HUDSON COUNTY – There’s lots of detailed stories you haven’t read anywhere else in the various editions of the Hudson Reporter newspapers this weekend. You can pick up your print edition around town this weekend, or come back to this website starting Sunday and scroll down your town’s page to read the stories.
Jersey City’s school board election, in which candidates backed by Councilman Steven Fulop swept every ward, may be a portent of next year’s mayoral race when Fulop and Mayor Jerremiah Healy square off. Read our story and analysis. We also look deeper into the problems in old housing in Hudson County that may have contributed to several tragic fires, and feature the difficulties faced by the Harsimus Cemetery’s struggle for survival as a historic site.
The Hoboken City Council passed the 2012 municipal budget on Wednesday accompanied by the usual acrimony—after which they agreed they need to be more civil and respectful to each other. Also, see our story about the exciting attractions coming up in the Mile Square City’s Music and Arts Fair, including the return of The Demolition String Band, graduates of the city’s music scene.
After an intense school board race in Secaucus, longtime trustee Tom Troyer finds himself on the outside looking in, but probably not quietly. The revived Mr. America contest is coming to Secaucus on April 28. And read our story on how environmental officials there decided to keep their ban on Styrofoam products in place despite a discussion with the corporation that manufactures all those cups and plates.
Gainful employment was the subject of the recent West New York Jobs Fair, which brought out young and old, the unemployed and underemployed, all looking for the chance to earn a better living. Read their stories in our West New York and Union City and North Bergen papers. Also in those papers, read about the great work the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) en Español is doing to help troubled souls in the Latin community.
All this, plus Jim Hague’s incisive sports reporting and the always-provocative Al Sullivan’s ‘Between The Lines.’
So pick up a copy of your town’s edition of the Hudson Reporter newspapers and read more about what’s happening in your town than you’ll find anywhere else.
Perhaps that is the reason for the use half truths this time.
Mrs. Mason is fully aware that this budget did exactly that. Your taxes have been reduced by 17%.
Mrs. Mason fails to bring up that she and the council minority forced Hoboken to pay out in cash in excess of four million dollars rather than refinance an existing bond at a lower rate over the same time period.
The taxes could have been reduced further or the suplus increased which most financial experts agree should be done in Hoboken.
Mrs. Mason's credibilty takes another hit
Mrs. Mason understandably doesn't quite explain what or who she is referring to so I will not speculate.
Putting qualified people in important decission making positions is something Hoboken has benefitted from in this Administration.
Failure to do so in past administrations clearly has hurt Hoboken and in some cases lead to criminal charges, losses in large ammounts of money and prison sentences.
Again Mrs. Mason's statements do not help her credibility.
When polled Mrs. Mason along with the rest of the City Council minority was asked if the objected to each and every legal case facing Hoboken.
They did not object to any of them.
If they were truly unencessary legal fees why did she and her council minority not object ?
More reason to doubt Mrs. Mason's credibility.
Replacing decades old and worn out office chairs and furniture for City Hall workers.
Another half truth by Mrs. Mason that dosen't help her credibility.
Mrs. Mason knows full well that no one went to the Super Bowl. The truth is Councilwoman Giatino paid her own way to New Orleans and two City Officials were sent to New Orleans to a meeting that might help Hoboken be part of the planning when the Super Bowl comes to New Jersey.
The financial return for Hoboken could be counted in the millions of dollars.
Why would Mrs. Mason publish an obvious half truth and what does that say about her cerdibility ?
While Mrs. Mason and her lawyers and consultants have avoided publishing an out right lie she most certainly is not telling the whole truth.
That is not what the voters of Hoboken expect from an elected official.