The Elysian Cafe is having an 80's Dance Party tonight from 10PM-2AM. The cover is $10 and there are prizes for Best 80's Costume and winner of a Dance-Off with the restaurant's super energized owner Eugene Flinn. Call 201-798-5898 for additional information.
Could it be that the Jersey Journal finally got it right for a change when it comes to endorsing a Hoboken Mayor. Let us all hope. One thing is for sure that the Jersey Journal tends to pick the winner of each election since I have been in Hoboken. Last night at 12:05 AM the Jersey Journal endorsed Dawn Zimmer for Hoboken Mayor.
Click on the image above to see a larger copyHere is the text of the Midnight Flier:
Get ready for more midnight fliers. If you see any other of these fliers on the street and can scan one in, please send the scan to my email: kurt.gardiner@gmail.com and let me know how you want to be credited.
This popped in my inbox today from the Beth Mason Campaign:
Frank's Campaign HQ on 120 Washington Street - you can't see inside the windows very well. Not too transparent.: )
Here is a novel display idea. Frank Raia with his talking points on TV on a loop. This reminds me of Max Headroom from the early MTV days.
Dear Friends,
Hoboken's fiscal monitor, Judy Tripodi, told Hoboken Now in an exclusive interview this morning that taxes are going down hundreds of dollars.
The email from Allen Kratz was forwarded to me by Gary Holtzman. While Gary and I may not support the same candidate for Hoboken Mayor, it should be clear we both agree that funding this trust is important since over the years Hoboken has benefited greatly from this in terms of helping to improve the quality of life.
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Last night at Teak near the Path Station in Hoboken over 400 people attended Jon Corzine's campaign rally from 7-10PM. I had originally estimated the crowd at 250 but I received a more reliable estimate from someone who had the doorman's clicker count. There were many local politicos in attendance. Current City Council members Mike Russo with his mom, Carol Marsh, Terry Castellano, Ravi Bhalla, and Beth Mason. Mayoral candidates Kimberly Glatt and Frank Raia along with the executives of the Hoboken Democratic Committee.
Mayor Dawn Zimmer is pleased to announce that the North Hudson Sewerage Authority (NHSA) has agreed to the City’s request to explore the implementation of sensor monitoring technology. “I want to thank NHSA Chairman Wolff and Executive Director Pocci for agreeing that the City of Hoboken can implement sensor monitoring technology to determine the most cost-effective solution for our City’s flooding problem,” she said. “This represents an important step in the City’s ongoing fight against flooding,” she added. Legally, NHSA retains rights over Hoboken’s sewerage system, and implementing new technology would require agreement by NHSA. Over the last year, Acting Mayor Zimmer has advocated strongly for the City to fully analyze the 4-pump plan to ensure the most cost-effective long term solution to solve Hoboken’s flooding.
Dawn Zimmer Banner before vandals ripped it down
The Hoboken University Medical Center (HUMC) released its Audited Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. The Financial Statements make clear that the hospital continues to face serious financial difficulties. The Hospital incurred a loss from operations in 2008 in the amount of $22.3 million, leaving it with net assets at the end of 2008 of $13,435,124. This is down from net assets of $35,138,364 at the end of 2007.For 147 years HUMC, formerly known as Saint Mary Hospital, has been the anchor for health care in Hoboken, as well as surrounding communities. It is an essential hospital for access to care for Hoboken’s diverse population of 40,000 residents including many seniors, as well as the health care safety-net for many young children, pregnant women, and people living with HIV/AIDS. The recently opened emergency room provides state of the art emergency services for Hoboken residents and surrounding communities. It also provides a facility to increase admissions to the hospital, a key to the hospital’s long-term financial viability.
As part of the original acquisition, Hoboken has guaranteed $52 million of the Hospital’s debt. Given our own fiscal problems, we are not in a financial position to guarantee additional debt or to provide operating subsidies. But within those limitations, I am fully committed to doing everything within my power to help the Hospital Board find a way to navigate through these difficult times.
The Hospital has recently applied to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services for a critical Health Care Stabilization Grant. I coordinated with State Senator Brian Stack and Assemblyman Ruben Ramos, Jr., for their strong letters in support of the application. I also personally spoke to Commissioner Heather Howard to express my highest level of support for the application on behalf of the City of Hoboken. HUMC is well positioned to receive this grant which will greatly assist the hospital with its short term needs.
I want to thank my City Council colleagues for their quick action last Wednesday in approving my appointment of Tejal Desai to the Hospital Board. Her strong financial background will be of significant help as we move forward to face the extremely difficult challenges ahead.
You can also click on the attached PDF’s for more information.
HUMC_grant_cover_memo.pdf
HeatherHowardCommissioner.pdf
LOR_08_Final.pdf
hmha_full_2008_report.pdf
Full_Synopsis_hoboken_2008.pdf
Below is the link to the original post on the City Website:
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The End of the Affair - By Infotainme
Photoshop parody by Graphix_Avenger
The final episode of “I Hate You for the Following Reasons” starring Lane Bajardi aired this week. A special collector’s edition was also recorded that is more than a little altered from the usual ch78 fare.
Be advised that this bootleg version is ONLY for adult viewing. Clearly ch78 did not have the, ah, ‘production values’ that the ‘film crew’ were seeking. To wit: A determinedly approaching man. A seated, as yet, indifferent woman. Ardent masculine urging. Feminine denial, with body language indicators that she’s just not that kind of girl. And then redoubled urging, decisive now, brooking no further resistance... Fade to black. Ah, council porn… I should watch it with the sound on one of these times.
A tape loop of this largely non-consensual coupling is oozing forth at council porn-friendly Hoboken 411 and kindred tedium spigots as campaign fodder for candidate Mason. Apparently the video is still free, but expect that to change once the soundtrack is added and the body doubles get wild on the council table as a nonplussed Jim Farina looks on, shuffling papers, and trying to appear unfazed. Production insiders say Barry White’s “Deeper and Deeper” will be used to cover most of the action, and that tender love ballad, “Closer,” by Nine Inch Nails, will run during credits.
It’s not yet clear whether candidate Mason is required to acknowledge this in-kind ‘service’ as a campaign contribution. Nor has it been ascertained whether Mason’s pretending to know nothing about it beforehand will fool anyone above the intellectual level of a salamander. Already, a sternly worded letter has been received by team Mason from the SDF (Salamander Defense Fund). From an ELEC perspective, much will depend on what the video rakes in on a planned pay-per-view website. Sources report that, for branding unity purposes, the porn site will have a very similar name to Mason’s other pay site, DualJobsDawn...
As for the erstwhile stud-muffin in the shoot, questions persist as to whether he can adapt to a post-Zimmer future. Make no mistake, 'doing it in public' is the drug-of-choice here. Can he fill the void left by no longer being able abuse his speaker's podium privileges with the object of his obsession, should the latter win the election on Nov 3 and no longer wait for him at the council table in a packed room every other Wednesday?
One option for targeting maximum public consumption would be an endless series of flaming letters to the editor. But could they ever provide that tingly sensation of publicly berating someone who can't or won't answer you because of the nature of your question or the contemptuous way you asked it?
Blogging is another thought. But for this master of internet disguises, none of which are particularly successful (ahem), it’s not a very good thought. A wolf can wear a disguise too, but the constant chatter about sheep, sheep recipes, sheep websites, and the foaming abhorrence for friends of sheep tends to undermine every get-up.
As for carrying on this one-sided affair, using the NEXT council president as a proxy for the kicked-upstairs Zimmer - this too looks like a non-starter. It will never bring back those throbbing feelings of superiority and self-importance one felt when simultaneously dressing down, as it were, the council president AND the mayor. And as a practical matter the proxy will inevitably be referred to as “Dawn” at the absolute.least.opportune.moment.imaginable… Bet the ranch on that one.
And so, what option remains? Nothing. Just sitting up alone in the dark after everyone’s gone to bed, watching the final episode over and over and over. Deeper and deeper…
- Infotainme
My comment: A few things now and then more tomorrow...
1) Lane Bajardi isn't just a normal citizen who is asking for information, he is a political hack who tried everything in his power to make Dawn look bad right before the election. Perhaps Dawn didn't make it clear enough that details of Union negotiations are confidential. His attempted cross-examination tactics combined with his tone are unacceptable.
2) The video put up on Hoboken 411 is edited for political purposes and is not straight news.The original was also recorded on a video camera paid for by Beth Mason. It is not edited from the video taken from the City of Hoboken's cameras. This may or may not be an ELEC violation but it is in the very least deceptive.
3) Lane's tirade at the end of the Hoboken 411 provided video is conveniently missing. If a reader were to see it in its proper context, readers could come to the conclusion as I that this is not just a request for information but a character assassination attempt by someone whose reputation diminishes with each and every angrily uttered word.
Here is Part 2 of the unedited City Council version. Go to the 01:41:20 mark on the video to see what really happened.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2399605
Date: October 28th, 2009
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Here is yet another email from Dean Kemph, former Hoboken resident who now resides in Weehawken, NJ and likes to keep tabs on the Hoboken political scene. You might not like what Dean has to say but at least he is an equal opportunity offender and no candidate is spared his wit and sometimes vorpal pen. This was also published on Hoboken Reporter's website. I highlighted some of his best quotes....
