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What a way to kick off Pride Month in Hoboken!
At 6AM on Saturday morning, "Team Rainbow" assembled at City Hall, with paint rollers, aluminum pans and yes- paint!
'Project Rainbow' was the brainchild of Laura Knittel, Hoboken's volunteer LGBTQ community liaison to the city appointed last Aug. 6. Migdalia Pagan Milano ("Mig") of the Office of Constituent Affairs took over on the execution of 'Project Rainbow' with Hoboken's City Engineer Kimberli Craft.
Team Rainbow spent over 9 hours measuring, taping, painting; hunched over and on their knees, with Hoboken's Finest supporting the effort. They were done by 3 PM.
And you know what? #Pride is contagious! Excited passers-by stopped to help with painting, if even for a few minutes. Rachel Hodes and Jason Freeman stopped by and painted for 3 hours! Isn't that nice? Hoboken people are good. Well, most of us....
Guess who stopped by (for a photo-op,) but didn't lift a finger to help?
Guess who stopped by (for a photo-op,) but didn't lift a finger to help?
First Ward Councilman Mike DeFusco!
Eye-witnesses told GA:
"While he was walking his dog around 8:30AM. He saw them painting and went away. Walked his dog, got his iced tea and came back to take his photo op, that he turned around on social media to inform everyone that city employees were painting the rainbows. Making it seem as if they were getting paid, which they were not. The only city employees who got paid were three stripers. Everyone else volunteered. DeFusco introduced his partner to Migdalia but he did not want to shake her hand. Funny how he had Hudson Pride at his event after bashing them. Wonder if the Board of Hudson Pride knows that?"
They will!
TEAM RAINBOW
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| left to right: Hoboken City Engineer Kimberli Craft, City Hall worker (name please!), Hoboken LGBTQ Liason Laura Knittel, Migdalia Pagan Milano, Lisa Milano, City Hall worker (name please!) |
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| At Large Councilwoman Emily Jabbour |
What I want to know is: how did Team Rainbow (minus Mike DeFusco) paint all four crosswalks at the intersection of Newark and Washington streets and stay so clean?
GA passed the intersection yesterday- it really is lovely. I am proud that we live in a city with a progressive administration, one that respects and celebrates diversity!
Thank you, Team Rainbow (minus Mike DeFusco) and City Hall people!
And look who stopped by to do a little painting... the FABULOUS Harmonica Sunbeam! Yes, Harmonica Sunbeam pitched in to help, unlike a certain First Ward Councilman!
And look who stopped by to do a little painting... the FABULOUS Harmonica Sunbeam! Yes, Harmonica Sunbeam pitched in to help, unlike a certain First Ward Councilman!
Gorgeous. Btw - Team Perennially Bitter should consider recalibrating their strategy unless they really want to reach out to those 479 likes and 262 shares and tell them why they’re wrong to enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteAre they seriously complaining about this?
DeleteDefusco - ugh. He is his usual smarmy, sleazy and self aggrandizing self over on Hudson County view in an interview claiming to be the first openly gay official in Hudson County. https://hudsoncountyview.com/drag-queen-story-hour-returns-to-hoboken-as-part-of-1st-hcdo-lgbtq-caucus-brunch/
DeleteNOT! Take a look here. https://www.nj.com/hudson/2012/05/jersey_city_to_swear_in_former.html
He should know better as the self proclaimed poster boy for all things gay in Hudson County. He probably does know better, but, like the Human Orange, he purposefully ignores facts to inflate his own self importance. I hope that the First Ward tosses him to the curb with the stinky garbage. I am so over his tired, raggedy whiny ass.
I hear that the morons on the council (Tiff and Co.) are whining about the payments to the city "stripers". I cant wait for Tiff (or one of the other morons) to take a pen and strike the line item to pay them and refuse to pay for the rainbow croissants. Just like the pizza. These idiots need to go. IMO they have no place holding public office. I wonder if Defusco will join in this ass hattery.
DeleteAnd that boys and girls is the kind of "issue-oriented campaign" we can expect from Team Perennially Bitter.
ReplyDeleteIn November, we need to make sure there's no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow for the incumbent candidates.
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