Don't forget you roaring cats and kittens, it's All About Downtown 12-8 today

The center of the fun universe it at Grove St. and Newark Ave from 12-8 today but that's just the start. Stick around for all the bar fun and frolic after 8 bells on the Newark pedestrian plaza, it's always a hoot and a half. This year the party goes all the way up to Coles Ave so indeed more fun than you should be allowed to have without paying a tax.

The Newark Avenue pedestrian plaza needs "upkeep" and "upkeep" costs money

And when we say "upkeep" we mean police patrols after a troubling spike in drunken fights and other improper behavior during warmer months. While Terrence T. McDonald reports when most businesses and restaurants were approached about tossing into the hat for off duty cops to patrol around the plaza, some thought it was a bit of a shakedown.

If you follow this link you'll find out who doesn't like the idea to chip in, and which Jersey City council member said "y'all."

The city of Jersey City has utterly insulted and failed the Monopoly artist

You've no doubt heard the invented faux outrage at certain parts of the Monopoly styled art piece on Newark Ave. The police, professional groups who exist to bring up faux outrage, and the city have all decided they needed a say in someone else's artwork. The reactions by the police was all too predictable, the professionally outraged need to ask why they immediately see shade where they should be learning about the artists intent, not that it even mattered in this case, or ever does with groups like this one. Their own publicity is something they always manage to see in a good light. Invent an outrage du jour and get your name out there.

The city was the worst of the snivelers, you have to go read this fine analysis of the outrage every Jersey City resident should heve at Mayor Fulop and his gutless and ham-handed administration. Tris McCall wrote this so Johnny didn't have to and did a better job of exposing just how pathetic the city's response was and how narrow the group complaining about the artist's self image in the 'In Jail' corner square as he said it is indeed a part of his life and he wanted to insert himself into the mural. The horror.

Go read, Dan Levin also pointed out on Twitter how the city insisted on an advertisement in the mural, despite the artist's wishes. The Fulop Administration has now managed to screw up even the mural program.

The pedestrian plaza on Newark Ave is a tremendous success

As seen here.