Ripe for the Picking

I've been chatting  with my peeps here in the 6th Ward where there's still no one to take on Nino Giacchi for City Council, but...

GA can tell you that Nino's nervous and has plenty of reason to be.

Because the 6th Ward is ripe for the picking for ANY viable alternative to Giacchi in spite of his popularity here.

Why is that?

Because being the self-proclaimed 'Voice of Reason' on a panel of unreasonable people with whom he continues to vote will NOT sell amongst the reasonable people of the 6th Ward.  And we are.  This is a Zimmer stronghold, and Nino who has always comported  himself  in a dignified manner on the City Council  dais had heretofore 'earned' the confidence of those who may have looked askance at his loyalties.

That was then.

Call it a 'perfect storm' of a national economic downturn, increasing public awareness/scrutiny of our local government officials in the wake of a state takeover,   the political drift toward cartoonish extremes where a vicious political operative  delivers talking points and smears citizens at public meetings and is juggled to the back of the line by  his benefactor- the City Council President, where handwritten budgets on paper napkins are sprung for a vote, where fictitious budget surplus numbers are dishonestly floated time and time again, where CC officials are openly derisive toward selected members of the public and it's newest member rode in on a wave of  'mail-in' ballots currently under investigation by the State Attorney General Paula Dow ...  it is this confluence of  events which have brought all of us to where we are now:  a Howard Beale moment.



 We are mad as hell.  At elected officials who lie to us.  Like a certain cave man friend likes to say: don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

I'd never do that to you, honey.  But they would.

Team Mason, Russo, Occhipinti, Castellano, Giacchi: don't piss on our legs and tell us it's a 20 million dollar budget surplus.

credit: MSV- document from City records

That's why Nino is doomed- if he ever gets a challenger.

Because he's teamed up with LIARS.  Like THIS one:

"Most recently Beth (Mason)helped to uncover a $20 million budget surplus that exists because City Hall is over taxing residents. Beth believes that your money should be returned to you and the tax rate should be cut immediately."

That's what she's shoveling on her campaign website. 

Here's what Nino had to say in his mailer, the one GA posted about:

So, Nino's towing the Mason line: throw the surplus back to the people like beads off  a Mardi Gras float.

That's why he's doomed.

Saying you're the 'voice of reason' in a chorus of the unreasonable when you're actually singing the same song won't fly in the 6th.

Not to mention an occasional error in judgment:

Dear Editor:

This Tuesday, June 9th, we can exercise our freedom as U.S. citizens as we go to the polls to elect a new Mayor for the City of Hoboken. I urge you to support my friend and colleague and vote for Peter Cammarano and his Council team, Angel Alicea, Vinny Addeo and Raul Morales, II.

Hoboken is at a juncture that requires decisive leadership in economic and quality of life matters as it, like all communities, grapples with daunting issues on national and local levels.

Peter has demonstrated strong leadership abilities on the City Council addressing hard choices that his opponent chose to ignore. Peter fulfilled his responsibility by voting to adopt the State's municipal budget for Hoboken, while his opponent chose to abstain.

Hoboken needs a chief executive who makes decisions that will have a positive impact on our families. Peter is my choice to lead our community into the 21st century and make it a better place for future generations.

Again, please join me in voting for Peter Cammarano for Mayor and Angel Alicea, Vinny Addeo and Raul Morales, II for City Council on June 9th.

Thank you,


City Council President Nino Giacchi
516 Hudson Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030

But nobody's perfect.  We all make  mistakes.

Now, it's the pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining a $20 million dollars budget surplus that ISN'T a mistake but a dishonest political trick that really gets my goat.

And I don't even own a goat.

So,  a message to the powers-that-be that decide reform candidates: put a FIRE on it.  PICK SOMEONE, already.  You are putting that person whomever he/she is at a disadvantage if you wait much longer.

Because the 6th Ward's ripe for the picking.

Don't wait for the apple to fall.