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The Hoboken Journal sucumbs to advertising

Sadly, we note our big brother, Reformerus Gianticus at The Hoboken Journal has taken on advertising.  After we had just declined campaign advertising ourselves, our colleague is now running a banner campaign ad for the cob.  Yes, the cob.  That buttery, tasty yellow vegetable that has overtaken Hoboken like the plague.

No doubt we will receive a complaint how this ad is unpaid, but we know better.  Reformerus Gianticus is overcome by the sinister seduction of the green enveloped stalk: heavily salted with real butter, and not the low fat version either.  How many bushels it took to sway him, we do not yet know. Read More...

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To all my friends….

A Happy Columbus Day!

A late goal Saturday in Dublin with time expiring gave the Italian team a 2-2 draw with Ireland in World Cup qualifying.  The tie propelled Italy to the top of their group and qualifies the defending world champs for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa next summer.

It’s exquisite timing for today’s celebration. That’s Italian baby!  Forza Italia! Pictured: Captain Fabio Cannavaro holds the World Cup trophy at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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Horse Sense: Stepping back from the election heat

This is going to come as a shock to many local political junkies.  Hoboken’s politicos often entertain themselves by acting as an island unto themselves.  Although not a country, nor a state or even a large city in the United States, much of Hoboken’s residents are overwhelmed feeling a disconnect with daily work intensity and other life issues.  Hoboken close to so many worlds: fashion, finance, software, publishing, art, etc. is an extension of New York City, and while retaining small town charm is a living organism tied by blood to its past and in the economy of this area, its future. Read More...

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Spare a bike and a little pigskin

Each and every Sunday, that media conglomerate known as the NFL takes a certain control in folks across the nation. Back in college, it became clear the NFL was going to be a real problem with the school workload. Down went the little TV into the basement. There was no way to fit the two in at the same time. Hey the semester did end in time for the playoffs and more NY Jets heartbreak.

Now here we are into the season and the NFL insists you must devote a large part of your Sunday to a bunch of 300 plus pound guys you’d never even talk to on the street if you saw most any of them. Shoot most fans couldn’t even name their offensive and defensive lines. Read More...

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Pupie’s back and he’s better than ever…

Hey now Pupie’s back.  If you remember the old song, “My boyfriend’s back,” it certainly has a good ring to it with Frank “Pupie’ Raia’s out of nowhere website hitting the links. We just added it to our list.

Having had no time to digest, we thought it best to get it up so folks who check in can get their Pupie on.  As we’ve mentioned, his commercials are about to rock the Cablevision airwaves this week too. Since Frank is now not “websiteless,” we had to eject the little poll too. Read More...

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Da Horsey Doth Confess

The loving hand of the Federal Trade Commission is looking into the deadly and dangerous world of bloggers to uncover their endorsements of any and all goods and services.  This dastardly practice (known to be practiced 24-7 at an uptown site specializing in disinformation) opens the door to potential fines of $11,000.  An article on Slate details this latest revenue enhancer for the Feds.

In the interest of full disclosure, it’s best to get this out in the open and avoid these costly fines.  So let’s lay it out on the table and be done with it. Read More...

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Win or lose, I love my website

With the race entering into a full out blistering sprint, candidates have to use every available tool to get their message out to the voters.  For some, the best means may be promoting their website.  For others, it’s a pavement only operation.

As we are coming around the backstretch, we thought we’d ask folks which candidate has the best website?  We’re not setting out any terms, it’s strictly personal.  It’s good to evaluate a site on its overall approach to presenting the candidate though versus your preference for the candidate’s positions. Read More...

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That NJ Transit Thingy

There’s a lot of heavy breathing or perhaps hyperbole being expended on the latest musings on the NJ Transit project proposed in Hoboken’s backyard.  The sole sponsor in the NJ Senate, Paul Sarlo suggests in a press release (still unavailable on his website) he will amend the initial proposed plan for a monolithic 70 story beast and move forward.  We assume it’s to make it more enticing and palatable.

While awaiting confirmation as we have no reply yet from his office at post time, we decided why not take a bit of air out of this balloon and revisit where we were on this just last month.  What we’d like to know is should we believe Councilwoman Mason in the September 2nd City Council meeting or should we believe the press release yesterday crafted by Paul Swibinski and the communications team just yesterday?  The two are drastically incompatible. Watch the video of remarks from the September 2nd City Council meeting on the NJ Transit resolution by both Councilwoman Mason and the Acting Mayor.  It’s a minute into the proceedings.  Look out, because here comes the big surprise.

We of course again invite the Mason campaign to comment.

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Salute to the Readers

Not to belabor it but the surprise of how this little project took off continues to amaze us. We’d just like to say thank you to all the readers. The response has been nothing short of amazing.

Today we hit a new milestone with a thousand hits.
In a day.

Love and kisses from Da Horsey.

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You have the right to remain silent…..

Details of the three Hoboken employees arrested yesterday in a drug related sting by the Hudson County prosecutor’s office are:  Hoboken Fire Department Battalion Chief Henry Setkiewicz (Jersey City) top left, Hoboken police officer Ralph Gallo (10 Church Towers) pictured below, and Hoboken Parking Utility worker Monica Thorpe 
(1 Marine View), not pictured.


Hoboken has announced the suspension of all three, and at least two without pay.  (We’ll clarify shortly.)

The arrests were part of a much larger investigation, apparently its focus centered on a $35,000 a week narcotic (cocaine) distribution ring operating from the Calle Luna Restuarant in Jersey City.  The year and a half sting now totals 17 arrests, snaring Hoboken residents:  Felix Santiago III, 1 Marine View Plaza (below top) and Joseph Casiano, Jr., 70 Washington Street, Apartment 2N (below bottom).  Both are facing serious conspiracy to distribute charges. Read More...