The City Council reversed its earlier rejections of bonding for police, fire infrastructure along with replacing aged environmental services equipment in passing a $3 million bond request in a 6-1 vote.

Two earlier requests were rejected with environmental services being singled out for rejection in the legislation presented comprehensively by the Administration for improvement to police and fire facilities and antiquated environmental services equipment.  Council members Tim Occhipinti and Beth Mason were absent and previously voted down the bond along with Terry Castellano and Michael Russo although Occhipinti would arrive later after the vote passed.

Councilwoman Castellano changed her earlier no votes providing the required sixth vote needed for the bond’s passage.

Sponsor Councilman Peter Cunningham noted, “It’s a phenomenal time to bond with the low rates.”

Council President Ravi Bhalla called a five minute break for members to inspect the environmental services equipment but Council members Russo and Castellano remained on the dais throughout.  Instead they stayed huddling with Michele “Five bucks a tow” Russo and Police Chief Falco.

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This Christmas poem brought to you courtesy of the Bard of Hoboken, 

Any rational person knows, 
what the Old Guard did, 
divvy it up, 
and split the bid. 

Once the collections discrepancy was found, 
did the prior Administration report it on up? 
No, they kept it in the family, 
An old guard cover up. 

Obstruction of justice, 
Conspiracy to defraud, 
The scope of this skullduggery, 
is much more broad. 

The story shouldn’t end here, 
and it is true that Correa was corrupt with a scowl, 
but did corporate counsel appropriately handle appropriately? 
it seems things were handled quite foul. 

So will we see investigative reporting 
finally coming out of Hoboken Patch?, 
Or will we have to wait as long as that follow up on Ma Russo, 
or the end of a Cricket match? 

I seems the corruption in Hoboken will never end, 
and that the taxpayers villains are recruiting new public scammers, 
so the only true way to end it, 
is to lock them all up in the slammer. 

On Paula, on Attorney General, Onward FBI, 
Its time the crooks got locked up and the taxpayers say bye bye! Read More...

We’re days from Christmas and already begun Hanukkah with this meeting tonight the finale to the 2011 council calendar.  On the agenda is a first reading for a revised food truck policy and there’s revamped changes on the 911 emergency service so people are not routed to Jersey City instead of Hoboken’s hospital – Hoboken University Medical Center.

Will it be a subdued meeting run in an almost normal fashion by Hoboken standards or will the year end with more obstructionist tactics from the overthrown Beth Russo hydra? Read More...

City of Hoboken announces:

Before the parking meter looting was caught, several years ago a junket to Israel was had with fun for all and in this case you didn’t hear the Old Guard questioning the professional development or the justification for it unlike current Director Ian Sacs who never hears the end of it about a professional transportation conference he attended for engineers.

Of course that was then and this is now and that’s the way the Old Guard plays the game.

John Corea (l) and Patrick Ricciardi (in red shirt) smile for the camera on a junket to Israel with the Israeli based parking garage company Unitronics.  The more things change…. Talking Ed Note: There’s some superb background at Grafix Avenger on the motivations for taking out the successful current Director of Transportation and Parking Ian Sacs and it has everything to do with keeping a train of quarters moving everywhere but the Hoboken Parking Utility. Read More... News Terry Castellano on the missing HPU million: “It’s been cleared up” 12/19/201101/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading In the famous words of Councilwoman Terry Castellano from this January 2008 City Council meeting on the missing million bucks from the Hoboken Parking Utility, “it’s been cleared up,” spoken not once, not twice but three times in this famous estevens video gem. Not to be outdone, Councilman Michael Russo attributes the missing million to a math error what he calls his “mistake.”  Yes it was a mistake councilman, and not your last. =&0=& Well Castellano is finally right in the end.  Indeed =&1=& been cleared up. Thanks Terry! Talking Ed Note: It’s a fitting irony that when Beth Mason and her ex-pornographer pal Perry Klaussen from Hoboken411 tried to make Hoboken parking an issue during the busiest shopping season of the year, the NJ Attorney General announces a final conclusion to the Hoboken Parking meter theft case. Read More... News Taking a moment to aid Hoboken fire victims 12/19/201101/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading Here’s another way you can help the the people who lost everything in last weekend’s fire. You can Paypal any amount sending funds to Hoboken Housing Authority commissioner Jake Stuiver who is assisting local businessman Rory Chadwick.  His paypal account to send a donation is jstuiver@gmail.com Saturday’s fire left Hoboken residents homeless losing everything. Paypal is another way people can help. Photo courtesy: The Jersey Journal/NJ.com News Mayor’s statement on the passing of former Freeholder Maurice Fitzgibbons 12/19/201101/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading The Office of the Mayor announces: =&0=& I learned this morning that Maurice Fitzgibbons passed away. On behalf of the City of Hoboken, I express my condolences to his family and friends. Maurice served the City of Hoboken for many years on the Board of Chosen Freeholders. He was a strong advocate of the arts, with a long history of service to our community. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Read More... News Hobokenites in support of weekend fire victims meeting tonight 12/19/201101/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading An update on local residents working to aid the six residents burned out last weekend: If you could help spread the word that we are having a volunteers meeting at the office of H-mag magazine located at 80 River Street, Penthouse North this evening at 5pm.  We are calling upon local residents, business owners, politicians etc  that would like to help with a variety of needed duties to help those displaced by the tragic fire at 97 Jackson Street this past Saturday. Read More... News Now WPIX TV news takes a shot at Hoboken parking signs 12/19/201101/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading The old saying TV a vast wasteland holds true for local TV news if yet another “expose” on Hoboken Parking signs is any evidence.  Now WPIX decides to make “news” and reveal the massive confusion of almost decade old parking signs and policies. Of the people the TV crew decides to put on air, there’s problems right out of the gate.  One woman claims of hearing a car parked in front of Rite Aid for “five minutes” by her friend and was towed.  There are two stores in Hoboken and one has a parking lot of its own.  What do you think the odds are that this woman’s story is true?  Do you think Magee Hickey verified any of the woman’s claim or did she just think it “sounds good” for TV? Read More...