The election feud over paper ballots is hot and heavy way with over 1,500 Vote by Mail ballots requested and just over 1,000 returned as of Saturday according to county election and campaign sources.  Up to 300 are under investigation, the result of challenges between Old Guard slates as the Ramos campaign and Raia-Mason slate continue their blood feud.

A never before seen oddity according to one Ramos backer of what they described as “Beth Mason” shuttle buses from a Raia office on Jefferson Street was taking voters from the Hoboken Housing Authority to the Board of Elections location in Jersey City last week.  Voting in person with the expiration of Vote by Mail applications already passed pushed that as the only option to ensure the voter is not casting a secret ballot at the polls behind the curtain.  One county observer called that action a first among the exponential issues in Hoboken elections adding to the alarm of out of the norm voting activities in the Mile Square. Read More...

In a clear and obvious divorce from reality, Beth Mason had a full page ad  on the back page of her newspaper this weekend.  It is hers isn’t it?

The usual pile of misinformation and fabrications were of course included, hey it’s a Beth Mason advertisement after all and she wanted you to know she’s behind the Mason One Hoboken Team just like in the spring of 2009.

Well Da Horsey wants to make sure you know too.

It’s unclear what paid political consultant told Beth Mason she’s an advantage to a campaign in Hoboken – any campaign.  In the last Old Guard funded poll, all of their top names were trotted out to see who among them was least offensive to the Hoboken electorate.  Beth Mason’s favorable-unfavorable numbers were completely upside down. Read More...

The Vision for Hoboken team announces:

Election Eve Rally  Join Us Tonight For An Election Eve Rally Friends, This is the final evening before Election Day. First, I want to thank you for all of your hard work to this point. Second, I want to invite you to a rally to celebrate our candidates at headquarters tomorrow. We will toast to all of our hard work and get ready for election day. Refreshments will be served. I hope you will join us! -John Castellano Field Director When: Monday, November 4th, 6 pm – 9 pm Where: Vision for Hoboken headquarters               801 Washington Street, Hoboken Contact: John Castellano, campaign field director                  John.James.Castellano@gmail.com Share Tweet Forward to Friend News Frank “Pupie” Raia: ‘Vote for Me – I really mean it’ 11/04/201301/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading As we’ve reported earlier, the Mason One Hoboken Team has disintegrated into a reflex of self-interest with both the “top” of the ticket and the top underwriter of the ticket out and about mouthing the most important words in the world: “just vote for me.” Frank “Pupie” Raia has taken the advice he’s been giving around town to voters for weeks to a new level with this full page ad in the Hudson Reporter.  It’s ostensibly “paid for” by a Union City North Hudson Sewerage Authority commissioner Libero Marotta. Read More... News Out in the open: ‘The Brian Stack – Carmelo Garcia – Ruben Ramos Team’ 11/03/201301/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading =&0=& =&1=& This handout features the chant of Carmelo Garcia’s spokespeople, the Carmelitos who he denied previously. This Garcia-Ramos campaign promotion is paid for by Garcia. News JIm Doyle: How to find your voting location and sample ballot 11/03/201301/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading Jim Doyle announces: Blog      Volunteer      Contribute Dear Horsey & MSV readers — We know how busy life gets. The Zimmer Team is sending you a small reminder to make sure you add election day to your calendar.  Election is just 3 days away–that’s Tuesday, November 5th. What’s your plan to cast your vote for the Zimmer Team? Have you decided when you’re going to the polls? Polls will be open from 6:00am to 8:00pm. Do you know where your polling location is? If not, you can find it by going to www.hobokennj.org/pollsearch or checking your sample ballot. Are you familiar with the ballot layout? There’s a lot on the ballot this year. Make sure you know how to cast your vote for the Zimmer Team. Check our How to Vote page to see how to vote for the entire Zimmer Team. Please share this page with your friends on Facebook! We’ve come so far and in order to lead Hoboken Forward we need to make sure that we get the city out to vote. Thank you, James Doyle http://www.dawnzimmer.com/ Created with NationBuilder News Anti-rent control flyer in the HHA 11/03/201301/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading =&0=& =&1=& Here’s an actual flyer being distributed in the Hoboken Housing Authority against rent control: The flyer’s origin is clearly a continuation of developer Frank “Pupie” Raia’s “Let the People Decide” PAC which was generously funded last year by MSTA (Mile Square Taxpayers Association.) The open question is if the Ramos campaign and Carmelo Garcia are allowing or backing the effort? Supporting the pro-developer position is consistent with their support of Vision 20/20. Read More... News Jessica Coco crime saga: another attempted break-in 11/03/201301/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading =&0=& =&1=& =&1=& =&1=& =&4=& A group of men distributing flyers advocating “vote yes” to “protect” rent control was the cover for another break-in attempt into Jessica Coco’s apartment late Saturday night.  (Voting yes on the ballot question Tuesday removes rent control from homes of four units or less and would institute de facto vacancy control on others.) A friend was in the apartment and was present when the lower lock was opened with a key followed by an attempt to pop the door off the upper deadbolt lock.  The friend began yelling at the unknown men in the hallway they better not enter or there would be violence. Read More... News Beth Mason doubles down on dirty defamation of Councilman Ravi Bhalla 11/03/201301/22/2021 by SmartyJones1 Min Reading =&0=& After Councilman Ravi Bhalla issued a cease and desist to his council colleague, the litigious Beth Mason, any idea he would see an apology or an end to the attacks on him end before Election Day failed to materialize as a paid attack ad is repeating the same video locally on YouTube. Bhalla had followed with a statement saying he had retained legal representation to pursue a defamation suit against Mason after the election and urged voters to counter Mason’s attacks by voting for the Zimmer Team on November 5th. Read More... News ‘Join me in supporting Mayor Zimmer and the Zimmer Team’ 11/02/201301/22/2021 by SmartyJones2 Min Reading The Zimmer Team announces: Blog      Volunteer      Contribute Dear Horsey & MSV readers — Recently, at a meet and greet for Mayor Zimmer and her Council Team, a long-time supporter of the Mayor asked how I got involved with her campaign. The exact question was more like, “How did you discover Dawn and the Zimmer Team?” Discovering Mayor Zimmer and her great work wasn’t difficult.  Immediately, her response to Superstorm Sandy comes to mind and to be fair that’s when the Mayor secured my vote. But beyond my vote, what really pushed me to get involved is pretty simple—I love Hoboken! Two years ago, I moved to Hoboken from Philadelphia in order to pursue a career in marketing.  After landing a great job, I started searching for a community which I could make my home.  I knew what I was looking for.  I wanted a young, vibrant, urban community in which I could pursue my interests: running, a shop-local culture, exciting night life that goes beyond just bars, and a place where I could be safe as young female professional. Now, two years later, I know I found my home not only for my post-college days, but a home for my future.  As I invest more and more in this amazing community, I am confident that this is the place where I can raise a family, open a business, and make a life.   I believe that Mayor Zimmer and her Team will provide the leadership that will make all of these goals a reality. Please join me by volunteering a few hours on election day to help re-elect Mayor Zimmer and the entire Zimmer Team. I am inspired by the commitment that the whole team — who I now know as just Dave, Ravi and Jim— share on addressing critical issues, like quality of life, family housing, parks, the hospital, and most important of all their clear plan to protect Hoboken from the next storm. I am proud to lend this time to making sure Hoboken remains my home.  I am leading a team of volunteers on Election Day, and I want you to join me.  We all love Hoboken—so let’s make sure we return the leaders who will move us forward. See you out there! Madelyn Sminkey