City Council Meeting Videos from 1/21/2009

Update 1/23/2009: I moved this up to the top of the website for today in case readers have not yet seen the full videos of Donna Antonucci and Acting Fire Chief Blohm during the City Council meeting on 1/21/2009.

See this article that covers the heated words between Councilwoman Terry Labruno and Donna Antonucci:

http://thehobokenjournal.blogspot.com/2009/01/city-council-meeting-recap-1212009.html

Here are the video highlights from the Hoboken City Hall Meeting of both citizen activist Donna Antonucci and Acting Fire Chief Blohm. I try to focus on the key speakers and give you the full 5 minutes of their public comments where possible. I am still learning about how to process video more efficiently but here goes:

Donna Antonucci Taxpayer and Citizen Activist:



Acting Fire Chief Blohm Part 1 of 2:



Acting Fire Chief Blohm Part 2 of 2:



Question: Is there anything wrong with wanting to question the need for the number of firemen or their level of compensation in order to guarantee that the Public safety is in no way jeopardized? After all, taxpayers are stakeholders too, right?

Or is it the tone of speakers like Donna take that makes the fire, police and teachers union react to her her so negatively? Or is it that they know she is hitting on some truths that best be left unknown or uncovered?

Just questions to think about. I will write an opinion piece sometime in the next week after I have had some time to digest the latest dialogs and facts. ◦

City Council Meeting Videos from 1/21/2009