Dear Editor:
Recently I wrote a blog entry on HobokenRevolt.com. It was an Open Letter to the Mayor (see below) about more communication to the general public through better outbound communication via the website and newsletter. As residents we need a frequent progress report by the Mayor on all the issues.
What happened after my blog entry was crazy. The responses were hostile, attacking, defensive for Dawn and slightly scary. “RealDealHobo” was the Cyber Bully that went on a rampage and decided to attack me and several other Hoboken residents. I asked this person to identify themselves but they refused. I list my name and picture so everyone can see who I am….I don’t hide. The admin did not ban this person, but they did remove the crazy entries, which I appreciated.
This is the type of craziness that children face everyday online. Bullying by people who hide behind fake user names without pictures…hiding…attacking!
For the last nine years I have lived in Hoboken and like most residents I never involved myself with local politics, but last year was different and the issues are larger. I developed Peter Cammarano’s website and Frank Raia’s marketing campaign and for those reasons I was attacked.
My request for more communication from our Mayor is a serious request. The problems the city face are serious and as residents we need to know where the Mayor stands on all the issues. I would like to kindly ask for the Mayor to respond.
RealDealHobo you need to expose yourself and stop the cyber bullying.
Open Letter to Mayor Dawn Zimmer
Dear Mayor,
Politicians are famous for using terms like “Open and Transparent Government” but you never hear much after they win. There has been some progress with attempting to be open and transparent and for that you should be congratulated. At least you are attempting to be transparent about some of the issues i.e. the budget workshops.
With that being said, I would like to make a recommendation. Utilize the Hoboken website to inform your constituents where you and Hoboken stand on current issues. Make the website a resource for you to illustrate where you stand and what you are doing to assist Hoboken.
• Taxes; when will they be reduced? Which year?
• Budget; what are you doing to reduce?
• Flooding; when are the pumps going to be installed?
• The pier; when will construction start to repair?
• Open Space; what is the plan?
• Development; where do we stand with the Lackawanna project?
• Other: there are many issues, too many to list.
Lastly, not everyone has a computer, so this recommendation is only valid for a certain percentage of the Hoboken population. I would recommend writing about the issues and mailing them out in the form of a newsletter.
Keep the town informed and maybe, just maybe, we can all assist and help this town become a better place to live, work and enjoy.
Sincerely,
David A. Liebler