Grist for the Mill: Poll - Hoboken mayoral race a hot three-way contest

The summer days are waning and the Hoboken mayoral campaigns are scorching even with many people down the shore or out of town on vacation. Thus for your summer reading pleasure, we bring you this grist for the mill rumor column with gristy chewables. Take human bites.

With five major candidates declared for mayor, three stand above the field stacked together in one recent poll. Likely, those three mayoral candidates are all within the margin of error but equally significant, there's a substantial percentage of respondents declaring themselves in the undecided category. 

That makes the Hoboken mayoral race up for grabs. Two of the top candidates are projected to go to an early December runoff.

The Mile Square poll numbers were not detailed but in no particular order, the top three are: Councilwoman Emily Jabbour, Councilman Ruben Ramos and Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher. 

Another major candidate, Councilman Michael Russo took top honors in one category: unfavorables. His checkered history with federal informant Solomon Dwek posing as a big developer seeking to buy influence isn't forgotten.

As seen on federal undercover video released thanks to earlier efforts of this editor, Russo can't shake it off. The fateful lunch meeting saved in posterity thanks to the Feds at the Jersey City Light Horse Tavern saw everyone but Russo eventually spend a spell in the clink. 

Call it one of those Mikie Festivus miracles. Additionally of concern for the third ward councilman is the Russo Chapter 7 bankruptcy. He filed for a cool $2,000,000 with more than $1,000,000 described as a business dispute with a major medical insurance carrier. 

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