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The following was submitted to Da Horsey by lifelong Hoboken resident Margaret O’Brien:
Sour grapes and scuttlebutt is presently all over town from those who lost both public opinion and favor from the powers in charge. Their argument which doesn’t hold water is that moving the elections to
November and getting rid of time consuming runoffs and illegal fliers on cars and poles is an insult to
Democracy.
If you wanted to be an Assemblyman in the State of New Jersey, the first thing you’d want to do is find a listing of openings. You’d discover in due course, there’s a spot open for 33rd Assemblyman currently expiring with Ruben Ramos.
So how would you submit your application? Well one Hoboken resident appeared a month back asking just that question but not in any state forum choosing oddly enough of all places, a Hoboken City Council meeting. 2011 second ward candidate Franz Paetzold suggested if there was an interest in the Assembly seat on a Brian Stack ticket among council members Beth Mason and Ravi Bhalla, it would be great not to have that decided behind closed doors but in a public forum where everyone could listen in to those two candidates.
The blowback from the 9-11 Memorial vote where the Hudson Sopranos shot down approval flexing their muscle from blocking Jim Doyle’s council appointment is reverberating around town. A brand new satirical magazine just published on Grafix Avenger introduces Councilman Michael Russo in a new light to his legion of fans in the third ward and beyond.
This should help folks understand what’s truly important to the third ward councilman.
In this issue of Poser Magazine:
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A recent sign pointing to Councilwoman Terry Castellano’s blocking funding to repair and reopen Pier C Park has led to another, this one starring a second member of the rat pack Hoboken Sopranos.
Congratulations Timmy Occhipinti, here’s your moment of truth atop the Hoboken Sopranos page:| A guerrilla Hoboken resistance movement having hit out letting people know about the sabotage by Councilwoman Terry Castellano and the Hoboken Sopranos to keep Pier C closed has struck again on their street repair sabotage. This sign was discovered one day after their voting down the Hoboken 9-11 Memorial. |
Clearly frustrated with being limited in power even while they have blocked the fifth swing vote on the council with their manufactured lawsuit out on appeal, the Hoboken Sopranos took maybe their most audacious obstructive action, voting down an emotional issue in the form of the 9-11 memorial.
The project, a replacement for the smaller scale, interim glass design that broke was ready to go ahead in its new form, but in the end, flexing their political power courtesy of the legal wrangling, the vote failed 4-4.
Pt. 3 – http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/30146879
The City Council meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 tonight and one political operation could be the unofficial kickoff to an Old Guard mayoral candidacy.
Money has been getting behind Occhipinti at least in the form of a hired gun to do press releases and Hoboken Patch correctly notes there’s been two in recent weeks and is confirming rumors the Hoboken Sopranos: Beth Mason and the Russo clan will be getting behind and financing a mayoral race for Timmy against Hoboken’s own Ruben Ramos.
The US Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey announces:
Patrick Ricciardi, 46, of Hoboken, entered a guilty plea – before U.S. District Judge Esther
Salas in Newark federal court – to an Information charging him with accessing a computer without
authorization, interception of wire and electronic communications and disclosure of intercepted
wire and electronic communications.
According to the documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Ricciardi was a longstanding employee of the city of Hoboken and worked as the chief
information technology officer for the mayor’s office. As part of his job duties, Ricciardi was
responsible for keeping the city’s network running and had access to email accounts within the
city’s computer system and other aspects of the city’s computer network.
Late last night, a Hoboken resident not of the legal persuasion passed along some breaking legal news:
Anthony P. Falco as Chief of Police of the City of Hoboken and individually v.
Dawn Zimmer; City of Hoboken 3/18/2013 2:13 cv 1648
Cecchi (Newark)
Violation of civil rights and due process. Defendant Zimmer, the mayor of defendant City of Hoboken, has been relentless in trying to undermine the plaintiff and his authority as Chief of Police. In addition the plaintiff is not protected by a collective bargaining agreement and defendant Zimmer has refused to provide the plaintiff with an employee agreement. The plaintiff “doesn’t even know how many vacation days he is entitled to per year, or whether he will continue to enjoy health insurance or other benefits upon retirement.”
Office of the Mayor announces:
3 19 13 Mayor Zimmer Open Letter Parks Western Hoboken| Timmy Occhipinti has a plan for far more expensive and much smaller pocket parks in Southwest Hoboken. He hopes people won’t distinguish those from the continued efforts for far larger and more inexpensive parks around western Hoboken detailed in a letter from Mayor Zimmer. |
Tim Occhipinti issued the following press release Tuesday afternoon:
=&0=& Over 350 Hoboken Residents Signed The Petition in Just A Few Weeks (HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY)– At tomorrow night’s Hoboken City Council meeting, 4th Ward Councilman Tim Occhipinti will present a petition to Mayor Zimmer and the City Council to turn vacant lots at 1st and Jackson Streets into open space. In just a few weeks, the petition already has over 350 signatures and continues to gain steam.