Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
In the old days, when people only had to worry about surviving a Soviet nuclear attack, they could be comforted by hiding under their desks at work or school, knowing once the blast wave hit, everything was over. The danger with the ongoing political war in Hudson County is that we will be living with …
With Christmas just around the corner, one can only speculate what each of the political people in Hudson County expects to get in their stocking – especially when so many people are at odds with so many other people. If there is going to be any “Grinch Who Stole Christmas Award” this year, it has …
Jersey City Councilman Steven Fulop recently got the endorsement of ministers in Ward F – only to find out later that perhaps he may not have. Usually, people pray to the Lord for things when they’ve tried everything else. But for mayoral candidate Fulop, the endorsement seemed to be good news, since he’ll have to …
Continue reading “Praise the Lord, and pass the endorsements”
William Shakespeare and Will Rogers had very little good to say about lawyers, and had they lived to see what goes on in Hudson County these days, they might even have lowered their opinion. Any dog that wasn’t able to learn how to catch a fire truck should take a lesson from those attorneys dealing …
In what largely resembles a pre-school playground fight over who should fill the vacated seat of former Councilwoman Carol Marsh, those who opposed the appointment of James Doyle have won a temporary victory – proving almost nothing, except that no one appears to know what they are doing, and that things won’t likely get any …
Brian Stack wasn’t surprised when he saw the SUV with tinted windows pull out behind him into traffic three weeks ago. Stack’s routine as mayor of Union City and state senator is hardly a state secret. He usually drives around to check things out, and often goes down into Hoboken for a morning bagel or …
If Mother Nature couldn’t stop Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer from pushing through her agenda in the Nov. 6 election, how could her political opposition hope to? Hurricane Sandy should have a boon to Zimmer opponents, who floated the idea that during the storm, the Zimmer administration largely ignored the remote areas where her support was …
The political temperature in Jersey City has been climbing lately, even though many people say the actual campaign for the hearts and minds of the voting public wasn’t supposed to start until the presidential campaign was out of the way. As President Barack Obama dukes it out with Republican challenger Mitt Romney over the need …
Continue reading “Is there a doctor in the house? Spin doctor, that is.”
Dan Levin’s decision to run for the Ward E City Council seat in Jersey City, on the ticket led by Mayor Jerramiah Healy, has Hudson County abuzz, not only because the former rivals in the last mayoral election appear to be such an odd couple, but also because Levin may have enough clout to win …
Although City Council members may have shed some tears (even crocodile tears) over the departure of Councilwoman Carol Marsh earlier this month, it was soon back to the brutal business of Hoboken politics when it came to naming who should replace her. Prepared to break a tie vote in naming Jim Doyle, Mayor Dawn Zimmer …