Team Mason, a group of three pictured here in yellow windbreakers are out shoveling it for votes today. A reader submitted this photo with the backstory “Alex from Tenneessee,” an uncle to one of the kids is the collector of the fee for their labor. Alex then pays the young lads who shovel for residents at no charge – at least that’s the understanding the kids have on remuneration.
Will we see the mysterious Alex appearing on Beth Mason’s ELEC? Only time will tell.
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| Welcome to the QLC & CGH Newsletter. Interested in going green? Or saving some green? Either way, the Quality of Life Coalition’s Committee for a Green Hoboken welcomes you to our new monthly newsletter. QLC’s CGH is a group of local volunteers working on projects that will help our neighbors, local businesses and the city of Hoboken reduce our carbon footprint and create a more sustainable community. Each month, we’ll update you on upcoming events where you can learn more about sustainability, or meet fellow Hobokenites interested in exchanging ideas about going green. We’ll keep you informed about what the city and local businesses are doing to reduce CO2 output, and ways you can reduce your own carbon footprint. Your input and involvement are welcome, just email us at cgh@qlchoboken.org, or visit our website, www.qlchoboken.org.ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS: Topic: Recycling Date:February 8th (Tuesday), Time: 6:30pm to 7:30 pm Where: 124 Grand Street, Hoboken, NJ Moderator: Tom Chartier, Chartier Redevelopment Group Panelists: Jeff Marangi, Eagle Recycling Jason Scott, The Taco Truck Jason Tecza, Committee for a Green Hoboken The panel will discuss the how-to’s of recycling, from plastics and electronics to composting and construction & demolition waste. The panel will also discuss future plans for increased recycling in Hoboken and Hudson County, followed by Q&A discussion with the audience. Topic: Going Green Increases Property Value Where: 124 Grand Street, Hoboken, NJ Date: March 8th (Tuesday), Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm Moderator: Tom Chartier, Chartier Redevelopment Group Panelists: Daniel Gans, Hoboken Brownstone Company Jesse Halliburton, Halliburton Homes TDB Learn how various sustainability measures can improve the value of new and existing homes, followed by Q&A discussion with the audience TOURS: Eagle Recycling Facility Where: 4711 Dell Ave, North Bergen, NJ Date: February 11th (Friday), Time: 3pm to 4pm Join us for this unique opportunity to see a single streamrecycling center in operation! The plant accepts plastic, paper, cardboard, metals, glass, concrete, wood, asphalt, etc. and is capable of recycling over 90% of the waste received! Garden Street Lofts Where: 1425 Garden St, Hoboken, NJ 07030 Date: March 11th (Friday) Time: 3:00pm–4:00pm Come tour Hoboken’s first LEED Certified condominium building and learn first hand the benefits of building green as well as the ups and downs! GREEN DRINKS: Our first Green Drinks of 2011 will be a fundraiser in NYC for a charity that helps provide clean drinking water within Ethiopia. Where: TenJune26 Little W 12th Street, New York, NY 10014 For tickets: http://www.showclix.com/event/15740/To donate: http://mycharitywater.org/sustainablypotablefundraiser |
Here’s something many 2nd ward residents are familiar with: Beth Mason not responding to constituent email. Da Horsey knows this very well from personal experience. Beth Mason has people on the payroll to manage every utterance she makes on any topic under the sun, but oddly can’t seem to have her staff master basic constituent response to the Hoboken community.
Of her numerous grievous sins, this probably falls low on the list. Her passive ones do far less damage than the active ones she performs in her alliance with Mike Russo and the “Association,” he assumed control from his infamous father.
MILE SQUARE VIEW EXCLUSIVE
If you thought the damage sustained from the November 4th ward elevation of Tim Occhipinti to the City Council is limited to that body you’d be wrong and Councilwoman Beth Mason is working to ensure just that. Even with the council ward elections up ahead in Spring, the new ‘majority,’ is moving ahead with tilting the subcommittees council people engage on in a number of below the radar but very important areas.
As the public recently discovered in the Monday subcommittee meeting on the rent control ordinance the other night, what is done there can be of critical importance with far reaching impact. Much of the work is completed before reaching City Council for a final vote and will probably be the case regarding the new proposed rent control ordinance.
Here’s the new breakdown:
Hoboken Council Subcommittees 1-2011
Changes in key subcommittee chairs are the key to forwarding a Mason-Russo agenda controlling city government.
The most glaring example of this is Beth Mason’s installation of Tim Occhipinti to chair the all important Economic Development and Open Space Committee. This key role leads Planning and Zoning, ABC Board, the Waterfront and Affordable Housing. Has Tim Occhipinti ever attended a Zoning or Planning Board meeting? Probably not, but his developer friends have.
David Mello was bounced from the chair of Parking and Transportation. Taking over is Terry Castellano and she is joined by fellow family member Mike Russo. Word on the street is that Russo’s unprofessional abuse of Director Ian Sacs reached new heights – or new lows, depending on your perspective of professionalism. Their recent exchange on professional development entered theater of the absurd status when Mike Russo compared his physical therapy studies to Ian Sacs attending a credited transportation conference in Vancouver as part of his professional transportation development in engineering.
Ian Sacs has instituted a number of far reaching policies improving parking and transportation in Hoboken while declining to institute the expected favors to the political elite. Add to that the success of the Corner Cars program and you have a recipe for trouble. Mike Russo is doing his worst to uphold his end. Apparently, both he and Terry Castellano really are missing the old, dark ways under former Director John Corea. (Corea is facing serious charges for embezzling $800,000 in Hoboken Parking meter quarters and the case is not yet concluded.)
Talking Ed Note: No word on whether Mike Russo found his “mistake” on the 55 tons of almost a million dollars in missing parking quarters yet or if Terry Castellano has indicated it’s been “cleared up,” not once, not twice, not three but maybe for the fourth time now in the subcommittee meeting.