It may be a relaxing sleepy August and vacation season for some in the Mile Square City, but the four major campaigns are ramping up their energies to engage Hoboken voters whether they like it or not.

Yesterday, INSIDERNJ featured a poll asking not who you support but who will win the Hoboken November mayoral race. MSV took a snapshot of the unscientific poll mid afternoon and it showed Council President Jen Giattino in a  commanding lead as the other three major candidates slugged it out in a tight race for second through fourth. Positions remained the same most of the day. Read More...

All the news fit to print isn’t coming from the mayoral race. Independent candidate Angelo Valente rolled out his council campaign website late last week.

It’s a well done, full blown position paper on his stance putting Hoboken quality of life at the center. Valente feels Hoboken is on the cusp of major risks on that front and is making it a centerpiece of his council campaign.  The homepage features a beautiful family portrait outside their home. For more on Angelo Valente’s City Council bid and his campaign, please see the website: =&0=&

Dana Wefer, the former Hoboken Housing Authority Chair makes her support clear who should be Hoboken’s next mayor.

Wefer adds her reason for supporting Jen Giattino is because after working with her over several years as the HHA chair, “I trust Jen… to administer the budget. I trust her to keep taxes flat… I trust Jen to make sure every voice is heard and considered and to do the right thing for Hoboken.”

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INSIDERNJ posted a poll earlier today asking who will win the Hoboken mayoral election.

The results are posted here along with a link for those who wish to vote. While it’s unscientific, it’s certainly not less scientific than a push poll cited by some previously on behalf of the Bhalla campaign.

Which should be a lesson to those who wish to cite push polls as valuable to serve political objectives.

Here’s the poll results mid afternoon. It’s going to get hijacked by operatives but a snapshot is below. Read More...

The following report comes courtesy of the Hudson County View:

Hoboken Councilman-at-Large Dave Mello will be seeking re-election on Freeholder Anthony Romano’s mayoral ticket, the campaign announced late this morning.  “He is someone that comes with a lot of successes and experience: eight-year Hoboken councilman, a former teachers union representative, currently a public school teacher in Jersey City, father, husband and an integral part of the successes Hoboken has achieved over the course of the last year,” Romano said of Mello in a Facebook video. For the complete story and video of the announcement, please see the Hudson County View: =&0=&

Mayoral candidate Anthony “Stick” Romano, the current freeholder is about to get a boost.

According to one source who can’t provide further support to their claim, two term councilman Dave Mello is about to be announced as a candidate on the council at-large slate of the current freeholder.

The Romano for Mayor campaign stands with one council candidate at present, Laini Hammond, an unknown to Hoboken residents with political ties to Jersey City being friends with the Jersey City mayor’s wife Jackie. Read More...

The following report comes courtesy of the Hudson County View:

At least a dozen Hudson County residents spoke out against the $12.9 billion Hudson Tunnel Project yesterday at a public hearing at Union City High School, citing air pollution, overnight construction and a lack of transparency with the planning process as concerns.

For the rest of the story, please see the Hudson County View:
http://hudsoncountyview.com/some-local-residents-irate-over-potential-impact-of-12-9b-hudson-tunnel-project/

Last night’s gorgeous evening was the perfect backdrop for Julio Fernandez of Spyro Gyro fame to invite a few of his friends for a waterside concert at Sinatra Park. On the second song, the crowd was treated to a most unusual sight. A man was walking by with a woman when he suddenly dropped to a knee and whipped out a black box with an engagement ring. This all happened directly behind the band as seen in the photo below. Hundreds of people in attendance witnessed the unique event.  The Horse captured the moment and the reaction to the proposal from the woman clearly overcome with emotion. By her reaction, apparently the answer was yes. Spontaneous applause from the crowd followed. =&0=&: A little tug on the heartstrings with beautiful renditions of some great songs including “All Along the Watchtower,” “Kid Charlemagne” and a beautiful finale fitting to any proposal, “Maybe I’m Amazed,” by Paul McCartney. Thomas surprised his lady with one great moment for the ages. Congrats to them both. 

The following story comes courtesy of the Hudson County View:

1st Ward Councilman/Hoboken mayoral hopeful Mike DeFusco revealed former board of education candidate Vanessa Falco as his third and final running mate at a Pier 13 fundraiser last night.

For the complete story, please see the Hudson County View:
http://hudsoncountyview.com/hoboken-mayoral-hopeful-defusco-reveals-falco-as-third-running-mate/

Talking Ed Note: MSV had predicted there would be a woman named as the third council at-large candidate on the Mike DeFusco ticket. Vanessa Falco is the niece of former Hoboken police chief Anthony Falco. The former police chief was last known to be suing the City of Hoboken to be compensated for hourly overtime in addition to his salary for hours alleged worked during the 2012 Hurricane Sandy emergency. Read More...

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