Lincoln Park Live, the west side's free music series is back this week

Unlike the Music Series here at the Jersey City Desk on Friday nights, this one is live and and picnic dinners and food trucks. Wednesday night is The Tim Hegarty Band featuring Winard Harper. Past that on the schedule you'll have to follow this handy link to great live music all summer long.

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Today's big number -- 2,500

That's roughly the amount who rode through all six Jersey City wards today during the  Jersey City Ward Tour. That's an impressive number. One can easily see this growing to 5,000 or more and if you get that many and they stay active on bike issues throughout the city, you can definitely set policies.

Here's to growing 2,500 to 5,000 in the next five years.

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Yep, Johnny spent all day at the Too Much Fun Club. Should have taken last night's advice...

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If Sunday is the Lord's day, then Saturday belongs to the Devil. It is the only night of the week when he gives out Free passes to the late show at the Too Much Fun Club.
 -- Hunter S. Thompson

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with MARVIN GAYE!

Unlike some record offers that offer one side for dancing and another for romancing, here on the Music Series all our songs tonight will work for both.

That's a win for you.

You're welcome.

Now make sure you have that special other person in your life and throw back a few belts of an adult beverage, smoke 'em if ya got 'em or however you to be lit lighting candles. Who better than Marvin Gaye to get things started tonight.

'Let's Get It On' and if the spirit moves ya, let me groove ya.

Is that bonus music at the end? Don't tell nobody.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE CRYSTALS!

Passion. This song is filled with so much passion. Know what else? It actually sounds like young love being described. Love it. A perfect song on romance night. 'Then He Kissed me' in the familiar Phil Spector Wall of Sound mono, but there is a rare stereo version of this song well worth comparing. You can find that here.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE FOUR TOPS!

Well, after all this romance music and the mood being what it is, Johnny and the crew are gonna slide on out of here, wait, no we're not. You are. Don't even do that on Zoltron's desk. Stop it. Ew.

The Four Tops with 'Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)' helping you find love tonight.

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Again, physics.

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The Trump Bay St. projects using EB-5 visas has clearly rattled city hall

Sounds like the one who should be especially rattled is Council President Rolando Lavarro. The story about government agencies and bad actors literally bending, if not outright ignoring certain areas in the PAD to make the area of Trump Towers on Bay St. seem underprivileged, broken down, poor and almost destitute. 

What about Lavarro? Glad you asked, citizen:

"This is the first I've heard," Lavarro said. "I would have to do a little independent research on that."

Lavarro is also chair of the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency, which in April 2013 designated an LLC controlled in part by Kushner as the developer of Trump Bay Street, located at 65 Bay St. near the waterfront.

Jennifer Morrill, city spokeswoman, well she didn't know no nuthin'.

Terrence T. McDonald is an excellent, award-winning and tenacious reporter. Johnny gets the feeling between the Bay St. visa issues and the newly turned-up 235 Grand St. visa 'sales', along with the hash that has become of J2, something bad is going to shake loose. 

Some people just don't want to go to jail, ya know?