Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Candidates are popping up for the May municipal elections in West New York and possibly in North Bergen, promising a fun-filled silly season. With the shift of municipal elections from May to November in Hoboken, the public will have all year to deal with never-ending political rhetoric. West New York already has two tickets emerging, …
You have to wonder what Christopher Christie is going to do when he stops being governor in 2018. Regardless of how he pitched the State of the State address this week to make it look like he had a vision for the nation, Christie is not going to be elected president – not unless he …
Insiders say the choice for who will get the Democratic nod for the other seat in the 31st state Assembly district will be left up to State Sen. Sandra Cunningham. The district has two Assembly seats and they are generally assigned to candidates from Bayonne and Jersey City, which make up the district. Nicholas A. …
What is wrong with the governors of New York and New Jersey? In a joint veto, they undid legislation that would have begun the long-overdue process of reforming the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The scandal-ridden agency has been a political patronage machine for decades, and a puppet for political manipulation even …
Count Wiley has unveiled the long-awaited opposition ticket that will challenge the still-to-be decided ticket of Mayor Felix Roque in West New York in May, 2015. Wiley’s ticket, known as West New York United, professes to bring together many of the opposition candidates that formerly opposed Roque – but who also used to oppose each …
Rumor has it that Dawn Zimmer plans to step down as mayor of Hoboken shortly, setting the stage for a special election that would likely coincide with the six City Council ward elections in November, 2015. Mayor Zimmer, when contacted, asked what the reason would be for her to step down, suggesting that there was …
When Mayor Dawn Zimmer decided not to push ahead with her rolling revaluation program in Hoboken, she did her opposition on the City Council a big favor. Although the council is split five to four in favor of pro-Zimmer members, all nine of the council originally voted for the measure. Then, apparently hearing outrage from …
Although nothing is official yet, many believe that Carmelo Garcia will be booted out of the state Assembly in next June’s Democratic primary. Garcia, who is currently suing Hoboken over being fired as the executive director of the housing authority there, may be the latest victim in what has become a problematic seat. Those serving …
On the last warm Friday before November settled into a deep freeze, Mayor Dawn Zimmer was seen near First and Garden streets, apparently taking care of city business downtown. At the same time, Councilwoman Beth Mason strolled along Washington Street near 11th Street, possibly on a similar mission. In some ways, these two figures make …
With the Board of Education election out of the way for another year, Hoboken politicos can focus their attention on the upcoming mid-term municipal elections. Six of nine City Council seats will be up in May of 2015. But there are tea leaves to read in the Hoboken school board results, in particular, the larger …