I have to think that even the most delusional political operative has to understand that this sort of thing doesn't help their candidates but it's net effect will hurt them.

That said we have seen so much filth and harrasement from all levels of the OLD GUARD politios and their friends that these latest examples disgust and anger they no longer shock but are just expected as part of who they are and what they truly represent.

Any candidate that agees to be backed and funded by these OLD GUARD politcos has also agreed to their disgusting methods and should be held responsible for them.

bubbles, I agree it was not acceptable. However it was an accepted practice in school districts throughtout the state of NJ. And thankfully, The Dept. of Ed put an end to it. If Districts WERE acting illegally then the jails should be flooded with Superintendents/School Business Administrator/ Board Trustees...etc etc etc It makes me wonder if any of Hoboken's Former Supers(or interim's) and/or SBA's enjoyed such meals and other perks in their former districts during the years before the restrictions were enforced.

Arrest the flier's sponsor for what?

Last I checked, being an a**hole wasn't against the law.

Lorraine,

Do you condone the use of this truck?
Do you think that this kind of public advertising to passive children walking along washington street or going to a school, is appropriate?

I believe the concept of advertising on that truck is to attract (in this instance) the hoboken "voter market" not the children. There are advertisements everwhere in our daily lives. BillBoards/TV/Computers/newspapers etc. Children are constantly exposed to ads just walking down washington street. When strolling with my own children , they never once remarked on any advertisement, probably because we were all engaged in a conversation, some call it "bonding". I did not see the ads on the truck . But as a Parent, if i felt tat my child was being exposed to something inappropriate , I would take every precaution to avoid their exposure to it and do my best to explain my reasons why I do not want them to see it. Also if it were going to put my child in harms way , I would make it my business to report it to the proper authority.

What you see on the web is your choice. What you see on a truck-sized billboard is someone else's choice forced upon you.

Here is the offending website. www.grafixavenger.blogspot.com

Read it and decide for yourself. Don't let a bunch of paid hacks decide for you. Those analyses of the BOE unde Move Forward's leadership are devastating.

That is what this whole smear campaign is about. Not swastikas, not any of the other junk these clowns pretend to be offended by. It's the fact that GA has their number and they want to silence her.

Good luck with that.

What are you talking about ? The truck is not being forced upon you. You don't have to look at it. You can walk away from it. Or choose not to look at it. Unless the truck is stalking you. There are equally inappropriate adverstisements all around us that I do not condone, but I know I have control on what I choose to look at or listen to. These are lessons learned that I try to pass on to my children.

LORRANIE! What the heck are you doing? What did we discuss? We deny! deny! deny!
Damn you! Now we gotta double down and back this thing.
Here's the new plan:
Johnny and Joe are gonna stay with the denial thing- you guys work this on websites. The public don't read no stinkin websites-they'll buy anything! we'll smooth them on the Reporter and pay some pretty ladies to go door to door, uptown and our intimidating goons will do door to door downtown.
Let everyone know- $100 per , guaranteed moolah.
Got it, now?

This in spite of anti-wheeling legislation disallowing contributions in excess of $500. It appears that the former council president has joined so many others in overtly pretending the law just doesn't apply to her.

Mrs. Mason is the wife of Richard Mason a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and I would think that she should be aware of the limitations of the law.

That said Hoboken's former mayor an attorney Peter Cammerano was also well aware of the limitations of the law before he broke them, plead guilty to felony charges and was sent to prison. -

At last night's City Council meeting it was pointed out that the Friends of Councilwoman Mason had aready exceeded the legal limit of contributions to her "Move Forward" by an individual to the tune of over five thousand dollars.

As we all know Richard and Elizabeth Mason funneled tens of thousands of dollars into the 4th Ward campaign of Tim Occhipinti where 575+ "election day workers' were hired for $40 or more . Mr. Occhipinti won the election by a few hundred votes and now on City Council votes lock step with Councilwoman Mason. :-)

Good morning pop up blogger. We look forward to your 2nd post ever. We also look forward to your last post ever on 11/6 when you collect your check and disappear.

Your statement is only ridiculously humorous in light of the audit findings related to Frank Raia (MF campaign treasurer) which noted many things as without any educational value, such as cell phones for teachers, AC junkets for the A/C guy, invoices paid out to the Board of Education (WOW!), steak dinners. if the slate you supported had even a modest sense of decency, perhaps you could play the "no educational value" card.

Before the State Dept. of Education placed restrictions on School Spending, meals etc. were allowed. I am not saying I agree with it, but it was not illegal. And I believe these restrictions were placed by Commissioner Davy who was appointed by Governor Corzine . As far as the Cronyism with AC guy etc. Kids First are staying on track with that. BA Bob Davis is BACK (he left the district in time for them to appoint his daughter to a newly created position) So now its safe for him to return as a consultant. The cronyism torch has been passed on to Kids First and they are running their own Marathon with it. And the only the Cronys are coming in First not the kids first

I never once pinned my academinc successes/failings on an adminisstrator. Perhaps the parents of these kids should be held responsible.

http://www.hobokenhorse.com/2012/10/beth-mason-takes-on-law-with-7000.html#idc-container
http://hoboken.patch.com/blog_posts/hoboken-high-school-by-the-numbers
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/10/hoboken_board_of_education_to_3.html
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/14366146/article-What-will-they-do-with--1-7-million---School-board-outlines-how-to-spend-aid--discusses-%E2%80%98school-choice%E2%80%99-?
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/6933515/article-No-new-taxes-Schools-absorb--tate--lash--still-cut-budget-Posted-April-4--2010-?
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/4673587/article-SCHOOL-AUDIT--Student-money-reimbursed-teacher-for-lost-iPod-Board-of-Ed-hears-details-of-negative-audit-and-test-scores--officials-resign--?
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2414252/article--We-re-failing-our-students--School-district-releases-poor-three-year-assessment--superintendent-addresses-it?
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2406348/article-Status-quo-shattered-at-Board-of-Education-But-with-major-changes-comes-infighting?
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/03/board_of_education_approves_us.html

LORRAINE! How many times do I have to speak with you? The auditor's comments, over and over again, were "NOT acceptable usage of funds" for all of those dinners, flowers and such. This is written everywhere and is common knowledge. I know these yups are dim bulbs but come on. Think before you write.

STOP bringing the dinners!

Between You and Joe------ I tell ya it aint easy.

Yes, it is disappointing that anyone would go out of their way to do something like that. But, in no way is it fair, to point fingers to any of the Slates (there are three that are campaigning, as you are all aware). Throwing assumptions out there for any of the slates that are untrue, is immature and unfair. My opinion though, is that "KF" stands for "Korruption First" and would like to see major improvements in the public education system in Hoboken. Not approving Teachers, whether or not they have tenure in the system, that miss over 70+ days of work for no reason and reward them with dollars that could be going towards the children in the way of enrichment programs, etc. Not approving (Theresa Monutillo) of "Early Childhood" members who are not qualified for the job, who, basically run for everything in town (Patricia Waiters - runs for every spot that potentially becomes available, Mayor, Early Childhood Board, Board of Ed..really?), without running it first through her own Slate?! Even The Board was in disagreement! Tell me, corruption doesn't exist in this very "non-mobesque" Town. Wake up and do your research. "KF and Zims: Where corruption lives on and bullies get their fixes" Looking forward to voting them both out. The Children are the ones suffering here...and you wonder why Charters are started.

Yes. You can do some research right here on the website Move Forward is so astonishingly desperate to silence first with their midnight fler, then their Nazi truck. More fliers on the way no doubt. Then a push-poll. This is a helluva lot of money. Now who would do that and have the money to do that....

www.grafixavenger.blogspot.com

It is dishonest to pretend that MF or their backers aren't behind those smear flyers and that truck w/ the video screens that made an appearance in town the last 2 nights. KF isn't going to run ads that attack themselves and Patricia Waters just can't afford to rent a truck for $100/hr 2 nights in a row. But MF and their very rich backers sure have the money, the means and the motive to do exactly that. So we are pointing fingers.

If anyone needed another reason for voting for Kids First you have given it to them.

:-)

Ms. Bokenberry,
No offense, you sound very naive, uneducated on the history of the Hoboken Board of Education and disorganized. You, might want to do some research before posting. Check the 05/06 of 08/09 09/10 and 10/11audits from the board of education website, or google any one of the prior board members names (Raia, Garcia, David Anthony, Rhodes Kearns,) and then come back on this site and post.

bokenberry thanks for coming on board. Nice work on the self-righteous indignation. Your boyfriend did well bringing you on. One little criticism. Some of your stuff is not gonna to fly- everyone knows about the past so dont do the korruption thing. It's not beleivable and just reminds everyone what we've done. Also, no need to deny the van, we've changed strategies cause of that stupid comment by Lorraine- she never does listen. Anyways- you guys go ahead and admit it on websites.
We got the streets and Hoboken Reporter to sell the denial factor. The newbie yupsters dont read this stuff and are clueless- they only want to hear we didnt do it.
As you were.

Thanks NoFanofDawnZ for the feedback. Much appreciated. I think the whole thing with the van and overblown attack on Nancy Pincus is a big joke personally. That is when then silly poems come out. The Old Guard is would be a joke except for the severe harm they have done to Hoboken over the years.

I honestly can't take the MF people seriously anymore whether they win or not. Their slate is a Pupie proxy to get Toback fired and bring patronage pal Petrosino to milk patronage out of the over $60 million budget for their political pals. It is also a disastrous purple pillow plopping political strategy employed by Move Hoboken Backward and the folks at 1200 Gallery with Beth Masons political friends.

If you don't like what Nancy is writing then simply don't read it. John "Junk Store" Castellano's denial is ridiculous. If the work that Nancy Pincus was that offensive then he should be against its republication. The real issue is that Nancy's more sober writing spelling out in 100% factual detail of the pillage of the BOE from 2006 when it was under control of Pupie and his pals like missing $400k HHA booty Carmelo Garcia is why Nancy is under attack.

The Old Guard can't handle the truth so they replay the same 3 posts of hers over and over. Its simply a distraction from the real issue of Frank's sticky fingers. Frank Raia wanted some cheddar from Toback and got denied and now he wants Toback fired and his buddy Petrosino in instead.

If MF wins, Petrosino will be the least of the waste. We will have another 100+ cell phones get issued, junkets to AC, steak dinners, dozens of no and low show jobs, make work jobs & I would bet a double digit increase in the budget inside of 2 years. None of that money will make it anywhere near a classroom or help w/ educational performance.

But take heart folks b/c I bet the 10R scam will return so we can pretend all that waste helped out w/ performance.

noise Pollute ? that is hilarious. If you want to know how noise pollution is LEGAL..maybe you should ask the weekend warriors who flood our city streets with their loud drunken behavior.

Fire up that van, Fran*- show the public what we're all about. I say we run this thing daily. .

I am sure everyone will understand that after the election we will do the right thing. This van thing is just temporary- We're talkin 63mm in government cash. Besides, you know what they say- whomever wins the Board of Ed race wins the mayoral race.
We are all in and gonna win this thang!
Got our 2000 absentee ballots all lined up- check
Got our swastika van playin for the kiddies and their mommies-check
Midnight smear fliers- check
outside contributions- check
Possible future contract approval contributions- check
illegal contributions accepted- check
smearin anyone related to the other side- check
create wedges in reform-work in progress

Eat that kiddies! Oops! Zimmer and Kids First. This election is in da bag.
disclosure:
*fran is fictional and is in now way representational or related to anyone in particular- just rhymes with van.

Agreed. 100%

Hi CuriousFactsaloneGal, Actually no on from Kids First is talking about the truck. Just some Rabbi's, and like you said, they don't count. I'm glad you left them out of your report,the busy-bodies!

Private school moms paying tuition at Stevens Coop by blogging to the oldies - Dawn's legacy.

There was an hour long discussion on test scores they had a damn boring video presentation, with stupid graphs, scores, rates, and future plans. Totaly wasted our time. As planned Our people in the audience derailed the meeting. Russo wanted the board to talk about the haunted house and being allowed on the field during football games. Branco wanted to talk about "nothing" but what a wste of his time it was to have to sit through the meeting. Murray was back to the lie about the pool and he showed off his artistic ability by holding up a campaign poster he drew with his child's crayons...... and that's how the meeting went. no questions from them.and let's not forget when Branco got his panties in a twist b/c the HS student had to stop filming (ya know because of those stupid child labor laws) and Markevitch was speaking at the mike... Branco demanded that the camera be turned back on b/c "She's a candidate"...lol What a cartoon character he turned out to be. Anyways, guess we shoulda brought up one or two issues related to the kids in the school but ya know as always we were all excited about the bigger picture. Damn! I tell ya it aint easy.

IMPT: Reminder:
300 kids gettin in our way, damnit!
It is with regret that we must inform you that WE WILL NOT be hosting our Annual Hoboooken’s Haunted House. This would be our 21st year of providing you with ghosts and goblins.

Unfortunately, we are unable to find somewhere we can hold the event.

We are very grateful to All Saints for letting us use their church on 6th and Willow Avenue. Reverend Curtis has always been kind to us. However, their Board voted to not allow us to use it this year. We understand, they are looking for someone to replace Reverend Curtis and are going through a transition and we are very grateful for the years that they allowed us to use their facility.

The Hoboken Board of Education has always allowed us to use their faculties. However, their committee seems to think because there are now 300 children in Demarest School that we shouldn’t use it. We’ve used Demarest in the past when the school was full. But the powers that be think it is not feasible.

We certainly appreciate all the years that we used the Gym, but we are very sad that we cannot provide this service to our residents free of charge. However if anyone knows of a place where we can Host our Haunted House from the 22nd of October until November 2nd please feel free to let us know.

Thank you all, and we hope that you have a safe and Happy HALLOWEEN.”

Sincerely,

Councilman Michael Russo
Councilwoman Theresa Castellano

Can we hear from a rabbi that doesn't know GA personally?

just curious, does the person who posted the image on the website also have to extend an apology ?

NoFan, I take it you are too stupid with blind rage to understand that you have just thoroughly insulted the Rabbi's integrity. Knowing GA makes him a liar? Why don't you and the rest of your exceedingly sick friends keep your Anti-Semitism to yourselves.