Author: SmartyJones

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Campos crackdown, the Feds and the secret they don’t want you to know about the Ravi-Russo Alliance

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

Last week, the imprisoned former fourth ward councilman Chris Campos received more bad news. The state agency overseeing campaigns, NJ ELEC, hit him with campaign fines for $22,000.

When they chose to do it is what’s striking. Campos is in federal prison in Pennsylvania for his role in a $7 million illicit car loan scheme. The campaign violations stem back more than a decade to 2007.

Guess who remains in violation to this day and is a BFF of Campos? That would be one Carmelo Garcia. Last seen, Garcia, he of the ethnic cleansing lawsuits and deceased attorney never filed any campaign report on his 2015 sixth ward council race. Zero, zip, nada, nunca. How does Mister Carmelo continue to not only get away with it but profit? Read More...

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Ravi Russo Alliance upended as council appoints Peter Cunningham to hospital board

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading
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Apparently, low information voters and low information councilmembers are fine with the ultimate act of cynicism in putting Councilman Michael Russo on the hospital board.

Yes, the same hospital he with other members of MORTe tried to kill in 2011.

Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher led a come from behind effort from the good government trio with City Council President Jen Giattino to see Councilman Peter Cunningham appointed over Russo.

Back with more but first, time to go back into the Horsey Wayback Machine. There was no better coverage on the savage battle to take down Hoboken, the hospital and then blame former mayor Dawn Zimmer. Read More...

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Lincoln Dinner in Hoboken – February 26th

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

Official release:

=&0=& =&1=& The Hoboken Municipal Committee Executive Board and the Hudson County Young Republicans announced today their launch of a joint Lincoln Dinner on February 26that 7pm in Lola’s Tapas Bar, 153 14th St, Hoboken. The dinner at Lola’s Tapas features a long list of fine food as well as wine, beer, and sangria. Tickets, which are the low cost of $60, can be purchased here.

Chris Carbine, Chairman of the Hoboken Municipal Republican Committee, said “the Republican Party is the party that freed the slaves, supported civil rights legislation, and has always stood for individual freedoms, that’s why we will be gathering to honor one of America’s greatest Presidents.” Read More...

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Sign of the Times: The Battle of Marine View

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading
Councilman Mike DeFusco scheduled a fundraiser earlier this year. Then, Mayor Ravi Bhalla scheduled a State of the City event on the same night. So Councilman Mike DeFusco moved the fundraiser to a different evening, tonight. Then Ravi Bhalla’s Face Punchers hastily countered scheduling this event: =&0=&
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Ravi Bhalla’s face punchers return to bash Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher in the face

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The following report is an accumulation of investigative efforts, analysis, and opinion now into the tenth year on Hobokenhorse.com covering Hoboken government, politics, and corruption. The opinions as stated here are the sole responsibility and copyright of MSV. © 2019 All rights reserved.

The newest exposure of Mayor Ravi Bhalla’s office in last week’s Hudson Reporter story on payroll hijinks and the political attacks on the City Council opens the door to further examination on the abuse of taxpayer monies there. Read More...

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Exposing Ravi Bhalla’s overpaid face punchers

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

Tomorrow, other stories will have to wait as an MSV exclusive exposes a transparent and weak political operation regurgitated with the resurrection of a failed tool by John Allen and Ravi Bhalla’s overpaid face punchers. Yes, again.

A mere day after the Hudson Reporter got its toe wet on the political operations being run out of the mayor’s office where a trio of these malcontents is paid OVER $300,000 annually, a letter shows up.

That letter is signed by the first of two John Allen “friends” who smartly disappeared after his relationship with Bhalla’s Chief face puncher was exposed here on MSV and later spotted in the corner of an uptown steakhouse last summer having dinner with Ravi Bhalla and… you guessed it, John Allen. Read More...

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Hudson Reporter drills into payroll discrepancies and political operations directed against City Council

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

Better late than never. The Hudson Reporter did a twofer on the recent payroll discrepancies out of Mayor Ravi Bhalla’s office and highlighted the political attacks against council members.

Those attacks as it turned out, came from first-ever appearances before the council last year by acknowledged friends of Bhalla’s Chief of Staff John Allen.

The reactions and the political operations run out of the mayor’s office are more than a little troubling.

Easy kid, you got off light. You didn’t know
what you were getting into but John Allen certainly
did and used another friend like cannon fodder.

Both of John Allen’s political operations were investigated and almost instantly uncovered here. These are the same friends allegedly signing off on legal briefs submitted in ethics complaints originating out of the mayor’s office. Ravi Bhalla knows well how burdensome that can be as he had one tossed at him courtesy of former Councilwoman Beth Mason in 2010.  (Oh but that unquenchable love of face punching.) Read More...

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Ravi Bhalla identified in new PAC campaign violations

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The money machine in the Hoboken’s mayor’s office is spinning and spinning. That’s the impression the public will get from Mayor Ravi Bhalla’s latest campaign filing earlier this month for the end of 2018.

Political Action Committees and PAC monies exceeding Hoboken’s 2011 limits highlight Bhalla’s latest in a string of questionable money related issues. Among them, several of these special interest groups contributed to Ravi Bhalla beyond legal limits last month.

The Hoboken ordinance states PACs and political committees are limited to a maximum contribution of $500 to individual campaigns. Any excessive amount under the ordinance is non-curable.

According to the Ravi Bhalla ELEC report, there are three separate PAC violations. Read More...

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Suez Water contract update in the works

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

The dreadful Suez Water contract is finally seeing some progress from the decades-long terrible contract terms. Perhaps its end is in sight with a decent contract. We’ll have to await the full details.

Related: The Jersey Journal covered last night’s speechifying event. Someone working hard on infrastructure re: Suez was ignored. That’s what your hard work gets you when others play politics.

Update: Coming up, EXCLUSIVE news on the latest daring Bhalla money deeds. Yes, there’s more. We’ll also highlight some of the usual scurrilous and insistent lyings by Nancy Pincus. She falsely claims (in another lie) there was no interview by MSV and Peter Biancamano. It’s only the latest among her continuous fabrications, her staple. Read More...

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State of the City: Corrupt

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

You can all go home now.

There’s a full court press to get people out tonight to see Mayor Ravi Bhalla make a State of the City address. People promised millions on stalled development deals will be there. People who feel the need to bow and kiss the ring in the hopes that one of these development deals cooked up behind closed doors will see their respective group rewarded with seven-figure checks at some point in the future.

There will be others who feel obligated or need to believe other than what the facts show in plain sight one year into the Bhalla Administration. Read More...