken411 hatchet job story to her friend Lane Bajardi at a City Council Meeting. Is she still praying for a County job with taxpayer paid health benefits? |
The delay in possibly hiring Michele “five bucks a tow” Russo is unclear although there have been dozens of calls to the County by Hoboken residents and taxpayers questioning the consideration of such a hire.
One source intimate with both the County and Hoboken’s Old Guard noted the reason for putting Michele Russo into a County job was to aid her husband ex-mayor and convicted felon Anthony Russo obtain health benefits. The City’s taxpayer paid health benefits were halted after an audit revealed the error going back to 2006.
Although the County is aware any decision is public information it’s not detailed where the hiring process stands but acknowledged if Michele Russo was hired, “you’ll know about it.”
It’s August but this is an unusual one for the big issues on tap in Hoboken. Monday’s premium content will highlight the City’s efforts to move on a Southwest park.
While things seem quiet, in the back rooms where lawyers dwell, it’s anything but.
Last, when is an in the nick of time sale saving Hoboken’s hospital not a win?
When the miracle pulled off comes at the hands of the mayor’s efforts.
More to come…
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Last Friday PolitickerNJ highlighted a story of absentee voter fraud and the sentencing of a Newark man who worked on the 2007 campaign of State Senator Teresa Ruiz (D-29). The sentence of three years in jail included remarks on the matter from the current NJ Attorney General Paula Dow.
| State Senator Teresa Ruiz (l) standing next to Assemblyman Ruben Ramos at the Hola ribbon cutting ceremony last year saw a member of her 2007 campaign sentenced to a three year prison term for absentee ballot fraud. Her husband was also snared in the investigation connected to absentee ballot fraud. |
In the story the Attorney General is quoted stating:
“We will not tolerate conduct that deprives citizens of the right to vote or corrupts the free and fair election process that is the foundation of our democracy,” said Dow. “This prosecution should serve as a deterrent to those who would attempt to illegally manipulate the election process in New Jersey.”
The story also notes comment from Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor:
“We will thoroughly investigate any allegations of voter fraud and aggressively prosecute individuals who are found to have disenfranchised voters.
The Hoboken Boys and Girls Club has failed to provide required annual reports to the City of Hoboken showing specific compliance requirements serving the community’s underprivileged youth. The terms of the agreement are part of a fifty year lease originally created back in the mid 90s.
The complete terms appear in an original ordinance dated November 1994 in City documents. As part of a 50 year agreement, the building at 123 Jefferson Street is leased annually from the City of Hoboken for $2.