Oct2009HUMCfinancials
Here are the complete financials provided by the Hoboken University Medical Center for October 2009. The next meeting will be taking place this Wednesday at 7:00 in the rear at Assumption Hall on the main floor of the hospital. Unfortunately, this is the same time as the City Council meeting. We’ll figure it out.
Planning on getting the November financials up after this meeting next week and also some additional information after the Wednesday evening meeting.
Word on the street is the Tigger count is now moving along swimmingly into double digits. We hate to be a gossip monger, we have strict guidelines for the “Grist for the Mill” series but if the jolly green vegetable is going to run in that MTV NJ sandbox, we have to retaliate.
Da Horsey is getting fitted for a wedding band just above the hoof. Why should married guys have all the fun? It’s not right and it’s not fair. If you have any comments on said matter consider this open season. Maybe you have an idea on how Tiger can rebrand himself. We hear going with Cheetah might be the pick.
Have a good weekend folks. We have some hearty stuff on the menu coming.
Photo courtesy Joe Shine /for The Jersey Journal
The Hudson Reporter reported earlier today on a Hoboken resident, Brian Santarias 33, an attorney is charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with participating in an insider trading ring in an ongoing $20 million investigation. Mr. Santarias of the international law firm Ropes & Gray LLP is reported to have worked with various individuals using confidential information involving Wall Street traders, lawyers, and hedge fund managers.
Brian Santarias is a Hoboken resident listed at 84 Adams Street, Apartment 5C.
(The Wall St. Journal stated Mr. Santarias pled guilty today – as reported in the Reporter. The WSJ law blog says it is close but perhaps the plea is now official. He is said prepared to forfeit about $32K.)
The SEC also provided a great deal more information today. The criminal complaint can be found here.
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
This meeting held last month is an excellent primer on how to get involved and participate in any number of local boards and effectively make your opinions known to those in government. Attended this event and although it didn’t lead to a writeup at the time, the attendance of about 50 people was impressive in and of itself. We know that figure is accurate as we took a headcount. We are not counting the jolly green giant who arrived late and under the weather. Besides, he was more vegetable than human that night.
Hat tip: the Wile E. Coyote, Eric Kurta for providing the video link and synopsis below.
Update: 9:10 – ADP is now on record stating its intentions as reported in an email statement to NJBiz – “ADP is not acquiring or taking over First Priority Pay, but has a contract with First Priority Pay that permits us to solicit and then convert…”
This confirms our earlier report of rumors the actual company was not being purchased but the rights to take its clients.
The bizarre arrest of local businessman Jerry Carter, first reported by Amy Sara Clark at Hoboken Now is making for quite a bit of water cooler chatter. Jerry Carter, the owner of a payroll firm in Hoboken, First Priority Pay was arrested yesterday and faces charges of terrorizing and kidnapping a woman who also worked for the firm.
It’s quite a lot to sift through and even worse to stomach. The woman is apparently naive and suffers from a lung condition. This guy has already beens sprung on $100,000 bail and has a good lawyer working on the case denying all the charges (of course.)
Update:
The sign of a now semi-famous local diner we mentioned last month has now found a new home. Originally put up for auction on eBay for $50, it got a few bids and finally sold for $70. No word on if it’s being picked up and wrapped for delivery to a location on upper Bloomfield St. Not yet.
November 29:
Here’s a one of a kind gift idea and only a very select few would appreciate it at least from a certain perspective. This gift idea brought to you courtesy of the one of Da Horsey’s favorites readers: the Bank Robber. So let’s try to guess who in the “locked down” community will be the one to go out and spare a certain someone a chance at receiving their just deserve from Santa. This is one auction begging to be watched. You will watch and let us know won’t you? Someone should win the auction and give it to our friends at the FBI in Newark to hang on their wall. Those boys of summer have our eternal thanks.
Photo courtesy Jhnnynewman, all rights reserved. That means especially the smelly hobo411 uptown. Let’s see how fast he steals this story and backdates it so he can make another false claim of reporting it first. That’s the dirtbag’s specialty and we got that story from the real working journalists here. It hardly surprised us, as we’ve had readers tell us far worse. And those were people who had once called themselves his friends!
Tonight at 5:30, the City will have their lighting ceremony along with a full program. Our friends at Hoboken Now have posted all the details on the program.
If you find yourself in town about that time, it’s probably a good bet. Hoboken can’t beat Rocka-fella Center but then again, no one can beat our charm.
Enjoy!
Photo courtesy Pamely Suchy / Hoboken Now
So we’re officially into both the holiday and the budget season and usually the two never mix. We’re going to make an exception this time. We need to know what your budget questions are and why? Davidd already posted a query about the coupons. Yes, you take your summons down to City Hall and you ask to exchange it for another coupon to get 15% off at a local restaurant and while there ask them to validate your parking.
Or you can just pay the ticket. That’s definitely not a coupon. In the budget for the parking utility there’s no item for tickets though, just coupons. Make of it what you will.
Okay, on to more serious matters. We have a large problem with the lack of maintenance and attention to the field at Sinatra Park. Where in the budget is either funds set aside or mention of its repair. Based on a conversation with a city official with financial insight, we’re going with a figure closer to the $10 million mark. This is strictly a guesstimate though based on the idea wherever it may be, it will be higher when completed. With an introductory budget of under $100 million, this is certainly a large potentially budget busting item.
Will Hoboken be eligible for grants to cover at least part of this? If so, shouldn’t there be a reserve for such things that come up?
Okay, hit us with more on this, either in the comments section or via smartyjones@me.com. We’ll explain why later.