Considering the madness that went down in Jersey City in 2009, it is another relatively light year for Chilltown on Politicker’s annual recap of Winners & Losers in New Jersey politics.
The Healy campaign for mayor lands at number three on the “Best Campaigns of the Year” list, behind Chris Christie’s gubernatorial run and Nelson Albano [...]
- The Journal has more on the lawsuit filed by former Jersey City Parking Authority head Mark Russ that alleges Mayor Healy wrongfully terminated him after he failed to obey orders not to issue tickets after 6 pm.
- Speaking of the Parking Authority, it is not enforcing meter rules or alternate side parking rules until [...]
- Former Parking Authority director Mark Russ alleges in a lawsuit that Mayor Healy ordered Russ not to issue tickets after 6 pm to curry favor with voters during Healy’s re-election campaign, and had the parking official fired when a few of his officers violated the illegal order. (Story from Courthouse News is no longer [...]
How did Jersey City’s mayoral and City Council candidates use emerging web campaign technologies to bolster their bids for office this spring? With the hangover from the elections receding into the background and the runoff passed, we take a look at how well the campaigns integrated new technologies into their own strategies, and what impact that had on the outcome.
New Jersey City University’s Margaret Williams Theatre was near capacity yesterday morning as Mayor Jerramiah Healy and the nine members of the City Council were sworn in to four-year terms. New Jersey politicians of all stripes, including Gov. Jon Corzine and both U.S. Senators, were on hand to celebrate the occasion.
Photos: Steve Gold
Turnout was relatively light at Wednesday’s meeting of the City Council, the first regular meeting since late April. About 25 people were in the audience for the meeting, which lasted a little less than two hours. Among them was newly elected Ward C councilwoman Nidia Rivera Lopez. Council president Mariano Vega kicked off [...]
- County and federal authorities say they’ve dismantled a counterfeit check ring based in Jersey City and arrested more than 45 people believed to have stolen over $140,000 in North Jersey and New York.
- Star-Ledger columnist John Farmer, noting that last week’s municipal election wasn’t a big deal in state political circles, says it wasn’t [...]
- David Cruz, who took a hiatus from blogging to be the communications director for Harvey Smith’s mayoral campaign, shares his feelings and lessons about the election on his first and second days back at blog city blog.
- Over at Left Bank Art Blog, Charles Kessler shows us some of the best and worst (mostly [...]
- The Historic Preservation Commission voted 6-0 to deny developer Steve Hyman’s application to tear down the 6th Street Embankment this week. The commission ultimately ruled that the property was non-commercial, and thus not bound by same rules that govern the demolition of historic structures that are deemed commercial. Hyman has rolled out a number [...]
- Mayor Healy reportedly spent nearly $180 for each vote he received, while on the other end of the spectrum, Dan Levin reportedly spent about $6 per vote. Explaining the popularity of donating to incumbents, the chair of Common Cause New Jersey says it’s “kind of like rooting for the Yankees.”
- Meanwhile, a ward-by-ward breakdown [...]
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