WTF Jersey City?! Clean your goddamned sidewalks

Dear business owners, property owners, construction companies who have bought a property, parking lot owners, and anyone else with a sidewalk. It's YOUR responsibility to clean that mess up. Stop acting like its not. Business after business without a clean walk, construction companies actually making sidewalks worse, this city is a wreck. We've heard nothing from the city on this. At least Healy's folks would try to shame people into cleaning their walks.

Johnny's neighbors last night came up with some wonderful revenge ideas for property, construction and business owners who don't clean their walks. Some suggested online whisper campaigns about business cleanliness which is devilish and a good hammer to make them comply. Property owners might wanna clean their walks because some of THOSE ideas went beyond devilish.

The citizens are fed up and those responsible can clear the way or deal with the citizen initiated blowback.

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"I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside. Run, he's fuzzy, get out of here."
 -- Mitch Hedberg

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Everything is closed today, go back to bed

The heavy stuff will be arriving shortly and will continue into early afternoon.  It's a mess. Go back to bed or put the boots and mittens on and take the dog and your camera and have some winter fun.

For those who need an excuse note Johnny will provide one here you can print out:

Dear ___________,

Please give ___________________ a pass on not showing up yesterday as the storm was just too much and one day without _________________ isn't going to kill you. They are a great asset to your organization and they were merely following the orders of state and city authorities to stay the hell home.

Best,
Johnny

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So it begins...

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So sad: Harrison Mayor Raymond McDonough has passed away at 65

Harrison Mayor Raymond McDonough passed away after having a heart attack at his office today. That's just terribly sad. Our thoughts are with his family and friends and our friends out in Harrison tonight. More on this story here.

Winter Storm Cupid is intensifying, expect moar snowz

The National Weather Service has indicated that #WinterStormCupid could now drop upwards of 14" of snow and ice across parts of the Garden State tonight and tomorrow. The snow is expected to get here around midnight for Jersey City and the surround and once it gets going it'll get going fast and stick with us for a while:

Snow is expected to begin falling in New Jersey around midnight, and will continue throughout the entire day, impacting both the morning and afternoon rush hours, Pollina said. Bunker said the peak of the storm will be just in time for Thursday’s morning commute. The current winter-storm warning doesn't expire until 6 a.m. Friday.

Also of note for the surround, the temperatures are cold enough (No, reallllly?) for no icing to be associated with this storm, it'll start as snow and end as snow.

Well, get going, those stores aren't going to empty themselves...

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Johnny thinks the words you're looking for are "colorful" and "unpredictable."

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We're loathe to talk about the weather again but #WinterStormCupid cometh!

We've ALL had enough winter this year but Garden Staters when you remain tough and vigilant, the victory of April will be that much sweeter.

So yes, #WinterStormCupid (Of course Johnny is calling it Cupid and not the stupid other name the Weather Channel is using, it's almost Valentine's Day!) will arrive sometime tomorrow afternoon/early evening and bring upwards of 8 inches of ice, snow then more ice. Here's the word from the National Weather Service:

In a briefing issued at 4:30 p.m. today, the weather service's office in Mount Holly warned: "A strong coastal storm system is expected to impact the region starting Wednesday night & continuing into Thursday."

The storm could threaten New Jersey with "heavy snow, icing due to freezing rain, and coastal flooding," the weather service said, adding that "8+ inches of snow are expected where the heaviest snow band sets up."

Be brave New Jersey, be stronger than the winter storm.

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We're going to kick off the week with an open thread

So much has been going on around here lately, the weather, the spectre of Jersey City's mayor actually wanting casinos in JC, the Olympics kicking off this past weekend, more revelations in the Dawn Zimmer diary case vs. Chris Christie, down to one of Johnny's pet peeves where nobody takes responsibility for a property line and takes care of the sidewalk.

So what is it YOU want to discuss? These topics? Something bugging you? Let's hear about it!