Zimmer for Jabbour, Fisher for Russo with Urtecho on slate

Today is Hoboken Endorsement Tuesday. Not officially, but it might as well be.

Dawn Zimmer, the former mayor who led a Reform Movement before torpedoing it with a single shot, an endorsement of Ravi Bhalla, came down today to tell it from the Catskill Mountains. 

On Hudson County View, she offered her endorsement for Emily Jabbour to be the next mayor. Her last such endorsement for Ravi Bhalla didn't quite work out. She offered severe criticism, writing:

"(He) abandoned my Administration’s commitment to ethical, fiscally responsible, accountable governance.

He engaged in transactional politics, patronage hiring, and irresponsible budget practices that created a large, growing structural deficit. He made major development decisions influenced by his desire to advance his political career beyond Hoboken."

No kidding. But wait, there's more.

Councilwoman Fisher, in a bid to aid council candidate Liz Urtecho, who is in the council runoff, is uniting with Team Russo as they hold a third council slate position available. Dean Murray on the Russo slate was defeated by Liz Urtecho last Tuesday.

After that announcement, Russo followed by endorsing the proposition. Fisher offered,

“People want to turn the page on the last eight years — the headline-driven, divisive politics that have left our quality of life frayed and city operations struggling. And they’re not looking at Emily as the agent of that change. They’re looking at Mike Russo as the person who can deliver it.”

As it turns, so turns the City Council, which is in it to win it. The nine members have to weigh in with a decision. What's been developing since the election is a vote of no confidence for Emily Jabbour. 

On the street, there are many Democrats openly saying she cannot lead and doesn't have the competence to take Hoboken forward. It's quite an indictment considering her opponent ran up a $2,000,000 plus personal bankruptcy, finally discharged in late 2023.

Shades of the Battle of Yorktown and the Redcoats marching away while playing, "The World Turned Upside Down." 

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