- A NJ Transit union leader says that Gov. Christie’s decision to cut state funding for the transit agency will lead to fare hikes of up to 30 percent, service cuts and potential worker furloughs. Transit leaders are set to discuss the ramifications of the cuts today. For more, check out today’s Guest Opinion piece [...]
- At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges yesterday, as did suspended building department employee John Guarini and political operative/Municipal Utilities Authority commissioner Joe Cardwell. Vega*’s trial is set for Feb. 24. Meanwhile, former city planning aide and Ward E City Council candidate Guy Catrillo is due to be the first [...]
The recently issued Jersey City Development Practices and Procedures Report is woefully incomplete and does not provide the safeguards necessary to protect the people of Jersey City from blatant political manipulation and corruption. To take a serious step towards responsible development and accountability, the city should immediately adopt the state’s strict Conflict of Interest law [...]
The Independent’s offices will be closed tomorrow; the Roundup will return on Monday. Enjoy your weekend, everyone.
- Former city councilman Tom Fricchione, who died earlier this week, was remembered yesterday as a joyous public servant who helped anyone who asked.
- The pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Union City writes in to the [...]
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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 informant Solomon [...]
- Does Ward E councilman Steven Fulop finally have another council member on board with his call for embattled At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* to resign? Judging by Council President Peter Brennan’s comments to the Journal, the council may finally be turning against Vega*, who was arrested on federal corruption charges in July and indicted on [...]
- At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* was indicted on federal corruption charges yesterday after being arrested in the late-July sweep. The eight-count indictment adds the charge of lying to federal investigators to the charges Vega* was arrested for, namely, taking $30,000 in bribes from a FBI informant. He tells the Journal he intends to “clear his [...]
If the council members thought they’d be able to breeze through Tuesday’s pre-Thanksgiving City Council meeting, they were sorely mistaken.
- The state Office of Attorney Ethics has recommended that Mayor Jerramiah Healy’s law license be suspended or that he face other disciplinary action because of his disorderly persons convictions after his 2006 dustup in Bradley Beach.
- Saying he is “one embarrassment after another,” the Journal once again calls for At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* [...]
- On Wednesday we reported that T&M Associates denied giving any money to the campaign of At-Large councilman Mariano Vega*, a donation on his campaign finance reports that gave the engineering firm some trouble at this week’s council meeting. Today the Journal picks up the story, with a little more on Vega*’s reaction — and [...]
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