Year: 2013

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Scenes from the City

You may have heard, there was a blowout party for Reform at the Pourhouse, a fight broke out at the Raia-Mason HQ and the whispers are the Department of Justice isn’t coming, they’re already here.

But for now….

Two gents and a lady.  Mayor Dawn Zimmer is joined for a photo with State Senate candidate James Sanford and “Man of the Hour” Lt. Ken Ferrante. Respeck!

BoE-trustee elect Jennifer Evans speaks to a raucous crowd with beaming co-winners Irene Sobolov and Leon Gold





Frank “Pupie” Raia on the phone absorbing the demolition with the toxic Beth Mason in rear. A subdued Ruben Ramos HQ after the concession last night. 
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HOW SWEEP IT IS!!

Hoboken Election 11-5-2013 Mayor results
Courtesy of the Hoboken Journal The Dawn Zimmer team of David Mello, Ravi Bhalla and James Doyle also swept in the three at Large City Council seats by a comfortable margin of 1,500 votes. Mayor Dawn Zimmer will now have a working 5-4 majority for at least two years on the City Council. The Kids First team of Leon Gold, Irene Sobolov and new candidate Jennifer Evans who were endorsed by Mayor Zimmer also swept their BOE race.
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BREAKING: MARINE VIEW TOWERS: IT’S A DAWN ZIMMER AND REFORM SWEEP!

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Here are unofficial but reliable results from Marine View Towers:

Mayor Dawn Zimmer: 231

Assemblyman Ruben Ramos 216

Timmy Occhipinti 101

All three council members on Team Zimmer have won with 160 or higher for each: Dave Mello, Ravi Bhalla and Jim Doyle.  Frank “Pupie” Raia came in fourth.

The Kids First candidates of Irene Sobolov, Jennifer Evans and Leon Gold reportedly have swept too.

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Grist for the Mill: Raia-Mason “workers” for Timmy Occhipinti – “We’re not getting paid yo!”

First there’s a gristy chewable already out on the streets.  Department of Justice will be hitting Hoboken tomorrow and they are going right to the heart of the vote farming itself.

Brace yourselves, the public embarrassment is about to explode on the vote farmers and the utterers of the words “voter suppression.”

Earlier MSV exclusively reported from multiple sources the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the Hoboken election.

Turnout is reportedly solid and in some areas of the City very strong.  The Jersey Journal has its take on the turnout.  MSV saw a solid turnout at the Firehouse at 13th and Washington. Read More...

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Mayor Zimmer: Last Call!

Mayor Dawn Zimmer and the Zimmer Team announces:

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Dear Horsey & MSV readers —


Today is Election Day. There are many important matters on the ballot including Governor, Mayor, a City Council team, a school Board team, and an important referendum question concerning a proposed change to Hoboken’s rent control law (that I oppose because it doesn’t adequately protect existing tenants).

The polls are open from 6am to 8pm. Please remember to vote. 

Four years ago, my team and I promised you a new direction for our City after the 2nd Hoboken mayor in 10 years was arrested for taking bribes, and the reckless policies of the past resulted in State fiscal supervision and an almost 80% municipal tax increase.    
We have worked hard to live up to that promise. We saved our bankrupt hospital, getting the City off the hook for the $52 million bond guarantee. We cut City taxes by nearly 12 percent. We renovated almost all of our parks and opened two new ones. We brought great concerts to Pier A like Mumford & Sons, Bob Dylan and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. And we all came together as a community to emerge from Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy stronger than ever.

We are now back on the right path and ready to move forward to a very bright future.

The decisions made over the next four years will define our City going forward.
We must protect our City from flooding and skyrocketing insurance costs. And I will do that by implementing my comprehensive Resiliency and Readiness Plan.

We must make sure redevelopment strengthens our infrastructure rather than burdens it, enhances rather than overcrowds our neighborhoods, and protects the incredible character of our City.

We must continue to make the tough fiscal decisions needed to keep our finances sound for the long term. We simply cannot go back to the failed practices of the past.

I love this City, and I love serving as your mayor. I ask for your support for me and my City Council team of Councilman David Mello, Councilman Ravi Bhalla, and Council candidate James Doyle, and for the Kids First School Board team of Leon Gold, Irene Sobolov and Jennifer Evans so we can continue leading our great City forward.
Sincerely,
Dawn Zimmer
 
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Election Funeral Gathering?

A reliable source says Councilwoman Beth Mason who has dropped tens of thousands of dollars on Timmy Occhipinti to advance her political ambitions has arrived at the Raia-Mason HQ on lower Washington Street.

The $20,000 from the Mason family is at this point probably more than double if not triple.  Mason has been running a scorched earth campaign with Councilman Ravi Bhalla her target.

Also arriving the architect of the doomed Occhipinti campaign (and some say Mole #1 of the Ramos campaign), FinBoy aka the Weehawken fishy, Dara Gluck, Ravi Ravioli, et. al. is on the scene. Read More...