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Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher: “TIME SENSITIVE – Relating to voting in upcoming 11/6 elections”

by SmartyJones2 Min Reading

Official release:

  Dear friends and neighbors:   Although this is a MUST READ for some, there is something for everyone in this so please read on…  Governor Murphy signed a law on August 10th with a number of changes to our NJ Election laws relating to VOTING BY MAIL (S647).  Our State Senator Brian Stack and Assemblyman Raj Mukherji were among the sponsors of this legislation.  The intent is to increase voter participation, but one part of the new law that requires the immediate attention of some of you, and possibly a response is: ««« IF YOU REQUESTED A BALLOT TO VOTE BY MAIL IN THE 2016 GENERAL (PRESIDENTIAL) ELECTION, AND ONLY FOR THAT ELECTION, YOU HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP TO AUTOMATICALLY VOTE BY MAIL FOR ALL ELECTIONS, FOREVER. ««« If this applies to you, then you should have received the attached letter from the Hudson County Clerk informing you of this.

  • IF YOU WANT TO OPT OUT of this, then you must do so in writing.  
  • If you want your opting out to be effective for the upcoming General Election on Tuesday November 6th, you must do so by this Friday, September 14th.  Instructions are in the letter.  
  • If your opting out instructions are received after Friday, September 14th, the you will be just opting out of all future elections afterthe upcoming general election on November 6th.
  • If you do not opt out or your notification to opt out is received too late, and you want to vote on Election Day this November 6th, you will not be able to vote in the machine.  You will, however, be able to Vote by Mail OR submit a provisional ballot at your polling location on Election Day.
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    Joshua Einstein: Rational public safety not rationalization on HudCo ICE contract

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    County Executive Tom DeGise and the Freeholder Board are under pressure to cancel a contract with immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) by alt-left extremists and Democratic Senator Bob Menendez. The agreement, which was has been supported by county Democratic leadership since 1996, allows ICE to hold hundreds of illegal aliens convicted of crimes in the US and arrested in NYC. ICE has similar agreements with Bergen and Essex Counties, also Democrat run.  Read More...

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    Remember those killed on 9-11

    by SmartyJones2 Min Reading

    9-11, the day in 2001 when Al Qaeda, an Islamic terrorist group succeeded in killing thousands of Americans in a deadly coordinated attack on American soil.

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    Joao Alberto da Fonseca Aguiar, Jr. (J.J.)
    Thomas Patrick Knox
    Jean Ann Andrucki
    Gregory James Malone
    Peter Paul Apollo
    George Patrick McLaughlin, Jr.
    Donna Bernaerts-Kearns
    Michael J. Mullin
    Martin “Marty” Boryczewski
    Marc Murolo
    Nicholas William Brandemarti
    John J. Murray
    SwarnaChalasani
    Martin Stewart Niederer
    Christopher Michael Colasanti
    Katherine “Katie” McGarryNoack
    Michael Shamus Costello
    Brian Christopher Novotny
    Anne Marie Cramer
    Keith Kevin O’Connor
    Christopher S. Cramer
    Dominique Lisa Pandolfo
    Gavin Cushny
    Jon Anthony Perconti, Jr.
    Michael DeRienzo
    Joseph O. Pick
    Douglas Frank DiStefano
    Raymond J. Rocha
    Neil M. Dollard
    Scott William Rohner
    Margaret Echtermann
    Joshua M. Rosenblum
    Meredith Emily June Ewart
    Nicholas Charles Alexander Rowe
    Peter Feidelberg
    Ronald J. Ruben
    John Roger Fisher
    Richard L. Salinardi, Jr.
    Jeffrey Brian Gardner
    James K. Samuel, Jr
    Brian Goldberg
    John Schroeder
    Michael Edward Gould
    Alexander Robbins Steinman
    Pedro Grehan
    Lesley Anne Thomas
    Kevin James Hannaford
    Melissa Renee Vincent
    Scott Jordan Hazelcorn
    Meredith L. Whalen
    Robert Wayne Hobson, III
    James Patrick White
    Matthew D. Horning
    Debbie L. Williams
    Joseph Anthony Ianelli
    Michael Robert Wittenstein

    President Donald J. Trump signs a Proclamation at his desk in the Oval Office designating “Patriot Day 2018” to honor the memories of the nearly 3,000 lives lost on September 11, 2001, and of every hero who has given their life since that day to protect our safety & our freedom. pic.twitter.com/bSlX64Wqpk

    — Dan Scavino Jr. (@Scavino45) September 11, 2018

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    Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher: “9/11 – Please join your neighbors and friends to honor those who were lost”

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    Official release:

    Dear friends and neighbors:  

    The anniversary of 9/11 is upon us.  I think everyone we know will be thinking at some point about where they were 17 years ago when they first heard that “a plane crashed into the World Trade Center…”.  And for so many, their lives will have been forever changed.    I was at the DMV in North Bergen.  I heard the news over the radio.  And when the second plane hit I left abruptly and made my way home to Hoboken just in time to watch the second tower collapse along with the rest of the world.  Although I was spared any personal loss that day I, like all of you, continue to ache for all of our friends and neighbors who were not as lucky.   Read More...

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    Easter Seals lease questions lead to paid political operative ugly

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    What happens when a Ravi Bhalla paid political operative is caught lying and tries to point the finger?

    The questions raised at the last City Council meeting in a proposed lease for Easter Seals have nothing to do with hating or warring on a charity, Ravi Bhalla or beating baby seals.

    As seen in the complete, unedited video, a few legal and policy questions are raised about executing a lease with an entity in litigation with the City of Hoboken and the relationship with Mayor Bhalla’s Chief of Staff John Allen connected to Easter Seals. Read More...

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    Grist for the Mill: And now Bhalla Administration conflicts hit Easter Seals

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    Is there nothing the Ravi Bhalla Administration can reach out and touch that doesn’t descend into conflicts, shady backroom deals or an outright ethical quagmire?

    Where one conflict-laden wart recedes another quickly emerges. This time the spotlight is on the latest Administration search for self-adulatory headlines with a potential office opening in Hoboken for the charity, Easter Seals.

    Nine months into this administration and it’s bloody exhausting trying to keep up with all the conflicts arising. Now a charity is snared by the ethically challenged Ravi Bhalla administration looking to snatch more easy headlines by proclaiming homelessness ended in our time with an Easter Seals office. Read More...

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    Sign of the Times: Bob vs. Bob in Hudson County

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    Yesterday, an unlikely coincidence as the battle of the Bobs for NJ Senate found its way into Hudson County.

    In Jersey City, a HudCo shindig arranged by County Democratic Chair Amy DeGise saw hundreds gathered to declare the HudCo war over and efforts focused to see incumbent Senator Bob Menendez stay in Washington DC for another six years. Hudco party boss himself, Bob Menendez was on hand.

    Meanwhile, a protest against Menendez featuring upstart Bob Hugin backers arrived to make noise eventually seeing the Bob Hugin “Send in a Marine” bus enter Hoboken traveling north on Washington St. Those soldiers operated sans Bob. Read More...

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    City Council votes 7-2 to remove Planning Board Commissioner Gary Holtzman

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    The Hoboken City Council began the official process of removing a planning board commissioner who remains silent with revelations of a letter sent to developers with a “recommendation” list of attorneys to use.

    The City Council with direction from its legal counsel officially began the process with a 7-2 vote. The two dissenting votes came from Bhalla Administration supporters Jim Doyle and Emily Jabbour.

    It’s unclear why Gary Holtzman, a seven-year commissioner on the board would suddenly take on such an action at odds with its core function, spurring concerns of ethical and legal consequences inside City Hall and the land use legal community at large. Read More...

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    BREAKING: Council members ask Mayor Bhalla for planning board member’s removal for suggesting lawyers to developers

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    A long-serving Hoboken Planning Board Commissioner who was an early supporter of Mayor Ravi Bhalla’s bid for mayor last year is feeling the late summer heat.

    According to a breaking story on the Hudson County View, a majority of City Council members sent a letter yesterday to the mayor asking that he demand a resignation for “conduct that has created undue risk for our City,” as stated by Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher.

    From the HCV breaking story:

    Five members of the Hoboken City Council are calling on a planning board commissioner to be removed by Mayor Ravi Bhalla after sending out an email recommending over a dozen different land use attorneys to developers – at least one of which who is expected to go before the board.

    For the complete story, see:
    https://hudsoncountyview.com/hoboken-officials-want-planning-board-members-to-removal-for-suggesting-lawyers-to-developers/ Read More...

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    City Council back to business as Hoboken springs a leak… everywhere

    by SmartyJones1 Min Reading

    The summer season in the Mile Square City featured a series of water main breaks topped off with a whopper at Newark and Hudson last week.

    Tonight the City Council begins its regular fall meeting schedule and there’s going to be more on this front as Mayor Ravi Bhalla tries to navigate through the age-old infrastructure and the problematic Suez water contract.

    None of this gets easier but everyone hopes to see a strong effort to move past the infrastructure problems.

    Tonight’s complete City Council agenda:
    http://hobokennj.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=1172&Inline=True Read More...