This gristy chewable will be drowned out in the wake of former FBI Director Comey’s exit and the attempted drowning of a Seth Rich blockbuster with a federal investigator admitting 44,000 emails and over 17,000 attachments went from the DNC staffer to a UK based WikiLeaks contact.

There’s no emails or email attachments for this grist but for the Mile Square City and those vainly awaiting news Councilman Mike DeFusco entering the mayoral race; it’s a big downer.

Reform aligned folks speculate the Defusco poll didn’t produce big smiles there as an earlier one connected to the mayor showed strong numbers in her third term re-election bid. Read More...

For those who are using the Windows 7 operating system, a plague of ransomware using tools recently stolen from the US government has struck globally with no small impact.

The name of the new malicious software is Ransom:Win32.WannaCrypt.

Tens of thousands of users have been afflicted globally with the ransomware and other are advised to take precautions to update protections to the present or risk seeing their computers commandeered and worse, the contents of their hard drive deleted.

For everyone else, it’s probably a good time to back up your hard drive and include at least one off site copy as part of your regular maintenance. Read More...

On the agenda for next Wednesday’s Hoboken City Council meeting:

At least one lawyer is literally praying for the Hoboken City Council to act and revoke the business license of one Vape Van next week.

The City Council agenda will be out later today and the unfortunate mess is on the desk of the Hoboken Corporation Counsel Office.

It’s really not fair to expect any legal beagle there to fix the muddle.

An investigation into the ugly street vendor verbal altercation last Saturday is underway and may lead to a criminal complaint filing as soon as the end of this week.

No arrests or charges have been filed to date and law enforcement is seeking additional facts after the Hoboken Police Department was called to the scene.

The status of the investigation could change by week’s end as both parties involved in the verbal exchange decried as “hate speech” by several Hoboken officials are identified. Read More...

Councilman Ravi Bhalla announces:

When wearing too many hats, no matter the justification trouble is likely to follow.

It caught up to former FBI Director James Comey who was terminated yesterday to some surprise in the swamp of the DC universe.

Comey, according to a letter by the Deputy US Attorney General General Rod Rosenstein stated the former FBI Director had taken his duties beyond law enforcement and recommending charges to federal prosecutors in the Hillary Clinton email scandal by putting himself into the role of prosecutor, a position not under the jurisdiction or control of the FBI. Read More...

The issue came up with some public comment at the last City Council meeting and two of its nine members politely differed on the $15 annual parking permit for Hoboken residents.

Historically, the parking permit has been a battle royale subject to not a small amount of fraud with residents previously using out of town addresses for lower insurance in an effort to obtain a low cost parking permit. Private parking locally runs about $200 to $300 a month.

As it currently stands, a Hoboken parking permits is $15 per year. It’s unclear when the last increase occurred. Read More...

Mayor Zimmer and council members Ramos & Bhalla announce:

“The hate speech by the Vape Van owner is reprehensible and does not represent Hoboken’s diverse and inclusive community. The Hoboken Police Department is investigating this incident. In addition to this being extremely offensive hate speech, as a vendor licensed by the City of Hoboken, they are obligated to follow all of our rules and regulations, and clearly they have not. Therefore, I am asking the City Council to revoke their vendor license, and I thank Councilmen Bhalla and Ramos for agreeing to co-sponsor the resolution. The Council previously adopted a resolution condemning the recent rise in hate incidents nationwide, and this repulsive act presents an opportunity for our local government to take tangible steps to put our words into action. Leaders at all levels of government need to speak out, and we need to stand together as a country against this hatred.” Read More...

Some Hoboken residents may be dreading picking up their phone with reports coming in all weekend of a push poll and the unofficial foreboding entry of election season.

Election season in Hoboken is known for being a bruising affair for candidates, staff and supporters alike. Then there’s the civilian casualties and exploitation of Hoboken’s most vulnerable population as they are herded to turn over unfilled paper ballots for cash.

The push poll began Friday night based on reports to MSV and continued all weekend alarming residents with its misinformation and less than obvious intentions. Read More...