Doyle, Jabbour excoriate Ramos-Council's "embarrassing vendetta" and "targeting employees"

In an unusual public statement, Hoboken's At-Large Councilpersons Doyle and Jabbour address Wednesday's Council shit-show, when Council President Giattino slammed shut debate over the budget and rammed through cuts to impair Monarch legal fight and to eliminate the Mayor's aide Jason Freeman.

35-SECOND VIDEO:  
GIATTINO CLAIMS "NO SALARY AND WAGE CUTS TO CLASSIFIED WORKERS" CALLS JASON FREEMAN'S SALARY "THE MAYOR'S CHOICE"
 THEN  SHUTS DOWN DEBATE (TO RAM CUTS THROUGH)



DOYLE AND JABBOUR STATEMENT: 

“It’s disappointing, although sadly not surprising, that Councilwomen Fisher, Giattino, along with Councilmen Cunningham, DeFusco, and Ramos, have chosen to support underfunding important portions of the City’s budget in their attempt to force the administration to make untenable choices for cuts, such as the funding of the fight against the Monarch towers on our waterfront. 

Their relentless political vendetta against Mayor Bhalla is embarrassing and a detriment to the sound running of our City. While they blandly describe it as “doing more with less”, these five members of the Council have shamelessly targeted certain employees, such as Jason Freeman of the Mayor’s office, by cutting salaries from certain offices to such a degree that would necessitate dismissal from employment. 

They cower behind statements like, “we did not and cannot cut specific employee’s jobs”, but the reality is that while the Council, by law, cannot cut a specific individual’s pay, it can attempt to surgically cut funds to achieve that end

It is sad when, instead of allowing debate at the Council meeting to discuss the identified underfunding of the budget, including the effective elimination of Mr. Freeman’s salary, Council President Giattino shut down any discussion or dissent and instead rushed to call for a vote. 

That lack of respect for the deliberative process, for fellow council members, for the Mayor’s office, and for the budgeting process as a whole reflects poorly on the Council.”

GA NOTE: If you are angry at this disgusting abuse of political power for vindictive purposes,  like cutting the jobs of political enemies- then please channel it to help your ward candidate.  Contact her (or him) and ask how you can help. If you have some spare loot, donate. It will take a village to cleanse this council next November.

HELP THEM TAKE BACK OUR COUNCIL.


Comments

  1. Wait - these jackasses cut funding for the Monarch fight to? Are they fucking crazy? Are they now working with Applied to screw over the entire town and ram those buildings we don't want down our throats? WTF are they thinking?

    The mayor needs to make it clear - if we lose this fight b/c of a lack of funding it is their fault.

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    1. Incorrect. There was no cut to funding of legal litigation, including Monarch. Read a few of the alternate sources which correctly report what happened.

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    2. Name me one alternate source that doesn't smell like horse shit b/c it is full of manure.

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    3. By "alternate sources" you mean press releases from the "bad government trio" posted at the barnyard-bigot's Alt-right dumpster-fire?

      Yes, $95,000 was cut from Corporation Counsel (after $30k was restored to keep tenant advocate). So what do you think slashing the law department budget by $95K means? Hmmm? As disingenuous as saying cutting $85k from the mayor's office is not elimination of Jason Freeman's position. I guess you're questioning the mayor who said the Monarch litigation funding was threatened because of the council's reckless cuts. Now New York Waterways is suing Hoboken over the stop work order at UDD. How does the City pay to fight that one? Cutting the legal department budget is penny wise, pound foolish. But, they could care less. The real reason they cut Corp Counsel's Dept by $95k is the same reason the cut HPD by $115k- they can't stand Brian Aloia and Chief Ferrante. Petty, childish, detrimental to Hoboken.

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    4. If Applied gets their way b/c the council cut funding for corporate counsel, it is Jen, Tiff & the rest of the gang's fault.

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  2. What a shameless, despicable performance by Jen and her pals on the Council. It's pathetic that we have to sit and listen to this illiterate fool whose only claims to fame are that she was a ballerina and managed to come in the top 5 of a mayoral vote (She's not called 4th Place Jen for nothing).

    At least when she loses in November, maybe she can take some college courses, get a degree, and be a little more qualified for a position such as this.

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