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Early in 2013 (although planned out in late 2012), the brain trust behind Ruben Ramos Jr.’s campaign for mayor was based on the Field of Dreams theory: If he built a ticket, anybody who dislikes Dawn Zimmer would back him. This group of clear thinkers thought that anti-Zimmer forces did not have a choice and …
Waiting for political people to make up their minds about anything in Hoboken is nothing new, especially when one of those people happens to be Frank Raia. Raia is expected to announce this week that he will be on a third ticket that will field candidates for mayor and council, with 4th Ward Councilman Tim …
Political races statewide and locally have taken on a significance of their own, tied to a reversal of national trends. Baby Boomers – that generation born between 1946 and 1966 – were part of one of the most dramatic geographic population shifts in history. Some called it White Flight, suggesting the white Americans living in …
All right, tell the truth. Did you really vote for Cory Booker in the recent special Democratic primary to fill the unexpired term of the late great U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg? Bragging rights to winner, so if you voted for one of the other Democratic hopefuls, you can still lie. If you’re a Republican, admitting …
After a two-hour session in Bayonne City Hall last week, 3rd Ward Councilman Ray Greaves assured supporters of Mayor Mark Smith that he is not running an alternative ticket against Smith in the May 2014 municipal election. Greaves then took a shot at the current leadership of the Hudson County Democratic Organization and Tom Bartoli, …
Although West New York Commissioner Count Wiley believes the recall campaign and his candidacy for mayor are still on track, many believe that no recall will happen. They believe Mayor Felix Roque will walk away from current federal charges that claim he and his son allegedly hacked into the website of political enemies. Then, he …
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The Ruben Ramos campaign for mayor of Hoboken appears to have received a number of early birthday gifts. Born in December, the July election account shows $67,000, most of which came from out of state donors. While only the already most faithful to his campaign appear to have shown up for the Ramos fundraiser this …
West New York Mayor Felix Roque appears to be poised to get out of his legal troubles as political opposition to him crumbles. Roque’s trial has been delayed until September. Roque and his son have been accused of hacking into the website of a political opponent. Although many people interpret the delay in his trial …
Talk about having your cake and eating it, too. Newly elected Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop appears to have pulled a fast one of the unsuspecting public, having promised to do away with the city’s revaluation even when he should have known that the mayor and City Council do not have power to stop the …
You would have thought that a king was being crowned in Jersey City on Monday as crowds gathered to usher in a new era in Jersey City government with the swearing in of Steven Fulop as mayor and a city council over which his administration seems to have control. In some ways, descriptions of people …