Dear Editor, As a Jersey City resident and voter, I was pleased with the decision of Ward E Councilman Steve Fulop announcing that he will introduce an ordinance at the next City Council meeting that will place a referendum on November’s ballot that will allow voters to give their preference for the date of school [...]
Our reporter at Steve Fulop’s Downtown headquarters says that the Ward E councilman has already left the office, confident in his margin of victory, and gone on a walk around the neighborhood with his family. The campaign will be gathering later at LITM on Newark Avenue to celebrate. Fulop received 2,816 of the 4,465 votes [...]
- Jersey City Education Association president Thomas J. Favia wrote and distributed thousands of letters this week to teachers and school employees criticizing Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop for saying that the city’s public schools “continue to underachieve,” and for advocating the reopening of some schools as charter or magnet schools. The letter doesn’t explicitly [...]
- The woman who gave birth to a stillborn boy whose body was discarded with the trash at Christ Hospital last December has filed a lawsuit against the hospital and several of its employees. The suit alleges the delivery room doctor “deviated from the standard practices of medicine” and that the hospital fraudulently concealed evidence [...]
The mayoral get-togethers are all done, but there are a number of forums for council candidates coming up this week. – Monday, May 4, at 6 pm: A community coalition hosts a forum for Ward F council candidates at the Lincoln High School auditorium (60 Crescent Ave.). – Wednesday, May 6, at 7:30 pm: The [...]
- The HPNA has the full scoop on what’s slated to happen with the Hamilton Park Renovation, which is scheduled to begin (again) on April 30. – Tris McCall loves to talk elections, and this season is no exception. Here he makes the case for Guy Catrillo, who may actually have a shot in Ward [...]
- David Cruz announces a hiatus from blog city blog, as he’s taken on the role of communications director for the Smith campaign. Over on Stompbox, Tris McCall details a near run-in with the candidate himself, and makes an announcement about his voting plans. – On Draw & Quarter, James Young has a series of [...]
The latest episode of Talking Politics, somewhat misleadingly entitled “Ward E Candidates,” features only one council candidate: incumbent Steven Fulop. According to host Mia Scanga, invitee Guy Catrillo, who is running for the Ward E seat on Mayor Healy’s ticket, “stood [the show] up.” (One might say, though, that Catrillo was there in spirit, since [...]
- HudCo officials expect the county’s number of homeless people to increase with the recession continuing and unemployment rising. For more, read JCI‘s reports on the annual homeless count and rising unemployment in Jersey City. – Businessman Joshua Levitt has officially announced his challenge to incumbent Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop in the May election. [...]
We read the JJ so you don’t have to: It’s a TV-tabloid-news kinda day at the Journal, so we don’t have much for you. Mostly its car crashes, 2-year-olds being shot, bank robberies, dog “maulings” and celebrities at a trading firm (Joe Montana in Jersey City…sorry, I think that’s the only time I’ll ever be [...]
 |
 |
 |
|
||
 |
|
 |
|
||
