A new artful voice has swept over the Mile Square and this one speaks as an elder to the legacy of America in a common sense manner of speaking. As in the revolutionary days, the pamphlet is slipped from person to person quietly, the message being the key component not its author. The Hobokenite author’s handle, T. Paine harkens back to when arguments stood on their merits, pomposity was dreaded as an anachronism to be avoided at all costs – unlike the current bellowing one hears too often at the Hoboken City Council.
The Kurta for Council and Rami for Council campaigns announce:
On Monday night, Eric Kurta and Rami Pinchevsky held a joint city council campaign office grand opening. The room filled up quickly and was attended by residents from all over Hoboken who came to support the future council members. The energetic crowd cheered loudly as both candidates laid out strong platforms and gave motivational speeches to encourage participation.
On Monday night, Eric Kurta and Rami Pinchevsky held a joint city council campaign office grand opening. The room filled up quickly and was attended by residents from all over Hoboken who came to support the future council members. The energetic crowd cheered loudly as both candidates laid out strong platforms and gave motivational speeches to encourage participation.
Eric Kurta, who was also officially kicking-off his campaign for Hoboken City Council in the 1
Here is Eric Kurta – the long time community activist and good government fighter who has tossed his hat into the ring for Hoboken’s 1st ward race in May.
Eric’s role in People for Open Government and most recently as a board member on the Hoboken University Hospital Authority only begins to tell a story of doing big things to make Hoboken a better place.
The crowd here lets you know it. Eric asks for people to do everything they can. He has.
Begin by stopping by Eric’s facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/KurtaForCouncil
Rami Pinchevsky sounds the official kickoff for Hoboken’s 4th ward City Council seat with the two would be officeholders, the other being Eric Kurta welcoming a big crowd at their new campaign office of First and Willow St.
The office opening was extremely energetic with a strong crowd of supporters enthusiastic to take on the challenge of winning this May.
You can tell from the crowd response; there’s a clear groundswell of energy to take the 4th ward seat. Rami Pinchevsky hits a lot of the right notes here and asks for support to make it happen.
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In response to an incident with a dog in
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Last week at the downtown Dunkin Donuts two people not of ideological breakfast and educational purity were spotted sharing sweet nothings over coffee. Both are elected officials on the Hoboken Board of Education: Maureen Sullivan and Carmelo Garcia the latter also doubles as the Executive Director of the Hoboken Housing Authority.
What was the topic of discussion? At post time, a call was not returned from Carmelo Garcia and Maureen Sullivan is persona non grata in these parts for her unfortunate position leading into last year’s BoE election -“No interviews or questions, please see my 2:00 am blog posts for all you need to know.”
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The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for our area. As a result of the forecast for heavy rain and potential flooding, the City of Hoboken is providing free parking in a municipal Garage B (located on 2nd Street between Hudson and River streets) through Monday, February 28 at 8pm for residents who reside in flood prone areas and have a valid Resident parking permit or Temporary parking permit placard.
Residents who wish to extend their stay in the garage and who have a parking permit decal or Temporary parking permit placard are reminded that overnight parking (8pm to 8am) is available at a rate of $5.00. This rate is available in Garages B, D and Midtown every day of the year.
A map of flood-prone areas is available on the City website: http://www.hobokennj.org/departments/environmental-services/storm-flood-zones/
Mason killed real campaign finance reform
Dear Editor:
Last week, the Hoboken City Council considered two proposed ordinances relating to our city’s campaign finance laws. The first was sponsored by Councilman Peter Cunningham and his colleague, Councilman Ravi Bhalla. It was designed to strengthen and fine-tune the existing Pay to Play law, making it far more effective in stopping the unethical practice known as “wheeling.”
(Wheeling refers to the laundering of campaign contributions through political committees to circumvent the very intent of the Pay to Play and campaign finance laws. Currently, a loophole exists that allows a shrewd political opportunist bent on buying influence to donate five times more than the legal limit of $2,600 to a candidate, and still “technically” not break the law.)