nasty_brutish_longer t1_ja1d103 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:44 AM

Reply to comment by halocene_epic in Why the secrecy? Tell public who paid for Jersey City officials’ trips to Paris by HobokenJ

We pay our officials to work for us. When someone else pays them--in cash or gifts or trips to Paris--our officials don't work for us anymore.

This trip is worrying because there's arguably legit reason for the mayor and a few councilmembers to visit Pompidou, even on the taxpayer dime. Yet this vanilla trip gets shrouded in secrecy. Makes it hard to forget we live in Hudson County.

jerseycityfrankie t1_ja2ypt3 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 1:33 PM

I’m finding it delightfully hilarious that Ward C councilnaper Boggiano wasn’t invited or even told about the trip. The project is in his ward, his election was greatly aided by Fulop, but now Fulop has no further use for sleepy out of touch Boggiano and is dissing him.

nasty_brutish_longer t1_ja3f8bb wrote on February 26, 2023 at 3:41 PM

I can see the conversation go like: Paris is a city of sophisticates and Uncle Rich will ruin EVERYTHING!

But l'm 99% sure Boggiano just couldn't be bothered to go.

Ilanaspax t1_ja505vm wrote on February 26, 2023 at 9:59 PM

I would not be surprised if he simply opted out of the trip and is playing dumb.

EyesOnImprovement t1_ja3d7ok wrote on February 26, 2023 at 3:27 PM

I wonder if that's why he wasn't at the last council meeting?

jerseycityfrankie t1_ja3pgsf wrote on February 26, 2023 at 4:51 PM

For a certainty Bing would have never missed a council meeting. And he’d be up to speed on the Museum project too.