The Kinks and 'Do It Again' sending you bouncing on your way out the door tonight.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE KINKS!
It's not rocket science that Johnny puts the Music Series together in reverse order each week. He had no idea where to go or what to 'start' with (since this is song #3 technically). Lo and behold look what came bouncing out of the iTunes catalog sounding all fresh and good from a 1984 vintage.
The Kinks and 'Do It Again' sending you bouncing on your way out the door tonight.
The Kinks and 'Do It Again' sending you bouncing on your way out the door tonight.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Itchy and Scratchy are in a dust up over Jersey City's PILOT munny
OK, get out your homework from last night.
New Jersey State Senate leader Steve Sweeney thinks with Jersey City doing nothing but taking money from the rest of the state being an Abbott District since forever and should start paying for our own schools with the abatements Mayor Fulop can't stop giving out (One coming next week).
Mayor Fulop, via spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill disagrees (vehemently):
"While it took the senate president a week to write this letter and forward it to the press, the mayor is more than happy to debate (the) senate president on this at any time, without him being surrounded by an army of staff to draft memos," Morrill said.
To wit, this response from Sweeney's people:
Sweeney spokesman Richard McGrath said the letter "must have hit a nerve to elicit such a defensive reaction."
Itchy and Scratchy, using surrogates in the battle for who is the second most self-important Democrat behind likely nominee for governor Phil Murphy, are however battling over a serious issue. Let's dig down.
Mayor Fulop has never met an abatement he wouldn't support. His developer friends are getting rich while we the taxpayers pay more. Always plenty of do-re-mi for ridiculous, short-sighted and unnecessary abatements but none for Jersey City to put forward to supporting itself school-wise. Sweeney knows this is a winning issue around New Jersey. Fulop (and apparently Morrill) will be playing defense. This issue really nags outstate. JC gets all the new building and give money (and loans) to developers but refuse (over many mayors) to get off the state school teat.
Last September Mayor Fulop said he'd be open to some kind of revenue sharing but certainly not as much as the 5% Bayonne just put in place for similar deals. Trouble is Fulop won't give any concrete numbers as to what he's open to. Another way to stall, like he's done with the re-val, he simply does not want accountability to to truly make Jersey City a first class city by paying for our own schools, you know, something really important.
We hope that Bayonne's 5% PILOT money plan or something like it becomes state law.
Last word and salience from Jersey Journal reporter Terrence T. McDonald:
Last year Jersey City's PILOT program took in $127,800,476 from tax-abated properties. If all these properties were taxed conventionally, the total would be $211,967,791.
New Jersey State Senate leader Steve Sweeney thinks with Jersey City doing nothing but taking money from the rest of the state being an Abbott District since forever and should start paying for our own schools with the abatements Mayor Fulop can't stop giving out (One coming next week).
Mayor Fulop, via spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill disagrees (vehemently):
"While it took the senate president a week to write this letter and forward it to the press, the mayor is more than happy to debate (the) senate president on this at any time, without him being surrounded by an army of staff to draft memos," Morrill said.
To wit, this response from Sweeney's people:
Sweeney spokesman Richard McGrath said the letter "must have hit a nerve to elicit such a defensive reaction."
Itchy and Scratchy, using surrogates in the battle for who is the second most self-important Democrat behind likely nominee for governor Phil Murphy, are however battling over a serious issue. Let's dig down.
Mayor Fulop has never met an abatement he wouldn't support. His developer friends are getting rich while we the taxpayers pay more. Always plenty of do-re-mi for ridiculous, short-sighted and unnecessary abatements but none for Jersey City to put forward to supporting itself school-wise. Sweeney knows this is a winning issue around New Jersey. Fulop (and apparently Morrill) will be playing defense. This issue really nags outstate. JC gets all the new building and give money (and loans) to developers but refuse (over many mayors) to get off the state school teat.
Last September Mayor Fulop said he'd be open to some kind of revenue sharing but certainly not as much as the 5% Bayonne just put in place for similar deals. Trouble is Fulop won't give any concrete numbers as to what he's open to. Another way to stall, like he's done with the re-val, he simply does not want accountability to to truly make Jersey City a first class city by paying for our own schools, you know, something really important.
We hope that Bayonne's 5% PILOT money plan or something like it becomes state law.
Last word and salience from Jersey Journal reporter Terrence T. McDonald:
Last year Jersey City's PILOT program took in $127,800,476 from tax-abated properties. If all these properties were taxed conventionally, the total would be $211,967,791.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Late night open thread
Like he said below, no morning meetings so Johnny can help bring his blood pressure down by playing some intense Warcraft before bed.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Johnny is gonna dig deep into the Sweeney vs Fulop PILOT fight tomorrow
He can't wait. A nice juicy steak story early on a Thursday when Johnny has no morning meetings. For now dear readers here is the story we'll be discussing so go give it a read tonight and we'll talk on it on the 'morrow.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Late night open thread
T-minus one hour, better start shoving those sweets into your mouth with both hands, Chester. You CAN drink three hurricanes in one hour. Betcha.
Rounding out our Mardi Gras day of music with Cajun masters Beausoleil, tonight playing us out with a little ditty called 'Cajun Groove' while Johnny goes and Googles Ellen Barkin + Big Easy.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Rounding out our Mardi Gras day of music with Cajun masters Beausoleil, tonight playing us out with a little ditty called 'Cajun Groove' while Johnny goes and Googles Ellen Barkin + Big Easy.
While you're making the gumbo and king cakes tonight
The late great Buckwheat Zydeco. We lost Buckwheat this past year. Johnny had the privilege to see him back in Ypsilanti at the Frog Island Jazz and Blues Festival eons ago (Then Johnny realized he could hear the whole thing from his front porch). Always a showman!
Buckwheat Zydeco with 'Tee Nah Nah'
Buckwheat Zydeco with 'Tee Nah Nah'
Let's step it up with some Zydeco music
Who better than Clifton Chenier with the aptly named 'Mardi Gras' Zydeco
Now that you're up to your ears with Paczki's and beads...
Packzi's (poonch-key), you know, the famous Detroit Polish Fat Tuesday treat, a loaded jelly donut. When Johnny says loaded he means it.
The Cajun Playboys with the timeless Cajun classic, 'Jolie Blonde'
The Cajun Playboys with the timeless Cajun classic, 'Jolie Blonde'
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