hobokenhorse.com

People joined at City Hall to honor the dozens of terrorist victims in Orlando last weekend with Mayor Zimmer and the Hoboken City Council outside City Hall.

Related: During the early am hours of the Orlando terrorist attack, Omar Mateen made more than a dozen phone calls and posted to his Facebook account. New reports obtaining those comments the terrorist offered are just published.

Among them, Mateen wrote during the lull of hours in the attack, “You kill innocent women and children by doing us airstrikes..now taste the Islamic state vengeance.”

In his final written pronouncement, the Orlando terrorist predicted, “In the next few days you will see attacks from the Islamic state in the usa.” Read More...

City of Hoboken announces:

Mayor Dawn Zimmer announced today that her Administration has hired Brian J. Aloia to serve as Corporation Counsel for the City of Hoboken. Mr. Aloia is the principal of Aloia Law Firm and served as Township Attorney and Director of the Law Department at Bloomfield Township from 2007 through 2016. He previously also served as attorney at the Essex County Department of Public Safety and as a partner with Weiner Lesniak.

“With the addition of Brian as our new Corporation Counsel along with Alysia Proko as First Assistant, I think we have a terrific legal team to represent the interests of Hoboken,” said Mayor Zimmer. Read More...

While details aren’t going to be delved into for the moment, there was more legal activity surrounding the SLAPP-suit than the related extracuricular criminal charges dismissed last week.

The Thursday criminal charges tossed out of court were followed with a major hearing in Hudson Superior Court Friday afternoon.

Subpoenas were front and center but not of the trial testimony variety. The substantial ruling orders the onion peeled and the clock for its unpeeling started. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in an unpaid judgment is the impetus to that effort. Read More...

City of Hoboken announces:

All members of the public are invited to attend a vigil in memory of the victims of the Orlando shooting which will take place on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 7:15pm on the steps of Hoboken City Hall. Mayor Dawn Zimmer and City Council members will join the vigil which will include Father Gregory Morgan of All Saints Episcopal Parish, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg of United Synagogue of Hoboken, members of the LGBT community, and other community leaders.

The regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be called to order at 7:00pm, as previously scheduled, but will be immediately adjourned prior to commencement of any business, until 7:45pm, so Council Members can participate in the vigil. All agenda items will be considered at the close of the adjournment at 7:45pm. Read More...

Councilman Dave Mello generates a rousing laugh at the Pilsener Haus last week

Mayor Steve Fulop wasn’t the only Jersey City elected official in attendance as Assemblyman Raj Mukerji (r) joined in this quick pic with Councilman Ravi Bhalla (l).

Hoboken communications manager Juan Melli (r) was spotted in this rare public zebra sighting.

Mayor Dawn Zimmer speaks to one reveler and stayed for the duration.

First Amendment legal defender Kerry Flowers who slapped down the vicious SLAPP-suit chats with blog aficionados Grafix Avenger and Das Giant, Kurt Gardiner.

The deadliest terrorist attack on US soil since 9-11 apparently follows a clarion call by ISIS to begin Ramadan by seeing supporters hit America on its home soil.

MSV had come across this “kill list” with thousands of Americans last week and noted it had been largely kept under wraps from the American public. On the list of thousands, 600 were in Florida.

Most targeted are apparently average Americans who would not be among those gilded with abundant armed security and towering fences with security cameras pointed in every direction. Read More...

What more could we ask for?  Perhaps some laughs?

Downfall of a wannabe shark from Da Horsey on Vimeo. Original cartoon creation – July 2010.

All rights reserved

Disclaimer: All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Scratch’n sniff at your own risk. Rated D for douche bags. For display purposes only. No user-serviceable parts inside. Not a Mazin SLAPP-suit or 501(z)(3) IRS ripoff. No expressed warranty, plea bargaining or work release allowed. This is US Grade A protected satire. If you don’t like it, you can kiss my horsey ass. Start likin’ it. Read More...

From the desk of Councilman Peter Cunningham:

Dear neighbors, friends and family, Thank you for your indulgence on a very important parking issue that’s likely to have an impact on our historic neighborhoods, particularly in the 5th Ward.  Recently, a number of zoning board and city council decisions have affected our neighborhood:  the Zoning Board appeal of the historic church at 901 Bloomfield, the installation of a 24 hour market at 10th and Bloomfield, and historic brownstone and red brick homes threatened as a result of zoning law changes that I did support.   We now face another change in our neighborhoods:  the installation of public parking meters at every intersection in our neighborhoods.  There are different opinions on whether or not we should be charging non residents for parking on our streets.  I do support the economic benefits of finding new sources to fund our infrastructure needs that will be paid for by non-residents. However, the aesthetics of the meters do not fit with the historic charm of our neighborhoods and, for this reason, I do not support them.  I would support more creative thinking using new technology (“pay by plate” which is being instituted), and collaboration with our local businesses. Using your smart phone with pay by plate, there’s no need for a parking meter.  Working with our local businesses can help support those that do not have smart phone technology.  These concepts are not entirely unique as they have been done in other communities.  However, it appears I may be a minority on this issue. I would like to hear your thoughts on this matter.  At this point, I do have a commitment from the Mayor that there will be some flexibility on where meters will be placed at each intersection.  For instance, meters would be placed where there’s a retail establishment, but not all corners have retail.  I have attached a map of meter locations and what the meters look like.  I have also included the release from city hall in support of this program with a nixle link below.   Thanks, as always, for your interest and feedback.

Sample parking meter

It was a wall to wall Reform scrum last night at the Pilsener Haus as the mayor’s spring fundraiser brought out the crowds and surprise guest Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop leading the long list of political dignitaries.

More to come.