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14th Street Viaduct Rehab

by SmartyJones2 Min Reading

City of Hoboken announces:

=&0=& =&1=& =&2=& Mayor Dawn Zimmer and the City of Hoboken are pleased to announce a community meeting on Tuesday, January 12th from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Elks Club located at 1005 Washington St. to discuss the County of Hudson’s project for the 14th Street Viaduct. Community Development Director Brandy Forbes and Transportation & Parking Utility Director Ian Sacs will join Mayor Zimmer for the meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the 14th Street Viaduct Project. Along with members of the general public, a majority of the City Council may be present and take part in the discussion concerning the Project, but no formal action will be taken. The public is invited to attend to learn more about the project and express any concerns they may have regarding its impact on the quality of life in Hoboken. A notice of this meeting has been presented to all of the City’s official newspapers at  least 48 hours prior to the time of the meeting, in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et  seq.  Also, this notice has been placed on the bulletin board outside Council Chambers, along with appearing on the City’s website, www.hobokennj.org.

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Everybody must get stoned

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

Here’s a video from NJ.com on the medical marijuana law’s passage in New Jersey.  Having passed in the State Senate and Assembly it goes to Gov. Corzine who will sign it before he leaves office January 19th.  It’s not as free wheeling as the California law apparently based on comparisons of the legislation but it will be available in six months. What’s interesting is there is absolutely no discussion about the prescription available of marinol, a pill derived from the effective ingredient in marijuana: THC. As you watch the video, you’ll note the pill form and its availability never comes up at all. From personal experience as a caregiver, MSV knows this pill has been available by prescription for well over a decade now in New York State. Read More...

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Horse Sense: St. Patrick’s Coming Titanic Disaster

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

Nothing speaks louder than the green and St. Paddy’s Day green is the greatest intoxicant in Hoboken since the exodus of quarters via the John Corea Choo Choo.  Although the crowds have grown ever larger, the town’s ability to handle the increasing problems is diminishing.  Witness the report of 80 injuries and other outrageous behavior last year, you would think an overhaul is sorely overdue.  But over the last several years, the initial outrage is met with receptivity and then no serious action is taken on moving the parade from Saturday or anything significant and the cycle starts all over again. Read More...

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2010 Budget Interview with Judy Tripodi (pt. 3)

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

Here’s the first segment posted in our series of the comprehensive interview with Judy Tripodi, the fiscal state monitor last Thursday.  In this audio=&0=& portion (part III), Judy highlights ramping up the maintenance side in equipment and what is prudent in a five to seven year plan.  She also discusses how Hoboken can better tackle the proper accounting management approach in equipment for big ticket items for Police, Fire, and infrastructure. In addition, there’s a comparison of the cash flow improvements with one million in TANs (short term financial bonds) going away, retirements, and other areas that will not be present in the 2011 fiscal year budget beginning July 1.

Judy also discusses the efforts to bring up the financial records to a much higher level of execution and functionality, internal accounting, and the new accounting software tools/software implemented.  The package updated in the City is Edmunds, a firm providing integrated financial accounting and municipal software for local governments since 1984.  Locally, there’s a mention of its implementation in Hackensack here.

* All segments are in audio, unedited, complete and unrehearsed.


More to come… Read More...

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POG POG POG – Stand up, stand up, stand up for your rights!

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

=&0=& =&1=& This notification alert to our Hoboken citizenry came by way from our friends at People for Open Government late last night.  In short, this is not much different than an attempt to take away your right to vote.  The outright scam seeks to take away your right to petition government.  What we have here is an outright attack on your fundamental Freedom of Speech rights.

For more on the the five freedoms our Founding Fathers guaranteed in the 1st Amendment, take a quick look here and then please act on your rights to petition government directly by citizen referendum.  Ask yourself if someone permitting you that right once in a decade versus every couple of years is an attack on your freedom?  And act accordingly! Read More...

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Mayor’s Office: Public Safety Audit – It’s a go!

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

Here’s the Office of the Mayor’s response to the year end request from Hoboken Revolt and our story “The Revolt will not be Televised” re: audits.  


Dear Hoboken Revolt Steering Committee,


 I write in response to your letter requesting information regarding the status of making the Public Safety Audit and operational audits available to the public.

I agree with you and the many Hoboken residents that believe an open and accountable City government is in the best interest of all parties. Read More...

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The Comedic Stylings of Dave Roberts

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

If the brochure in the earlier posted piece didn’t give you a laugh, then surely this exceptional greatest hits compilation by the Wile E. Coyote, Eric Kurta will give you a few Friday chuckles.  We hope no one got hurt in that car crash.  Oops, looks like we all just did.  Again.

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The Ghosts of Christmas Mayor’s Past

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading


It sadly almost merits now a whole series itself, what might be called “Ghosts of Christmas Mayor’s Past” but to be fair you have to be around long enough to do the type of damage particular to Hoboken’s governance or more appropriately poor governance in past years.  Take a look at page seven, it’s a real hoot.  Da Horsey laughed so hard until the bill arrived.  Apparently, the bill is now due and Hoboken will have to figure out how best to account for it. Read More...

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Surplus expected for both 2010 and 2011!

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

In an exclusive City Hall onsite interview with the Fiscal State Monitor Judy Tripodi earlier today, MSV learned the Hoboken ship is being turned around with a surplus forecast for both 2010 and 2011.  In both a comprehensive and forthcoming discussion, the fiscal state monitor details a wide variety of issues from the efforts to upgrade the state of the financial records at City Hall, to putting Hoboken on the right track, corruption, arbitration misconceptions, knowledge transfers efforts for her inevitable departure and a projected surplus for the town in 2010 and  a larger one for 2011!  Although Ms. Tripodi called last year very difficult and this year challenging, she forecast a bright future for Hoboken with the rudder clearly back on the right track. Read More...