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Feeling stronger every day

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The old 1970s song by Chicago, “Feeling Stronger Every Day,” may well serve as the campaign theme song for Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s reelection effort next year, if her State of the City address is an...

What about that 4th Ward, eh?
Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer and several of her close associates are very concerned about overcrowding at the election polls in the second district of the 4th Ward – as they should be. With as many...

Jan 29, 2012 | 2

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What’s in an insult?
Language, as author Dwight Bolinger once pointed out, is a loaded weapon. Sometimes – as Assemblyman Charles Mainor found out this week when (according to him) someone allegedly posted questiona...

Jan 22, 2012 | 0

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A bagel for Mr. Stack
“Hello, how are you? Nice to see you this morning.” Brian Stack zooms across 14th Street in Hoboken on this relatively warm Tuesday in January. Wearing his black overcoat and power tie, a newsp...

Jan 15, 2012 | 0

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Political musical chairs
As quoted before in this column, Will Rogers once observed that Republicans often feed on Democrats, and Democrats also feed on fellow Democrats. Never has this been so clearly evident than in th...

Jan 08, 2012 | 0

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Christie shows some class?
With a U.S. Senate panel voting to subpoena former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine to testify about his role leading the collapsed MF Global, you would expect to hear some chuckling coming from Chr...

Dec 11, 2011 | 0

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What’s next?
Those most savvy about the political process understand that the next election starts the day after the last election is over. This is particularly true in Jersey City, where two likely candidate...

Dec 04, 2011 | 3

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Petty feuds split Hudson Democrats
Even though Democrats in Hudson County should be basking in their post election victory bliss, there a lot of bad feelings lingering from state and local feuds. The most serious of these appears ...

Nov 27, 2011 | 0

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Giving the bloggers what they want
When federal authorities charged a Hoboken official with allegedly obtaining confidential city communications meant for Mayor Dawn Zimmer, federal authorities gave Hoboken bloggers an early gift...

Nov 20, 2011 | 4

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Healy’s really a lame duck now
Perhaps the biggest loser in the Jersey City special election to fill two at-large City Council seats is Mayor Jerramiah Healy , from whom control of the City Council has been wrenched – although...

Nov 13, 2011 | 0

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Hoboken hospital deal done – well, almost
Rather than get stuck with a hospital the city of Hoboken can’t afford, members of the City Council agreed to a deal for parking that will last into the next century. In fact, hospital parking spa...

Nov 06, 2011 | 0

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Lautenberg won’t likely run for reelection
If recent hearings in the U.S. Senate are any indication, New Jersey’s junior senator, Frank Lautenberg , is not likely to run for reelection. He kept talking behind the scenes about how the atm...

Oct 30, 2011 | 0

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Behind the scenes battle for mayor in Jersey City
Even before voters get to choose two new council-at-large candidates in this November’s special election in Jersey City, infighting is apparently underway behind the scenes in anticipation of the ...

Oct 23, 2011 | 5

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Where’s ‘Between the Lines’?

Pick of the litter

Stacked up against Stack

Hoboken hospital deal has strange political roots

A strategic retreat

Congressman’s job up for grabs?

Is Healy the one to challenge Stack?

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