Kurt Gardiner has moved mountains for Hoboken. He's earned our support and our vote.

People should take a look at his platform too:
http://www.gardinerforfreeholder.com/

Tuesday, send the message to the County political bosses that Hoboken wants someone to represent the people of Hoboken and not a political pawn who will do what the tell him to do.

The Hudson County political bosses never figured anyone would even run against their chosed candidate and when Kurt Gardiner did they hid their boy away, refused to let him debate the issues and until recently tried to ingnore this whole democratic election process hoping their politcal machines would sweep him into office.

Hoboken taxpayers give far more in taxes to the County than the County returns to Hoboken and Romano and his bosses have no plans to balance that out.

In the short time Romano has been Freeholder he voted three times to raise County taxes. THREE TIMES !

As a close political aly of Mason, Russo, Castellano, Occhipinti ,and Raiahe stayed silent and offered NO help to save Hoboken's Hospital. Yet showed up at the final City Council meeting to try to help the Council Minority grandstand and try to get out from under the political fallout of sabotaging the sale for months.

Romano was Mayor Roberts 100K a year driver and as we all remember Mayor Roberts made the awful bond deal that put Hoboken taxpayers on the hook for $52,000,000.00 . Not a peep out of his loyal chauffeur "Stick."

TUESDAY SEND A MESSAGE TO THE COUNTY. Hoboken is tired of getting the dirty end of the "stick" from the County.

VOTE COL C.

KURT GARDINER for Freeholder.

While I do acknowledge that I am the underdog, the groundswell of viral support I have received in the last several days suggests the possibility that this election could be closer than my opponent's operatives would like.

Sentiment that states the other guy has no chance is a voter suppresion tactic. Send a message to Hudson county and hey you never know. Grass roots elections can yield surprising results. Keep hope alive! Vote Kurt Gardiner Column C November 8th, the only logical choice for Freeholder for Hoboken taxpayers, renters and honest residents.

Best of luck, Kurt!!

Vote Column C!!

To be clear, Mayor Zimmer won't side with one of her biggest supporters in town because Stick Romano is an incumbent? She does understand that he is an incumbent of the species known as Old Guard Machine, right? He is backed, according to this story, by the likes of the HCDO and Ruben Ramos, among many, many others. Are not they her political foes, buyers of votes and the opposite of reform? (I hear her permanent cadre of bloggers bloviating here on this point ad nauseum.)

Kurt, I've read your manifesto and I support you because you are in favor of cutting our out-of-control county taxes. I do wonder, however, if you mean a real tax cut for individual payers or a cut in the tax levy. Please specify. I am all in favor of putting a crimp in the old boys network of political hacks who run our special county.

Thanks for standing on principle, Mr. Gardiner, which is more than I can say for the HCDO's favorite flip-flopper, Dawn Zimmer.

he has my vote...

I don't always agree with Mr. Gardiner--- if fact, probably not often at all. But he is a principled guy, articulate and has been a steadfast supporter for Mayor Zimmer and her self proclaimed reform administration. Her public silence and the silence of her council for their advocacy and support of Mr. Gardiner's candidacy for Freeholder is unfortunate. It speaks more of a political calculus that balances the positive aspects of supporting a loyal political ally with a similar vision against the negative aspects of being associated with another city wide "loss". Zimmer and clan have decided to not fight the good fight, to abandon an ally, and to cower behind a vail of neutrality. While Kurt does not have my vote, he does have my respect. I can't say the same for his so-called political allies.

In response to MadisonMonroe and prosbus, I think Mr. Gardiner has some very good, detailed ideas for lowering taxes, and I would also support him increasing revenue by adding a county income tax on under-the-table payments by local independently wealthy politicians to their minions, particularly in cases where the minions' activities on behalf of their owners attracts the attention of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Does that answer your question?

The following politicians and organizations have PUBLICLY endorsed Freeholder Romano: Senator Robert Menendez, Senator Brian P. Stack, Assemblyman Ruben Ramos, State Senator Nicholas Sacco, County Executive Thomas DeGise (sorry Carol), Assemblyman Vincent Prieto, Assemblyman Charles Mainor, Hudson County Democratic Organization, Hoboken Democratic Organization, Jersey City Democratic Organization.

The following politicians have support Mr. Gardiner:

......crickets....but I'll keep a look out, promise.

Bob: English only.

MSV has made its first ever endorsement. Horses trample machine pols.
What about your HCDO boss pussbus? Has Beth Mason hung up her nurse gear?

Keep a lookout. It's coming.

http://hobokenhorse.com

I don't think there's much chance of Beth Mason endorsing Kurt Gardiner. So if she stays neutral on Capt. Romano, then she and Dawn Zimmer are political soulmates once again, like when they both backed that total loser Jon Corzine. I love a happy ending.

"Zimmer—who'd have to pick between the incumbent (Freeholder Romano) and a political supporter (Mr. Gardiner) —hasn't endorsed anybody in the freeholder race" -PATCH (FREE)

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -MLK (FREE)

Distancing yourself from a political ally and dedicated supporter with the same political vision to wave in the wind so you won't take a political hit? (PRICELESS)

So wait, is Beth Mason making an endorsement? Will this Lane Bajardi fellow write it for her? Will it then appear on the blog with which he may or may not be connected? I think she and her staff should make full use of all the information technology available to make her position known to all.

I believe if Beth Mason endorsed Kurt Gardiner, he'd return it with a note to send it back to hell from whence it came.

Best of luck Kurt! Keep the race honest and issues centered. Too many people in Hoboken don't appreciate how much the county affects their daily lives and tax bill. Good luck putting a spotlight on this fact.

MadMon -- this story doesn't actually say anything about Gardiner wanting to cut taxes (unless i missed it), only about Hoboken getting more services. I doubt very much whether he does favor cutting taxes. He supports Dawn and Kids First and taxes have risen since they took over--and not a peep out of him. A strong stand for cutting our high and ever-rising county taxes would be a bold move that would get him some support. But that would be out of line with his fellow "reformers."
And Bob R, your income tax plan is intriguing. You sound like a Dawn supporter yet your plan would tax Dawn and her council supporters. As is widely known, the FBI is investigating Dawn's administration for using city computers, the city website and other city property for purely political purposes, and for also spending taxpayer money on purely political purposes

I fully endorse Kurt Gardiner. I love the way he bashes innocent people on the internet. He is truly one of us.

Wow, MM/HQ/prosbus/franksinatra is out in full force tonight. Someone must have touched a nerve. Nevertheless, I find your theory intriguing. You say it is "widely known" that the FBI is here to investigate Zimmer, yet they themselves have stated it was her administration that called them, and the only two City Hall employees to have been relieved of their duties so far in connection with the results of the investigation are "widely known" to be quite anti-Zimmer. That doesn't quite add up, but as I've said, you seem to have the inside 411 on this case, so perhaps you can enlighten me.

Can you tell me anything about who any alleged city informtation technology leaks and breaches were dispatched to, exactly? And can you tell me anything about this Lane Bajardi fellow? Does he have any connection to any political blogs? Does he or any affiliated blogs have any connection to City Councilwoman Elizabeth Mason? The blog in question certainly boasts highly of the use they make of information technology to dispatch their propaganda.

Kurt - 1 question. Why didn't Dawn endorse you? What sort of deal did she make with the HDCO? Something happened there. I want to know more and trust me..I'll find out one way or another. Dawn doesn't sell out her friend, supporter and political ally for nothing.

HQ- can you tell me anything about this Bajardi fellow? Also, can you tell me anything about any hot lamps in Essex County?

Actually..I am trying to restrain myself tonight...I just wanted to come out in support of a man who excelled at writing really nasty things about people on the internet....

Wow, HQ/MM/prosbus/franksinatra, angry much? You seem to have me mistaken for someone else. I wasn't trying to get your goat, I was honestly tipping my hat to your insider 411 on the nature of the FBI probe and various forms of dealmaking, and hoping you could clarify a few things people have been chattering about. That's all. Touchy touchy touchy.

Okay, I admit I missed Beth Mason's endorsement of Stick Romano in the June primary. But to be fair, I couldn't find one real news story about it, only mentions on Gardiner's blog and the horse blog, and on Ms. Mason's site, none of which I read. Franksinatra, I saw the tax cutting statement in Mr. Gardiner's ad, not in this Patch story.

I've got to tell you that I got a big laugh when I read Ms. Mason's site and the article about how she received the Obama NAACP prize. It says that she "grew up during the Civil Rights Movement." Can she not find a reputable p.r. firm? She just turned 50, which means she was not even 3 when the Civil Rights Act was passed and 6 and a half when Dr. Martin Luther King was murdered.

It doesn't change the fact that Ms. Mason seems to have picked a side and is coming out in favor of her team, while Mayor Zimmer refuses to back the members of her team.

Funny how Kurt Gardiner just being in the Freeholder race when "Stick" Romano was supose to run unopposed has some people very upset.

Got a mailer today from the Romano campaign and even Stick and his handlers couldn't think of one thing to take credit for as Freeholder.

I think Jamie Cryan understands that Romano/s connection to Mason, Russo & Co taints him with anyone but that "they would vote for me even if I was indicted" base that Peter Cammarano bragged about just before the FBI indicted him. :-)

Ducking any debate with Gardiner doesn't make Romano look any better.

Freeholder Romano seeks to build bridges between political divides. He is a gentleman. This is an example of bush leagues and the major leagues. Zimmer and crew's silence...utter silence and neturality...speaks volumes. Kurt's only public support is apparently by fellow cyber bullies and gadflys like himself.

I am voting for Kurt Gardiner.

I love the spin on endorsements. Of course County Bosses are going to endorse Romano. He is the kind of guy who does what he is told while Hoboken gets from their tax payments back pennies on the dollar in services. This has been going on for years.

As for the Mayor. I pre-empted anything she might have said and told her I did not expect her endorsement. I put Hoboken ahead of my own self-interest. The Mayor who I generally support (especially the successful sale of the hospital) has to be able to work with whoever is Freeholder after this election.

The most problematic endorsement for Romano is the one from Beth Mason. That free-spending destructacon is at the core of the effort to sabotage the Hospital deal which thankfully did not happen. Had the hospital deal failed it would have plunged Hoboken into fiscal chaos with $63 million that would have had to been paid in 60 days.

Beth Mason was willing to destroy Hoboken just to make the Mayor look bad. No intelligent person is buying this last minute PR BS that the "Council Minority" saved the Hospital. Their stunt was against the Faulkner Act and added nothing to the deal. In fact their malfeasance and 6 day delay on the garage cost $2 million. Reckless.
Beth Mason is hanging around Romano's neck like a two ton weight right now.

Romano named Mason Italian Woman of the year. This shows how bad his judgment can be. Toni Tomarazzo is Italian Woman of the decade! Hands down. Beth Mason will possibly be Recall of the year at best.

In fact there is a Recall Beth Mason meeting being set up very soon. I think it should be called the Committee to Explore the Possibility of Recalling Beth Mason Second Ward City Council Hoboken on Account of:

1) Gross incompetance and inability
2) Inability to fulfill oath as an elected official.
3) Persistant inability to tell the truth. (doctored resume, videos with false claims, Hoboken 411, The daper bushy eyebrowed fellow that used to be her spokesman)
4) For pain and suffering caused on the HUMC staff with all of her shananigans in trying to destroy their jobs and the City of Hoboken.
5) For gratuitous use of a Nurse Ratchett Halloween Costume so lacking in taste it made a turd in a punchbowl look like a wonderful floral arrangement in comparison.

Can we come up with anymore for Anthony Romano's number 1 political ally (in terms of dollars)? Come on people help a Freeholder candidate out?:)

We can only hope and pray that Kurt and people like him will become the competent majority of our elected leaders!!! Yay Kurt

Kurt, I'm a little surprised you left out interfering through dubious methods in another ward election to get "Independent" Tim Occhipinti elected, following which Occhipinti has dutifully acted as her puppy dog. (See, I didn't use the word shill)

Puzzledone- Point taken but Tim is just a puppet, Mason is the Key Romano ally that for now we should focus on at least until November 9. She has really never delivered deliverables but is doing a good job of nattering negatives. More votes are coming my way because of the association between my opponent Romano and scorched earth City Councilwoman Beth Mason.

Methinks when they are done with Mason, she will be kicked to the curb.

A petition calling for Beth Mason's resignation could be the precursor to her recall if she does not resign.

But on Tuesday send a message to her allies and vote for KURT GARDINER for Freeholder. The more votes he gets the stronger the message. ;-)

Cyber-bullies may disclose victims' personal data (e.g. real name, address, or workplace/schools) at websites or forums or may pose as the identity of a victim for the purpose of publishing material in their name that defames or ridicules them. Some cyber-bullies may also send threatening and harassing emails and instant messages to the victims, while other post rumors or gossip and instigate others to dislike and gang up on the target.

By this clinical definition, Kurt Gardiner is a cyber bully as are his anonymous supporters on the blogs.

Vote for Freeholder Romano....a gentleman not a cyber bully.

Slander prosbus. Not surprised given your prior posts.

Prosbus has been engaged in the time honored political consultant ploy of "establishing" a fair, balanced, thoughtful and reasonable online "identity" so as to have more credibility when he starts more openly shilling. Done correctly, this process takes months or even years of patient identity building. Trying to do this within a week is pretty amateurish but not surprising given the low quality of the consultants (paid and not) that have been employed by the Mason/Russo team over the years. Mason gives new meaning to the expression "a fool and her money are soon parted." I don't envy prosbus's lack of political skills, but I do envy his business acumen. Way to go Prosbus!!!

This important enough for me to post under my name.

I support Kurt Gardiner. I wish him the best of luck.

No about cyberbullies. Perry Klaussen is guilty of many of those charges.

Vote for Romano if you want to support someone that associates with true bullies that physcially tear down signs on private property. I doubt the culprit suspected that she would come forward with her security footage, some people might have been intimated by such behavior.

It makes me wonder how many shopkeeps in town hang out signs supporting a candidate out fear of retaliation.

Perry Klaussen is the reason I know Mooshu's real name. I know several other names too.

Dearest Hoboken Questioner- For the record Dawn Zimmer didn't endorse me because I didn't let her. I pre-emptively told her not to. I was a probabalistic political calculus on my part. I know how your side so desperately wants to distract from the issues but I have a much better platform for Hoboken and JC Heights than my opponent. If my opponent paid political consultants to write his platform he should ask for his money back. Go to www.gardinerforfreeholder.com and see that my campaign is about these ideas and some them are pretty good.

Good governance will come out and support me. How much support from them I will get we will find out on election day.

A better question is why Ines Garcia Keimis supporting a man she accused of election fraud four years ago, as she demanded a "recount" in an election in which she finished a poor third far behind the other two candidates. Given her current support of a man who she said committed fraud, and her apparent participation in the fraud committed by Mrs.Mason and Mr. Occipinti, it appears that Ms. Keim has reconsidered her position opposing fraud. A willingness to cheat seems to now be a prerequisite to gaining Mr.and Mrs. Keim's support.

For the record, I do not think Mr.Romano has committed fraud - not in 2008 and not in this election. I think the allegation in the last election was yet another example of the genuine inability of Mason/Keim and their friends to accept and deal with reality.

To Carol- Thank you for your support. It is appreciated.

You have my family's support too. Having known you for years as an honest, straight-shooting, and active community member I am more than confident that you have what it takes to represent Hoboken. Good luck on Tuesday. Hoboken needs a Giant like you at the County to represent the interests of Hoboken that have been overlooked for too long. Vote Column "C" Kurt Gardiner for Hudson County Freeholder on Tuesday Nov. 8th!

Slander? I disagree. I stand by my term of cyber bully--- and to be clear--- Mr. Gardiner is not the only only who engages in such acts. Has personal data been published on his website in the past: YES; Does he defame or ridicules someone? YES; Does he post messages to instigate others to dislike and gang up on a target? I believe YES
Is he the only one? NO. Many people do it on Patch, 411, Horse, etc.... but the difference is he is the only one wanting to run for public office. Kurt G is a passionate advocate. But like many advocates he seems compromise and give and take as a compromise of principles. Politics is the art of compromise. Reformerus_Gianticus/Kurt is best left to the edges, where passion and purity can be embraced and rewarded. The political arena is messy and dirty and requires compromise. But it doesn't mean people are bad or evil or you need to hound their political friends with accusations. In this sense. The political arena is a place for a lifetime public servant like Freeholder Anthony Romano. Kurt G has a place and serves a role-- but I do not believe it is in the area of elected office unless he changes his modus operandi.

Hoboken Answer- don't throw words around you don't understand- Fascist governments forbid and suppress opposition. Fascism promotes political violence and war. Fundamentally it is opposed to democracy. Say want you wish about Council Person Mason but she has been the city's biggest advocate for transparent government.
Hoboken Answer is another cyber bully. I know it must be fun to call people names and make baseless accusations but it really is just bullying.

Again-- when backed in a corner and a REAL explanation is needed, baseless personal attacks are made and attempts to "out" the person making a post begins. Doesn't matter if you are right or wrong---just make a baseless claim and be a bully. ThisMeansWar is a charter member of the cyber bully club. The tactics and aspersions are becoming less and less effective. Tuesday will be another nail in the coffin. Zimmer and crew's silence or so-called "neutrality" speaks volumes of the fear they have for losing yet another city wide election. Yes, choosing not to support a candidate for Freeholder is a loss. Especially when you fail to support a loyal political supporter.

Fascism seeks to solve economic, social and political problems by achieving a rebirth, exalting the nation or race above all else, and promoting organizations of unity, strength and purity. Hoboken Answer's use of the word to describe Ms. Mason is simply to be emotional, inflammatory, and meant to bully. As Hoboken Answer is a cyber bully-- this is par for the course. Notice how Hoboken Answer makes the personal outing/attack and false accusation of an FBI investigation on another person----very easy to do when you are a cyber bully as there is no accountability.

I said it once and I'll say it again. Kurt Gardner has my full support for Freeholder. You guys seem to take offense to that?

Council VP Peter Cunningham has endorse Kurt Gardiner for Freeholder.

On MSV now:

http://hobokenhorse.com

Council VP Peter Cunningham has endorsed Kurt Gardiner for Freeholder.

On MSV now:
http://hobokenhorse.com

Look at the candidates on the issues....

Anthony Romano (encumbent):
http://romanoforfreeholder.com/Parks_and_Open_Space.html
http://romanoforfreeholder.com/Lower_Taxes.html

Kurt Gardiner (challenger):
http://gardinerforfreeholder.blogspot.com/2011/07/gardiner-for-freeholder-platform.html

See for yourself who has the most detailed platform on how to increase County Services for Hoboken as well as help lower County taxes.

Romano is on his second version of his campaign website, the first one was mostly fluff so it would appear that he felt compelled to make a change and not try and run just on prestige of who he knows at the County.

Probus- It is slander. You provide no evidence, you just make false assertions. However rediculing rediculous positions based on half-truths, histrionics and distortions coming from camp Mason/Klaussen is not bullying and is soemthing I have done. It is constitutionally protected free speech. I am proud to be an advocate for good governance and I am not afraid to criticize those who demand tax cuts from Zimmer on one hand and then say no layoffs on the other like the Russo/Mason faction. Just one example of many from your political camp.

Anthony "Stick" Romano

Has decided he is most comfortable swimming in the Mason/Russo political cesspool.

Say a lot about what he really stands for....

Hobbs- it is worth nothing that Mayor Zimmer is being politically neutral on Freeholder Romano's candidacy. Seems she feels at least comfortable and at best very satisfied with the good work of Ret. Captain Romano.

I realize he may not be a satisfactory candidate to the anonymous cyber bully crowd, but to most people who have names and interact civilly with each other---Stick seems to have universal support.

Cyber Bully Khoboken- it might be more productive to take your concerns directly to Mayor Zimmer along with Council people Bhalla, Mello, Marsh, and Giatanno who all appear to be more than satisfied with Freeholder Romano's service to Hoboken, Jersey City, and Hudson County.

prosbus, as usual I find your political insights to be fascinating and intriguing. I do not share your conclusion that any elected officials' lack of engagement with the freeholder race equates to tacit support for the incumbent, but we can agree to disagree. What I would be more interested in hearing from you is any insight you may have garnered from your political water cooler with regard to Lane Bajardi and the FBI. Is it true that he has been interviewed in connection with information-technology breaches at City Hall and confidential, privilged information leaking onto Hoboken411? How does Elizabeth Abruzzese Mason tie into this fascinating story? Is it true that Lane Bajardi and his wife Kim sought to parlay their political support for Elizabeth Abruzzese Mason and Peter Cammarano into City Hall employment? Have either of them collected any monetary compensation for any political-operative efforts in which they have engaged? Have any such efforts come up in any interviews conducted by FBI agents in any of their work in their ongoing investigation in Hoboken, which was initiated by a report filed with them directly by the Zimmer administration?

Please refrain from calling me a "cyber bully" or a "Zimmer zombie" and just answer the questions. I am deferring to your intellect and insight here and very much wish to hear what you have to say. Thank you very much, prosbus.

Cyberbaby- Calls every one else a cyberbully and then cries when he/she gets called out for his/her smear tactics. In other words can dish it out but can't take it.

In my discussion that led to this article I mentioned a number of way to cut taxes and maintain services. Not every thing made print:

http://gardinerforfreeholder.blogspot.com/2011/07/gardiner-for-freeholder-platform.html

It was good to see Councilman Cunningham join the HQ in endorsing Gardner.

Did Quigly and Romano at the 11th hour force Mason Russo and Co. to back off to keep voter turn out low ?

It makes perfect political logic when you have a small locked down machine vote you don't want a big turn out.

Hmmmm.........
Forcing a referendum vote that could have kill the hospital would have had the voters out in huge numbers with torches and pitch forks and the loser would be Mason crony Romano.

Voter suppression and subverting the democratic system keeps the bad guys on the taxpayer gravy train.

Vote. Tuesday

KURT GARDINER for Freeholder

Hoboken Questioner, it is very nice to hear from you. I posed a question earlier to your friend prosbus, but he seems to have become preoccupied. Since you are the Hoboken Questioner, perhaps you can ask around for me and get some answers?

I do not share your conclusion that any elected officials' lack of engagement with the freeholder race equates to tacit support for the incumbent, but we can agree to disagree. What I would be more interested in hearing from you is any insight you may have garnered from your political water cooler with regard to Lane Bajardi and the FBI. Is it true that he has been interviewed in connection with information-technology breaches at City Hall and confidential, privilged information leaking onto Hoboken411? How does Elizabeth Abruzzese Mason tie into this fascinating story? Is it true that Lane Bajardi and his wife Kim sought to parlay their political support for Elizabeth Abruzzese Mason and Peter Cammarano into City Hall employment? Have either of them collected any monetary compensation for any political-operative efforts in which they have engaged? Have any such efforts come up in any interviews conducted by FBI agents in any of their work in their ongoing investigation in Hoboken, which was initiated by a report filed with them directly by the Zimmer administration?

I am deferring to your intellect and insight here and very much wish to hear what you have to say. Thank you very much, Hoboken Questioner.

Mr. Gardiner-- You have published personal data on your website (information about where Mr. Romano lives). You have both defamed and ridiculed people (I believe there is currently a picture of Ret. Captain Romano croped in a chicken suit on your website). And, your website with it's posts as well as your own posts on this blog have instigated others to dislike or gang up on targets (Ms. Mason, Mr. Russon, others...).
Is this illegal? No. Do you have every right in the world to do so? Yes. But, these actions satisfy the definition of a cyber bully. Therefore, it is not slander when I call you a cyber bully. It is merely taking your "rights" which you certainly have and exposing the cyber bullly nature and abuse of these rights by your actions.
Freeholder Romano is a gentleman and an effective politican...you are an advocate who sees compromise as inpure and corrupt. Plus, you are a cyber bully.

Bob R- I read and understand your question but do not feel it is germane to the current discussion. It can only take us off the topic of Ms. Zimmer and her council and their satisfaction of Freeholder Romano by choosing to be "neutral" throughout this election.

Have to say Kurt Gardiner is shaking things up.

Considering no one was to even run against "Stick" Romano, Mason,Russo & Co. seem to be desperate to try to push for their buddy "Stick"

I guess Romano is now rightfully being judged by the company he keeps.

How wonderful is it that Kurt is on the ballot for our freeholder choice.......kick ass and take names Kurt!

Probus- Mr. Romano is a public official and takes a publically subsidized apartment when his income as such he no longer needs it. It is an issue about leading by example and denying another person of financial help with housing.I did not specify the exact address and it was already a widely known fact he lives in Marine View.

As far a the chicken outfit c'mon man. Even his own supporters got a kick out of that one and Cammarano's team did a similar stunt in 2009. The fact of the matter is he personally challenged me to two debates and then failed to follow through. I am hearing that a lot from constiutents about him not following through. Once Jaime Cryan became his campaign manager the debates were stifled. I am simply calling him out on his failure to debate me in an amusing way. You know why he didn't deabte me? The easiest answer is he had no answer for me on my many issues:

http://gardinerforfreeholder.blogspot.com/2011/07/gardiner-for-freeholder-platform.html

I simply have a better grasp of what needs to be done for District 5 and his handlers knew it. Vote Row C for Kurt Gardiner Freeholder November 8th. If this campaign was soley about the issues I would win in a landslide but its not but hey thats politics.

Anthony Romano is a triple dipper, a teacher, lets not forget those years at Hoboken High oy, police, and freeholder....so how many pensions will he draw from?

Mr. Gardiner, In summary, has personal data been published on your website in the past: YES (published where Mr. Romano resides); Do you defame or ridicule people? YES (posted pic of Ret. First Responder Romano in a chicken suit); Do you post messages to instigate others to dislike and gang up on a target? YES.

None of this is illegal as both you and I agree. But all of it fits cyber bullying characteristics. I am not slandering you. I am simply pointing out how your tactics objectively fit cyber bullying criteria.

dear proboscis
I laughed my head off at the mention of Romano in a chicken suit, if thats cyber bullying u haven't been to Hob 411 have u?

Supporters for Mr. Romano. Explain his missing and late Elec Filings? Or do those rules not apply to him?

You love that term cyber-bulling. You have to be all hip and now.

If the picture of Romano in a chicken suit was on midnight flyer, would that be bullying of some sort? What about a tombstone at a Halloween Haunted House? How about burning your political opponent in effigy. The people who commit these expressions can back them up with countless examples through out history.

Cyber bullying in the context of children at school and adults in politics are very different. Or are you saying we should treat our politicians like children?

Attention Voters: Here is the latest of Anthony Romano's ELEC reports. Both the 29 day and 11 day were filed late but here is the analysis:

http://gardinerforfreeholder.blogspot.com/2011/11/anthony-romano-spending-big-bucks-to.html

To date Anthony Romano has raised over $108,000 for his re-election and spent over $82,000. Looks like his County Bosses really want him in there to continue sticking it to Hoboken.

Ricky Mason of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz helped his wife out with another $5000 from Friends of Beth Mason to Romano. Beth "Hospital Deal Killer" Mason was out at the ferry this morning campaigning with Romano. Does Anthony really get how toxic this woman is to Hoboken? Apparently not!

Cyber bullies? What a santimonious hypocrite. I don't remember hearing about cyber bullies all those years you were working for 411 with its insulting photoshops of Lenz, Soares, and Zimmer and writing hit pieces on members of unpaid volunteer boards.

But now it's a problem. It's a problem because your side doesn't blog. Not much. Badly outnumbered by unpaid citizens. You have to log on under different IDs all day to create the illusion of a shared perspective.

I guess it would be different if you were still going to council meetings with your easel. But that seems to have stopped, concurrent with the appearance of all these IDs of yours on Patch. How curious.

Dawn Zimmer on the Freeholder Race from email this morning:

"Freeholder: The Board of Chosen Freeholders is, in effect, the City Council of the County. Kurt Gardiner is running as an independent against the incumbent Freeholder, Anthony Romano. This is technically a partisan election, but no Republican is on the ballot. Kurt stepped up to ensure that voters would have a choice, since uncontested elections are not consistent with our democracy.

I urge each of you to learn about the candidates and cast your vote for the individual who you feel will best represent Hoboken’s interests in the County."

Dawn Zimmer has always supported election turnout so I thank her for the GOTV but neutral message.

Carrol - nobody reads 411 so not sure advertising on a site nobody cares about counts as supporting anything......lol. And the other side does blog, just nobody cares b/c nobody reads it.

Probus continues to hammer away with the name calling but can't say one word about either candidates' platform. The bottom line is I have the better platform and he is doing everything to distract readers from that. There is a word for that: Political Operative.

I wish Probus a happy day stumping on behalf or Mr. Romano who still oves Beth Mason The Hospital Destroyer. Will we see Probus on the dispersements for Romano post ELEC or will Beth Mason just cut a check?

Things that make you go hmmm...

I'm sure Mayor Zimmer is aware that the first two presidential elections in this country were uncontested elections. Thank God the 2 terms of George Washington didn't destroy our young nation..... ;-)

No argument with getting out the vote-- but leave the political science rhetoric for people who can actually think on their feet.

Ravi Bhalla endorses Kurt Gardiner For Freeholder District 5!

http://www.hobokenhorse.com/2011/11/ravi-bhalla-tomorrow-vote-for-kurt.html

Don't look at the man behind the curtain...

Gardiner for Freeholder Tax Cut Platform Part 1:

1) Immediate hiring freeze. All non-essential positions will be thinned out over time through attrition which at least initially is the least painful way to trim operating expenses.

2) Conduct Operational Audits. This has been done by the City of Hoboken and acted on to produce savings by ensuring areas are properly staffed but not overstaffed. Overstaffed or top-heavy areas will be restructured at the conclusion of those audits and a period of review.

3) Eliminate the Department of Constituent Services. This department is not necessary with the implementation of a 311 system to track the progress of each and every constituent issue.

4) Outsource Cleaning Services and other non-civil service related areas. These jobs are notorious for their use as political patronage. The county should not be funding pensions and medical benefits for these positions that can easily be handled by a non-governmental agency.

Gardiner for Freeholder Tax Cut Platform Part 2:

5) Completely Re-examine the Table of Organization. After the audits are completed this is the next logical step. Create an action plan and implement.

6) Vote No on Budget Increases. Even though if elected I would likely be a minority member on the Board of Freeholders, I think it is important to vote no loudly until the County Executive shows he is serious about providing essential services as efficiently as possible within the context of government and thus show respect for the Hoboken/JC Heights taxpayer in these tough economic times.

7) Service based philosophy. Jobs should only exist to provide essential services. Jobs created to just create jobs are not productive and foster an environment of legalized corruption through the graft of patronage. The culture of entitlement must be put on notice that change must happen. Put simply, a service based model of governance provides more service, patronage model, more patronage.

8) Institute Best practices model where possible. Now you can’t always mimic the private sector in the best way to systematize processes. However through the use of technology and the concepts of Enterprise Resource Planning standard procedures can be automated making current employees tasks easier and therefore requiring fewer employees.

Gardiner for Freeholder Tax Cut Platform Part 3:

9) Advocate for Professionally Negotiating Union Contracts. If elected I will vote yes on any contract that goes to the best bidder through an RFP process to help with union negotiations when they come up.

10) Advocate for 10% salary cut for all Freeholders and the County Executive. As elected leaders Freeholders should share in the financial austerity.

11) Fair Tax Formula. Ensure that the county tax formula isn't adjusted to screw Hoboken even more than it has already. Other County Freeholders appear to view Hoboken as some kind of ATM machine where the withdrawals never get credited to their own accounts. This piracy simply has to stop.

12) No Budget Gimmicks: I will not zero out a budget surplus as some other power hungry, foolish, and shameless Hoboken politician tried to do just to play political games. That is an irresponsible way to help taxpayers and I won't go that route if elected.

Please vote for Kurt Gardiner for Freeholder on Tuesday, Nov 8th- COLUMN C- Row 6.

Hoboken pays 17% of the County's tax but has 6% of the population, and is 1 of 12 municipalities.

Taxes were yanked up 3X under Stick Romano's reign.

We need an advocate for us, not a schmoozer with County bosses. Kurt will be that advocate, the only reason he wants to run. Not for self-enrichment; he's not part of any machine. Kurt's funded his own campaign. Stick's raised 100K from fancy fundraisers, and Big Donors like Beth Mason (she gave him $5,000) - that's a LOT of favors Stick owes.

Kurt hasn't been bought by anyone. Kurt doesn't owe anyone. He's in it for US.

Thank you Kurt, for stepping up for Hoboken.

Please vote for Kurt Gardiner for Freeholder- Column C.

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2011/11/ga-endorsement-kurt-is-courageous-man.html

We need a giant tax cut and more services for Hoboken! Vote for Kurt Gardiner!!

Okay, I really don't need the money but I see where this is going. I need to get on board. Remember I was never against Kurt Gardiner and closing the hospital.

It was all just a misunderstanding.

Vote for KURT GARDINER for Freeholder

Col. C. - Row 6

Kurt Gardiner has already raised the bar for what Hoboken expects from their County Freeholder.

My list of endorsementrs now includes Dave Mello, Jen Giattino, Ravi Bhalla and Peter Cunningham. Thanks for the good governance Council people and their supporters. Now GOTV!

Go Kurt!

Links to endorsements for Kurt Gardiner for Freeholder Column C.....

Dave Mello's Video Endorsement:
http://gardinerforfreeholder.blogspot.com/2011/11/dave-mello-hoboken-councilman-at-large.html

Jen Giattino Endorsement: http://gardinerforfreeholder.blogspot.com/2011/11/hoboken-councilwoman-jen-giattino.html

Peter Cunningham Endorsement:
http://gardinerforfreeholder.blogspot.com/2011/11/peter-cunningham-endorses-kurt-gardiner.html

Ravi Bhalla Endorsement:
http://gardinerforfreeholder.blogspot.com/2011/11/hoboken-city-councilman-ravi-bhalla.html

Hey Prophlyacticbus
You slimy little turd in a punch bowl. Take at look at the link. The phrase that you loved to draw attention to on your weasely little easel has been used in urban talk for years, and has appeared in newspapers and televised shows and newscasts. It seems that only you have taken such utter offense, but then again, you are a turd in a punch bowl.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=turd%20in%20a%20punch%20bowl

Good morning, khoboken, HobokenOwl and anyone else who seems to be familiar with matters pertaining to this Lane Bajardi fellow. The commenters Prosbus, Hoboken Questioner and others who seem to have some intimate familiarity with the Hoboken political scene don't seem willing or able to answer some questions I have posed, as a curious party. I would like to see if these matters can be clarified or put to rest, for the sake of Mr. Bajardi himself, whose name should be cleared in the rumor mill if there's nothing to this scuttlebutt that's been going around. Perhaps someone else has the answers?

Do you have any knowledge of whether in the ongoing FBI investigation, in which Mr. Romano's "Italian Woman of the Year" is rumored to be a "person of interest," any political-operative efforts perpetrated by this Lane Bajardi fellow have led to any interest in Councilwoman Elizabeth Mason? Has Mr. Bajardi been interviewed by any FBI agents? Have his activities been the subject of any FBI interviews? Is it true that Mr. Bajardi and his wife Kim sought to parlay their support for Elizabeth Mason and Peter Cammarano into City Hall employment? Have either of them collected any monetary compensation for any of their political-operative efforts?

Thank you very much, everyone!

I don't want anyone smelly near me. No smelly armpits or recording equipment.

According to a source of mine, Ines Garcia Keim is purportedly spreading falsehoods about which party I am registered with on a Hoboken Mom's forum/email thread. Ines, always the inept party hack is spreading misinformation about the fact that I am not a registered Democrat. The fact is I have been since I first registered to vote many years ago. I am running as an independent this tiem because there was no challenger to the candidacy of Anthony Romano and I found that to be most undemocratic, like most of the HCDO Democrats of Hudson County. They aren't real democrats but rather kleptocrats who take Hoboken's tax dollars and spend it elsewhere. Ines, a former distant third place Freeholder candidate is complicit in the pillaging of Hoboken's taxpayers.Where are our $46 million in services for our $46 million in taxes in Hoboken?

Ines, Romano, Mason and crew don't have any real solutions so they resort to labeling. My pro-Hoboken platform doesn't recognize any party partisan distinction. Even some non-Zimmer supporters see the logic in my positions. Romano was afraid to debate me.

A new low for Ines Garcia-Kiem and considering how low she has gone before that is saying a lot.
:-)

Mr. Gardiner, so you are saying that you would not have run if there had been a Republican on the ballot?

You endorsed Ms. Garcia Keim for freeholder when she ran in the Dem primary in June 2008 against Mr. Romano and Mr. Raia. Doesn't she have a point that you, as a Dem committeeman, had your chance in the primary?

Oddly enough, your campaign sounds just like hers:

"I am running for Freeholder because I strongly believe our government needs to be smarter about how it spends our money. There is a need to bring public awareness to a level of government that spends the most of our local tax dollars, yet receives little attention. Because many residents do not understand the specific responsibilities of county government, elected officials are not held accountable for their complacency. Our taxes are too high, and our level of services is too low. The county must adhere to a schedule of road maintenance to fix their unsafe conditions." (IGK 2008)

And a lot like Mr. Raia in 2008:
"Of utmost importance is our need to hold the line on taxes. That is why I will vote against any and all efforts to raise your taxes. We are already paying way too much at the county level. Rather than increase taxation, what we need is a better and more equitable allocation of public funds that will guarantee to Hoboken and the Heights our fair share of government services."

Hello MadisonMonroe!
Do you have any knowledge of whether in the ongoing FBI investigation, in which Mr. Romano's "Italian Woman of the Year" is rumored to be a "person of interest," any political-operative efforts perpetrated by this Lane Bajardi fellow have led to any interest in Mason? Has Mr. Bajardi been interviewed by any FBI agents? Have his activities been the subject of any FBI interviews? Is it true that Mr. Bajardi and his wife Kim sought to parlay their support for Elizabeth Mason and Peter Cammarano into City Hall employment? Have either of them collected any monetary compensation for any of their political-operative efforts?
Thank you very much, MadisonMonroe..

Oh, and hello to you, Enough!
Do you have any knowledge of whether in the ongoing FBI investigation, in which Mr. Romano's "Italian Woman of the Year" is rumored to be a "person of interest," any political-operative efforts perpetrated by this Lane Bajardi fellow have led to any interest in Mason? Has Mr. Bajardi been interviewed by any FBI agents? Have his activities been the subject of any FBI interviews? Is it true that Mr. Bajardi and his wife Kim sought to parlay their support for Elizabeth Mason and Peter Cammarano into City Hall employment? Have either of them collected any monetary compensation for any of their political-operative efforts?
Thank you very much, Enough..

Interesting how all of a sudden some of the biggest Mason shills who all repeat the same garbage all post w/in minutes of one another. Lame needs to go get a job cleaning toilets or something.

Madison - the difference between Mr. Gardiner and Ms. Keim is not in what they say they stand for, it's whether they mean it. Fundamentally its a question of honesty. For example, Ms. Keim posted on here earlier that she had never claimed that Mr. Romano's campaign had committed fraud. Apparently in true Clintonian (or Masonite) fashion, she distinguishes "widespread irregularities" and "questions about absentee ballots" from fraud. She also wrote that she finished second - ahead of Romano in Hoboken. Since that wasn't how I remembered it, I checked and what do you know - she lied about that too having finished a poor third in Hoboken about 350 votes behind Romano. As for why Mr. Gardner is running - do you think that uncontested elections that don't give the voters a choice are worth wasting taxpayers money on? Maybe we should just have coronations instead of elections - after all if nobody had run against Mrs. Mason she might have won though there's always a chance she and her minions would have found a way to screw that up.

Todays Election day poll:

Do the Masons...

A. Seek out sleazy people

B., Sleazy people seek them out,

C. Being around the Masons turn people sleazy.

D. All of the above

Perhaps Ines Garcia-Kiem would like to answer ? LOL :-)

As MSV, da horsey says...the fix is in. In the 4th ward! Hoping the feds now have what they need to clean up the vermin in this vbm theft once and for all. SICK OF THE 4TH WARD corruption.

Ok...now that is almost a wrap. I am assuming the voter turn out will be very high. There are certain people in City Hall who think moving elections to November will increase voter turn out for these sort of elections. Let's see what happens.... more numbers to come on that. Oh...Also.. I continue to endorse Gardner...he bashes people really well online and I think that will translate well into Freeholder political skills.