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Mayor Dawn Zimmer presented an initial plan for Hoboken last night at the City Council meeting aiming to prepare the City for future Superstorm Sandy type events.  In the fall, events will be scheduled to discuss with the public.

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HHA Executive Director Carmelo Garcia arrived at the council meeting showing he was ready to take on the enemy, the reform oriented council members who have not signed on to the dotted line of his Vision 20/20 plan.

The only problem?  There’s no plan to sign on the dotted line.

Garcia began with a question on the remarks of the Council President Peter Cunningham as he felt a need to rebut but did not know what was said.  It went downhill from there.

Attacks of every kind and protests he was not being given time to do his dog and pony show in the City Council for his 100 plus page brochure. Read More...

Tonight is the sole August meeting of the City Council meaning someone has to yell and scream and make lots of noise to get attention.

With another political action slated in resolution #7, a third attempt to seat Carmelo Garcia and Vision 20/20 friendly submission Barbara Reyes, you can be sure of one thing: lots of venomous attacks.  But will we hear cries of racism? That card has flipped with an HHA resident pointing the finger at Carmelo Garcia and the Old Guard. The agenda tonight is long and there’s almost three dozen resolutions.  Depending on Councilman Michael Russo’s instructions from Ma and his orneriness that he can’t run for mayor, (it’s his corruption on FBI tape not Dad’s blocking him) the meeting could go well past midnight or come up short when Russo needs to come up for air.  Maybe Timmy Occhipinti can take up some slack.  He’s known for talking realllllll slow and repeating himself three times as if he’s delivering the gospel. Except in his case no one is taking notes and can’t wait until it’s over. Hey, add 20 minutes to new business so Timmy can tell everyone he cleared another leaf off a sewer grate.

Leading into the meeting, HHA ED Carmelo Garcia has illegally moved the HHA meeting to the end of the month.  On Hoboken Patch, he thinks it’s “a joke” to be challenged for that and his apparent agenda to marshall what he can past a board where some members will likely be out of town – reform oriented HHA members.

Once again it’s former Chairman and holdover commissioner Jake Stuiver calling Garcia to task.
Somehow Da Horsey just can’t imagine Hope employee Barbara Reyes taking on her landlord and doing likewise.

According to the City of Hoboken Facebook page, 1600 Park is now open and the new light is also in operation.

New soccer goal is up and available for action at 1600 Park. Let’s play two!

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Here’s Laura Miani on the council slate for the Ruben Ramos campaign recently promoting soccer fields, saying “hopefully we get some soccer fields…”

 You’re very welcome Laura Miani! Please join us in celebrating a brand new park for Hoboken!

Being on a Hoboken Board even with a lovely summer August is no picnic.  Currently with the even number of council members tied up in the Mason family legal antics on behalf of the Hoboken Sopranos, there is no longer a fifth reform oriented person to confirm appointments.

Call it yet another “Hoboken Curse of Beth Mason,” no important board appointments are going to happen until after the 2013 November election.

Two of the most important boards with open positions are the Hoboken Zoning Board and the Hoboken Housing Authority. Whoever wins the mayor’s race in November and has a majority on the City Council will determine that outcome. Read More...

An interview with a person who says they are an Hoboken Housing Authority resident lays out their view Vision 20/20 is part of an organized plan to demolish the projects by Carmelo Garcia to make millions and is a “racist displacement development of black people.”

The interview held with an anonymous resident due to the fear of retaliation on radio station WBAI claims there’s no need to destroy the existing buildings in the Hoboken Housing Authority.  The resident is quoted on Grafix Avenger’s transcript saying, “They’re in excellent condition and they’re in better condition than probably 90% of the apartments in let’s say Manhattan.” Read More...

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After the sentencing Friday in Newark federal court, Mayor Dawn Zimmer expressed disappointment in the sentence for former IT Manager Patrick Ricciardi saying it failed to send a “strong message” of deterrence and had impacted the union negotiations.

In the mayor’s letter Friday to the federal court, she detailed the city’s private position in sensitive negotiations with public safety were being openly discussed on the NJ.com Hoboken forum.  That comment board is well known as a forum where both police and fire members participate. Read More...

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Mayor Dawn Zimmer issues statement to federal court indicating a widespread conspiracy and reveals Patrick Ricciardi also looted the email of the late fiscal state monitor Judy Tripodi.

The mayor urged a sentence sending a message to deter against corruption and “the fierce resistance of the Hoboken factions that have benefitted from and facilitated this corruption at the expense of the people of Hoboken.”

The massive systematic hacking was connected to ongoing union negotiations and revelations on the NJ Hoboken.com forum where the City was urged to accept the deal according to the mayor’s letter. Read More...