The following is a letter to the editor from Hoboken resident Gary Holtzman.
In the recent municipal elections, only 22% of registered voters voted. Of that, those of us focused on reform and moving the city ahead, were less than half. In other words, WE made up less than 10% of the voters who showed up, and we all know, “decisions are made by those who show up.”
I find it amazing that everyone I spoke to swears they voted. Whether you actually did vote or were just being polite, we desperately need you, the silent non-voting majority to vote. So, make your life easy and just vote by mail. I know, I know, you voted, so please take a minute and forward this to friends and neighbors who didn’t.Read More...
The Russo Insider Deep Uvula allowed a little vibrato to emerge but only for a brief moment. It’s just enough to note what MSV shared with another colleague earlier, boy it sure is quiet out there. Go to NJ.com and there’s no political operative trial balloons, no finger pointing, no Mason411 operative even trying to cause a nuisance on trivialities.
Deep Uvula says it’s tense for the Old Guard while awaiting for the bombs to fall.
The short comments confirm what MSV suspected. This one has legs.
It’s complete radio silence and apparently every man for himself. As DU says:
…Everyone is nervous. Everyone. No smiles or jokes. It’s not over. More bodies are going overboard….
So this confirms what our horse sense said in yesterday’s late story. The padlock at City Hall is just the beginning and when the dots get connected for whatever reason(s) the dots are being connected, it’s going to be big and very bad news. Bad news served for more than one.Read More...
A very dear neighbor of ours is working towards his goal of becoming an Eagle Scout. His name is Charlie Bates, and will be a freshman at Villanova this fall. He’s a good young man with many aspirations. If you are interested in helping him out as well as many others, please consider giving blood this weekend through the American Red Cross Blood Drive this Saturday, May 21, 9:30 am- 3:30 pm at Saint Francis Parish Center, 308 Jefferson Street, Hoboken. Appointments are preferred. For an appointment or information please go toredcrossblood.organd enter sponsor code: 15172 Thank you for your time and consideration. — Peter CunninghamRead More...
Busy Weekend! LaRusso play, Poetry readings, Baby Parade and Anthony DePalma book event.
Join the Baby Parade, Sunday, May 22, 1 pm
Hoping for better weather, the Museum has moved the Hoboken Baby Parade to this Sunday. Join us on the waterfront at 1 pm for the 10th Annual Hoboken Baby Parade and help us celebrate the spirit and creativity of the Mile Square City’s families. The Parade begins at Sinatra Park—located at Fifth Street and the Hudson River—and proceeds along the waterfront to Pier A. The Parade is free and registration begins at noon. Volunteers needed! Emailvolunteer@hobokenmuseum.org. Parents now have an extra week to enhance their children’s costumes and festoon their carriages and wagons. Trophies are awarded for Best Dressed Child, Most Creative Carriage, and Best Dressed Family— the latter category has been awarded to twins and triplets, families with multiple children, cousins, and even playgroups.
Hoboken babies flaunt their fanciest outfits
Anthony DePalma
“Legacy and Lessons of Ground Zero” by Anthony DePalmaThe Open River series continues on Sunday, May 22 at 4 pm with a talk by Hoboken-born journalist Anthony DePalma, whose new book, City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance and 9/11, examines the repercussions of so many critical decisions made in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers. “It was a nightmare scenario of one of the busiest and most crowded places on Earth being exposed to an unprecedented mix of known and suspected hazards.” He will bring slides and dust samples to illustrate his talk. Suggested donation: $5.; members free.
“Sweets Talk & Tour” Saturdays at 10 am!
The Museum’s current exhibit, “Yum Yum, Tootsie Rolls, and Chocolate Bunnies on Motorcycles…A Sweet History of Hoboken,” traces a history of the city through its many commercial bakers, candy manufacturers and family-owned bakeries. Now, every Saturday morning, visitors can also see, taste and smell some of the sweet traditions on the Museum’s weekly “Sweets Talk & Tour.”Visitors will meet at the Museum at 10 am for a guided tour of the exhibit, followed by a visit to Schnackenberg’s Luncheonette, Giorgio’s Pasticceria, and Biancamano’s Italian deli. Sample tastings are included in the $15 ticket price. The members’ price is $12. The tour will last about an hour and a half, led by volunteer Dennis English, who developed the program. Reservations are strongly encouraged. Call 201-656-2240 or emailtours@hobokenmuseum.org. Literary Weekend: Poetry & Play readings, May 20-21
New events added to our spring calendar:The first is a staged reading of the play, “40 C.P.S.,” written by local playwright Louis LaRusso II, on Friday and Saturday, May 20 – 21, 7 pm, at the Burchard Auditorium on Stevens’ campus (6th St., just east of Hudson on River St.). The play explores father-son relationships through characters based on LaRusso’s friend Michael Bennett, director/choreographer of A Chorus Line.Directed by Hudson Theatre Works’ Frank Licato, the reading features many of the same actors who performed in previous LaRusso productions, Marlon Brando Sat Right Here, and Lampost Reunion, including Vincent Pastore, Maureen Van Zandt and Robert Funaro, plus Tony winner Karen Ziemba. Tickets are $25, and proceeds will benefit both the Museum and HTW. For reservations, call the Museum, 201-656-2240; for details, visit HTW’s website: www.hudsontheatreworks.com.The second is an afternoon of poetry reading, on Saturday, May 21, at 4 pm at the Museum.Distinguished local poet Joel Lewis, who organized the event, will be joined by Eliot Katz and Ona Gritz in presenting some recent works. A $5 donation is suggested.
Joel Lewis is the author of Learning From New Jersey, Vertical’s Currency, House Rent Boogieand Kishka King, due out in 2012 from Hanging Loose Press.
Poet/activist Eliot Katz is the author of six poetry books, including Unlocking the Exits and Love, War, Fire, Wind: Looking Out from North America’s Skull.
Ona Gritz is a poet, columnist, and author of two children’s books and a poetry chapbook, Left Standing. She placed second in the Charlotte Newberger Poetry Competition (2009).
The City’s First Corporation Counsel Melissa Longo issued the following comment regarding the misinformation printed at Hoboken411 earlier today.
In a short phone interview, the First Corporation Counsel stated:
“The information published by Hoboken411 is both false and irresponsible.
Council President Mason calling for an investigation into the emails of Dan Bryan and Juan Melli has absolutely nothing to do with the current investigation being conducted by outside agencies. This is a personnel matter as well as a criminal investigation so I can’t comment on the details.Read More...
There’s public requests in questions posed to Beth Mason in the video below. The subject of her late and vastly incomplete ELEC reports detailing her campaign expenditures is also discussed.
The camera is fixed on the City Council and it offers some insights from that perspective. Councilwoman Beth Mason did not answer any of the questions and why should that come as any surprise?
The first City Council meeting met after the May 10th elections and began with a bang. The Hoboken Technology office was padlocked as reported here earlier and Patrick Ricciardi was not present in the evening for the video work tonight.
In the pictures posted earlier, you can clearly see it’s his name on the door. We hear that the pathological screed of lies were flowing mightily at Hoboken411 calling the person doing the emergency video effort “a scab.” The so called scab is actually a local video company very often employed by Beth Mason. Someone didn’t get the memo (or the text) to Perry.Read More...
Trouble brewing and a padlocked office.
Council in immediate emergency session
Patrick Ricciardi’s office IS PADLOCKED!
A freelancers is in streaming a temporary solution for the broadcast tonight.
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Talking Ed Note: Something big is brewing here and it is not surrounding just one employee. There must be some overlapping impact beyond that as the emergency session says “SERIOUS,” in capital letters.
Let’s see how others follow up and cover this story because it has the odor of napalm. Beth Russo did not look happy so take that as a hint where this may be heading.Read More...
Time to see for your very own eyes why the nightmare of what the Hoboken Journal calls Beth Russo is gratefully almost over. But before it ends, you’ll have to stick around for New Business where the politricking resolution seeking any scrap of tidbit in an email to be construed a local constitutional crisis for Beth Mason’s distribution to Hoboken411 via her minion awaits us all.
Maybe the reason Beth Russo want the emails so badly between two mayoral staff and local media is because they are so corrupt they are convinced others are too. That’s how they justify themselves and look in the mirror.Read More...
Tonight is the first City Council meeting since the citywide elections and if you thought the will of the people would be reflected after Reform’s victory retaking the majority in the town’s legislative body, you’d be wrong.
With the official changeover July 1, it’s witch-hunting season for the Beth Russo duo of council members Beth Mason and Mike Russo. Mason even with an unknown fortune spent since last fall barely squeaked by avoiding a runoff with her main challenger Tom Greaney by 10 votes. Read More...
