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Is Fulop hinting at backing DeGise challenge?

January 25, 2018 3:16 am

Steve Fulop’s response to a powerful opinion piece on recent deaths at the Hudson County jail might be interpreted as a signal that the Jersey City mayor is open to backing a candidate against County Executive Tom DeGise in the...

Stack, Menendez and the best coup ever

January 23, 2018 1:10 pm

Hudson County has a history of outsiders – sometimes even gadflies – emerging as powerful political insiders in one of New Jersey’s premier Democratic organizations. With Brian Stack appearing on the verge of becoming the next Hudson County Democratic Chairman,...

Stack now at pinnacle of career

January 23, 2018 11:33 am

The best Brian Stack story involves one of his re-election campaigns for Mayor of Union City. It was a couple of days after he won re-election with 90% of the vote, and Stack spent the day knocking on doors. He...

Report: Sacco backs Stack for HCDO Chair

January 22, 2018 4:12 pm

Big news out of Hudson County, first reported by InsiderNJ’s Max Pizzaro: Nicholas Sacco says he will back longtime rival Brian Stack for Hudson County Democratic Chairman. Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to send the current county chairman, Vincent Prieto,...

Murphy swears in Hudson officials

January 18, 2018 10:46 am

Gov. Phil Murphy was in Jersey City this morning to swear in Hudson County Clerk Junior Maldonado and Freeholder Anthony Romano. Maldonado is a former Jersey City Councilman who was unseated by insurgent Steve Fulop in 2005. They have since...

NJ Transit backs off Hoboken deal

January 15, 2018 10:04 am

New Jersey Transit has pulled the controversial acquisition of the Hoboken dry dock from the agenda of a special meeting called to consider only that item. “Union Dry Dock purchase has been pulled from NJ Transit agenda, Hoboken Mayor Ravi...

The legend of Patrick Pasculli

January 13, 2018 3:47 pmMarch 5, 2018 1:47 am

The photo Ravi Bhalla tweeted today of four Hoboken mayors having lunch at Del Frisco’s Grille reminded me of a classic freshman legislator story. Since this was swearing in week in Trenton, it’s an appropriate time to retell it. This...