Author: SmartyJones

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City Council @ 7:00 – Hoboken Housing seat Justice on tap


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Tonight’s City Council agenda early on features the appointment to replace Councilman Michael Russo on the Hoboken Housing Authority.  Up to bat is a resolution earmarking the replacement in the name of fourth ward resident and at-large Councilman Dave Mello.

So don’t expect this to go smoothly. Expect some noise, the only question is how much and where it’s coming from.

In the end we are about to get an education on “I did for you, you do for me.” Read More...

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Hoboken411 “restrained” by judge: “No commentary” on local businessman or his personal life allowed by Perry Klaussen

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Hoboken’s biggest online smear merchant arrives with a lawyer to face the music before the judge.

A Hoboken municipal judge issued a restraining order today against Hoboken411’s Perry Klaussen instructing him to leave local businessman Rory Chadwick alone.  The judge verbally added to the order Hoboken411 should make “no commentary” about Rory Chadwick’s business or personal life in the future direct, indirect, via third parties or on Perry Klaussen’s notorious website.
Rory Chadwick complained in court that he had been defamed when references to him were made on his work on behalf of Hoboken fire victims. Hoboken411 posted at that time the public should “beware” of a “scam” fire fundraiser in direct reference to Chadwick’s efforts which raised thousands on behalf of the victims.
Hoboken411’s lawyer tried to limit the restraining order to in person contact saying his client retained free speech rights.  The judge responded saying there were other problems between the parties and he was quite aware of balancing the two.
The judge stated that Hoboken411’s behavior should cease as it was not newsworthy. Both parties agreed to “no contact” in the future but obviously only one of them has a website pumping out misinformation on a massive scale to the public.
Someone finally had enough of Hoboken411’s reckless behavior.  After years of running amok with Beth Mason’s support, the truth caught up and a measure of justice served.
Talking Ed Note: The Hudson Reporter was not in attendance and has yet to show interest in the blogger excesses of Hoboken411 which are so numerous over years, they can’t all be mentioned here.  
Guess that doesn’t work with Beth Mason’s “Nazi” she’s a “victim” storyline.
On entering the court as MSV took pictures in the hallway, Das Klaussen told his attorney to “file a harassment” charge against MSV.  Da Hosey replied to Perry Klaussen in our first ever exchange, “Good luck with that.”  This from the guy who makes a living smearing other people in photos with piles of false information.
If the Hudson Reporter wants to do an interesting story, they can ask Perry Klaussen about the number of times he was going up to IT Manager Patrick Ricciardi’s office when the city employee was ransacking the mayor’s confidential communications.
Guess that’s not a story either.  It will be on MSV.  Bet.
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Hudson Distorter prepares hit job for “Silence of the Shims”

Today MSV had lined up a devastating expose on Tim Occhipinti’s taking credit for parks. Okay it was not exactly news as he’s been on this kick for a while but we have some fourth ward residents who took photos of Timmy holding a celebration to himself last Saturday with some of his favorite toys: Hoboken Fire Engines.   He yelled at one fourth ward resident “to leave the children alone” re: stop taking pictures of my party.

That’ll have to wait because today we woke up to a devastating pre-emptive shot from the best (and only) political satirist in town.  Oh Da Horsey loves good satire but doesn’t have the luxury to do it regularly and Hoboken prefers us to be the straight man to the devastating one-two punch only Grafix Avenger can deliver. Read More...

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Hoboken411 criminal coercion case set for tomorrow in Hoboken!

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The case of Hoboken411 Perry Klaussen charged with criminal coercion against local businessman Rory Chadwick will be moved from Jersey City to Hoboken Municipal Court and the case will be heard tomorrow at City Hall at 9:00 am.

In addition to the current charges a source close to the case says Perry Klaussen has also been hit with an additional charge of slander. (The source later claimed the additional charge was a low carb joke.)

Many local businesses along with elected officials, city workers and residents have complained for years about the personal attacks made on them with lies of every variety under the sun by Hoboken’s largest website for misinformation. Read More...

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Michael Russo: “I did for you, you do for me.”

In a segment of the FBI surveillance video with Solomon Dwek on the Hoboken Housing Authority, Councilman Michael Russo explained what quid pro quo means Russo style.

Here’s Mikie Squared delivering his infamous insights encapsulated with “Let me explain to you how this works. I did for you, you do for me.”

And dat my friends is what makes Hoboken “special.”

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Councilman David Mello primed to replace Michael Russo on the HHA

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Just over a year ago, a jam packed City Council chambers filled minutes after dozens of people stood out in an intermittent rain to protest the corruption witnessed in an FBI surveillance video starring Councilman Michael Russo.  The video came to light after a series of less than truthful denials about a meeting Russo claimed was old news.

On that night in early April the Russo clan rallied neighbors at Church Towers to cheer a nervous councilman who was wavering from the pressure of revelations about his conduct showing his true self and a protest against him holding office minutes before the meeting. Read More...

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Meet US Senate candidate Joe Kyrillos at Arts & Music Festival

The Republicans of Hoboken announce:

Meet Senator Joe Kyrillos 
Candidate for U.S. Senate 
Sunday, May 6 at 1PM

Republicans of Hoboken booth
Hoboken Arts & Music Festival

Meet Senator Kyrillos

 Joe Kyrillos 
for U.S. Senate
We need Joe in the U.S. Senate. He has the experience as a proven reformer to do in Washington what he, Governor Christie and other like-minded allies have done here in New Jersey.






 

Bob Menendez 


Time for a change!


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Revelations from the Franz channel and Shipyard rental subsidies

In reviewing Franz Paetzold’s greatest hits at his YouTube channel, Da Horsey came across a treasured segment with Franz speaking in favor of the midtown garage refinance.  While MSV certainly agreed with that position, we didn’t take it too seriously knowing Franz’s odd consistency of never calling to account his own second ward councilwoman or MORTe on any of his stated 2010 candidate positions including the Mason-Russo threat to zero out last year’s surplus.

Back last November a simple no cost midtown garage refinance was going to save Hoboken millions.  (Does the number $4.5 million ring a bell?)  The financing savings alone would net $50,000 to the City while the bond payments concluding at the exact time as the existing bond – a true no brainer. Read More...

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$1.1 million theft from Hoboken “cleared up” in sentencing of Brian Petaccio

The Office of Attorney General Jeff Chiesa announces:

Toms River Man Whose Company Collected Coins From Hoboken Parking Meters Sentenced To Prison For Stealing Over $1 Million

Former city parking utility director previously sentenced to prison in theft case

TRENTON – Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced that a Toms River contractor whose company was hired by the City of Hoboken to collect coins from city parking meters was sentenced to state prison today for stealing over $1 million in parking revenues.

Brian A. Petaccio, 52, of Toms River, the owner of United Textile Fabricators LLC, was sentenced to five years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Francis R. Hodgson Jr. in Ocean County. Petaccio pleaded guilty on Sept. 30, 2009 to an accusation charging him with second-degree theft by unlawful taking for stealing approximately $1,175,000 in coins from Hoboken’s parking meters between June 2005 and April 2008. After an audit in 2007 uncovered parking revenue shortfalls, Petaccio and his company returned approximately $575,000 to the city. However, Petaccio admitted, in pleading guilty, that he diverted an additional $600,000 that was not reported to the city.

On April 2, 2012, John P. Corea, 48, former director of the Hoboken Parking Utility, was sentenced to seven years in state prison, including three years of parole ineligibility, by Judge Hodgson. Corea pleaded guilty to second-degree official misconduct, admitting that he became aware that Petaccio and United Textile had stolen a large amount of the city’s parking revenues, but did not take any steps to stop the thefts or notify the city. Corea also admitted that he steered three separate no-bid contracts to United Textile to collect, count and manage the coins from the city’s parking meters, and made false statements to the city council about the qualifications and experience of the company, which is a coin-operated arcade game manufacturer.

Corea and Petaccio were each ordered to pay $300,000 to the City of Hoboken in restitution for the $600,000 in revenue that was stolen from the city by Petaccio and not previously repaid.

Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey J. Manis prosecuted the case and handled the sentencing for the Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau. The charges resulted from an investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice and the New Jersey State Police. The investigation was conducted by Detective Sgt. Peter Layng of the State Police Official Corruption Bureau North Unit, and Sgt. Lisa Shea, Deputy Attorney General Manis, Deputy Attorney General Perry Primavera, and Administrative Analyst Kathleen Ratliff of the Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau.

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Hoboken has none of these coin operated meters these days.


Talking Ed Note: The $1.1 million missing – “It’s been cleared up!”