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City of Hoboken announces:
Mayor Dawn Zimmer is pleased to announce that Pier C Park is fully open in time for Memorial Day weekend.
“I’m happy that Hoboken families can finally enjoy all that Pier C Park has to offer,” Mayor Zimmer said.
Pier C Park will be open every day from 8:00 AM until 9:30 PM.
Bhalla for Assembly announces:
On Tuesday, there was standing room only in Hudson Tavern as Councilman Ravi Bhalla rallied a crowd full of supporters to get involved in his campaign to become the first Asian-American State Assemblyman in New Jersey. Hoboken Democratic Vice-Chair, Phil Cohen, kicked things off by remarking how excited he was to see Ravi Bhalla take this next step in public service. It was only 2 years ago that Ravi Bhalla became a councilman in order to clean up City Hall and just last year that he ran a campaign to reform the Hoboken Democratic Committee. Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer followed up by saying, “we need Ravi Bhalla in Trenton. We may have just retaken the majority on the City Council in Hoboken, but we cannot afford to sit on our laurels. We must keep pushing forward because this culture of corruption and incompetence is like an onion: with every layer we peel back, we expose another.” Mayor Dawn Zimmer ran on a ticket with Councilman Bhalla in ’09 on a reform platform. “The reason we started this reform movement, to end the backward political practices that hurt our families, still hold true on the state level. That is why I fully support Ravi Bhalla for State Assembly,” said Mayor Zimmer. Ravi Bhalla then took the opportunity to outline his own reasons for running. He spoke about his father’s first days in America and how a friend had initially encouraged his dad to conform by removing his turban. Ravi Bhalla and his father both proudly sport the traditional Sikh religious head covering to this day, which for Ravi, is one of the best things about being American. “It doesn’t matter what race, religion, creed, color, or sexual orientation you are. In America, we can all be treated equally. The fact that I was elected to Hoboken’s City Council is a testament to that fact.” Councilman Bhalla continued by outlining some of his platform. “Taxes are too high, unemployment is too high, and the reason nothing is being done is because corruption is too rampant. The FBI should not have to be the ethics enforcement agency of Hudson County.” At the end of the event, supporters were encouraged to wear t-shits and buttons and to sign up to volunteer. For more information on Bhalla for Assembly, please visit www.BhallaForAssembly.com Photo here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/5759339494_df238288ce_b.jpgThe political heat over town is elevating with the temperatures and even some commenters are getting antsy and chatting about how much is too much of some fill of one thing or another. That’s all fine, MSV chooses to stay out of the comments and let people speak their minds without steering, folks are expected to regulate themselves so there is a minimum of interference.
But the rumors are flying out there and people are wondering where things will land. Only the professional in law enforcement doing all the heavy lifting and ground work know.According to a report on Grafix Avenger, the FBI has paid a visit to someone at Marine View. A visit does not constitute criminality and so no names but one can conclude the heat is being turned up and this is just part of a thorough and professional job from the boys of summer in Newark. MSV thanks them for their service in advance of this case.
After today’s official word came down of the FBI’s dash and carry at City Hall earlier today, the echoes of panic are not just taking hold, they are literally causing the mile square streets to freeze in a total lockdown gripped in fear.
Exhibit number one, Grafix Avenger dragging her Russo insider Deep Uvula out for a bath in the warm spring sun earlier today.
Much like moving a vampire from its coffin in daytime, the results weren’t exactly comfortable. A couple of lines from the petrified gelatin of flesh:
This is ugly. Jail is no joke….
And stay off the fucking internet.
Da Horsey earlier received some words of wisdom from the street from a second hand, unconfirmed source. But there’s an erie similarity to Deep Uvula with a similar refrain on the matter of the active investigation: “That shit is fucked up. Some people are going down. A lot of people are going down. I’m telling you, a lot of people are going down.”
Hoboken on pins and needles most of the week with the verified reports of outside agencies visiting Hoboken leading to the padlocking of the IT office is now playing host to some friends today: the FBI.
The anticipation of what’s occurred with the two IT people no longer on duty and suspected data breaches of confidential information in analysis by MSV has proven correct. In a short story released by Hoboken Patch, the FBI’s arrival is confirmed along with the exact statutes cited here earlier.
| The City Council is still dealing with the Beth Russo hydra |
Here’s the 20 minute finale of the meeting:
=&6=&=&7=& is the term coined by our colleague at The Hoboken Journal to describe the multi-headed hydra of a political alliance. As Beth Mason has morphed more and more into an Old Guard pro-subsidized housing Russo Civic Association status quo ally, the two are more akin to dealing with one mythical beast. To be fair, this is a natural alliance now proven at the ballot box. Councilwoman Beth Mason garnered less votes in this 2nd ward election than she did when she ran last. She would have been easily defeated if not for the Russo-Ramos effort to turn out large numbers of votes in Applied Housing. Although it’s a smaller subsidized housing base overall compared to other parts of Hoboken, it was Applied Housing votes saving Beth Mason from defeat. With 2nd ward registered voters numbering 5,600 and her power of incumbency along with an unknown fortune spent, she barely escaped a runoff against first time candidate Tom Greaney not even getting 700 votes. The Russo’s own her now.Tonight the City Council will be holding a special meeting on a budget amendment and maybe on the budget itself at 7:00. If you have the stomach for the buffoonery of the dying days of the Beth-Russo led council, you can see all the politrickin vapidity if you dare online.
The budget is late. The incompetence is apparent since Councilman Mike Russo showed up with a handwritten budget earlier this year. Some have mocked the lunacy of that political parlor trick and said he got it from someone at the Three L’s on a napkin but no one can prove it.
Last night the Hudson Tavern was abuzz with local politicos, Hoboken Democratic Committee members, City Council members along with Mayor Dawn Zimmer and three dozen residents to rally for Councilman Ravi Bhalla’s kickoff for a New Jersey Assembly seat.
There are two seats open for the Democratic Primary on June 7th and Councilman Ravi Bhalla is working hard with a full campaign team covering the 33rd Assembly District for Weehawken, Union City, part of Jersey City and Hoboken.
While the event was going on here in town, people were working out in the field raising awareness and making the case for better representation. Councilman Ravi Bhalla who is part of the Hoboken reform majority spoke passionately about identity and maintaining uniqueness while embracing both American values and the American dream.
Local Hoboken reporters who regularly interface with City Hall’s communication manager confirm the claim by Hoboken411 that inquiries made by them were referred to his “personal attorney” are false.
The responses, independently obtained by MSV, confirm the claim that City Hall’s communication manager Juan Mell was not answering questions from local reporters and sending them to his “personal attorney” is just another Hoboken411 lie.
| Beth Mason looks away as a photo is taken in City Council while her friend Lane Bajardi lets fly with his usual invective and litany of pathological lies. He says he isn’t paid to do so as her “friend.” |
Comment was requested of Councilwoman Beth Mason with an additional question asking if her “friend” had any supporting evidence for such a claim. If Beth Mason provides a response, this story will be updated.
