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A second bite at the apple
Former Jersey City Mayor Jerry McCann (once called Merry Jerry) may well be laughing up a storm these days over the fact that he may have twice gotten to use a political trick he’s widely believ...
May 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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No sweat – Carmelo Garcia wins appeal
In a game of high stakes political poker, Carmelo Garcia , state Senator Brian Stack and the Hudson County Democratic Organization pulled the fat out of the fire, managing to eke out an appeal ...
May 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Political drama over 33rd Assembly seat
In what is turning out to be one of the more brilliant political chess gambits, Hoboken City Councilman Ravi Bhalla has outfoxed some key political players in his bid to win the Democratic line ...
Apr 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stick’s tough choice
Freeholder Anthony “Stick” Romano of Hoboken is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place in deciding what to do next with his political career. There’s a backlash among Old Hoboken ag...
Apr 21, 2013 | 11 11 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Will Vega rise from the grave in WNY?
Faced with the prospect that West New York Mayor Felix Roque might emerge unscathed from his legal woes, his opponents appear to be getting together to build a coalition that would drive him out...
Apr 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Political clash at Loew’s
“You can get physical,” said debate host Pat O’Meila at a Jersey City mayoral debate that included two of the four contenders in the 2013 municipal election. Although Jerry Walker was invited ...
Apr 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shock if not awe: Stack’s picks
And the candidates are… State Sen. and Union City Mayor Brian Stack has frustrated people for months by waiting until two days before the filing deadline to announce – or even make up his mind o...
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Peace in the valley means war in Jersey City
Now that the three state senators have made up their minds to run on the same Democratic ticket in the June primary and presumably in November, the only real political game worth watching in Hudso...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Four is company in Jersey City mayoral race
The Jersey City mayor’s race got just a little bit more interesting with the addition of a fourth candidate last week. Abdul Malik threw his hat in a race that already includes Mayor Jerramiah ...
Mar 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Menendez’s name cleared
Sometimes a conspiracy really is a conspiracy, as was apparently the case in the attack on U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez earlier this year, when bloggers claimed he had allegedly been involved with ...
Mar 10, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thawing in the Hoboken cold war?
Some people are speculating about something that a year ago would have been unthinkable: a possible coalition ticket between Mayor Dawn Zimmer and factions once considered her staunchest opponen...
Mar 03, 2013 | 4 4 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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What’s in a zip code?
A battle over zip codes eligible for a possible grant to help curb criminal activity evolved into a heated exchange at the Hudson County Freeholder meeting on Feb. 14 when West New York Freeholder...
Feb 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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