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Posted by UBERHIPPY on June 11, 2005 at 21:01:58:
In Reply to: The posted by Whiskers on June 11, 2005 at 19:38:09:
You know, it just occurred to me that my old boss -- Dr. Herbert Axelrod -- used to print up books on tropical fish (during the daylight hours, any which way) over on Cornelison Avenue. That ain't too far from Warren Street and Dr. Axelrod should be getting out of jail pretty soon. If the violin caper don;t like hit the fan just as Dr. Axelrod is walking out of the prison gates, p'raps he might want to go in on the Jersey City Aquarium. Even better yet, if Corzine gets in, Dr. Axelrod maybe could talk Corzine into paying him 12 million to run an Aquarium in Jersey City. : : : When McCann was in his first-term prime, I only saw him in action once. : : There was a neighborhood meeting at St Paul of the Cross School. At that point in time, I lived just down the block at 193 Sherman Avenue. (Does that ring a bell?) With nothing better to do, out of curiousity, I decided to go. : : McCann was there with the North Precinct Captain and Richard Harrison (was he Police Director or Public Safety Director?). A resident asked why late at night were certain traffic lights no longer working in the normal sequence of green - amber - red. Instead, these signals were flashing red on one street and amber on the other. Harrison explained that -- in order to receive federal money -- the City must comply with directions from federal agencies. Traffic experts gave a list of intersections that were to be set to flashing at night. The City thought it a peculiar suggestion. But, after analyzing records, the number of accidents had dropped sharply. So, it seems that, after all, the experts did know best. : : Then Harrison smiled and asked, "Does that answer your question?" : : For who knows what ever reason, the guy in the audience replied truculently, "I don't want to hear that!" : : Mayor McCann grabbed the microphone away from Harrison and bellowed, "ARE YOU STUPID OR WHAT!?!" : : Which of course was what everybody was thinking. But it was a surprise and very funny to hear the Mayor say it. : : : : : JERSEY CITY- The yellow brick road to successful investments seemed faded by time and misfortune these past few months for newly self-appointed entrepreneur and former Jersey City mayor Gerald McCann.
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