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Eric Allen Conner
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A Republic, if you can keep it. — Benjamin Franklin
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@travis_robert Wouldn’t discouraging unnecessary cars on the road allow small business owners and operators to 1) get around the CBD easier and 2) find parking more readily? Also, wouldn’t they pass that cost on to their employer or customers so everyone is just paying a small pro-rata portion?
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@chrisxmunn @MIProfitHunter The trains in France (SNCF) are owned by the French state.
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I love how . @PANYNJ drops $30B to renovate LGA, EWR, and JFK and still can’t be bothered to spend a comparatively paltry $1.7B to extend @PATHTrain to Newark Airport but will spend $2.5B on a glorified people mover.
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@the_transit_guy Our mayor . @StevenFulop has an excellent urban planner Barkha Patel who has done a good job with quality of life improvements for pedestrians, cyclists, and residents downtown. The city is slowly rolling out similar improvements to other wards.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@yitgordon Turns out Americans really love trains when they’re frequent, fast, and reliable. More please!
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@timdonnelly @BrianLehrer . @timdonnelly — Was she jealous of all the ridicule that Hochul has gotten and wanted to get in on the action?
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Eric Allen Conner
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@DaveCoIon Time to start charging for the Staten Island Ferry since Staten Islanders don’t seem to be aware that that free way of getting into Manhattan exists.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@Josh4Jersey People who drive into NY make $20k more a year than people who take mass transit. The median income for drivers into the City is well over $100k. You gave a boost to your donors and a boot to hard workers and commuters of all income levels. You’ll never be governor.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@StevenFulop Wouldn’t that money be better spent flipping NJ-07 for @suealtman ?
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@alanthefisher @brownie_terror Their point doesn’t even make sense. More mixed housing should increase their property value. Jersey City added tons of units these last few years. Property values across wards have increased as more shops have opened up on the ground floor of new high rises.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@isaacajimenez No, it’s the HCDO trying to emulate “the county line” now that they were forced to adopt more democratic box ballots. Note the “Hudson County Democrats endorse…” at the top of the poster.
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
The terrible frequency of . @PATHTrain on weekends is creating unsafe crowding conditions at stations. Run more trains at closer intervals. You literally operate a service connecting three of the densest counties in the country. Get it together.
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Eric Allen Conner
15 days
@JohnSurico . @JohnSurico Could we read the reverse in the tea leaves that she could have implemented congestion pricing and most people wouldn’t have cared to the point that it would have been a nonissue by November?
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Eric Allen Conner
28 days
Ah, New Jerseyans! A people who are famous for **checks notes** going to a random New York diner east of Grand Central to eat their “Taylor Pork Roll.”
@ChristRobbins
Christopher Robbins
28 days
> @GovKathyHochul just said she decided to kill congestion pricing because the owner of this Midtown diner said his New Jersey customers weren't going to....drive into his Midtown diner anymore?
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Eric Allen Conner
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@Josh4Jersey @StevenFulop . @Josh4Jersey — I’ll take a candidate like @StevenFulop who ultimately breaks with the machine over a politician like you who always toes the line and works hard to make our lives and commutes materially worse by opposing important initiatives like congestion pricing.
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Eric Allen Conner
18 days
. @dieworkwear — is a New Jersey political boss akin to the King of Spain? Can the don of South Jersey politics get away with no socks even if he can’t get away with racketeering?
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Daniel Han
18 days
Yes, Norcross is personally sitting in the very front row of the press conference. Hasn’t started yet.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
. @PATHTrain — here’s a Reddit thread for you to read through. Your constant excuses for poor weekend service are wearing thin. We need new leadership to hold @PANYNJ accountable. @StevenFulop @GovMurphy @GovKathyHochul
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Eric Allen Conner
28 days
@alanthefisher @macsquirelera For each fare evasion you should have to answer Kathy Hochul’s phones for a week.
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
Looks like the odds of @RaviBhalla winning his primary race have significantly improved.
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
@LizzieKFoley @AndyKimNJ Why not just print all the non-preferred candidates' names in size 2 font while they're at it? They can also make any primary voter who doesn't back the party boss's choice a scarlet letter to wear.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
There are meaningful differences between the candidates: Bhalla has come out against the Turnpike Expansion while Menendez awkwardly tried to split the baby. Bhalla has been more outspoken on Liberty Park and climate change. Oh, and Bhalla called on Sen. Menendez to resign.
@JerseyCityTimes
Jersey City Times
2 months
About eight months ago, it seemed likely Rep. Rob Menendez would be seeking his second term in Congress with only nominal Democratic challengers, if any. Courtesy @NJMonitor
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
Translation: @StevenFulop shanked @TammyMurphyNJ in her Senate bid and now @GovMurphy wants to kill Jersey City's Pompidou project in revenge. Murphy will next announce the Turnpike in Jersey City will be widened to 16 lanes and all of Liberty State Park paved over.
@JerseyCityTimes
Jersey City Times
2 months
A state agency is threatening to pull funding for Pompidou x, the planned Jersey City outpost of the Centre Pompidou art museum based in Paris.
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
The money scandal that no one talks about is how ultra-rich donors contribute the maximum amount to a politician’s campaign and then give even more to a non-profit they run. Paul Fireman did this to win political support for his plan to commercialize Liberty State Park:
@NJSpotlightNews
NJ Spotlight News
3 months
There was lots of celebrating in some NJ political circles this weekend after a federal judge ruled to end the “county line.” Yet supporters of the system said it's served NJ well as a filter against extreme candidates and monied interests with an agenda.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@danieljhan_ @mdasilva1563 @Malinowski He'd definitely know considering he was left out to hang.
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
@SykesCharlie “Democracy dies in darkness” in one picture.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@upzonenj @PATHTrain Something has to be done to make PATH accountable to the public. It’s gotten comically bad and the agency is increasingly tone-deaf in its replies.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
How does Hudson County not yet have a dedicated north-south BRT right of way on Kennedy Blvd?
@JSQCA
Journal Square Community Association
2 months
Have questions about Vision Zero, Courthouse Park, pedestrian safety on Kennedy Blvd, or our county schools? Join us on May 11 for a Q&A with Hudson County Executive Craig Guy.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
. @PATHTrain — two things: 1) I’m glad you listened that more service is needed; and 2) why for the love of God would you not just run HOB-WTC on the weekend instead of just WTC-Exchange Place!?
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
I didn't know Utah could produce people capable of New Jersey-levels of snark. It's also the only way of dealing with dullards like Charlie Kirk.
@charliekirk11
Charlie Kirk
2 months
I’ll give this University of Utah student some credit. Unlike most “progressives” he wasn’t afraid to say exactly what Biden’s open border is really all about. I was so surprised he admitted it, I asked him to repeat himself. WATCH:
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
Never let them tell you there isn’t a difference between primary candidates.
@RaviBhalla
Ravinder S. Bhalla
1 month
It’s not a complicated concept. More lanes = more cars, which = more traffic. More traffic = more harmful emissions. More harmful emissions = more harm to our children and communities. I stand firmly against the wasteful $10.7 billion Turnpike widening project.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@sam_d_1995 . @sam_d_1995 — it’s time to make “Hochul” a verb. Hochul (v.) to make a political blunder so egregious that you manage to screw up good policy along the way. Use: The governor of New York really Hochuled the state’s public transit system.
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Eric Allen Conner
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I can’t think of a more apt description for the non-monetary costs of highway expansion. Space that could be used for schools or homes is instead devoured to allow just a few more cars a day to pass through some of the most congested cities and towns in this country.
@jerseyjournal
The Jersey Journal
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How a developer made $20 million flipping a Bayonne property for the Turnpike expansion @NJTurnpike @CityofBayonne @TurnpikeTrap @StevenFulop @DavisForBayonne @JerseyCity
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Eric Allen Conner
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. @GovMurphy wants to ram a wider highway down Hudson County's throat and @RobMenendez4NJ happily obliges him because he needs a powerful political patron to stay in office. Folks, this is why the primary is important: you want to protect our community? Send Murphy a message.
@terrencemcd
Terrence T. McDonald
1 month
I guess Gov. Murphy will not be endorsing Rep. Kim in the Senate primary. He told this to reporters today:
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
Here's a thread on @NewJerseyDEP plan that Paul Fireman's proxies at @peoplesparklsp and @lspnj4all are so afraid of. It consists of three parts: 1A environmental clean up and habitat restoration; 1B amenities on the north side; and 2 more space for community sports in LSP. 1/
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Eric Allen Conner
26 days
@bfishbfish This New Jersey commuter fully supports congestion pricing. I'm ashamed of whatever small part @GovMurphy and Rep. Gottheimer had to play in prolonging this saga.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@RajMukherji @amywilson Imagine how much more powerful a “No” vote would have been. Very disappointing from an otherwise decent legislator.
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
@terrencemcd All this time I thought NJ was a no fault state.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@HeathMayo @FedSoc The principle that FedSoc has come to stand for is being a means for the ambitious to get close to the powerful.
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Eric Allen Conner
15 days
Folks, if you’re sick of being stuck in car traffic in Jersey City, then support bike lanes. Bike lanes make it more likely that I take my kids to the park and their appointments in the bike trailer than in the car. Every trip I can do on bike means one fewer car on the road.
@bikejc
🚲Bike JC🗽
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Do you like the Manhattan Ave. & Franklin St. bikeway? Tell the city to keep it! ¿Te gusta el carril de bicicleta de Manhattan Ave y Franklin St? ¡Dile a la ciudad que las haga permanente!
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Eric Allen Conner
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@PhilipHCohen Imagine being a US Congressman and dunking on a former supporter and thinking that's a "win" for your campaign. Turns out thuggish political behavior is a trait fathers and sons share. Goes to show why so many in Hudson County have rallied to . @RaviBhalla to clean house.
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Eric Allen Conner
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If you are a NJ Democrat who wants to send Democrats to Washington, vote @RaviBhalla . Ravi’s the only major congressional candidate in NJ-08 who has endorsed @AndyKimNJ over @BobMenendezNJ . He isn’t conflicted about supporting a Democrat for Senate.
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
I spend a lot of time defending Liberty State Park from Fireman surrogates’ lies. His allies @LSPNJ4ALL @peoplesparklsp @TEAMWALKERJC work tirelessly to tear down @NewJerseyDEP and @LibertyParkNJ Let’s take a moment to go on the offensive against Paul Fireman in a thread: 1/
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@brownie_terror @alanthefisher We have our own version called the Mt. Laurel doctrine to ensure suburbs build enough affordable housing. It’s a good thing.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@KevinRBing Live shot of . @PATHTrain weekend service not getting that they’re the joke.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@HeathMayo . @HeathMayo — some MAGA people are annoyed and nervous. Looks like you’re getting some traction in restoring sanity to at least some Republicans.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@JeffTittel @c2cfree @PANYNJ @PATHTrain I agree that’s a good use of money but . @PANYNJ only controls capital expenditures for the airports, seaports, bridges & tunnels, and PATH. NJTransit would have to invest in Newark Light Rail. Unfortunately, . @GovMurphy would rather take our billions in bonds for highways…
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Eric Allen Conner
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@LizzieKFoley @AndyKimNJ This, at least, has been a bright spot for NJ Democrats regardless of the rest of the night.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
Shame on @SenatorMcKnight and @RajMukherji for abstaining and not voting no.
@MattFriedmanNJ
Matt Friedman
2 months
Passed with the minimum number of votes. Three Republicans — Singer, Henry and Amato — helped put it over the line. Just 2 Democratic no votes — Zwicker and Timberlake— but abstentions from Johnson, McKeon, McKnight, Mukherji. (Turner absent, along with Bucco and Holzapfel)
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Eric Allen Conner
26 days
I feel like @AndyKimNJ is up here in Jersey City campaigning because @HudsonDems and @GovMurphy haven’t given our party’s nominee the full-throated endorsement and support he deserves. Democrats have spoken. Let’s bring this home in November.
@AndyKimNJ
Andy Kim
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The other week I joined Council President Watterman at Riverview Farmers Market to see how it delivers for Jersey City every Sunday. I appreciated her words on why. @JCHeightsMarket is a testament to the strength of bringing SNAP and WIC, Jersey fresh farms, and local businesses
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
I am proud to support the best Democrats in the primary who will help us win this fall! This June 4, cast your vote to nominate @JoeBiden for POTUS, @AndyKimNJ for Senate, and @RaviBhalla for House of Representatives.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
Glad to see elected officials are speaking out on this boondoggle. When first announced, Rob Menendez supported the expansion. Hopefully, we’ll soon have a representative who will get us the resources to expand transit and not turnpikes.
@RaviBhalla
Ravinder S. Bhalla
2 months
Wasting $10.7 billion of taxpayer dollars on foolhardy highway expansions is the definition of poor public policy. I strongly oppose the misguided Turnpike widening and would allocate this funding for our mass transit infrastructure. Read more:
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Eric Allen Conner
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Can we get some unified legislative action from Hudson County @bmccannstamato @SenatorMcKnight @jramirezesq @JPA07030 @RajMukherji @brianstacknj against this project? @GovMurphy is trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist and making existing problems (NJTransit) worse.
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jimmybot
2 months
Peak morning traffic – bottleneck every morning is cars waiting across 6 highway lanes – 139U, 139L, I-78 – to squeeze into the 2 lane Holland Tunnel. @GovMurphy 's misdirection last night the bottleneck is the bridge is simply not true @NancySolomon2 . #TurnpikeTrap
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
Color me idealistic but “common courtesy” is not owed to a lawmaker who is working to destroy transparency and the public’s right to records in this state. You let them know you oppose their efforts and that opposition to gutting OPRA is a bipartisan issue.
@RajMukherji
Senator Raj Mukherji
2 months
@amywilson Neither of us abstained. Abstentions would be marked in yellow with an “A” (e.g., undecided, have a conflict, I see both sides, etc). This was “not voting” — which is what I’ve said I would do for a month — common practice out of courtesy to a primary sponsor from the same party
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Eric Allen Conner
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We need more political leaders in our most populous counties saying exactly this. Hudson, Essex, and Union must be united on demanding better service from @NJTRANSIT and @PATHTrain We also need common sense expansions of the Newark light rail system, PATH to EWR, and HBLR.
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Ravinder S. Bhalla
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The difference in our transit priorities are as clear as day. I support these investments into NJ Transit to prevent 30% fare hikes. Invest in mass transit, not widening highways.
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Eric Allen Conner
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Well done, @GovMurphy ! Six years in and you really "fixed" NJTransit. Good thing you spent all that time campaigning against congestion pricing instead of negotiating a dedicated funding source for our state's mass transit agency!
@NJTRANSIT
NJ TRANSIT
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Rail service is suspended in/out of PSNY due to Amtrak overhead wire issues in PSNY. Midtown Direct trains are being diverted to Hoboken. NJT rail tickets/passes are being x-honored by NJT & private carrier bus, PATH at NWK Penn, HOB & 33rd St, NY. Visit
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Eric Allen Conner
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The people running this "non-profit" are ghouls. 1) the science on the benefits of wetland restoration is clear; and 2) their own argument is contradictory. If they were so concerned about flooding why are they dead set on putting sports and concert venues in a flood zone?
@peoplesparklsp
Peoplesparkfoundation
4 months
Please submit your COMMENTS on LSP. OPPOSE phase 1A which will flood 170 acres of #LSP with swamps and marshland. This water WILL NOT PREVENT FLOODING in #Jersey City like the DEP is telling you!! We support enhancing the land with recreation and programs accessible to all!
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
@danieljhan_ @GovMurphy This is a terrible take from @GovMurphy . We should be indexing for a more democratic process and letting the voters decide who should represent them. If good candidates put themselves forward, we should get good governance as a result.
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
. @GovKathyHochul and @GovMurphy — thanks for making Jersey City’s streets more dangerous, our air more polluted, and our traffic worse as drivers will continue to use the state’s second largest city as a cut through to NYC.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@TheLouPerez . @TheLouPerez Ah, yes, because no driver has ever pulled a gun on the Turnpike in a fit of road rage. Never mind all the passengers, pedestrians, and people on bikes who are killed, maimed, or injured each year by inattentive drivers.
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
Politicians like @SenPresScutari @SpeakerCoughlin @BrianPStack @SenatorMcKnight who side with Fireman and his shills are going to see primary challenges once the line is dead and gone. NJ Democrats are sick of politicians helping Paul Fireman try to steal Liberty State Park.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
. @GovMurphy - Borrowing $10B to widen the Turnpike requires toll revenue be greater than interest payments. This means they WANT to more traffic in Hudson Co. and will still NEED to raise tolls to pay off the bonds.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@danieljhan_ @StevenFulop Good to see Kevin McCabe of Middlesex Dems, River Crossing Strategy Group, and the board of commissioners for the PANYNJ get called out by name.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@PATHTrain Yeah. And take it a step further to make it easier to let ppl at Hoboken and Newport get to WTC. Let’s try a little experiment in induced demand, shall we?
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@alanthefisher @brownie_terror There’s something about large states and an insatiable desire for endless sprawl of suburban tract housing. NJ has its flaws and lots of burbs but at least our two largest cities are at least making an effort to build up.
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Eric Allen Conner
29 days
Among the declared candidates for mayor @BillOdeaJC @MussabAliJC and @jim_mcgreevey O’Dea and Ali condemned gutting OPRA and decried low voter turnout yesterday. McGreevey has said nothing. Nothing on OPRA, turnout, or congestion pricing. Jersey City needs good government.
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Eric Allen Conner
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@News12NJ 1) Why did @GovMurphy campaign against congestion pricing instead of negotiating a revenue share agreement with @GovKathyHochul to help fund NJTransit? 2) Why spend $14B to widen the Turnpike and raise tolls when, instead, we can raise tolls and fund transit?
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Eric Allen Conner
28 days
@baranskocracy Arguably he isn't wearing the flag as apparel. He is wearing apparel (the jumper and wristband) that uses a flag-inspired motif.
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Eric Allen Conner
28 days
@Newyorkist If I were governor of New York, I would simply have not backed myself into this very stupid corner.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
The emphasis on the "our" here is an interesting campaign choice. It really underscores his relationship with the HCDO leaders who unilaterally awarded him the party's endorsement. It also makes you wonder what the toughest fight is? My guess preserving power without the line.
@HudsonDems
Hudson County Dems
2 months
We’re with OUR Congressman Rob Menendez because he’s with us during our toughest fights! #Vote3C #ReElectRob #MenendezforCongress
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
It really draws attention to how lucky ROB is that his father named him after his second favorite type of crime. Could you imagine if he had to go with BRIBE Menendez on those posters?
@nypost
New York Post
1 month
‘Gold Bar Bob’ Menendez’s son Rob tries to hide family surname on campaign posters
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
Why doesn’t Jersey City get the same concentration of mobile voting sites as Union City? Also, isn’t it a conflict to be both a state senator and a mayor and vote to gut #OPRA ?
@HudsonDems
Hudson County Dems
1 month
Good morning from the GOAT 🐐 of GOTV! It’s Early Voting Day 4️⃣ and Mayor @brianstacknj is reminding you to get out today and vote for our Congressman @RobMenendez4NJ . Vote 3C to support a leader who stands for our community. Polls are open 10AM-8PM #GetOutTheVote #ReElectRob
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Eric Allen Conner
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I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. If Menendez wins this year and McGreevey the next, Brian Stack will completely own Jersey City. Two of our most powerful politicians will owe the Senator-Mayor of Union City a ton of political favors.
@daveweigel
David Weigel
1 month
Surprise Jim McGreevey appearance
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
This was a great ride thanks to the volunteers of @bikejc . But there are some seriously aggressive, anti-social people behind the wheel who have no regard for the lives of others. Also, it’s amazing how many people on bikes can fit in spaces taken up by just a few cars.
@danaMpatton
dana m.f. patton
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I can’t imagine how much work it is for @bikejc each year to put on the Ward Tour, but it’s amazing. Marshalls literally put their bodies between a car and my son when it tried to pull into oncoming bikes. I’m so grateful for you all. 💚
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
It is time for @SenPresScutari and @SpeakerCoughlin to pick up this bill that is supported by @JPA07030 and @RajMukherji to protect Liberty State Park from private interests who want to force their unwanted vision on the park and people of New Jersey.
@JPA07030
John Allen
3 months
Liberty State Park must be protected from overdevelopment and commercialization. It’s why I am sponsoring two bills A2488 and A4058 to ensure it remains a beautiful, waterfront park for all to enjoy.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
My favorite part of law school is Con Law professors who pontificate about "eras" and "doctrines" of the Court as if there were any meaning to their decisions aside from "harming enemies and helping friends." The same concept of justice Plato ascribes to Polemarchus in Republic.
@VoteSalmon
Scott Salmon
2 months
Given the Supreme Court's faux serious attempt to suggest it's a legitimate question of whether a president can be tried for trying to overthrow the government, I'm thinking about Bowles v. Russell, a Supreme Court case from 2007.🧵
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
Local press like @jerseyjournal has been indispensable in shining a light into the dark backrooms where Paul Fireman and his lobbyists operate.
@kzadrogahart
Kristen Zadroga-Hart
3 months
LSP task force members’ ties to misinformation unacceptable | Jersey Journal editorial -
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Eric Allen Conner
4 months
One of the groups actually working to defend and protect the park from private interests is @LibertyParkNJ led by Sam Pesin. Anyone on the LSP design task force who is parroting the lies promoted by the People's Park Foundation should resign. cc: @shawnlatur @NewJerseyDEP
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
@UZevlac @chrisxmunn @MIProfitHunter Owned by RATP and SNCF which are, again, owned by the French state.
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
Stack is a threat to #OPRA , Liberty State Park, and potentially Jersey City’s school funding formula.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@upzonenj You have to pay the tolls though and they’re about $19. It is actually cheaper to do Amtrak round trip. You can buy Amtrak 3-4 weeks in advance and get tickets for as cheap as $38 during peak travel.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
It's also worth noting that Market-Frankfurt Line runs off-peak service every 6 minutes and 10 minutes on weekend versus PATH's ABYSMAL 20 minute off-peak and 40 minute weekend headways on the WTC line. Population density of JC is 19,831 ppl/sq.mi. vs. Philly 11,936.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
Here is a compare and contrast of @PATHTrain current renovation of Grove Street in Jersey City versus @SEPTA renewal of 30th Street in Philly. PATH: New tiles are already cracked. Work consists of already dirty paint job. SEPTA: Brand new station, clean, great lighting.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@alanthefisher @StatisticUrban Nah, this is a poverty map. Otherwise Utah and Idaho would be red. It just so happens that the two issues are collinear in a lot of places.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
#PompidouJC has value and economic benefits despite the criticism from @jim_mcgreevey and threat to pull funding from @NewJerseyEDA And there might be merit to the claim that the change of heart on funding is politically motivated . @StevenFulop #OpEd
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
Crazy turnout for . @bikejc !
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
Jerry Walker @TEAMWALKERJC who received nearly $300k from Paul Fireman is exploring a run for mayor of Jersey City. He is also holding a town hall this Thursday to spread lies about the @NewJerseyDEP plans for the park. @BillOdeaJC @SolomonforJC @LibertyParkNJ @shawnlatur
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Eric Allen Conner
17 days
@GovKathyHochul The more @GovKathyHochul posts about the heat, the more she reminds people that she killed congestion pricing, helping to make NYC even hotter and less hospitable in the summer.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
That the NJ-08 primary is competitive is good for 1) democracy and 2) NJ Democrats. It ensures candidates have to work hard to earn votes rather than the endorsement of the party boss. That said, there's a clear choice here between people and powers-that-be in the party.
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David Wildstein
2 months
Tonight at 8PM: the first Democratic congressional debate in NJ-8 between @RobMenendez4NJ and @RaviBhalla .
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
@NickTagliaferro Maybe he was mad he didn’t get a shout out in Rob’s ads about being a formative figure in his son’s life?
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
. @Patricia4NJ is referencing @AChaparro67 Chaparro took money from Paul Fireman and then sponsored the "Recreation Act" (written by Fireman's lobbyists) to try and commercialize a state park. Meanwhile @JPA07030 who replaced her has been a staunch park ally.
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Patricia Campos Medina
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. @RaviBhalla can't make up his mind. In 2022, he endorsed @RobMenendez4NJ . Now he runs against him. He says he's running w/ #Patricia4senate when he needed a line but now he backs @AndyKimNJ . Says he supports Latinas but gets rid of Latina Assembly woman. Can't trust him!
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
Jersey City still doesn’t have enough green space but it’s made huge progress under @StevenFulop I hope our next mayor continues JC’s trend of building new parks, renovating existing ones, and making the streets safer for pedestrians and bikers. @BillOdeaJC @SolomonforJC
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Steven Fulop
3 months
This is coming along great and will be huge for Journal Square and Jersey City. We have been working closely with the community to build Court House Park. Lots of community design feedback as this will be the first large park in Journal Square (3 Acres). We have allocated $15m
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
Hochul to New York City: “Drop Dead.”
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Rebecca C. Lewis
1 month
"I have directed the MTA to indefinitely pause (the congestion pricing) program," Gov. Kathy Hochul confirms
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Eric Allen Conner
25 days
@winsjuliet @katie_honan @GovKathyHochul Yeah. Even some New Jerseyans too because we realize the MTA helps us finish the last leg of a commute in the City.
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
@PATHTrain @travfed No, you don’t want feedback or care about the inconvenience. PATH could fix the abysmal weekend service they’ve been providing for over a decade now. Our patience is up. We want more frequent and JSQ direct weekend service. The overcrowding is dangerous.
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@the_transit_guy Another Jersey City location: Liberty National golf course. -ultra exclusive -built on a brown site using tax payer money -oh, and, the billionaire owner keeps trying to take over Liberty State Park 🗽 so he can make more money
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Eric Allen Conner
3 months
Don't forget to comment on Phase 2 of the @NewJerseyDEP plan for Liberty State Park. Let the DEP know what community and structured outdoor recreation you would like to see in the park. cc: @LibertyParkNJ @SamPesin @shawnlatur
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Eric Allen Conner
29 days
@CMFarahLouis If only there were a way to fund more transit AND make it easier for those who take transit to access a central business district by reducing congestion. Too bad there isn’t some sort of congestion pricing starting on June 30 that would do just that…
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
@upzonenj @KevinRBing Traffic was a huge part of the Liberty State Park public comment meeting tonight. The Turnpike expansion would mean more people trying to drive to the park and clogging city streets.
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Eric Allen Conner
1 month
@FrankFurter420a @CalltoActivism 1) Programs to help single mothers already exist — addition benefits like WIC or larger refunds in the Earned Income Tax Credit 2) The two groups aren’t mutually exclusive — many single mothers did benefit from Biden’s loan forgiveness
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Eric Allen Conner
2 months
@bikejc @TurnpikeTrap Hey @GovMurphy – if you want to move freight more efficiently between New York and the ports in Newark, Elizabeth, and Bayonne maybe work with @GovKathyHochul and @PANYNJ to build the cross-harbor rail tunnel.
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