MSV usually posts this annually and did so in January under the story, “Horse Sense: From the Mayan angle, 2012 is transformation and Hoboken’s looms large, but for those of an inquiring mind here it is again:
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MILE SQUARE VIEW IS MY website. IT IS TRULY NOT A FORUM FOR DEBATE, MUDSLINGING OR NAME CALLING—AND OF COURSE DIRECTING SUCH TO THE HOST IS NOT EXCLUDED. MY ONLY GOAL IS TO GIVE BACK TO THE TOWN I LOVE. AND TO REMAIN AMERICA’S MOST BELOVED PONY.
It’s going to be a lovely summer Friday in the mile square and it feels good to breathe its air. Today there will be no looting of monies at City Hall, no ton of quarters will be rolling out the back door to a mob related firm in South Jersey, no groundbreaking will take place on a massive tower in any part of town and no jobs will be given out in a back room deal without a resume at the expense of the local taxpayer.
Today the City of Hoboken will not be run like a crime family.
Today the good guys are wondering what next they can do to make Hoboken better.
| A family dressed in Italy’s national colors enjoys a late Sunday afternoon in Hoboken. |
Italy defeated Germany 2-1 only surrendering a late goal in injury time and will face defending European and World Cup Champions Spain in the final.
Germany joins England, France, Portugal with the Neverlands exiting the European Cup.
Italy and Spain will square off for the championship Sunday afternoon in Kiev, Ukraine for all the marbles.
Italy had previously eliminated Germany in front of its home crowd in the 2006 World Cup semi-final.
Two NJ State Senators released statements on the narrow 5-4 ruling in the Supreme Court upholding Obamacare, rejecting it under the Commerce Clause but approving it as a tax:
=&0=& Senator Barbara Buono, D-Middlesex and a member of Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, made the following statement today after the Supreme Court’s historic ruling on the Affordable Care Act: “The American people are the true winners today, as the Supreme Court has affirmed the Democrats’ sensible efforts at health care reform. New Jerseyans with pre-existing conditions are the true winners, as they will no longer live in fear of being denied insurance. Young adults are the true winners, as they will be able to remain covered under their parents’ insurance plans and they seek out their first full-time jobs in this hard economy. The chronically ill are the true winners as there will no longer be a lifetime cap on health benefits. And every other American is a true winner as health insurance will become more affordable as we expand coverage pools, reduce administrative costs and remove co-pays and deductibles for preventative care. Today the rule of law triumphed over political attacks looking to deny millions of Americans more affordable health care.” STATEMENT OF SENATOR AND CANDIDATE FOR U.S. SENATE JOE KYRILLOS ON SUPREME COURT DECISION Middletown, June 28…State Senator and Candidate for U.S. Senate Joe Kyrillos released the following statement today regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. “Today’s Supreme Court decision may have confirmed the constitutionality of the legislation, but one fact remains: the massive, expensive health care overhaul voted for by Senator Menendez is bad policy.Government run healthcare spends money we don’t have, loots Medicare, limits patient choice, and continues to place a cloud of uncertainty over our economy. Congress can and must repeal and replace it with more sensible reforms like providing coverage for those with pre-existing conditions.
Here in New Jersey, we’ve seen how the Corzine-Menendez pattern of raising taxes, spending more and leaving the bills to future generations does not work- it left us nearly bankrupt.
In a letter to Hoboken’s senate representative Brian Stack, Mayor Dawn Zimmer sounds the alarm on legislation on the table in the NJ Senate allowing private colleges to bypass local zoning rules in construction.
This legislation if passed in the Senate, Assembly and signed into law would allow Stevens to build a tower on their property near Sinatra park as big on the Hudson as the one NJ Transit or the Rockefeller Group have proposed.
| Avoiding a huge tower on the Hudson River waterfront is an objective of Mayor Zimmer opposing legislation that would allow Stevens to bypass local zoning rules on their property including one on the Hudson River. Above, she’s battled to protect Hoboken’s southern flank from NJ Transit. |
Email is a second choice: sensweeney@njleg.org
Talking Ed Note: It’s not often Da Horsey asks folks to take direct action. This is one of those rare instances.
Let Hoboken’s voice be heard!
The old Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks is famous for saying, “It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!” Well for the Boys of Summer in Newark, the games are getting longer and a daytime double header looks more like a long twilight double header when Hoboken is in the mix.
| Former Public Safety Director Angel Alicia leaving a Ruben Ramos fundraiser at the Elysian last April. The weekend paper highlighted public safety in the FBI’s ongoing Hoboken investigation. |
It’s not even grist worthy as in MSV’s Grist for the Mill column but there’s been a rumor flying around that the weekend fishwrap FBI story wasn’t the one a Mason Civic League board member had in mind.
Said fish, a wannabe shark from Weehawken is rumored to have commissioned his latest masterpiece, this one planting a story on the Boys of Summer in Hoboken would be a swell idea.
The US Attorney’s Office responded to the inquiry on their Hoboken investigation by saying, ‘What that investigation? Yes, that’s quite the ongoing investigation.’
November’s national election may not pose much drama for New Jersey which many expect to see in President Obama’s electoral votes column but the larger drama could come in the form of its US Senate race.
Incumbent NJ Senator Bob Menendez will be facing State Senator Joe Kyrillos on the ballot and unease is showing up where Mendendez falls short of the 50% danger line based on polling in late spring. Incumbents falling below 50% approval are thought with reason to be very vulnerable to defeat.
The Office of the Mayor announced in a letter to the City Council Monday:
6 25 12 Memo Mayor Zimmer to Council
Talking Ed Note: The City Council was briefed on the impact to the south wall of Sinatra Park. Boswell was contracted to scope the additional damages in a 7-0 unanimous vote.
Council members Michael Russo and Beth Mason were not present.
Pier A and the 9-11 Memorial are also in memo. The memorial has $150,000 remaining in a fund raised by a 9-11 committee. Securing the panels in the design will require up to $200,000 in additional funding.
Live at City Council:
MSV believed most of the special meeting would be closed session but this was before learning of the added damage to Sinatra Park just earlier. The price tag already $7.8 million will see millions added in the end but we can’t provide the exact figure yet as it will need to be tallied before becoming public.
Mayor Zimmer has advised the council a legal investigation for the on-going damages to Sinatra Park will likely be fruitless and costly. A memo to the council advising any efforts seeking out members of the Mayor Anthony Russo administration will probably not yield any gain to Hoboken taxpayers.