After more than a year of discussion and revision, the city’s redevelopment plan for Journal Square was approved by the City Council at its Wednesday meeting.
- Gas Pipeline Hearing in Bayonne: Speakers yesterday told federal regulators they do not want a proposed natural gas pipeline that Spectra Energy wants to run through Bayonne’s Bergen Point, and later through Jersey City, on its way to Manhattan. Jersey City’s meeting is tomorrow.
- Budget Cycle Change: The City Council is set to vote [...]
- Recall Process Begins: A three-person committee says it has filed the papers to begin a recall effort against Mayor Healy, City Council President Peter Brennan, At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* and At-Large councilwoman Willie Flood. City Clerk Robert Byrne says he hasn’t seen the letter yet; he’s in charge of reviewing and approving it before [...]
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 rounds. [...]
While the 2013 mayoral election is still three years away, Ward E councilman Steven Fulop is already building up a war chest as he aims to move up Jersey City’s political ladder.
Fulop currently has $283,199 $251,560 on hand, according to 2010 Quarter 1 filings with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). His campaign has [...]
Although the municipal budget has been at the center of much council brouhaha lately, the hottest issue at this week’s meeting was the council’s consideration of the labor contracts with the city’s police and fire unions. A brief flareup between former mayor Gerry McCann and Ward E councilman Steven Fulop, perennial rivals, added to the atmosphere of tension in the room.
For observers and participants of City Council meetings since the introduction of the draft budget in January, Wednesday’s meeting was either disappointingly calm or a welcome respite — depending upon their perspective. Only about 50 people attended, a sparse number compared to the hundreds that have jammed council chambers in recent months, and those who addressed the council were also few relative to the numbers at meetings since January.
- Full-Time Council? Ward F councilwoman Viola Richardson is introducing an ordinance to make City Council jobs full-time, and another to increase the maximum salary for council members from $22,500 to $90,000 and for council president from $24,500 to $100,000. Both would begin July 1, 2013, and are meeting resistance from the administration.
- Re-introducing Bills: [...]
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 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 [...]
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