Another interesting exchange involving the occupant of the 4th ward council seat Tim Occhipinti, this time with Greg Lincoln, the new challenger who ran a gallant race in the 3rd ward against the Russo Church Towers machine last spring.

Once again we have Tim Occhipinti making up the facts as he goes and then quickly retreating from discussing the substance of the matter.  As usual Occhipinti projects his predicament on others around him.

He’s done this with annoying frequency.  In City Council, he suddenly yelled out Councilman Ravi Bhalla was taking “marching orders” from the mayor when he peered over his shoulder reading a text from Mayor Zimmer on a scheduled meeting with the Councilman’s Condo Association. Read More...

Here is the complete original bid submittal from Holdco:

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Talking Ed Note: This is the winning bid originally announced as going into exclusive negotiations after unanimous selection by the board of the Hospital Authority.

It clearly meets the objects the Hospital Authority set out.  No other bidder can make that claim.  Hoboken is fortunate one did and is crossing the finish line.

The hyperpartisan politics of those seeking power have tried to derail it for their own ends since the original announcement back on January 4 of this year. Read More...

City of Hoboken announces:

=&0=&=&1=&=&1=& The City of Hoboken has received bids for a City-Wide Playground Improvements project. The project will include new playground equipment and safety surfacing at Jackson Street Park, Jefferson Park and Legion Park. The City of Hoboken anticipates awarding the project at the next City Council meeting on October 5, 2011. The project will commence shortly thereafter and is expected to be completed by the end of 2011. “I believe every Hoboken resident should have a quality park just a short walk away,” said Mayor Dawn Zimmer. “These new playgrounds are part of a city-wide capital investment plan to improve our existing parks while we work to create new ones for our growing population and underserved neighborhoods.” Get the latest Hoboken news: Email | Text |Website | Facebook | Twitter | RSS

Even thought the time for bids on the Hoboken University Medical Center is long past, the effort to continue arguing the matter continues.

Yesterday the Hudson Reporter had a statement from one of the losing bidders, P3 – the group who allowed their non-disclosure agreement to become public and saw the City of Hoboken release theirs this week.  The release of that bid along with that of Jersey City Medical Center made it clear in any objective reading that Holdco’s bid was far and away superior and the only one meeting all the criteria set out by the Hospital Authority. Read More...

On Sunday September 11th I attended the Hoboken remembrance ceremony on Pier A.  Among the many speakers was a rabbi who talked about how 19 people were responsible for killing close to 3,000.  He also spoke about the power of 19 people doing 3,000 acts of kindness.  The point is if 19 people can harness that much destruction imagine how much good could come out of channeling the same level of energy in a positive way.  Sitting in the front rows were many of our local, county and state political officials.  The actions taken by some of our local officials in last week’s council meeting and in the days to follow tell me the officials present at the ceremony missed the rabbi’s message.  Until we lose the us versus them mentality and putting politics before the people in Hoboken we will not move forward.  Our city expends so much time battling selfish egotistical political jockeying.  Imagine where we would be today if we all worked together channeling the finger pointing energy in a positive direction for the benefit of all.

There are three key facts in regards to Hoboken University Hospital.    

Hoboken’s 4^th ward and its western edge is a historically notorious arena for rampant vote buying as a way of life during election season with monied political interests descending on the most economically deprived area of town like vultures.  A not so old refrain says the 4^th ward is where reform goes to die.  More often than not, it’s proven to be exactly that.  This investigative report provides insight from the perspective of two paid 4th ward voters.  Their story is not unique.  They are part of an invisible army of hundreds.  Even as it’s undetermined what result if any will come from the NJ Attorney General on numerous problems forwarded by the Hudson County Prosecutor Office in the 4th ward special election last November, the operations to buy votes, in both paper ballots and at the polls continues since in the April BoE election and May council race.

Hoboken Housing Authority on lower Jackson St.

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The speculation was waning, the opening for announcing a run for the Republican nomination looked closed, but then Gov. Christie made a speech at the Ronald Reagan library in California and had a chat with some influential people he admires after.

This according to a story by co-author of “The Jersey Sting,” Josh Margolin for the NY Post.

Coming off the back of an intervention in Hoboken to save the hospital, Governor Chris Christie may pull a few more votes in Hudson County if he makes a run. Read More...

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Michael Russo after killing the hospital bond on first reading for “the taxpayers.”

MSV continues with its in depth coverage of the hospital’s pending sale with an exclusive feature on tap.  There’s also an update on our law enforcement friends from out of town who many just love in Hoboken.

So expect it in your email inboxes later today:

The Hospital Skinny, Bethy and the Feds

Hey kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight’s hitting something
That’s been known to change the weather
We’ll kill the fatted calf tonight
So stick around Read More...

Tim Occhipinti the yes man for all seasons (and Beth Mason) emerged on Facebook to answer a question from someone about the hospital.  Well sorta:

Notice Tim Occhipinti can’t manage an answer to the question on what his plan is for the hospital.  Well of course not, as the Council of No had no plan to SAVE THE HOSPITAL.  They talk and talk and talk about bidders, the imaginary bidders from the past and just today Hoboken learned how unfavorable their bids actually were and why they came in a distant second and third to Bayonne Holdco. Read More...