Just listen to all this community spirit by Mack-Cali over the NJTransit strike

You've gotta love a company that acts all community oriented unless we're guessing you ask hard questions or don't take things at face value....like us here at the Jersey City Desk.

As we've talked about here, there is the possibility of an NJ Transit rail strike starting Sunday morning at 12:01am. It could impact the Monday morning commute in a bad bad bad way. To "help prepare" for such a possibility, we learn from the Wall Street Journal, that Mack-Cali, a real estate company with a footprint here in Jersey City has a plan. They are going to make more spots in their parking lots/decks for people who will be forced to drive.

Sounds great right? Unless you read that they are planning on limiting access to the parking by their own residents. We're guessing this is parking residents already pay for in some capacity. To boot them for the commuters, whom we're guessing Mack-Cali will charge for parking makes this whole thing seem pretty scammy doesn't it? You people get out so those who will pay more for what you're getting now are coming. Go on, fuck off.

Just come back when they settle.

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Here's Bob now with sports and a live report from Berea Ohio and Browns HQ...

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On this day in 1950 the famed VW microbus, a favorite form of transportation for hippies and teenage crime solvers, began production.

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Just riffing on Jersey City

Let's go on a few quick riffs this evening on all things Jersey City (and not).

The new downtown buildings at 90 Columbus, The One, The Morgan, the new offset Ironstate building and the Drumpf Tower on Bay St. Most have have some kind of issues with falling debris either hitting a cop or killing someone, careless fires that shut downtown, one just opened and a pest control truck was seen in their parking lot (off limits to anyone but them). The Butler Building, the rehab going on at Washington and Bay St is being written up in the New York Times as true luxury and quality. The problematic new buildings? All union work. The Butler Building? Non-union labor. Discuss...

Speaking of The One, we're at the one year anniversary of Lloyd Goldman's asshat brigade tearing up a PAD Park. It's still not fixed though Candice Osborne says it will be, after the chromium Goldman's BLDG dug up is cleaned up. Probably fall before Jersey City residents can use it. A year and a half because of a half-wit developer.

We'd belatedly like to praise Mayor Fulop on raising the minimum wage for city workers to $15 an hour. It's truly the right thing to do and no doubt Fulop knows this will be used against him in his run for governor (Oh, we all pay for your schools but you have the money to do this?) so kudos for doing something truly selfless politically.

The new Game of Thrones trailer for season six is out. Cersei's steely claim with Ser Robert Strong at her back saying "I choose violence" was too cool. FYI, this is Johnny's guess and since the books have been caught by the show it's not technically a spoiler, The Hound is the Valonqar.

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Everybody dance

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Yep, LepreCon in Hoboken turned ugly

It would seem no matter what the Mile Square City tries, it fails to keep people from using the town as their own personal drinking purge game. Fifteen people were arrested, including one jagoff named Christopher Smallwood, from the shithole of Warminster, Pa attacked a Hoboken police officer so badly he broke three of her ribs. He also dislocated another officer's shoulder when this former Delaware State running back ran through the officers. Fifty four tickets were issued for the usual drunken boorish behavior.

There's going to come a time where bars and other restaurants are going to stay closed by city order if this kind of stupidity keeps up.

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In heaven there is no beer.
That's why we drink it here (Right Here!)
And when we're gone from here,
Our friends will be drinking all our beer!

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A perfect metaphor for this week

It would seem the last vestiges of winter will begin to pull out of the Tri-State this week with the little piles of snow and bits of ice making way for temps in the 70's by Wednesday.

While it hasn't been a bad winter by any stretch, any day that wants to be 70º and sunny, Johnny's all for that.

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One more song this weekend friends. An online friend of Johnny's passed away he found out last night. Never easy news to hear but in Howie's memory Elton John with 'Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding' before a rumination-filled bedtime.

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Let's get fired up! The St. Peter's Peacocks tip off in one hour!

Just one hour until Jersey City's own St. Peter's Peacocks take on Fairfield. Fairfield and St. Peter's were both 12-8 in conference play with the Stags with an 18-12 ovrall record while the Jersey City Five are 14-15 on the entire season.

Let's go St. Peter's! Time for another amazing run!