JERSEY CITY -- Former Gov. Jim McGreevey broke some news on Saturday when he appeared on WFMU variety show "Prove it All Night!" -- the ex-governor is a new resident of the Journal Square area.

McGreevey last year moved to Jersey City from Plainfield, picking an apartment on Kennedy Boulevard near Saint Peter's University. McGreevey told "Prove it All Night!" host Pat Byrne that he moved last weekend to Garrison Avenue, a few blocks from Journal Square.

Explaining his move, the former governor (and Jersey City native) told Byrne, "Being on the Boulevard, you know, fire engines and first aid and whatever and boom boxes at 2:30 in the morning."

McGreevey, 59, moved only about four blocks, but his relocation could have political implications: he know lives just inside Ward C instead of Ward B. If municipal elections shift from May to November next year, McGreevey would be eligible to run as Journal Square's councilman.

Rumors persist that there's a return to elective office on the horizon for the former mayor, assemblyman, state senator and governor, but McGreevey, who makes $119,000 annually running the city's jobs and prisoner re-entry programs, told The Jersey Journal today he is not interested in running for office. He made similar comments on WFMU Saturday.

"The thing for politics for me ... you get so caught up in all of it. You get caught up in the lifestyle, you get caught up in the ego," he told Byrne. "What I'm doing now is when I'm at my most genuine."

Rich Boggiano, who represents Ward C on the City Council and is mulling a run for either an at-large council seat or the mayoralty next year, said if McGreevey ran for council it would be a "stupid mistake."

"We want somebody young, somebody that knows Journal Square," said the 73-year-old Boggiano. "We don't want politics in there and we want it run for the people. I have nothing against him."

"Play it All Night!" is a monthly show performed live at Monty Hall, 43 Montgomery St.

Terrence T. McDonald may be reached at tmcdonald@jjournal.com. Follow him on Twitter @terrencemcd. Find The Jersey Journal on Facebook.