The rubble from the November sweep by Reform is not far in the rear view mirror and the impact is coming although a weekend column in what some call the Hudson Distorter sounded odd discordant notes on the impending downfall of the Hoboken Housing Authority’s contractor problem in the form of Carmelo Garcia and his massive attempted scam on the city: Vision 20/20.
Spending way too many pixel inches on the proposed Vision 20/20 scam not to be confused with the Ruben Ramos Vision for Hoboken campaign, in the words of Dr. Mccoy, “It’s dead Jim.” That name similarity was no accident, a little inside joke among those expecting to rake in millions in profits to double the size of the HHA’s downtown campus. Apparently, the little secret running down the hill from Union City by State Senator Brian Stack wasn’t just for handing out turkeys to the corner of the Mile Square where one hand holds a turkey and the other a blank signed absentee ballot ready for pickup from a familiar, neighborly Beth Mason political operative. Read More...