Hoboken411 Retracts Scurrilous Attack

..very quietly.  WITHOUT a public apology.

Here is what Hoboken411 had been pumping out via social media:

The problem? It's not true.

On March 22, 2013 to be exact, Hoboken411 pronounced Trinity "DOOMED" on his web site, then Tweeted his 23,067 'Followers' with the same false information.

The owners of Trinity were rightfully upset. On March 25, one of them posted this on Facebook:

Yup Erica, they sure do suck.

Well, the owners of Trinity "repeatedly" contacted Perry Klaussen of Hoboken411 requesting a retraction; their requests to remove the disparaging, false condemnation of their business were IGNORED.   Here is what Trinity Hoboken posted a FULL WEEK after the attack on their business was published and Tweeted by Hoboken411:

We have repeatedly asked Mr. 411 to rescind his post stating the contrary, but to no avail. 

"...but to no avail."

No surprise there, Trinity.  Ask around.  Here's a Washington Street business that closed following a Hoboken411 jihad- here's Klaussen making fun of the guy's storefront signage, calling him an "idiot":

(You won't find the Reform blogs attacking local businesses this way, or trying to harm individuals simply trying to make a living.)

Here's another one.  A friend's business partner had to threaten Klaussen after he helped himself to their copyrighted photos taken at last year's Wallace Spring Disco Dance.   Reluctant to take down the pilfered photos, he first cropped out their watermark then quietly retracted them without a public apology to the photographer.  Their stolen photos were linked in Klaussen's text:

A Hoboken411 reader sent photos of Pincus, Ruth McAllister Jean Marie Mitchell, and Deidre Wall partying it up together at an unidentified function. 

"Unidentified function", my ass.  Only a dirtbag would publish photos of a MOM at her kid's school fundraiser in a coordinated political smear campaign.  No worries, Klaussen will get a chance to tell me all about how he obtained those photos.   

But I digress...

Unless there's more back story (like a legal order), GA will take a victory lap for helping out Trinity in this matter.  Because GA broke the story on Monday, and on  Tuesday noted that politicians like Tim Occhipinti, who use Hoboken411 as a venue are tacitly endorsing his behavior toward the business community.

Guess what?

The "Trinity-DOOMED" page is gone.  It was taken down today.

12 days later.

How many thousands of people have received Hoboken411's  misinformation about this Hoboken business?  

How many people have been discouraged from a meal or drink at Trinity because of  Hoboken411's 'doomed' pronouncement?  

How many people will now associate that business with failure?

Because of Hoboken411.

If the owners feel that their business has been harmed by Hoboken411, I've saved the screenshot and it's yours.

Trinity, I want to offer you props for speaking up.  I believe you have set an example to the rest Hoboken's business community. 

Now, time for Hoboken411-patron Tim Occhipinti to condemn Hoboken411 and demand an apology to Trinity.