DeMarco and Mack-Cali are powerful forces in Jersey City. Three of the six board members of the Exchange Place Special Improvement District, which is heading the plaza renovation project, work for Mack-Cali. The firm also spends freely in support of local politicians, everything from giving a $250,000 donation to a super PAC linked to Fulop's now-abandoned gubernatorial run to buying school supplies it gives to politicians who hand them out at back-to-school events.

So these two got together and caused an incident so they could say look how horrible Poland is now, let's remove this statue all because the developer wants that land for more parking spaces... also, how messed up is this city for allowing this man to have complete control of an important government body.

Yes, I know that is more a problem of American politics than that one city alone.