“Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge amongst the people” John Adams
It was reported recently in the Jersey Journal that Bayonne city business administrator Peter Cresci advocated switching the city over to a new prescription plan that (according to him) will save the city an estimated $3.1 million dollars a year. This would be a win for the taxpayers and a win for the city workers [...]
For those of you unaware, the drama of local politics has been heating up this week. The proxy war is in full swing between the Mark Smith & Pat Conaghan camps on the NJ.com Bayonne forum. Annonymous users, many of whom most certainly have connections into the candidates camps are goign at it full force. [...]
June 2008 BBOED Meeting Agenda & Resolutions
Every election cycle in Bayonne politics play out in the usual way. You vote for who you know. You vote because your friend or family member tells you that you should vote for this person or that person. You vote because your job with the city might be on the line. Or maybe you vote [...]
May 2008 Board of Ed Meeting Agenda & Resolutions part 1
May 2008 Board of Ed Meeting Agenda & Resolutions part 2
In response to requests from those who attend city council meetings, the city council has for the first time provided it’s agenda online ahead of it’s meeting. You can find the agenda for tonight’s meeting located here on the city’s official website:
http://www.bayonnenj.org/agenda.shtml
It seems as if Yitzchak David has lost interest in running for mayor, however a new unkown might be taking his place. As with all things that come from the nj.com forum, one can never be certain if what you are reading is misinformation, however, this message popped up today from a user name wcwman2212. [...]
UPDATE (2:15PM): I just got en email from Stan Marko, as it turns out he emailed all members of the city Council on July 14th with the graffiti issue after the original story by Scott Y was picked up on a blog known as Plancks Constant.
Recently in the Jersey Journal and on the local Bayonne [...]
Laura DePinto is a frequent contributor & supporter of the Bayonne Public Advocate. On June 22nd she wrote here on the Advocate that she was unable to get her initiative to have an elected school board on the ballot. In true Jersey Journal fashion, they picked up on the story a month later, and promptly [...]
As many have noticed, the past month has not been a good one for the Bayonne Public Advocate website. I attempted to merge with another website, thejcboard.com, in order to offer more forum-like functionality to facilitate easier conversation for the users. Unfortunately the plan to merge was premature and many wrinkles were just not ironed [...]
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