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- “This is my home too,” Ward C coucilwoman Nidia Rivera Lopez tells the Orlando Sentinel. “All my clothes are here.” The Florida paper, wading into the residency issues of the newest council member, says she could owe $33,000 in back taxes if it is proven she was committing tax fraud in the Sunshine State. For her part, Lopez tells the Journal she was “misquoted” by the Sentinel, without offering any further explanation. She also broke her silence on the kerfuffle at Wednesday’s special council meeting, denying that she voted in a 2003 election in Florida. That state’s election officials say she did, however. Meanwhile, “Wally Edge” seems to think that the November special election that would come if Lopez is forced to step down would pit the Hudson County Democratic Organization against Ward E councilman Steven Fulop. We’re not sure Fulop would expend the political capital to only pick up one council ally, or whether he’d mesh well with Jimmy King, who would likely become the frontrunner.

- Jersey City cops have released surveillance video of the man who was shot last month when he showed up to his workplace on Broadway down under the Pulaski Skyway. In the clip, then man’s vehicle is ambushed by two individuals, and then they argue out of sight outside the driver’s door. A few minutes later, the individuals flee by foot and the man, wounded, staggers out into the middle of the street and lays down. Police hope this wil lead to some tips on the perpitrators.

- The sleek new PATH cars are set to make their formal debut (despite being in circulation for a few months) today at the Journal Square station at 12:30 pm.

- A company that operates a transcontinental natural gas pipeline system has proposed a 250-mile extension of the system, including a spur through North Jersey that reports say would “likely” cut through Jersey City. “This project is still in such a preliminary feasibility stage, it would be premature for us to speculate on the details,” a spokesperson for the company tells the Record.

- Brian Dunlap talks to the Journal about settling into his new post as president of the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce.

In statewide news:

- A federal judge has ruled that State Police troopers will not be able to privately practice law.

- The state Motor Vehicle Commission will soon reverse the sequence of letters and numbers on New Jersey license plates.

- The Corzine campaign has moved next week’s big rally with President Barack Obama from Rutgers University to the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel.