Pretty Pictures

I was unable to watch last night's City Council meeting, so have no comment... yet. Although I heard Lane Bajardi took a swipe at GA for abusing "members of the public" during the public portion of the hearing.

Hmmm... OK.

I beg to differ with Mr. Bajardi, but in an effort to show how magnanimous I can be toward him, will take his criticism under advisement. Going forward, GA will treat all odious, amoral, malicious political operatives who consort with elected Hoboken officials , coordinate and implement political strategies yet disguise themselves as "members of the public " with the kindness and respect they fully deserve.

In other words, nothing changes here.

Moving on, I wonder how many of you perused the wonderful election night photography over at Patch.com? They superbly captured the emotions of the evening in both Occhipinti and Lenz camps, from exuberance to quiet resignation.

My interest being the window into Timmy's celebration; who was there, what the camera captured- or didn't.

Here are a few pics which stood out... with group shots, I think most viewers are drawn to a particular person, so here's how I saw them.

This could be as the machine vote numbers came in.


I almost labeled the next one, but you might have called me harsh or a even a drama queen. And in fairness to Beth Mason, it's not illegal to betray earlier reform principles and horse-trade with reform opponents to position yourself for your next political campaign.



I think Timmy doesn't realize that before long, he'll have enough knives in his back to open a cutlery store. Deposing Lenz was the glue that held his coalition together. That's done. Now watch the cracks form as the respective political powerhouses turn to their own picks for City Council.

Betcha Timmy's not one.


Putting politics aside for a moment...ladies, check out this hottie.

When I saw the pic, I thought, WHO is that?


Well, what a surprise to read the caption and find it was none of than Tom Bertolli!

That's Tom Bertolli? Oooh la-la.

Now Tom and I have a little history... I made an unfortunate reference to him on GA as a 'bouche dag' and he in turn let me have it! BAM! POW! I deserved most of it. I called him later to offer my regrets as I'd made a wrong assumption on the blog-- and he was an awfully good sport.

Now, had I known he was a handsome devil, I would have been much nicer to him in the first place because that's the shallow kind of person I am. Deep as a finger nail.

I hope Sully's not jealous...


*photo credit to Patch.com