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AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Former Hoboken Councilman Speaks Out Against Move to Exempt Developers From Mandate | OPINION

A former Hoboken Councilman—and current member of Newark's Equitable Growth Advisory Commission and the Housing & Community Development Network of NJ—Joseph Della Fave co-Chaired Governor…

The Imperfect American

July 4, 2020

by Christopher M. Halleron I’m an imperfect man in an imperfect country, writing what will likely be an imperfect column. Some will see my words…

OPINION: Tom Hagen for President in 2020

January 16, 2020

(ABOVE: Paramount Pictures image / BELOW: Satire) by Christopher M. Halleron Editor/Publisher - hMAG It's relatively early in the campaign, and there's a lot that…

FLUSHING PUPIE: Wading Through New Jersey’s Political Sewer, With The Plunger In Our Hands | EDITORIAL

July 1, 2019

by Christopher Halleron (ABOVE: photo by Christine von Royce, taken in June 2019 at the OLG Funfest) Walk into any movie studio and pitch this…

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EDITORIAL: hMAG’s Well-Documented Media Bias

August 23, 2018

EDITORIAL by Christopher M. Halleron Yesterday we published a piece covering the Mayor of Hoboken's social media—a piece in which we cited our very own…

MURPHY IN THE MIDDLE: Brawl for Hoboken Waterfront Put Governor Between a Dock and a Hard Place

April 6, 2018

OPINION by Christopher Halleron "It’s @GovMurphy vs #Hoboken Mayor @RaviBhalla & people of Hoboken at odds over Union Dry Dock. Gov has abdicated his promise…

RE-FORM THE REFORM: With the Ugliness of the Hoboken Election Behind Us, the Real Work Begins | OPINION

November 9, 2017

by Bill McGarvey “I want to be as clear as possible” I told Ravi Bhalla via text back in late June. “My fundamental concern is…

HOBOKEN MAYORAL RACE: C’mon In, the Water’s Warm… | EDITORIAL

June 28, 2017

by Christopher M. Halleron The 2017 Hoboken Mayoral Race is starting to look like a sunny Saturday afternoon at Pier 13—it's crowded, and everyone wants…

TEFLON DAWN: Bruised But Not Broken, Zimmer Endured Hoboken | EDITORIAL

June 20, 2017

(ABOVE: Image via City of Hoboken) Dawn Zimmer was never a Hoboken politician. And yet, she's been Mayor since 2009. To become the first female…

EDITORIAL: LET FREEDUMB VAPE — Do We Really Want to Make THIS Guy The Hero Here??? | OPINION

May 10, 2017

(ABOVE: image via Facebook) EDITORIAL by Christopher M. Halleron If we can agree on anything, it's that things have gotten a bit convoluted these last…