Share/Save The annual school board election usually comes and goes with little fanfare and low turnout, as many residents are under the impression that the Board of Education only impacts those with children in the schools. Last night, the Board of Education proved — once again — the fallacy of that stance, as it passed [...]
Share/Save Photo: Steve Gold At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* is back in the news after his indictment last week on a slew of federal corruption charges that he was first arrested for back in July, as well as the new charge of lying to federal investigators. (Vega* reportedly told the investigators that he’d never seen FBI [...]
Share/Save Photo: Steve Gold Today, Council President Mariano Vega* announced that he will “temporarily” step down as president “until such time as I am completely exonerated.” While we appreciate the gesture, we can’t help note that it is relatively meaningless, considering the weight of the charges against the councilman. With that in mind, we call [...]
Share/SaveWell, folks: there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the arrests made on July 23 in connection with a wide-ranging federal corruption sting appear to have issued a wake-up call to Chilltown politicians and residents; rallies have been held, resignations have been called for, committee rules have been altered and an [...]
Like each home run that Barry Bonds slugged out into McCovey Cove in San Francisco, each vote that Mariano Vega continues to cast on the City Council will be tainted by an asterisk. But the business facing Jersey City’s governing body is much more serious than the game of baseball. We cannot afford to have a councilman who votes under a cloud of suspicion serious enough to involve the FBI.
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