From the desk of Councilman Cunningham…
Dear Editor,
We did it – again! I extend many thanks to everyone who came out and
voted this Tuesday to affirm that we are moving Hoboken forward.
Thankfully, we succeeded despite the continuous barrage of negative
campaign tactics by my opponents. They tried to divide our community
by saying I was divisive and out of touch. But the voters, volunteers
and contributors from across the ward came out May 10th to recognize
our achievements by an overwhelming margin. I am proud that we stayed
positive and remained focused on the issues that matter most: the
budget, our taxes, good government without corruption, and providing
new amenities to benefit all. I am most proud of the diverse support
that I received throughout the entire Ward. Many of you know who you
are. I cannot thank you enough for the trust you have placed in me.
Do we still have a lot of work to do? Of course we do. And you can
be sure that I will get it done…done right and balanced, every step of
the way.
As usual, the campaign experience left an indelible mark. I learned so
much from the hundreds and hundreds of doors knocked on in the 5th
ward, and deeply appreciate all those who extended their endorsements,
from the Administration to the numerous leaders within our many
communities. I was cautiously confident that we could do it on
Tuesday as we took a very calculated approach, and we executed our
plan; but was also mentally prepared for a runoff. I am so pleased
that the election is over. Now, we can focus on passing the budget,
bringing taxes down, and delivering a higher level of service to our
communities.
I extend many thanks to all involved in the campaign, and recognize
that my family is the cornerstone to my success. Thank you, thank
you, thank you!
Sincerely,
Peter Cunningham
Councilman Fifth Ward
cunninghamforhoboken@gmail.com
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Dear ,
I cannot thank you enough for supporting my campaign for Hoboken City Council. While we did not prevail on Tuesday, we can take comfort in the fact that we ran an honest and positive campaign on the issues affecting our ward and city. I’m truly grateful to you and all the volunteers who handed out literature, made phone calls, knocked on doors, and motivated me to keep working hard day after day. Your dedication and activism has truly made Hoboken a better place. I’m also humbled by the fact that more than five hundred First Ward residents supported my candidacy on election day. I feel truly fortunate that so many residents placed their trust in me to be their city council representative. I couldn’t be happier for my friends, Jen Giattino and Peter Cunningham, who were victorious in their respective council elections and enabled the reform team, led by Mayor Dawn Zimmer, to regain control of the Hoboken City Council. With a team firmly in place committed to honesty, accountability, and progressive new ideas, I’m confident that Hoboken will be in good hands for the foreseeable future. Once again, I thank you for your support. Your friend and neighbor, |
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Dear Family, Friends, and Supporters,
This spring, I had the unique opportunity to stand for office as a candidate for Hoboken’s Fourth Ward Council Seat. I want to thank all of you who made it possible for me to spread my vision for a better 4th Ward. As a candidate, I was able to meet hundreds of incredible people who live in the 4th ward and make many new friends. I ran because I wanted to make our corner of town a destination for families, create new parkland, and improve the lives of all residents. My experience has strengthened my commitment to fight for these things and the benefit of ALL 4th Ward residents. I hope that our current Councilman will put politics aside, eschew the advances of developers, and will always represent the best interests of the 4th ward. If he does, I will be his most ardent ally in moving Hoboken and 4th Ward ahead.
As the Democratic Committeeman for the 4th Ward, along with my wife Miriam, the Democratic Committeewoman, and as a member of the Planning Board, I will continue to be involved with our local community. In these roles, I am committed to keeping you informed about how local politics and government services are affecting your day-to-day life and will be working hard to make our corner of town a little better. Very soon, I will be launching a website that will contain news and information about the 4th ward. Once again, my sincerest thanks to all of you who contributed to my campaign through your generous donations of time, money, and skills. Together we can continue to move Hoboken ahead. Your friend and neighbor, Rami Pinchevsky |
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Coming off the loss of control of the City Council, Councilwoman Beth Mason and Councilman Mike Russo have resurrected their witch hunt to obtain the mayor’s staff emails. This one however comes with a twist. They want the emails exchanged between the staff and the following publications/people. This is the order they list it:
=&0=&, Ray Smith of the Hudson Reporter, other reporters, Perry Klaussen of Mason411 (apparently he’s some sort of victim here), Sam Briggs, the former campaign manager for the Zimmer for Mayor campaign and Blueline Campaigns who worked on the recent City Council races.
All MSV will say at this point is two words:
Can’t Wait!
Assemblyman Ruben Ramos wrote a letter to the editor defending the breaking of State law in regards to actions taken by out of control prima donna theater director Paula Ohaus.
What part of the law do you not understand Assemblyman? The flagrant and repeated breaking of not just policy but actual State law puts the District into an untenable situation. The new Superintendent did not ask for this problem, it did not occur on his watch but you and others were nowhere to be found when this non-teaching “Theater Director,” was running amok breaking laws left and right because of her “special status.”
Our web hosting had a problem and for those that saw it flare up between yesterday and today apologies. The articles missing along with all the comments appear to have been restored.
Just a quick word to say thank you to all of Hoboken reading. MSV had its biggest week ever.
Heckeva week all around.
Photo: courtesy Reuters
Beth Mason has squeaked through staving off a showdown with Tom Greaney while defeating two other minor challengers. As MSV reported earlier, of the 10 provisional ballots, four were counted as valid votes and split between the two main vote getters for the 2nd ward seat.
Councilwoman Mason is expected to immediately renew her chase for mayor in 2013 hoping to overcome the two mayoral defeats she suffered in 2009.
| Beth Mason will retain her 2nd ward seat barely escaping a runoff. |
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2011 Council Race Breakdown
Here’s a breakdown charting each of the wards and how the individual districts within stack up. People will be concluding much on the information but what should need no analysis is people in subsidized housing show up to vote religiously – summer, spring, winter and fall. They have a strong interests in housing and municipal jobs and they are motivated in seeing aspects in each preserved and getting out to vote.Even in the 2nd ward, Applied Housing turned in well over 100 votes for Beth Mason and the building supers were reported going to people and urging them to vote.
The lesson here is how to create a deeper sense of civic duty from all residents not just those with direct economic interests in town and home ownership. The US struggles with voting ratios compared to many countries and there’s many reasons for it. Concluding too much from the same voting bases getting to the polls is not particularly useful, and in this one, it’s the people tied closest to the economic municipal benefit(s) who are most motivated to vote.
| Perry Klaussen of Hate411: always ready to flip Hoboken the bird |
Hoboken411 finally awoke from its post election coma with the Mayor Zimmer council majority in its wake.
The devastation of that reality along with uncertainty Beth Mason may be facing a 2nd ward runoff kept Perry Klaussen and his minion occupied chasing their tail in a frenzy for more than a day.
Having concocted every manner of lie on a regular basis and a torrent of filth leading into the election, the self-proclaimed kingmaker of Hoboken elections had to suffer through another humiliation with 5th ward Councilman Peter Cunningham trouncing three challengers with not so much as a runoff.
Here’s an uplifting message from Scott Delea after the election showing his belief in his political viability after his third try at winning a council seat. He certainly didn’t get love from the Russo insider, Deep Uvula who called him a gasbag. There was word out Delea had Russo support in addition to being a Mason backed candidate. Scott never did answer any questions related to support, political or financial and believed he could avoid it and find himself in a runoff anyway.