Share/Save We told you yesterday that thousands of people descended on Central Avenue in the Heights on Saturday for the third annual Everything Jersey City Festival. And it goes without saying: wherever there are thousands of local people, there will likely be some politicians. Saturday was no exception, with a bevy of pols making the [...]
Share/SaveAt the campaign party for Lou Manzo’s slate, held at Puccini’s on West Side Avenue, the mood was somber for some and hopeful for others. At one point last night, it was looking like At-Large candidates Joseph Cassidy, Betty Outlaw and Lori Serrano might make a runoff for their seats, although it later became clear [...]
Share/Save- The Journal rolled out its endorsements in Jersey City’s municipal elections today. While the candidate the daily endorsed for mayor is no surprise, some of its council picks did catch us off guard. The Journal is endorsing: Lou Manzo for mayor, Andre Richardson in Ward A, Phil Kenny in Ward B, Jimmy King in [...]
Share/SaveWe’d been combing through state Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) reports all week when we noticed this morning that Politicker’s Matt Friedman beat us to the punch on the fundraising race. Friedman focused on the mayoral campaigns, though, so we thought we’d cite his story and add some other interesting nuggets from the latest filings. [...]
Share/SaveOn April 16, the Heights Coalition hosted a forum where eight of the nine candidates for the Ward C and D seats on the City Council faced off on tax abatements, crime, the Journal Square Redevelopment Plan and quality of life issues. Here’s some video — enjoy. Big thanks to Tris McCall for allowing us [...]
Share/SaveAt a public forum last night, eight of the nine candidates for the Ward C and D seats on the City Council faced off on tax abatements, crime, the Journal Square Redevelopment Plan and quality of life issues. About 100 people were on hand for the forum, which was put together by the Heights Coalition, [...]
Share/SaveIn late March, city clerk Robert Byrne rebuffed an attempt by Ward D City Council candidate James Carroll to have his opponent Christian Araujo taken off the ballot. Carroll challenged that Araujo didn’t have enough permissible petitions to remain a certified candidate, but Byrne ruled that Araujo had 203 petitions — three more than the [...]
Share/Save All photos by Steve Gold A crowd of nearly 100 gathered yesterday at the Abundant Joy Church in the Heights to hear candidates for mayor and the Ward C and D City Council seats make their case at an AARP-sponsored forum. Each candidate was allowed to speak for up to five minutes, and rebuttal [...]
Share/SaveDespite swirling rumors and the best efforts of both Mayor Healy and candidate Lou Manzo, among others, Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop told the Independent today that he will not join a ticket. “My plan right now is to stay independent,” he says, “and stay out of a mayoral race that could get nasty.” Fulop, [...]
Share/Save- Mayor Healy, HudCo Prosecutor and JCPD Chief Tom Comey are hoping that with a new administration in Washington and a Democratic Congress, they can get what urban mayors and cops have been pushing for — a repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment. The amendment prevents the federal ATF from releasing general information tracing the history [...]
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