When I vote for Spears tomorrow, I won’t just be doing it to register my disapproval of the incumbent. I’ll be voting for something, and somebody — a candidate whose agenda, interests, connections, and demeanor represents a clean and definitive break from the priorities and direction of the current administration.
Jersey City Politics
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Analysis Shows Team Fulop Having Voted in Lock Step
An analysis of the nearly 800 votes the City Council took in the first 40 weeks of this year shows a striking pattern: Members of “Team” Fulop — Councilmembers Richard Boggiano, Mira Prinz-Arey, Denise Ridley, Daniel Rivera, Jermaine Robinson, Yousef Saleh, and Joyce Watterman — voted in lock step 99 percent of the time, in every instance voting in favor of whatever resolution or ordinance had been introduced.
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Letter: Mayor Fulop Stop The Red-Baiting in Ward B
Your letter uses red-baiting scare tactics, calling Brooks a “proud and declared socialist,” as though that is something that is threatening and dangerous.
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It’s Time to Clean House: Our Endorsements for City Council
All is not lost. Standing in the wings and hoping to replace “Team Fulop” are nine independent, smart and capable individuals who, if elected, could begin to turn this ship around.
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Two Bad Options for Mayor
This year’s race for mayor presents Jersey City voters with two wholly unsatisfying options. We can’t endorse either candidate.
Posted inDowntown, Latest News
Ward E Councilman James Solomon: An Interview
On October 13, Ward E Councilman James Solomon sat down with us for an interview covering everything from traffic safety to ethics reform.
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Ward F Council Candidate Vernon Richardson: An Interview
Vernon Richardson is probably best known as an aide to the late Ward D Councilman Michael Yun. Most recently, Richardson took a job at City Hall as as an aide to Mayor Fulop. In June, word leaked out prematurely that Richardson was preparing a run for the Ward F seat currently held by Councilman Jermaine Robinson. What follows is our interview with Richardson. We cover everything from affordable housing to his proposal to tax empty storefronts.
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Council President Watterman is a No-Show for Debates While Appearing for Photo Ops
City Council President Joyce Watterman’s absence from the candidate debates is provoking criticism from several of her challengers for the three at-large council seats.
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Op Ed: On Vaccines it’s Better to Convince than Attack
Although I fundamentally disagree with the premise of “you should tell everyone if you are vaccinated if you wish to run for public office,” I submitted my vaccination card as proof of my status because this is not the hill on which I wish to die.
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After Denouncing Gilmore, “Team” Fulop Takes the Fifth on Vaccinations
With the exception of Ward F Councilman Jermaine Robinson, who in an email repeated, without other proof, his claim that he was inoculated, none of the “Team” Fulop members responded to our request.