Mayor Healy has recently been joined by other local elected officials in opposing a natural gas pipleline extension being proposed by Spectra Energy. The path of the pipeline, which would add about 16 miles of new pipeline to two of Spectra’s existing lines in the region, would bring up to 800 million cubic feet of [...]
Although the first City Council meeting of 2010 was relatively short — about two hours — and relatively poorly attended — no more than 40 were in the audience at any one time — it was a doozy. The council considered eight first-read ordinances, six second reads and 41 resolutions, including the highly anticipated draft municipal budget. All council members were present.
Tonight’s city council meeting was relatively short — just over two hours — but it packed a lot of punch.
A draft of the city budget for the 2010 fiscal year, which began just over six months ago, was introduced this evening by an 8-1 vote, with Ward E councilman Steven Fulop casting the lone no [...]
At Monday’s City Council caucus, Ward E councilman Steven Fulop asked the council to vote Wednesday to introduce a tax relief plan he devised. As a means to prevent people from losing their homes to tax sales, the plan would allow certain delinquent taxpayers to enter into a payment plan with the city.
In a statement [...]
The central issue of Tuesday’s council caucus, and what will likely be the big draw to Wednesday’s council meeting, was the redeveloper pay-to-play ordinance introduced last month by Ward E councilman Steven Fulop. This ordinance (begins page 22) would expand the city’s current pay-to-play law to include redevelopers, barring them from making campaign donations to [...]
- As the City Council prepares to have its caucus meeting today, there are questions about whether or not council president Mariano Vega will keep his job. He no-commented the Journal last week when asked about the push — led by Ward E councilman Steven Fulop — to have him resign his post. Ward A [...]
With most of the vote in, it looks like the two incumbent City Council members who faced runoff elections today have won, meaning that the council will continue to be chock full of Mayor Healy supporters. Healy’s team won the election for each council seat, save for Ward E, where incumbent Steven Fulop easily beat [...]
- The former owner of David’s Sporting Goods, a now-closed gun shop in Downtown Jersey City, has been sentenced to two years probation and 100 hours of community service for a 2007 incident in which he fired shots into the air outside his store.
- The Insider calls Tuesday’s Ward A runoff “the best of the [...]
In the May 12 election, the race for Ward A’s City Council seat was one of two in which the leading vote-getter failed to cross the 50 percent-plus-one threshold required for outright victory. Incumbent Michael Sottolano received the most votes — around 40 percent of the total — with Rolando Lavarro finishing second. They will [...]
- One runoff race for the City Council seems to be set after provisional ballots were tallied, but another will likely involve a recount. In Ward A, incumbent Michael Sottolano will face off against Rolando Lavarro, who edged out Andre Richardson by 30 votes. In Ward F, however, only one vote separates second-place finisher Ron-Calvin [...]
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