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Spin it Old Guard council members how you like but the firefighters who showed up tonight were not happy with the obstruction games played at their expense.
Then again, too many municipal employees have bought into their lies. So why not one more time, courtesy of the Hoboken Sopranos.
Scroll ahead to the five minute mark of the ten minute non-meeting. You support MORTe as the only game in town, this is how they treat you.
Had enough?
When you hate the people running Hoboken on the second floor at City Hall, you have to come up with ways to undermine and hurt the City for your political gain.
Tonight’s special council meeting called by the mayor is part two of such a plan, a staple in the Hoboken Sopranos playbook. Some Hoboken firefighters have opted for retirement over remaining in the Gov. Christie passed pension reform plan. As a result, municipal employees statewide are choosing to leave. This incurs a one time hit to municipalities called terminal leave. In this case, Hoboken is on the hook for $700,000, a figure only accounting for those who are retiring to date. The City anticipates more fire employees to put in retirement papers by September. =&0=&, a consistent sabotage against sound financial advice by =&1=& municipal expert. But don’t ask them to name financial experts they are basing their actions; =&2=& They are so petty in their hatred, they are willing to hurt Hoboken firefighters – all with an eye to draining the surplus. There’s just one problem. Hoboken’s mayor actually believe a surplus is important. Hurricane Sandy has only confirmed to Mayor Zimmer how critical a surplus is but not months after, the Hoboken Sopranos are back to the same old games. Tune in at 7:00 or watch the replay to see the Hoboken Sopranos in action. Will they once again shoot down the sound financing for terminal pay to the retiring Hoboken fire employees? Those are municipal employees, the very people they claim to represent. What matter more to them, harming Hoboken and getting in a shot at the mayor or allowing the City to use a state approved five year financing formula as most any “normal” NJ municipality. But Hoboken is special is in the words of Councilwoman Terry Castellano.Talking Ed Note: Mayoral candidate Ruben Ramos is entering the fray, talking about this issue with typical Old Guard misinformation hand delivered to Hoboken Patch. Well he’s cut from that same Hoboken Soprano cloth.
Are you surprised? Did you think he would try to project a professional image on sound financial action by the City? As it turns out, the council slate is only a skin deep figment of that imagination.
There’s a special meeting tonight where the surplus will be under threat (again) by the Hoboken Sopranos but Hoboken is after all the birthplace of baseball. Last night was one grand game where the legend of Matt Harvey continues and a walk off home run ended the game in extra innings.
| Jordany Valdespin escapes the scrum (l) after hitting a walk off grand slam in the 10th inning last night at CitiField. The win over the LA Dodgers was celebrated by a delirious Mighty Petz crowd. (They’ll make great pets.) |
Original photos by Jhnny “to the butter” Newman
More surprises at the jump
| Not since Doc Gooden have the Mets had a figure like rookie Matt Harvey on the mound. He didn’t get the W but escaped a loss seeing his ERA ballon to 1.94 with seven strikeouts in six innings. |
| Picture of the board right before the Grand Slam for DR’s Jordany Valdespin. |
| A ball caught down the right field line in the 10th inning off Bobby Parnell via A. J. Ellis. Thank you Bobby. |
At the City Council meeting last week, Tim Occhipinti opened a pandora box he intended to unleash on his unknowing victim, the Chair of the Budget & Finance subcommittee, Councilwoman Jen Giattino.
Things did not go according to plan.
In the video below Occhipinti questions who’s been emailed the public information in budget amendments, namely his. He turns to Councilwoman Jen Giattino and tells her only two people were emailed the amendments, Business Administrator Quentin Wiest and her.
Dog, dog, dog-eatity dog? =&0=&
“Please be advised that earlier this morning, beginning at 6:45am, our Office conducted a surveillance of the area described in your complaint (Hoboken Health Department Complaint #[redacted]) in which the individual you described in your e-mail, was found in violation of 93-16 of the Code of the City of Hoboken (not picking up dog feces) and has been issued a summons to appear in Hoboken Municipal Court, on [redacted].
The City Clerk’s Office announced:
Monday, April 22, 2013 Dear City Clerk Farina:
Please be advised that as the Mayor of the City of Hoboken, I hereby call a Special Meeting for
the purpose of conducting a Special Meeting of the Governing Body for Thursday, April 25,
2013 to commence at 7:00 PM in the City Council Chambers, 94 Washington Street, First Floor,
Hoboken, New Jersey, for the following purposes:
No other matters unrelated to the above may be discussed, introduced, considered or acted upon
at this meeting. Action on the foregoing items may be taken at the meeting. Please notice this
meeting in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act N.J.S.A. 10:4-6. Please ensure that
all City Council members receive adequate notice of this correspondence.
cc: Quentin Wiest, Business Administrator
Mellissa Longo Esq., Corporation Counsel
Here’s the Facebook page launched by Ruben Ramos:
| Team Ramos: Joe Mindak, Laura Miani, Ruben Ramos and Eduardo Gonzalez |
Talking Ed Note: MSV would strongly suggest comment discussion focus on issues. Other comments wishing to make comparisons to other officials past and present should be made with supporting reasons. Exactly how is a reader to accept a conclusion otherwise?
Ruben Ramos is not a fan of MSV. Da Horsey has broken some sort of unwritten rule book in Hoboken. You aren’t suppose to discuss certain topics like nepotism, voter fraud, HHA exploitation, etc. That’s the impression here but it’s undoubtedly completely unknown to his council slate members.
The late Friday news HHA Executive Director Carmelo Garcia was out in the Assembly race on the HCDO – Brian Stack ticket sent shock waves across HudCo and all of New Jersey. After all, Brian Stack is not only the Union City mayor and powerbroker in the county, he’s a State Senator with ties to the Governor’s office and Chris Christie’s phone number on speed dial.
The egg on Senator Stack’s face didn’t cause some embarrassment. It was a major “take that” from the Hoboken Reform movement and indirectly a little love note from Councilman Ravi Bhalla.
