Folks...don't be bothered with Roman's biased web site. Here is the issue - the question is whether to move the Board of Education "BOE" elections from April to November. The problem with doing this is that it will give the current BOE members 8 more months in power. That is a power grab.

A democratic coalition led by Occhipinti, Castellano, Mason and Russo want to resolve this issue by letting the people of Hoboken vote on whether to move elections to November.

However, the power grabbing council majority backed by Mayor Zimmer are trying to avoid a public vote at all costs. WHY? WHY? Why is Zimmer afraid of a public vote on this issue.

Shouldn't Lane Bajardi be rewriting his ghostwritten story all prepped and ready for Hoboken411? Sorry that earlier one got messed up, but hey Beth Mason does pay for overtime no?

Isn't Beth Mason on the record saying she believes the City Council members shouldn't interfere with the Hoboken Board of Education - two years running?!
(She is.)

The attempted power grab was tonight when the majority had multiple members out and just as in the previous "midnight power grab" for the control of the council, MORTe was again looking to hijack the legislative authority of the BoE in order to keep more voters from expressing THEIR will AT THE POLLS this November!

But it failed when no quorum could be called rendering their power grab inert.

Where are the quotes in this story from any of the Council majority or the Administration? This story RAN with only MORTe's being upset it's attempt to interfere with the BoE failed.

The public vote on the future of the BoE will be February 14th AT THE BoE and in November when the will of the voter will be heard. Chew on that prosbus.

If you check the timing it looks like Zimmer was the one who planted a pre-arranged story on your web site Roman. Wow...the CC meeting was barely even wrapped up and there you are with a story hot off the press...with quotes from Mello and Cunningham no less...hmm..how did you pull that one off so soon?

To HQ/prosbus/et all

FYI and on the Record:

Council members Peter Cunningham and Dave Mello provided their views hours after the meeting. Councilman Dave Mello did so directly in the comments section noting his illness and reason for not attending.

Thank you.

Mile Square View
http://hobokenhorse.com

I wish to issue my statement direct to the public. The public has a right to know why I might vote to seize power from the Hoboken Board of Education.

Tonight we were going to get them. With your help here and elsewhere, the Zimmertinis were out sick or doing recon for developing Hoboken business so we had our chance before the Hoboken BoE meets later this month and attempts to subvert my will and the will of the council minority.

I'm not going to admit how I would vote to seize power from the Hoboken BoE and unless there's proof, I'm going to say I wasn't guilty of any crime. My lawyer insists that I not be silenced - not here, not in the City Council and not by any voting majority elected on the Hoboken BoE or the FBI.

That is all. For now.
Thank you.

Looking down upon you with all my condescension,
Bet

There is nothing democratic about vote buying or vote buyers.

MSV has made its exclusive video from last night's council meeting available:

http://hobokenhorse.com

Wow. Russo, Mason, Castellano and Occhipinti think they can override the legal authority of elected school board members. Talk about showing their true colors.

Professor Wharton's class learned just how dysfunctional Hoboken politics are last night. I wish someone would put a sock in Castellano's fat trap to keep her from making stupid and inaccurate remarks out-of-turn. She, along with Russo, Occhipinti and Mason, tried to undermine the BOE's authority IN AN OPEN PUBLIC FORUM. That's like stealing in broad day light! To quote another Hoboken blogger..."hate makes you stupid". That's why these hate-inspired shenanigans of the Council Minority will never, in the long run, accomplish anything.

Your true calling is to serve as Propaganda Minister for the current Zimmer Administration .And concerning your disgusting hate filled vile remarks concerning the Russo Family, decency , compassion , forgiveness and understanding are not the contents of your character , but rather hatefull remarks, public humiliation , and misinformation are. Prof. Whartons political science class did learn a important lesson when in doubt being absent is the rule .and hitting the lowest demeanor when attacking political opponents is the Zimmer method . As for Zimmer last week she explained her reasoning for obstructing the annual Irish Day parade as being to unruly and costly for the City of Hoboken and threatens the quality of life of its residents , this week she is all in favor of a Giants Day parade because ? because ? it is what being hypercritical is all about .And lastly oh yea the days of Hudson County bossism and control would return having that board of election vote lumped in with the General election in Nov. A machine dream for column A , independents and home based political groups over powered democracy further hindered .

Mr Rossi, the schools have a separate budget for a reason. So that the city council does not mix in their affairs. The minority attempted to do just that thanks to a rare evening as the majority, leaving Marsh & Cunningham no choice but to leave rather than become the instruments that validated minority's cynical ploy by giving them a quorum.

So yes, I think Professor Wharton's class may have learned something. Unfortunately, the rest of us have to learn it all the time.

Where did you hear Zimmer was in favor of a Giants parade? It will be in NYC like it was last time.

Also, there is no "Irish Day" parade. It's St Patricks. This sounds like another attempt to make this all about ethnic hatred, which it isn't, rather than a drunken fiasco and what do do about it, which it is.

Finally, the problem with "forgiving" the Russos is that a) there are simply too many chances to do it, and b) they don't seem particularly sorry. Only in the last year Sr. was caught scamming health care from the city while Jr was doing everything in his power to get our hospital closed; this was his follow-up to accepting a bribe on FBI surveillance cameras. We are supposed to take comfort in the fact that he didn't go back for the $$. We don't. HE should take comfort in it, since that's the only reason he isn't sitting in jail right now.

You're not too bad a propaganda yourself.

1) The minority was going to take the option of moving BOE elections to Nov away from the BOE. No public discussion, nothing.

2) You're an idiot.

A 4 to 2 vote.

No quorum, no vote and even someone with the amazingly poor math skills of Mike Russo could figure that out .

Mason Russo & Co got out maneuvered and their dasterdly plans were foiled again.

The good guys win. The bad guys bitch'n.
:-)

I see Hobbs - so to you the good guys winning means preventing the Citizens of Hoboken from voting on this issue? That about sums up your argument at this point.

LOL ,

I love it when one of Mason, Russo & Co plans blow up in their faces and their excuse makers try to do damage control.

Any

You're so ugly when you're bitter. Or actually when you are more bitter. Have another drink, it will only look worse in the morning - and in November when the voters vote.

Really shouldn't you go to Hoboken411 and get that hanky already. Your worst fears are all about to come true, courtesy of the voters themselves....

And the FBI.

there should be plenty more to come, you, prosbus and curiousGal will be loggging in and out from the same computer as one person "discussing" with yourself how the council minority should have stolen away with a quorum against the will of the voterrs while councilmembers were too sicck to come to the meeting. you're a snoooze, shill

this Questioner sock puppet baloney is the best Mason can do at this point

Tactics are used all the time in politics. Why should a minority on the board control the board on a critical decision? Not everything needs to be put to a referendum. Our system of government was designed to maintain order, not be perfect. The tactics used by the minority failed. If the majority of Hoboken agreed with the actions of Beth Mason and her crew, wouldn't she have won the election or elections she has run in for mayor?

Silly topic, not an issue.

FAP you seem like a nice chap...but I prefer that Redriderinfotainme character...where is he? Methinks he is going to earn his overtime check tonight. LMAO

Not a bad week for Dawn. Her zombie council walks out on a council meeting at the last minute even through there was no excuse other than partisan politics; she has a lawsuit against her and her BA for punitive damages and harassment charges from a 39yr civil servant, and she mucks up the pay for the firemen after signing off on all the paperwork. Maybe too many cameos on the Cake Boss?

Yes let's talk more about the foul mouthed bribe taking Al Arezzo and that funky smoke device he approved on lower Park.

Tell us more CuriousGal; we're all very curious.

Questioner, you and your other 4 screen names are the only ones beeing paid. do you get seperate checks?

Curious Kim... are you... jealous? I know you thought by now hubby would have that PIO gig for Mayor Mason, then some day you;d be on Capitol Hill... HAW HAW HAW.

WAKE UP from your lovely dream... your rage is jealousy. boo hoo. What a horrid mother you are... trying 24/7 to wreck our district, the one that will serve your own child. The kid would be better off being raised by wolves.

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2012/02/marsh-and-cunningham-foil-farmer-frank.html

Three cheers for Mayor Zimmer and Council members Cunningham and Marsh!
They just made sure the Hoboken BoE can give Hoboken voters the choice on elections to vote what they want for themselves!

Here's looking at voting in November.

the minority was voted in to be a minority not a majoritty. that is the the way the people voted for th council

Dastardly, actually, if you exclude the voters who got checks, at least 2 members of the minority wouldn't have won reelection. Really helps to win a tight election if you write a few hundred checks. Wouldn't you agree propuss?

A Beth Russo political operation to inject themselves into the Hoboken BoE down in flames.

Cry baby, cry.

The PUBLIC elected the council. It was the minority's cynical avoidance of that council and thereby the will of the PUBLIC that led to this underhanded, unannounced-to-the-public move.

Any way you slice it the elections are moving to November where turnout for BOE will be much higher, and harder to buy, than it is now. Spin away. That's all that's left to do. You kids just lost the BOE election and you know it. I wonder if anti-KF Inc. will pay you as much now under the circumstances since you can't win without cheating and cheating just got SOOOO much more expensive. Just make sure your wife curiouskim gets paid on the books. You don't want her to end up like....
Lane Bajardi, who has NEVER appeared in an ELEC report for Beth Mason or Tim Occhipinti. He appears in this midnight video for Occhipinti's campaign leaders. http://www.hobokenhorse.com/2010/10/grist-for-mill-midnight-monday-meeting.html
Is he credited in Beth Mason's IRS filings? Does he credit her in his tax forms?
http://www.fbi.gov/news/videos/inside-the-fbis-internet-tip-line

ThisMeansNancy- pathetic trying to defend Dawn and all these antics.

oh, you're signed in as Curiousgal this time?

Read it and weep, Curious Kim. FYI, I'm not TMW, but don't care if you think I am. Should I? He/she is awfully clever.

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2012/02/marsh-and-cunningham-foil-farmer-frank.html

Were your sources in the Mayor's office behind closed doors with Peter Cunningham and Carol Marsh, HQ? Of course they weren't because you just made this crap up. You don't know this Mayor at all...she's not afraid of anything when it comes to protecting the best interests of the residents of the City of Hoboken. She's pretty fearless, in fact. This is what's made so many naysayers like you, who thought she was a pushover, crazy.

BANG ! Another one of one of Mason.Russo & Co. political schemes blows up in their face and now just the damage control spin remains.

Bottom line: More people will vote for the Board Of Education and that my friends is not just a good thing but a GREAT THING ! :-)

we have a right to know if this is Kim or Lan blogging as Hoboken Questioneer

Don't worry Dastardly, both are equally obtuse and equally vile. Plus, they have a dozen other SNs that will pop up soon and ride to the rescue.

Really?...hmm. That is interesting too...

There are two things I know for certain about tonight's events. L Blojardi is hyperventalating somewhere right now, and Mama Russo is spilling sauce on her cheap t-shirt while whining that her plot got foiled

Reported the story and it's all available in the earlier Monday exclusive:
http://www.hobokenhorse.com/2012/01/hoboken-boe-prepares-for-election.html

And no ethics rules were broken. But hey, good hail mary heave there.

P.S. More on the Super Bowl non-story. Who got an invite? (You should have checked first OOC.) ;)

Looking forward to hearing more about the Indiana/Super Bowl junket that I paid for...

Some angry pillow talk with the Farmer last night? It's Elmo time!

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2012/02/marsh-and-cunningham-foil-farmer-frank.html

You sure were up late curiouslyobtusegal. You must be spitting mad your sneak attack on the BOE was foiled and you can't use that slimy emergency resolution to prevent the BOE from moving BOE elections to November when turnout will be to high for you folks to buy an election victory quite as easily.

They just learned first hand what it's like when a naked power grab is ruined. Sorry.

They can start by asking why the city council minority members Russo, Mason, Castellano and Occhipinti thought they could override the legal authority of the elected school board to change the date of the school board elections. Perhaps Claire can follow-up with that question too.

That's not the story. It will be a great story - for Hoboken and especially in promoting Hoboken business' with the Super Bowl coming to Giants Stadium in 2014.

Mile Square View
http://hobokenhorse.com

Indianapolis, synonymous with luxury and sophistication, a Mecca to the well heeled, discerning world traveler.

Seriously, are you kidding me? As if anyone looks forward to a trip to Indianapolis?

Just curious, is a trip to Indianapolis better than a trip to Israel with a stop in Italy? You know like the trip those two clowns who were arrested by the Feds, Ricciardi and Corea, took a few years back.

Um...Hobbs my man...from what I am hearing they were basically laughing their asses off at the story about Marsh and Cunningham trying to make a run for it....but please your dramatic verse sounds so well put together...by all means continue "son of Hoboken's First damily....politically desperate...play tricks...." lol..

Oh boy folks...its time for my medication.

You heard wrong.

But perhaps as you say it's time for more of your medication . :-)

Hobokken Questioner is confused. it when he's loggged in as prosbus that he acts a little crazzy

Great questions, FAP.

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2012/02/marsh-and-cunningham-foil-farmer-frank.html

Castellano and Occhipinti are afraid that the people have figured out how they have lied and misrepresented their wards. They are paid off and just vote for who supported them, they hate Hoboken.

If I were a member of the council minority I would be seriously concerned about the amount of time Lane Bajardi spends spinning talking points on Patch. That says to me he's not as bogged down in Newark these days, because he's already spilled all the beans he has on everyone, which is a lot, and the Feds are in the final stages of piecing the puzzle together. This tempest in a teapot cannot change the storm that is coming to Hoboken. Watch and learn.

The legislation that was recently passed at the State provides for three methods for moving the election: 1) The municipal body may do so by resolution, 2) The BOE may do so by resolution, 3) the public, by petition of 15% of the registered voters may do so. What the council minority was proposing last night was to let the people decide through referendum. This would have allowed the people the opportunity to be heard and not allow the politically controlled council or BOE to short circuit the will of the people.
What is going unsaid here is that by moving the election to November, the public will lose their right to vote on the school budget. That means that no longer will the budget be subject to public scrutiny. The mayor and her minions on the board would like to be able to hide their budget from public vote.What the council minority proposed last night would have assured continued vote on school spending. Zimmer and company would like to do away with that level of transparency. Moving the election to November would also assure Zimmer and her puppets that they would have control for an additional 8 months while they go on a wild spending spree. By walking out of the meeting, the Zimmer council puppets were trying to aid and abet their counterparts at the BOE in extending their terms without public input. Reformers? Gimme a break!!!

I thought these weasels were supposed to be slick. How come every time they try to pull an underhanded stunt, they get outmaneuvered at every turn? Total amateur hour, week after week. Sheesh. Kinda sad.

The will of the people is not being served by people who write hundreds of checks on election day. They wish to obstruct the will of the people by launching 11th hour sneak attacks.

Seriously - if the minority wants to put this resolution out there for a vote so the will of the people can be done, tell them to put it on the agenda w/ plenty of warning so the people have notice, the people can speak at the meeting and the full CC can take it up and vote on it.

OutofControl apparently wants us to believe he/she/it suddenly cares about spending or the will of the people. Meanwhile the people he/she/it most solidly supports consistently buy absentee ballots, & could care less about spending and theft

The fake righteous outrage coming from he/she/it is an absolute joke

What a bunch of nonsense!
1) ANY school budget that goes above the 2%cap MUST be on the ballot for a vote. Any budget that remains at or under the 2% does not.
2)The Hoboken school board has provided the lowest legal tax levy allowable by law and has had 3 budget cycles of flat levy.

So your method of allowing the people to be heard is to hold a secret vote avoiding public input? This is what you want everyone to buy?

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Good luck with that.

@OutofControl: The legislation doesn't give the city council the right to override the legal authority of the elected school board members. The city council could vote in favor of such a move but it cannot override the school board's authority. The legislation only requires a vote on the school board budget if it is above the local cap and as you know Kids First has the budget at the lowest level legally allowed by the state.
http://www.njsba.org/sb_notes/20120118/legislation.html

Oh please, the issue is you folks launched a sneak attack, got caught and failed. Next time either put your BS resolution on the agenda so all can see and let the whole CC vote on the matter. We are tired of your sneaky, underhanded and deceptive BS.

Now pick a screen name and stick w/ it already! Tired of you and your spouse and your multitude of screen names.

So that's your strategy? rock paper scissors instead of facts, details and laws. Thank god, your people are in the minority.

"It doesn't matter what the issue is". Pathetic spin at it's worst. "dragged mello off his couch". Unbelievable. The man was at home sick. What about all the meetings that Ms Mason misses because she is off on vacation??? You Old Guard flacks just make it up as you go along, right? Yeah, let's put a Majority corsage back on Ms Mason and Mr Russo because Councilman Mello is home sick. How ridiculous you sound.

I will personally through that back in your face the next time Russo and company does not show up to a meeting to block a vote.

I don't have the time to look for it but I'm sure they have done it in the past and will do it again in the future.

the five member majority couldn't get ONE member to show up for a scheduled meeting? ONE? ravi is busy discovering there's a hospital in town and you can get a baby delivered there (guess he doesn't have to worry about using one of the insurance companies that got dumped). cunningham got the nervous runs and stained his khakis. carol didn't get her script from lenz delivered in time. jen thinks they;re running the indy 500 this weekend so she's doing research for sachs on putting gps on the cars. mello called in sick poor baby. We pay these people,, remember?

ooo getthelledout44 is cranky. probably didn't get paid for bloggging this week because the posts are sooo lame

It is estimated that school board elections cost school boards as much as 100k per election.

The answer is in your first sentence: "More people vote in November."
MORTe and the Old Guard will fight to the death to avoid more voters in November elections.

Castellano complains about the cost of a special meeting. What she doesn't tell you is how much money Hoboken saves by having BoE elections in November when the county and state will pick up the costs.

Of course cost wasn't what was their concern. It was to stave off the voters.

It is the council MINORITY (Mason, Timmy, Castalano, of course Russo) that wants to have a separate electtion for the Education board in April. That's because they walk around and pull the vote and want a small turnout so their puppet candidates can be ushered in without most pepple voting. then the handwashing goes on

But more people voting makes it harder for the cheaters to win by stuffing the ballot boxes w/ votes from their bought & paid for votes. So the cheaters and their supporters have skid marks in their pants when it comes to moving elections to November b/c they are afraid they will no longer be able to cheat their way to victory.

Just imagine how many more people would have come out in the 2nd & 4th ward if it were held in connection w/ Federal or State elections and ask yourself if either one of those representatives would still be there in that situation. Personally I think the answer would be a resounding no.

Many towns have separate BOE elections - this is not a conspiracy. Additionally, Hoboken's public schools are terrible and it does not matter who runs the system it is in the toilet now and will be for some time to come.

HobokenTownie,

While you might be willing to throw the baby out with the bath water, I'm not.

The schools will might be bad for a long time, but unless we keep the people that want to use it as their personal piggy back out, it will never get better.

A journey of 1000 miles starts with single step.

The schools are NOT bad. Scores of parents who have children enrolled in the district have sung the schools praises and are very happy with the children's performance as well as the professional staff and warm environment. The parents of public school children love their children and want the best for them. They have chosen the public schools. GA is just one of the many.

Most of the people claiming the schools are bad, have never stepped foot in one nor do they have children attending any on of them.

There are open houses, gosee for yourselves, or ask ,one of the many ,parents whose children attend the public schools what their views are- they most likely would be happy to tell you of their experiences.

if the hoboken schools are so great then why did you move to westfield???

then the majority should show up. they were zero for five. we pay these people to go to meetings and they ALL found something better to do. the people who showed up didn't pull a fast one. get your head out of your orifice.

James, is that you? You're more vulgar than your unibrowed-idol. Not quite as articulate. I'm worried about you... you seem to be a wee bit unstable these days. You're taking this latest implosion of your political strategy very badly. Relax.

Yes, Last night was a grave disappoint to Hoboken's farming community.

Alas, the November harvest will be a lean one, proportionally speaking. One can't buy an election in a presidential year. If only the farmers of Hoboken could use those ho's (like Lane and his shrew) for reaping an April victory. boo hoo.

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2012/02/marsh-and-cunningham-foil-farmer-frank.html

stincus, what was the majority plan? cunningham rushes out to make the 3for1 madras shorts sale at Joseph A Bank? Marsh heads straight to lenz for instructions on how to walk and chew gum at the same time? Mello stays at home barfing at the idea of having to take the bar exam again? jen heads to indy with dawn's soccer pal and ravi has to "work" at the job that's more important than the one he was elected to and gets paid by the taxpayers.

a proud moment for democracy. sorry stevens students that you had to see this.

i wonder if gettheledoutt44 kisses Bet with that sewer mouth? wwhat a fool

gettheledout44, that 3 for 1 Madras comment was hilarious!! I mean what do I know I shop in the kids section at Macy's though. Well at least now I do. Back when I was jobless, like the last 5 years, I had to hit today's man or Century 21. Needed the discounts

Anyways great job! I have to go feed Mongo breakfast at Mason's 12th street HQ, uhhh I mean the beautiful art gallery with side room for Team Mason meetings. There are at least 5 staffers working for queen bee. Lord knows a city councilperson with no full time job who represents about 10 blocks of people needs at least 5 staffers.

true, eric, and everyone understands that's the situation. the crybabies and complainers you see here on patch are just disingenuous phonies. believe me, NO fair-minded citizen pays attention to their attempted spin, they're just taking to themselves. wonder if ricky mason realizes all he's doing is funding a small, inconsequential cyber-circle jerk?

Had this passed, there would be no need for her to veto such resolution.

rock paper scissors? more like cash in envelope, cash in briefcase, cash in car trunk.

For those keeping track, briefcase opens and holds envelope, car crushes briefcase, and envelope wraps around the car the same way paper wraps rock. Who all wants to play?

puzzledone, could I add to the game purple pillow smothers will of the people?

so Mason & co knew ahead of time that mello, balla and jen were going to blow off the meeting?

Like the sarcasm ProfessorPT, althought I doubt Claire Moses and Ray Smith of The Hoboken Reporter do, as it is again calling into question their journalistic credibility . :-)

professorpinetop is back! It must be oldies week in the "choose a screenname" boiler room over at Mason/Russo headquarters! Same drek, new cover!

The beat goes on. The Old Guard should release a line of action figures to represent each of these many screennames that 2 or 3 people actually author. Good way to raise money for that Ms Mason for Mayor 2013 campaign!

plywood as one of the leading posters of wit and wisdom I am amused that you did not see the sarcasm and humor of dreging up one of Hate411's screen names to give a backhanded slap to the spin of Mason, Russo & Co.. :-)

My bad, Hobbs, honestly sorry to have rained on your parade, it was a good parody you had on, and I am humbled by your assessment of me, but I'll tell you what I think. The Old Guard spin, as we say in sports, is currently in "scramble" mode. I find you to be a humourous commenter, but at the same time I have seen examples where "self-parody" is also in the book of tricks for the Old Guard. Your comedy is certainly well founded but I fear many will not see through to understand what it is. I might be wrong.
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Conversely though, also, in the interest of full disclosure, or to take this dialog to the next level, if I am honest with myself I have to wonder how many people actually read these threads after they pass about 30 comments or so. My guess is less than 20.

hobbs + plywood = mello's barf

In 2 yrs Petrosino oversaw the conception, development, editing, and writing of a PreK-12 curriculum (first time in 25+ years) with associated lesson plans, district assessments, and guides. Formed partnerships with the Liberty Science Center, the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, The National Center for History in the Schools (NCHS) , the Hoboken Historical Museum, National Geographic Geography Standards, The Presidential Library Project, The Hoboken Library, and Stevens Institute. Brought into the district Tools of the Mind, Read 180, SRI (online reading inventory), Expanded John Hopkins Program, Revamped Saturday U program, oversaw technology plan for district, led QSAC effort in Curriculum and Program, oversaw 8000+ hrs of professional development for 80 + district teachers, updated public regularly on progress of curriculum, met regularly with Trenton to assure compliance, oversaw NCLB compliance, brought LitLife into the district (early literacy program), as well as coordinated "Backward Design" training, other activities including regular visits to the schools, meetings with supervisors, principals and provided Board with full implementation plan. In addition he gave invited lectures at Harvard, University of Michigan, Rutgers, and the NSF dealing with the work in Hoboken...all the while Reformerus_Gianticus claims he was living someplace else. Petrosino this month gave talks to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council in DC.

This is not about Dr. Toback vs Dr. Petrosino--- I suggest the self proclaimed "Bard of Hoboken" does Dr. Toback no favors by pitting these two gentlemen against each other.

So I guess you're ghost-writing this Petrosino guy's autobiography?

You guys are just completely dependent on a stupid and gullible public, aren't you?

We didn't pay the man all that money so he could give lectures anywhere. We didn't pay him so he could write academic papers about Hoboken. We didn't pay him to use this district as a research subject he could play around with and use as a case study. Texas may have paid him to do research, get published and give lectures but Hoboken certainly didn't. That wasn't part of his job description. We paid him to do a job, a job he wasn't here full time doing, a job that certainly didn't have his undivided attention and a job that seemed he couldn't get done on time. We are well rid of him. Let him stay gone forevermore.

Oh shove it, pASSkey. Petrosino is just another in a long line of blood sucking leeches at the BOE. You can put all the lipstick on that pig's resume and he is still a pig. He lives and works in Texas - there is NOTHING relevant that he has to offer the Hoboken Hbooken system at this point, except continuous lobbying and wheedling for another part time with full time pay and benefits gig. Not happening. Get over it.

Redrider765 When Petrosino left Kids First hired *at least* 5 administrators to do what he was doing...(Rusak; Anzul; Acting Interim Supervisor of Instruction: Mathematics; Acting Interim Supervisor of Instruction: Language Arts; and Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction: Humanities). And the result has been a disaster--

The Board approved the curriculum he oversaw unanimously. He took QSAC Program and Instruction from 34% to 87% (before it fell 20 points under Dr. Toback).

what he has to offer may be for others to eventually decide....not you

You mean what he wasn't doing. Thanks for doing nothing but cashing those checks. Stay in Texas please. We don't need your kind here.

Redrider765- In 2 yrs Petrosino oversaw the conception, development, editing, and writing of a PreK-12 curriculum (first time in 25+ years) with associated lesson plans, district assessments, and guides. Formed partnerships with the Liberty Science Center, the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, The National Center for History in the Schools (NCHS) , the Hoboken Historical Museum, National Geographic Geography Standards, The Presidential Library Project, The Hoboken Library, and Stevens Institute. Brought into the district Tools of the Mind, Read 180, SRI (online reading inventory), Expanded John Hopkins Program, Revamped Saturday U program, oversaw technology plan for district, led QSAC effort in Curriculum and Program, oversaw 8000+ hrs of professional development for 80 + district teachers, updated public regularly on progress of curriculum, met regularly with Trenton to assure compliance, oversaw NCLB compliance, brought LitLife into the district (early literacy program), as well as coordinated "Backward Design" training, other activities including regular visits to the schools, meetings with supervisors, principals and provided Board with full implementation plan. In addition he gave invited lectures at Harvard, University of Michigan, Rutgers, and the NSF dealing with the work in Hoboken...all the while Redrider claims he was living someplace else.

You know, you keep saying he did this and he did that but it all goes back to this one little problem I have with the man, he got hired to do a full time gig, he worked part time at it and never completed the job. The man was hired on a one year contract to do a job. In that year, he didn't finish the job he was hired to do b/c he was too busy screwing around with his other job down in Texas, giving lectures and doing God knows what else. So he stuck around for another year and still didn't finish the job here in Hoboken b/c he was stils screwing around at his other job down in Texas. Now at this point, your boy Jack knew he was on the way out so your boy Jack tried to get him a contract that would renew automatically so we'd be stuck paying this guy forever to not finish the work here in Hoboken b/c he was too busy doing whatever down in Texas. Sorry, enough is enough. No more blank checks. You want to get hired on a 1 year contract to do a job here in Hoboken then get it done in a year or have a damn good reason why you need more time. And by the way, greed doesn't qualify as a good reason!

The giant is blogging during work hours, better call the fbi on him.

Sorry Reformerus_Gianticus- I heard that the petualant children were the Kids First Board who initiated a costly counter suit against Petrosino...

Uh- NO Petro- as anyone can clearly see- it states:
Anthony J Petrosino
vs
HBOE

http://www.skicamelback.com/Camelback-Mountain/Conditions.aspx

Those damn facts!

http://thehobokenjournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/hoboken-boe-fact-check-dr-petrosinos.html

Passkey- Sometimes a Government Board has to make a decision to fight a lawsuit that has no merit. The judge found against Petrosino so it looks like the Board was right.

The Anti-November gum flapping from Old Guard bloggers and operatives has everything to do with limiting votes and absolutley nothing to do with more participation.

Your side will simply have to buy more votes diminishing your return on investment in a potentially rigged election.

The lawsuit that had no merit and was costly was the Board's counter suit against Petrosino--

pASSkey, countersuits against people who file frivolous suits are quite common. I would hope that suit is still ongoing so the BOE can recoup all the money you forced the city to waste on legal expenses.

Reformerus_Gianticus- what about the new crappy way of doing things like trying to appoint superintendents on "live agenda items"??? Or reappointing Peter Carter 2 weeks before the 2010 Board election even though his contract was good until August 2010? ;-) Just turn a blind eye to that stuff----right?

Jealous much pASSkey? Of course Carter's contract was renewed. A certain shrill witch who liked to leak confidential closed door meeting discussions tanked the superintendent search so we knew we would need to make sure Carter stuck around until a new superintendent was found. Nobody wanted to waste looking for a new interim superintendent and a new FT one on top of that.

And of course, the only dissenting vote was the foul witch who tanked the hiring of the guy who was supposed to replace Carter. Guess she wanted Hoboken to have absolutely no superintendent at all.

you wish you were pupie, how does the landslide victory for Romano feel?

ooo, good one Mrs prosbus, your master puppie must be so proud.keep the change

They are both grotesque no class acts whosse self-awarness is that of a gnat

Mrs prosbus = usual anger issues with alleged paid Mason bloggers

oh Brian, I mean Lane would you put a pie in your mouth already. Go sell some houses.

Mrs prosbus, why don'tcha lie down and try not to thinnk abbout what a nasty mess your life is

Lane, don't you have an apartment to show someone?

Jerk

pASSkey

Your incessant need for validation for whatever you think your not you Petrosino did in Hoboken is irrelevant at this point and frankly boring. Here are facts, you imbecile - Petrosino IS NOT IN HOBOKEN! HE IS IN TEXAS! HE IS NOT COMING BACK! Your incessant blathering about him is indicative of a deep seated emotional or mental disorder. Petrosino is irrelevant in any conversation about Hoboken BOE now or going forward. Its like someone that keeps mentioning the virtues of Michael Dukakis and what a difference the world would be like if he had been elected president while we are talking about the presidential election of 2012. Enough already. Give it up. You are starting to get creepy in your melanchony posing as obsession. And as much lipstick as you want to smear on his accomplishments and his resume, Petrosino will always just be a Hoboken pig feeding at the trough. Paid over 100k while teaching and living in Texas. Dont pee on my leg and tell me that it is raining.

wow mrs pobus, they let you have internet in the rubber rooom now?? don't hurt yourself

whatever you say Brian, go sell someone a flood prone house would ya

mrs prosbus = imbecile

That's easy, because everyone thinks that the minority is corrupt. You see anyone else on FBI tapes arraigning a bribe?

It's "easy" because you present a logically inconsistent argument--- I am asking specifically what is the difference between a "live" Kids First Board agenda resolution and the resolution that *may* have been introduced at this week's council meeting??? Neither have public notice, neither have been introduced earlier, neither were discussed earlier....what is the difference other than a false assertion of "corruption" on the later but not the former???

Where's Redrider? At least he has a head on his shoulder and presents challenging counter arguments. What is this, take your kids to work day on Patch?

False assertion of corruption? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Tell that to the FBI. They've locked up, investigated or implicated more than a few of those folks for various crimes and they are currently investigating a few more right now. Go ahead and tell them the Russo family is clean as a whistle and watch them fall out of their chairs laughing at you the way I just laughed at you.

Passkey- Let me first address your comments on Peter Carter. The Board was right to bring him in on a temporary basis as he was meant to be an interim superintendent. He did clean up a lot of things left hanging by Raslowsky but his abrasive style at times did wear on some good teachers and faculty. No denying it.

Carter's stay might have been much shorter had your gal pal Maureen Sullivan not gone on a jhihad and try to blow up the appointment of Romano. Not only did she try but she succeeded smearing him all over the blogosphere and in my opinion comitting a gross violation of board ethics. Romano got a better job anyway and even though the search took longer the board finally found their man in Toback.

He has a very even keeled disposition. Check.
He is easy to talk to you. Check.
He has a solid background as an educator wtih results. Check.
He has background in Vocational Schooling which fits Hoboken's non-college bound students very nicely. The Professional kitchen could give us the next Buddy.
Toback also knows what projects cost. I went back and forth with him once for about 20 minutes about verious projects and the guy knows his finance as well.
He is honest from what I can tell so far.
His full time salary is not much more than Petrosino made part time from Texas.

This guy has a leg up on Petrosino big time. Vote Kids First Fall 2012. Keep Toback!

I thank Peter Carter for his short term service to Hoboken. Toback for the long term!

Well, I did suggest you not make this about Dr. Toback vs. Dr. Petrosino but seems like you feel it should be. Fair enough.

FBI is gone, never coming back and they get a great laugh around the water cooler when people bring up all you Zimmer Kool Aid drinkers. The ship has sailed and you're stuck believing it didn't.

Yes, mrs. P, of course. They just charged Ricciardi with sending emails to two people and then forgot completely to follow up on those two people. This after spending countless man hours and digging through thousands of emails. Hey, can I sell you a bridge?

Hey I get that Lane & Kim have to take the day off once in a while. But did they have to send a complete moron to fill in?

Beth picked a complete moron to be her puppet in the 4th ward so why can't she pick a complete moron to be her puppet on patch?

No day offs here, no fill ins either folks. In fact let me share with you a little secret. You can say whatever you want about my husband and I and it goes in one eye and out the other. The more you verbally attack us the bigger a smile we get on our faces. Just like Mrs Mason, she loves the attention good forbad because it's attention, it's keyword hits. Same thing for us, keep it coming, you're wasting your time and making us feel happier, publicity good or bad is cherished. You zimmer honky tonks, the 4 of you out here with 5 names each. Everyone reads you and laughs at you. Kurta, Brice, Pinkass or Pincus however its spelled, Kempf with an occasional 2 or 3 others chiming in. 2014 going to be a sad year when Ruben running this town and Dawn is back to taking pictures at weddings.

Ruben - HA! He stuck his foot in his mouth recently and wedged it so far down he can wipe with his toes. And his future does not look bright. So much for what you know,

Obvious Troll is obvious.

The greatest gift to any reasonable person who wants to be informed about any particular politician is Google. So keep talking about Mason and keep pointing out the facts online complete with links to published stories, and video clips. Google results will do the rest.

I love these guys, they're like a bunch of little pocket Glenn Becks. So adorable, stamping their little feets. Awwwww. Look at how cranky they are! Who needs a nap? Huh? Yeah, that's right YOU do!

Mrs prosbus is amusing, but a little too out of the loop for any really good laughable inaccuracies. The angry short fuse is good for some yuks though

Mrs Braindead - a few quick notes.

They're called "days off" not "day offs."
It's "in one EAR and out the other," not eye.
Kemph never blogs.
There is no election in 2014.

Good lord what an idiot.

Mrs. Prosbus, not only have your comments shown that you are not 'plugged-in', they show you'll never fill Maurice's shoes, not even close. And you are not the man, nor never will be the man that he was, with the political gifts that he had.

And as much as you are trying to raise your profile over here, you lack the intelligence and the skills to be the player you aspire to be. Your obsession with Horsey and other bloggers is strange, as is your hopping from moniker to moniker.

You are a weirdo.

And a punchline- your County friends call you 'Mr. Hoover'. You really ought to pack it in and do something you're good at.

Basket weaving? Hopscotch?

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/

correct me if i'm wrong stincus, but i bet you wouldn't hide in the bathroom at a planning board meeting if you didn't have the majority vote, wouldja?

He is such a gift - everlasting idiocy for the merriment of reform.

"stincus"? Is that the best you can do? Jeez, you're dumb.

Thankfully you have yet to spawn, so why talk about the BOE and matters of which you know nothing. But then again, you dont live here and that has never stopped you before from making a complete imbecile of yourself, Finboy, like the time you tried to plant the story with Sullivabitch that a certain someone left a Hoover at your door? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What a tool. What a law school drop out tool. What a live with mommy and daddy in Weehawken got fired by Mayor Turner lost my website Hudson Shark tool.

getttheleadout44 = insane Mason talkingg point comments + bad writtting

I don't know whicch is funnier, the trash talk, the inacuurrate information or the citing of 411 as anything but Mason garbage

411 has an assisted living demographic at this point and not much of that.

PS. "real spin" is an oxymoron, moron. Have Beth explain that to you.

"real spin" ROTFLMAO. No wonder this idiot flunked out of law school.

Well thanks for the mention Mrs Prosbus. Monthly sales continue to flourish. As for your request, someone did send over the Mason trash and so let's dedicate this story to the Weehawken annual subscriber MSV has grown to love:

http://www.hobokenhorse.com/2012/02/michael-russo-yells-at-mayor-zimmer-on.html

Thank you again for supporting MSV. Have a nice day Mrs Prosbus.

Why the thread hijack for two administrators? How will Maureen Sullivan vote on the 14th? Will she choose to save taxpayers real money or will she vote with the Machine in the hopes they carry her on their voter fraud ticket that exploits the minority community in the HHA?

Guess the answer is Maureen already kissing up to Pupie?
Will Maureen Sullivan be earning his support by collecting fraudulent ballots in the HHA?

Back to your character assassination on Romano already Maureen? Was Romano convicted of anything? Has he been indicted or even arrested.

How low will Maureen Sullivan go to keep sitting (and doing nothing) on the BoE?
Disgraceful.

For goodness sake, for starters Ohaus basically was fired for insubordination. Why would you spin that as bad management? It had to be done for the good of the institution and it's ability not to have insurance exposures. The ad-nauseum repeating of debunked talking point based blogging on here is ridiculous. Mr Raia is now hopelessly conflicted with his side-deals for construction. He has no business getting involved in any ticket.

Frank Sinatra- One of those two teachers had threatened to resign one year, resign and rescind it over the last two election seasons in a prima donna power grab involving students on Facebook. Good riddance. We need the drama on stage not in the classroom. The district is much bigger than any two teachers. I know of one child that is thriving in a gifted and talented program is doing great. Under previous administrations I do not know of one case where tenure was denied. It should not be automatic. Toback is decisive and teachers going forward know they have to produce to get tenure. Ohaus can be someone else's headache. She won't last wherever she is. Her ego is too big.

How is staff up 10%? please explain. The tax levy is as low as it can go under state formula. If staff costs were up 10% that would be an issue but that is not the case. The budget has not been finalized yet.

As far as Romano, tell Maureen to stop hating on people she suspects are homosexual. She should show some tolerance but then again she ran a far right wing Republican slate that had candidates that looked up to Sarah Palin. What was the name of that slate again. Oh yeah, "turd in a punchbowl", Oh sorry "Unreal Results". Nice turd place finish for Maureen's Right Wing Marauders backed by Money Bags Mason's Hubby Ricky .

I at least do appreciate your honesty as to motive for Frank and his people to get rid of Toback. I have now flushed that out for all to see. What will your pal Maureen " the lying nun" do for an encore. Remember Carmello, Fran and Maureen all voted for Toback. They just voted his agenda in 9-0. If they have complaints they should be airing them now. If not they are being disingenuous.

FrankSullivan, the other Frank is still conducting himself like a major felon and you damn well know it. One vote buying operation after another, making an absolute joke of democracy in this city. The only thing that makes it worse is when clowns like you deflect that he hasn't been arrested yet so that means everything is just fine. But that measuring stick we can conclude that Al Capone was only guilty of tax evasion, because that's all he was ever arrested for.

When you vote for April elections, which you are guaranteed to do, you will be showing that you value cheating and a rigged game over democracy. So take your "maybe Frank has changed" schtick and stuff it up your ample derriere.

I can't help but notice that when franksinatra points out that the superintendent that Kids First wanted to hire for Hoboken is in the middle of a cheating scandal in his new district (there are news stories that confirm this and say his district is under investigation by the state DOE), Hoboken Answer calls it "character assasination", but when ThisMeansWar says Frank {Raia} "conduct{s] himself like a real fellon" and accuses him of vote buying, that's OK.

I said "major felon." Pay attention.

Why don't draw us up an new and enchanting explanation for how Tim Occhipinti wound up with 575 paid "workers" but no votes were bought although hundreds of the "workers" showed up on vbm lists. That works out to just under 1 worker for every 2 votes.

I'll jump ahead to the subterfuge that no one has been arrested (yet) and remind you of the analogy to Al Capone, whose only crime appears to be income tax evasion. By your way of thinking, that must be all Al ever did.

I didn't assassinate Raia's character, he did. You assassinated your own.

You know what I don't get? How Maureen Sullivan could even covertly aligned herself w/ people like the Russos, their backers or their allies. What self respecting Republican would do that? Or is it that she is like Mason, all she cares about is winning and damn the consequences or the means used to win.

Fake republicans get along fine with fake democrats. All they want out of party affiliation is a path to the teat. Whenever there's a choice between some stated principle of the party and self-interest, the stated principle has zero chance. That goes for all of them.

Understand OOC your desperation with the bitterness running at wit's end but the attempt to sully Grafix Avenger as being anti-Catholic is frankly silly. Much of your screeds usually are but this one earns a rebuttal.

GA has no "apparent dislike for Catholics." In fact she calls them her brothers and sisters when she salutes their holidays and of course she's extended same to me, a Catholic.

GA is riffing on possible NJ DoE confusion on which Maureen Sullivan's fingerprints they actually have on file. But you already knew that.

If you want to defend us Catholics, you might start with using a capital c.

Trying to breed hate and division in Hoboken has been job one for Mason. Russo & Co. and as more and more positive things are being accomplished by the Zimmer Administration the more shrill and desperate their hate becomes.

I am guessing OOC didn't see copies of the emails where the state said they had some nun by the name of Maureen Sullivan on file but they didn't have Big Mo's greasy prints on file. That would explain OOC's most recent uninformed and completely clueless comments.

Yoo hoo, what an IDIOT you are... oh yeah, honey. Like THAT accusation's gonna work for you.

Drop ELMO and pay attention.

Carl Carablelli NJDOE Criminal Hisotry Review Unit MANAGER indicates Hoboken's Maureen Sullivan's fingerprints are co-mingled with Newark's SISTER Maureen Sullivan's fingerprints. Yes, a NUN. So, Hoboken's Sullivan can tell us whether this was a subterfuge or... well? How did her case Manager confuse a NUN with our Sullivan unless... he was directed to her?

OOC you better quit your ELMO-luvin' and read up because you and your ilk will have to explain this:

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2012/01/two-maureen-sullivans.html

But you KNEW that, since you ops read my site religiously. Now that you bring it up, Sullivan needs to say some prayers as the clock runs out on her BoE tenure.

Anyone running with Raia is a puppet clown on the payroll.

Outofideas,

1) Saying the annual Saint Patricks fiasco has anything whatever to do with the Catholic Church is in and of itself an anti-Catholic comment.

2) You're an idiot.

Thanks all of you who answered this profane ELMO-luvin' witch.

She and her ilk's constant anti-Semitic references to the Mayor's Jewish spouse as 'blood diamonds' make her effort stir up religious hatred laughable, as well as her fake sanctimony. What a pig.

Check out the bizarre story of the co-mingling of Hoboken's Maureen Sullivan and Sister Maureen Sullivan, the nun, at the NJDOE.

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2012/01/two-maureen-sullivans.html

More made upp garbage. I don't think the Vatican is giving your syncopphants in irrespponsibilty known as the council minority any clean bill of health.

Moron. You're spending too much time with ELMO.

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2012/01/two-maureen-sullivans.html

OCC you out of control anti semitic gutter snipe. You keep making anti-semitic regerences in yoru posts her about the mayor beign supported by blood diamonds and other not so sublte refences to reinforce the disgusting anti semtiic steroptype that Jews are bloodthirsty diamond dealers and behind the atrocities and genocide involed in the illicit diamond trade. Even that despicable Weasel with an Easel gave up posting under the name Blood DIamonds after he was thoroughly trashed for using that screen anme. For you to now call GA ant-Catholic is beyond the pale and reveals you to all as the moronic self absorbed asshat that you are. In the deceidely off chance that you dont know just how vile and vicious your references are, I have no inclination to educate you by chapter and verse. Get yourself to the library, talk to your priest or a rabbi and inform yourself. What an effing disgusting piece of trash you are. The wafer must burn a hole though your hand, you evil shrew.

Outofcontrol is a hater Mason and Russo operativve tool who says what he is told to say, rationnal or not. just garbage

POLICE ARREST LANE BAJARDI FOR ASSAULT AT SCHOOL BOARD FORUM

BAJARDI CHARGED WITH ROBBERY

Hoboken police have made an arrest on a warrant issued for Lane Bajardi, a local politically involved Hoboken resident. The arrest came after he was accused of having assaulted a local blogger at a Board of Education forum a week ago.

Bajardi was charged with robbery because the victim had his camera taken by Bajardi. The police noted that the arrest was based largely on the victim's testimony, and that it will be heard in court. It also may be downgraded to a disorderly persons offense, police said.

The police put out a press release saying:

The complainant is a 46-year-old Hoboken resident who alleged that on April 12, 2010 while attending a Hoboken Board of Education candidate’s forum at Stevens College, Mr. Bajardi, [allegedly] knocked him to the ground, assaulted him, and took his digital camera. The victim further stated he had to follow Mr. Bajardi to obtain his camera back before Mr. Bajardi [allegedly] destroyed it. Based on the statement provided, Mr. Bajardi was charged with robbery.

http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/7140972/article--Police-arrest-made-in-alleged-incident-at-Board-of-Education-forum-

How about you remind everyone that Nancy is Jewish while you are at it and that Mason lies through her teeth, funds vote buying, is aligned w/ corrupt politicians, has a serious problem w/ envy b/c she seems to think she should be mayor instead of a CC member and she is about as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks.

stincus, are you the same nancy pincus who posted this on democraticunderground.com with an upside down American flag when bush beat kerry...

"I am extremely angry and depressed. Hopefully I can eventually put this in a perspective that I can live with, but the pain is great now. I had such high hopes for a Kerry administration and was yearning for Bushco to suffer the humiliation of defeat. I was praying for other countries to see that we weren't a nation of ignoramuses and lunatics."

EXTREMELY ANGRY AND DEPRESSED...some things never change. try yoga or something honey

Does your boss over at 1010loses know you are playing politics again? Give it up Lame. You not only backed a loser, you backed a liar.

It's time to follow up on my communication with Ben.

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Stincus? Are you 10? Did mommy say you could use the computer? You're a ahole. Own it.

what a joke. this getthelead out 44 barraccatto guy is the one who stinks at blogging. anger issues, stoopid jokes

angry and depressed and shrill.

funny how when you're under the Jewish News investigation you're just a sniveling stay at home mom who has a fun blog. but when the spotlight is off you are a vicious hag who calls herself a member of the fourth estate (i.e. the media).

Don't sweat the typos. A new authentic voice is always welcome.

1) I have no problem with principled disagreement. I have no principled disagreements with you.

2) You're an idiot.

OOC, you vulgar anti Semitic STD petri dish. I actually am beginning to think that you are so effing dumb that you dont comprehend just how vile you are.

K - I long ago came to the conclusion that OOC came from a very shallow and very base gene pool.

quit kidding. outofcontrol is long established of intollerant of any one not BnRr or not tied into the olld Guards

School board budget is $59million. A lot of patronage to be doled out if you control the school board. Right now a reform group holds a one vote lead on the BOE. It will be much harder for the old guard to unseat them if elections are in November. Elections in April have 10-15% turnout and very simply are easier and cheaper to buy.

More than anything in this world the old guard fears voter turnout. They ran screaming from it on city council elections. Only with the BOE they have fewer options. They saw one and made a run for it.

That's what we're dealing with. Democratic representatives who fear democracy.

Ian: talk about being on point from start to finish. I think you summed the whole thing up exactly.

P1y: I didn't read the resolution - did it state when the public vote would happen, i.e. - as part of the next election, which would be November, no? Or would it be on the BOE election?

I also agree with you that, that the city council doesn't belong anywhere in this equation, but isn't that what the law that Christie signed said was one of the 3 ways that the BOE election could be moved to Nov?

Lastly, how is an election moved by resolution? I thought elections had to be moved via ordinance. Does anybody have an explanation on this? Elections are held by law...aren't ordinances, not resolutions, our laws? The "problem" we have with elections is one thing, but is our gov and our elected representatives in Trenton playing a little underhanded politics here too? Sincere question, I support the move of this BOE election to November, and would vote for that given the choice. I'd also like to think the citizens of Hoboken would vote for the change too...those who care. The BOE is such a forgotten election sitting where it is. I wish the election fraud issues would somehow get addressed. I'd always like to see the people vote on stuff like this cause you never know who will be in power tomorrow. I do have concerns about elections in general, but it's awful when you can't trust the vote on issues right in your own back yard and that's what we've got here.

Jabberwock, I believe it goes something like this, but I am not 100% certain on the finer points. Yes, Governor Christie set 3 different mechanisms to move school board elections. Each could be used to vote to move it to November, but not to NOT move it to November (pardon the double negative but I am in something of a hurry now). One way is by voter referendum, one is by the school board and the third is by a citys council. In the case of the council I believe it has to be by ordinance, not by resolution, which is the way it was attempted to be done this past Wednesday. So probably what was attempted was not illegal, it was just not going to be binding per se because the council did not attempt to do it as required, by ordinance. Hope this helps, but I am not a final authority.
Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled program:

YO!!!! "SUPER" GIANTS ROCK THE HOUSE!!!!!

Agree with P1y, any one of 3 entities may MOVE the boe election to Nov. If one of the 3 votes to MOVE the election- it gets moved ( njsba.org ). One Yes vote to Move the elections cannot be circumvented by any of the other 2 entities. This whole escapade was pure grandstanding /politics.

Re: No quorum-There seems to be a few hypocrites amongst the minority bunch...fromJuly 15, 2008 Hoboken

Tonight's Board of Education meeting has been canceled because they couldn't get the five (out of nine) trustees needed to make up a quorum.

Board members Rose Marie Markle, Carrie Gilliard, Theresa Minutillo and Anthony Romano were all able to make it.

But a family medical emergency caused President Frances Rhodes-Kearns to cancel at the last minute (her daughter broke an arm) and James Farina is ill, said Board Secretary David Anthony.

Carmelo Garcia, Frank Raia and Phil DeFalco are all out of town on vacation.

Reporter...http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2008/07/board_of_education_meeting_ton_2.html

The purpose of the BOE is not so vote buyers can pass out jobs, sweetheart contracts and other favors to their BFFs so how about you stop aligning yourself w/ the vote buyers who want to turn the BOE back into a patronage mill so it can actually focus on educating children. It is the people you back who wish to undermine the BOE's purpose.

BTW, seriously, you want to stop politicizing things now? You, the woman who has spent a fortune spewing out your lies, distortions, half-truths and misinformation on every contentious topic out there, you now want to stop politicizing things? How about you put your checkbook away then. No more paying your PR team to post online all the time. No more money for junk mailers every time you are in a snit over something. No more TV ads. No more hiring cameramen to film meetings around town to provide you w/ stock footage for your PR attacks. So you, the person who now wants to stop politicizing things, how about you just put your money where your mouth is and just stop your antics completely. You see Beth, it is you who is responsible for completely polarizing this town with your nastiness and with all the money you fling about. Just stop already if you want to stop politicizing things b/c you are the one politicizing everything!.

Bet Mazin = embarrasment to herr family esp unfortunatte children. will never be mayor with her lies. dope

Again, at the same time as Mrs. Mason was issuing this statement about the BOE, Mr. Mason was flooding the BOE elections with money. :-)

1) BETH wrote the letter about staying out of BOE affairs, then went on to fund a BOE ticket and attempt to use the city council to take the election day option away from the BOE.

2) You're an idiot.

Yes, the basic problem w/ Beth is she again revealed herself to be a two faced liar. The only double standard was Beth's. She seems to think it is fine for her and her bottomless checkbook to be involved in the BOE elections but nobody else in city government can take a stand on the BOE race. She is the one w/ the double standard.

And completely agree, OOC has again revealed a stunning lack of intellect that can best be described as idiotic.