Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same things over and over and expecting a different outcome each time. In this regard, the forces aligned against Mayor Dawn Zimmer seem to be totally insane. The mid-term elections in November involve all six ward seats, and could determine who has control of the nine-member City Council …
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Perhaps the biggest surprise in the March 31 filing of Assembly candidates is that incumbent Carmelo Garcia of Hoboken declined to run again in the 33rd District. The district includes Union City, a large section of Jersey City, Hoboken, and Weehawken. Most believed he would file to run even though he lost the support of …
Mayor Steve Fulop is looking more and more like Goldilocks from the famous fairy tale when it comes to his potential choices for state Assembly candidate in the 31st District. But instead of the temperature of porridge, Fulop is trying to gauge the political temperature his choices could have on his potential run for governor. …
In what looks very much like a repeat of what happened to U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli more than a decade ago, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez has come under scrutiny in a possible criminal investigation over his close association with a campaign contributor. After being tortured by negative headlines and suffering a significant drop in the …
Political challengers around Hudson County will be taking long shots from across the political court this spring as candidates defy political machines in West New York, North Bergen, and in the 31st Assembly district (which includes Bayonne and half of Jersey City). Remarkably enough, the big players who usually sit on opposite side lines to …
Michele Richardson is apparently the latest choice to run for the state Assembly from Jersey City on the official Hudson County Democratic Organization (HCDO) line with Bayonne’s Nicholas Chiaravalloti. This leaves the two incumbent Assembly members, Charles Mainor and Jason O’Donnell, out in the cold, as well as several other potential candidates, including Bruce Alston …
Just because Lawrence “Larry” Wainstein is running for mayor of North Bergen doesn’t stop him from being a shy guy. This may explain why some of his followers asked a member of the press to stop taking pictures at a political fundraiser at which he announced he is running for mayor against incumbent Nicholas Sacco …
Satirist Lenny Bruce said it best. “Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.” Bruce meant that satire after the fact is pointless, since its role is to change behavior and point out the …
State Sen. and Union City Mayor Brian Stack apparently met with Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer last week in an out-of-county location. Supposedly, the subject involved what to do with the 33rd District Assembly seat currently occupied by Carmelo Garcia. Garcia has been at odds with Zimmer and her allies for some time. Garcia insists that …
The resignation of Daniel Bryan has sent shock waves through the Hoboken political community – both among those who support Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer and those who are opposed to her. Bryan has been Zimmer’s chief of staff for five years and announced two weeks ago that he would be taking a senior position in …