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The sun is rising towards high noon on Nov. 2. Juan Perez steps off the wooden planks at the far end of wild west city, his spurs jangling as he adjusts his hat and checks his six guns. At the other end of the street, Frank Schillari does the same. Neither one looks remotely like …
Jersey City Councilman Steven Fulop has finally made public the fact that he is running for mayor of Jersey City. This is not news. News would be he that isn’t running for a seat that he has coveted for years, but he could not muster enough money in 2009 when he originally planned to run. …
Secaucus-based Ralph Lamparello has been hired as the insurance attorney for the City of Passaic, raising a few political eyebrows, since the same firm serves as city counsel for Secaucus. This is no doubt a move by Passaic City Administrator Anthony Iacono, who was largely vilified when he served as Town Administrator in Secaucus. When …
There’s a lady most of us know who has posed for her own 2011 calendar. No, she’s not a model. Here’s a hint: she’s an American actress who has won six Emmy Awards plus has had at least 20 nominations. The last hint is that she is the oldest person to guest-host “Saturday Night Live.” …
The real annoying thing about the Hoboken special election in the 4th Ward is how people on both sides are pretending to be nice guys and gals, while behind the scenes, it’s politics as usual. Incumbent Councilman Michael Lenz, who was appointed to fill the 4th ward council seat vacated when Dawn Zimmer became mayor …
Continue reading “Waiting for the gloves to come off in Hoboken”
The dirty tricks in Hoboken continued as one more week towards the November special election for 4th ward council seat passes. Former President Richard Nixon didn’t invent the concept of campaign sabotage, but he certainly brought it to new heights in the 1972 election against then Senator George McGovern. But over the last few weeks, …
While the issue hardly rises to the level of a mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, it may take a Sherlock Holmes to figure out just who leaked the misinformation to the press about so-called absentee ballots supposedly hoarded by the campaign for Hoboken council candidate Tim Occhipinti. The issue has taken on a life …
Continue reading “Who leaked the misinformation about the Occhipinti campaign?”
Anyone who believed the political marriage between Bret Schundler and Gov. Christopher Christie would have lasted needs to have his or her head examined. This was a train wreck waiting to happen. The fact that Schundler, as Commissioner of the Department of Education, made an error that cost the state $400 million in federal education …
Continue reading “Christie and Schundler— imperfect together”
It was a Monday night in Maryland and I was visiting my daughter Jolie when I witnessed a television phenomenon. It reminded me of the ancient television days when friends and neighbors gathered in one home to sit in front of a television set to watch “The Milton Berle Show.” Three generations of otherwise bright …
Mike Novak has been taking Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer to task over the last few weeks, especially over the sale of the city garage. These comments may be the first steps towards a run for 1st Ward next May, followed by a possible run for mayor in 2013. Some local political observers claim Novak is …