City of Hoboken announces:
=&0=& City of Hoboken, February 26, 2010 – The Hoboken Terminal taxi stand will be relocated and a loading zone for shuttle buses will be created at the terminal, effective on or about Monday, March 1st (weather permitting). The existing taxi stand will move to the south side of Hudson Place, east of River Street to accommodate construction of a sewerage pump station by the North Hudson Sewerage Authority. Construction of the pump station is scheduled to begin in March. Also, to streamline shuttle bus service at the terminal, the city is creating a designated shuttle bus loading zone on the north side of Hudson Place, east of River Street. Permitted shuttle buses will be able to stand in the shuttle zone for up to five minutes Monday through Friday from 7 to 10 am and 4 to nine pm. The area will be designated as a loading zone for local businesses from 10 am to 4 pm and will be available for parking at other times. Related: Hoboken Patch reported on the reaction of local taxi drivers earlier.
Ingenuity comes in many forms but this may be a first: a snowman all set to be picked apart if you are looking for a candy fix. There’s no way those lollipops are going to last a day before someone gets too tempted.
At least this snowman won’t take it so hard. Perhaps that was the idea.
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All rights reserved, courtesy of intrepid photographer, Jhnnynewman.
Topic: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy
Date: March 30, 2010
Guest Speaker: John Fund
We are privileged to have as our guest speaker, John Fund. John is a well known journalist for the Wall Street Journal and the best selling author of “Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy”.
Location:
Award winning Amanda’s Restaurant
908 Washington Street
Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
Time:
6:00 -7:00 check in, registration
7:00 pm dinner, speaker, book signing
Earlier today, MSV received an email from someone claiming to be Hoboken411:
This serves as notice to you that the unsubstantiated attack on me on your blog is entirely inaccurate. Every statement you have offered as fact in regards to me in today’s “Grist for the Mill” is false. I demand a retraction of these false statements that are clearly designed to defame me and damage the reputation of both myself and my business. Should you refuse to retract these lies my attorneys should have no problem proving you acted with malice.
Someone on the Hudson Reporter decided to generate some controversy, take a few political shots and generate some page hits and comments and well look outside you’re being snowed again.
Venture over to the City website on the realities of that and your vehicles on the street re: snow routes that need to be cleared on snow days like this on winter storm warnings. MSV is actually flattered to be noticed, again. Thanks guys. .
The Hoboken Journal posted a story with a graphic depicting this question and sadly it’s a fair one. We hate to agree with that HCDO political hack vegetable (and most often don’t). Da Horsey agrees in this and most instances the application of the term “hate” (along with racist) is almost always the empty vindictive argument of losers and certainly a losing media strategy just down the rung from the code of silence. And MSV has gotten plenty of the silent treatment from Maureen Sullivan, the BoE member who trumpeted her “resignation” from Kids First and complained her perspective was not heard before the jolly green giant let fly with a cartoon lampooning the new self-proclaimed goddess of reform.
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Judy Tripodi, the state fiscal monitor emailed a statement on the State Police Audit:
I did not have a draft copy of the report since the summer. I received a
copy the same day as it was received by the mayor. I played no role in the
writing, editing or release of the report.
I believed that I had the authority to approve the contracts, but have since
been told that I do not. I have always acted in the best interests of the
taxpayers of this City.
For the record, page 7 of the Police Audit states “While this report’s
recommendations may affect the staffing and City’s fiscal obligation to the
HPD, this report has no direct role in the contract negotiations.”
Talking Ed Note: The state fiscal monitor states she did not hold a draft copy of the State police audit on the Hoboken Police Department since last summer. In that regard we’d note MSV wishes to issue an apology and correction to our earlier Horse Sense editorial, “Audit Avalanche” stating she held a draft. We’ve asked when Ms. Tripodi may have seen a draft and should that become available, we’ll update accordingly.
Update: Ms. Tripodi noted she had seen an earlier draft but did not give it weight as it was not a final State approved document. MSV thanks the fiscal state monitor for her statement and this clarification.
Mayor Dawn Zimmer in a tweet yesterday noted she met with the State to discuss the police audit. This story is breaking. Stay tuned on this and another breaking story.
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The fallout from the State Hoboken Police audit is reverberating across town with Police Chief Falco and Police Union head Vince Lombardi each extending preliminary thoughts.
Police Chief Falco appearing at a meet and greet in the 6th ward Monday suggested he would speak to the mayor at the proper time but his initial reaction to the report’s release is to ask for more headcount.
Police Union President Vince Lombardi expressed little confidence in a negotiated settlement not a month since a leak to the Hudson Reporter of a pending agreement while the fiscal state monitor Judy Tripodi was on vacation. The story titled “Police payout coming to Hoboken” veered off the news path and predicted defeat to any resistance of the mayor’s City Council coalition, stating Judy Tripodi would have the final say in approving the agreement. The fiscal state monitor had all but indicated finalization of the police contract most recently in an email exchange with Hoboken Revolt just last week.
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– The City of Hoboken announced today that Lt. Angelo Andriani has been officially suspended without pay pending a full hearing. The decision was rendered by the Hearing Officer Thomas F. Portelli who said, “After consideration of the hearing notes and memoranda, I find that that suspension without pay pending a full hearing is not unwarranted…”
Councilman Mike Lenz in a phone interview earlier with MSV called the police audit’s release a “game changer” impacting the current police union negotiations thought by some observers to be near completion. “I think there’s more negotiations to do on the contract that’s fair to the workers (police) and to the city. There’s a role for the City Council and the mayor to play and there’s a lot more work to do,” the Councilman said in a veiled reference to the union negotiations Judy Tripodi has been looking to finalize with the police union.