Year: 2013

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Grist for the Mill: Timmy for sale – part deux

By the time you read this, Beth Mason is heading south to Atlantic City on her way to hosting a dessert party for a State Senator allied with Governor Christie and the work toward unseating sixth ward councilwoman Jen Giattino another in the latest political operation undone.

Timmy Occhipinti has “his” condo for sale.  That revelation comes courtesy of a follow-up to MSV’s weekend exclusive on Grafix Avenger where the dessert is dishy and the girls are not talking among themselves on Saturday Night Live. Read More...

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Second reading for Hoboken flood mitigation ordinance @ 7:00

(Note: Meeting runs approximately two hours.)

The Hoboken council follies get a rare Monday night showing but the audience will be threadbare and it should end in rapid order as the previous council meeting on the back of a citywide Reform sweep that left the Hoboken Sopranos reeling the day after.

The ordinance on flood mitigation aiding residents in extending lower rates to the wider group of residents who need to take out flood insurance is back on the agenda for a second reading.  The Old Guard council voted it down before the election but what purpose will it do now if Michael Russo, Beth Mason Terri Castellano and Timmy Occhipinti do that again? Read More...

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Election rationalizations, Masonista doings and City Council tonight

The League of Municipalities meeting this week moves the City Council to a rare Monday evening guaranteed to generate little attention and news.

Will it be the perfect scene for springing an attack on Councilwoman Jen Giattino’s council seat?
Her family is preparing to move back into her home next month, a Christmas gift to themselves after suffering as many did with long term damage due to SuperStorm Sandy.

For the Old Guard, this is an what they see as an opportunity and with their full fledged minority status laying not far off in the distance once again, what can they do to possibly turn around the stop ahead? Read More...

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Timmy for sale

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Timmy Occchipinti fourth ward condo for sale:

This lower Monroe St. fourth ward condo, occupied by the occupant of the fourth ward council seat can be yours as it’s officially on sale.  Price should be negotiable as MSV hears the person who put up the money for the unit wants her money back.

She certainly deserves it.

Last September, Timmy Occhipinti announced he quit his job with just over a month to Election Day to focus on the Hoboken race for mayor.  After his dismal 17% showing even with easily the most expensive campaign of the three candidates, Timmy is looking to make another move. Read More...

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City: Election results certified, Rent control in place

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Friday November 15, 2013

City of Hoboken

   

Community: Final Certified Election Results Available; No Change to Rent Control Law

The Hudson County Clerk has issued certified results for the General Election held on November 5, 2013. The results are available online at: www.hobokennj.org/docs/clerk/Certified-Results-General-Election-11-5-13.pdf.

Hoboken Public Question #1 regarding rent control was not approved. The vote was – Yes: 5,022, No: 5,144. Accordingly, there is no change to Hoboken’s rent control law, and all existing tenant protections remain in effect.

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Timmy Occhipinti thought he was going to be mayor?

On election night, the Raia-Mason headquarters was buzzing as the numbers from the polls were coming in.  Outside, large crowd controlling barricades were set up cutting off 80% of the sidewalk to the public.

The next night after the rubble had been cleared from the Timmy Occhipinti campaign, a pummeled looking Occhipinti sat at the dais looking dazed and puffy.  An insider story on Grafix Avenger says the beating was felt far worse because someone in the campaign had circulated a phony poll saying not what was printed in a Hudson Reporter column two weeks prior – that Occhipinti was in “striking” distance of Mayor Dawn Zimmer – but he was in the lead! Read More...

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“Conflicted” action from a usual suspect

Which BoE trustee made a grandstanding play to a room of concerned HoLa parents followed by a motion to block Superintendent Mark Toback from presenting his public letter to the NJ Department of Education?

The failed succeeding resolution by this BoE trustee is also the same person who has a direct parental interest in the HoLa charter school and and a rather large conflict.

His wife is employed by HoLa.

And who would this rabble rouser of Old Guard conflict be?

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The Old Guard conflict of interest raises its head once again.  BoE trustee Carmelo Garcia who will soon need to resign
should have stepped down from the dais on any discussion let alone any vote regarding the HoLa school.
He made an illegal motion against the letter of Dr. Mark Toback but it surfaced his wife works for HoLa.
No reflection on the concerned HoLa parents last night but this is exactly what this town is battling to stop.

Talking Ed Note: The thorny issue of being for or against HoLa expansion is wrought with complexities on all sides.  In the end, the NJ Department of Education will make the call.  In the interim, let’s conduct a discussion with all views welcome, no personal attacks and no censorship. Read More...