Update Duo: Now Ray Smith at the Hoboken Reporter says the Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day Committee has reversed and is not moving the parade to another venue this year.  Has the spokesman for the Parade Committee hit the bottle too early?

According to one Hoboken born resident who spoke at the last City Council meeting, the Hoboken Parade Committee was responsible for making it an alcohol fueled event – an example they set themselves.  Previous there was a parade and no committee running it in Hoboken according to that resident.


BREAKING UPDATE: The Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day Committee has announced it’s going elsewhere saying a decision is being made to take the parade to another location. Read More...

The biggest takeaway from Mayor Zimmer’s State of the City was a clear comfort level and confidence coming from a hugely successful 2011. The mayor’s ease and confidence was evident and not solely to a mostly supportive audience in attendance.

The quick takeaways:

Of close to two dozen interruptions of applause, the loudest was one unexpected to the announcement that on the first Saturday of March, the mardi gras party being pushed by bar promoters will not be overlooked.  Offending lawbreakers “when appropriate will be arrested and detained immediately.” Read More...

The following is the complete, unedited video of the proceedings held at Stevens:

=&1=&=&2=& =&3=& =&4=& Wednesday, January 25^th, 2012 DeBaun Auditorium, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ Welcome everyone. Thank you all for joining us tonight. I want to thank Stevens and President Farvardin so much for hosting tonight’s 2^nd annual State of the City.

I am extremely pleased to announce that under Dr. Farvardin’s leadership, the partnership between Hoboken and Stevens continues to grow stronger than ever. Read More...

Perry Klaussen the reported proprietor of Hoboken411, although some suggest that may not in fact be completely true, is an uncertain attendee to the State of the City tonight.

Rarely seen at any Hoboken event is never a problem for Hoboken411 to write about said events.  He doesn’t do much of the political writing and was largely dormant the past six months quaking in fear when best bud Patrick Ricciardi was nabbed by the Feds last May.  That was his best conduit to information illicit and otherwise including pictures other than his Masonite ghostwriter, who pens the angry screeds packed with the usual assortment of lies, half-lies, distortions and the always present self-perpetuating rumors. Read More...

Mayor Zimmer will be giving a State of the City speech tonight at 7:00 and observers will be interested in not only her reflections of the past year but the roadmap she sees ahead.  After beating back a savage battle for the life of the City and its hospital, she knows her opponents will stop at nothing to undermine her, even if it means bankrupting Hoboken.

Aware of that political reality, Mayor Zimmer knows there is no compromising with the forces of darkness led by the Beth Russo hydra.  In her first two years she attempted to work with a nine member City Council; she found out their intentions to undermine her at all costs and see her ejected from office in failure.  The experience added more steel to her spine, but her opponents from all quarters refuse to acknowledge it.  That’s not likely to change with the scrambling for her chair already underway. Read More...

Hoboken Residents for a Public Waterfront announce: 1) Hoboken =&0=& invited all members of our group to attend her =&1=& on Wednesday evening, =&2=&.  The address will be made in DeBaun Auditorium in the Edwin A. Stevens Hall on the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology.  The main entrance to use is on 5th Street across from Stevens Park, while the handicapped accessible entrance is located in the rear of the building on River Street.  The Mayor has stressed how important it is to defeat the Monarch project (http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/17245976/article-Zimmer-reports-on-quality-of-life-issues?instance=hoboken_letters_story_left_column) and we hope to hear a good deal about her plan in Wednesday evening’s speech. 2) The =&3=& will hold a special meeting in the next 30 days to handle the overflow of concerned citizens who signed up at the first meeting to speak out against the project (http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2012/01/hudson_county_planning_board_t_1.html).  Kevin Coakley, legal counsel representing Shipyard Associates, attempted to silence our protest by arguing residents of the Hudson Tea buildings could not make public comments because the condo association’s legal counsel had already spoken.  The Board quickly denied Mr. Coakley’s request and decided a special meeting would be needed to hear the overwhelming negative public outcry.  We will keep you updated when we know when this meeting will be held.  The more vocal public support we receive the better. 3) The =&4=& has notified us the Monarch project will be on the agenda for their meeting on Tuesday evening, =&5=&.  The Hoboken Planning Board is our greatest opportunity to defeat this project.  =&6=&  We must ensure the room is filled and overflowing into the hallway with residents opposing the project.  11 years ago this same developer withdrew his application to develop the uptown piers after a strong showing of opposition from local citizens (http://betterwaterfront.org/?p=1022).  It has been communicated to our group numerous times by many public officials that a strong showing of opposition at public hearings is imperative to defeating this project.  Please plan to attend this meeting. Regards, Hoboken Residents for a Public Waterfront http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/hoboken-public-waterfront/

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The turn of the year with the calendar flipping to 2012 gives a false sense of security to some among the Old Guard, but the lull should not give them too much respite much longer.

The biggest concern here was Thanksgiving would come and the Old Guard would enter the holiday with joy and little fear there was anything standing in their way to continue their march of bad governance and worse behavior.  It would have had a demoralizing impact on impatient people in Reform and decent Hoboken people across the spectrum.  With the IT manager’s arrest in early November, those concerns absolved themselves and 2012 is going to be eventful. For the record, that’s an understatement. Read More...

From the desk of the Ba-job-seeker, the not paid for friendship Mason minion :

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=&0=& All members of the public are invited to join Mayor Dawn Zimmer for her second State of the City address. The event will take place on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the DeBaun Auditorium in Edwin A. Stevens Hall on the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology. The main entrance is on 5th Street directly across from the Stevens Park.

 The wheelchair entrance Read More...