News

Horsey’s Timely News Posts

News

Comment Policy

by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

Mile Square View is my blog. It is truly not a forum for debate, mudslinging or name calling—and of course directing such to the host is not excluded. My only goal is to give back to the town I love.  And to remain America’s most beloved pony.

This site is rated R.  You may confess the worst thoughts about yourself.  You can get if off your chest about how good your boyfriend has been to you and how you still cheat on him all the time.  Or that you are not nice to your parents or siblings.  But if the language is in poor taste, it risks being edited or deleted.  It probably won’t but why push it.
For future reference, Mile Square View reserves the right to:

  • Edit comments for content, including removing comment signatures (though I’ll try really hard not to edit your grammar, spelling or punctuation).
  • Delete offensive comments and attacks (deemed such by Da Horsey).
  • Block offensive commenters
  • Delete spam and suspected spam with extreme prejudice, including posting under multiple handles, re various names.
    • Read More...

    News

    Race for mayor: and then there were three?

    by SmartyJones2 Min Reading
    We’re not quite a field yet but Hoboken Now is reporting that Beth Mason is a go and will announce at the Brass Rail officially for the office of Hoboken mayor on Tuesday. In addition, we also discovered that Nathan Brinkman, a co-founder of Hoboken Republicans and fund raiser for Steve Lonegan’s bid for governor on the Republican ticket earlier this year is obtaining petition signatures for a possible run as well. (Chris Christie would eventually win that bid.) Brinkman had been spearheading a fundraising effort on behalf of Lonegan to bring in $340,000. Would that amount be formidable in a Hoboken race for mayor? You bet. =&0=&: Sean Connelly (in dark suit) former Jersey City counsel and advisor under Mayor Schundler leads the Brinkman petition collection efforts Sunday afternoon near the Italian festival. =&1=& We’ve received some additional information regarding the impending campaign of Nathan Brinkman. He’s in! Unconfirmed sources indicate an official statement will be forthcoming after this week’s filing deadline. In addition, this will not be a minor entry but a =&2=& effort led by the former consultant to former Jersey City mayor Brett Shundler. The former Jersey City mayor as many recall shocked Hudson County with an out of nowhere campaign and made Jersey City an example of good governance not unlike Rudolph Giuliani’s efforts in New York City. You heard it here first.
    News

    The more things change….

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading
    The more they stay the same. This version of the Mason 2.0 mayoral campaign has some familiar themes to voters. Perhaps it’s more than a little familiar. To those who recognize it, perhaps it’s because this new message is crafted from another similar candidate’s message this past spring. Can you guess which candidate? Here’s a hint: Paul Swibinski was in charge of that eventual winning bid. And it appears he’s now running the show here too.
    News

    Piri! Piri! First Open Photos!

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    While it’s probably not best to open a new restaurant while a longstanding festival is scoring all the local patrons, Piri Piri’s doors are now open.

    As you can see from their specials board yesterday, they are keeping to their tradition with a steak cooked in the Argentine tradition, a mother’s shrimp dish and for dessert, what else: flan.
    News

    Previously unseen video

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading


    Video not seen until recently of the second jet flying into the second tower. Almost every single human being who went to work that day above where the jet struck died that day. Like the people on the jet and those on impact inside, they never had a chance.

    Never ever forget.
    News

    As Real Today…

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    As it was that day: the loss, the suffering, the barbarity. Hoboken knows the loss and shares it with the nation: all those who have fallen, those that have sacrificed and continue to do so on behalf of our Republic, here and abroad.

    Today we’re reflecting and praying on it and recognize the needed support to:

    • the families and lives who were changed forever,
    • the families and lives of the fallen whose numbers continue to grow,
    • the families and lives of the injured, some permanent,
    • the children who said goodbye the last time to a parent and those that still will,
    • the continued resolve of our nation.

    We note that the victims of the attack grow and they need your support still; a vet who is trying to find a job or a child who has lost a parent in service and college lies ahead without the ability to pay. Read More...

    News

    Now That’s Italian!

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    Tonight the Hoboken Italian Festival kicked off at Sinatra Park and the weather change couldn’t come sooner to help build up a good appetite. It’s just warming up and will peak through the weekend but we scoured out early to beat the crowds.

    After talking to a couple of vendors about what they were eating we soon found our way to the Argentine Grill Corp. The steak with onions and garlic is out of this world but with a soda it certainly wasn’t cheap. It came to an even $11. Split it with a friend and you’ll both be happy. Read More...

    News

    All Systems Go!

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    Updated: 5:45.

    In what looks suspiciously like a green light to run again for Hoboken Office of Mayor, Councilwoman Beth Mason’s political consultant, Paul Swibinski, the former campaign manager to the Cammarano mayoral campaign is indicating it may be all systems go based on a report from Hoboken Now earlier today.

    The unofficial answer may come as soon as later today, based on the typical needed electioneering machinations but things may officially simmer until early next week based on Beth’s official statement posted by the Hoboken Journal. Read More...

    News

    Summer: go on, get some.

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading


    This is the official end to the season and great weather is in our favor. We wish everyone in the town we love a great holiday weekend. Go and and get some. Photo taken at Pier A Park last weekend with an iPhone 3GS.

    We have some surprises in store when you get back. Promise.

    For those junkies out there, here’s the satire of Jimmy Breslin’s interview with Mike Russo.

    News

    Meeting Post Mortem: Let the games begin!

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    Last night’s City Council meeting ran until almost 12:30 in the morning. A grueling affair and one that revealed the difficulties ahead in moving the town’s business forward. The attempts at obstruction and the disingenuous attacks on Acting Mayor Dawn Zimmer came to the fore for all to see. Kurt at the Hoboken Journal has posted up the links in two parts. If you want to see the old dark ways at their finest, watch the end of part two at the two hour and one minute mark where Mike Russo along with family member Terry Castellano attempts to force Dawn Zimmer out of the City Council by accepting nomination into being interim mayor only. And notice his smirking at the end when his ruse is upended. Transparency or transparent? Read More...