Dear Editor:
I am writing in response to Jake Stuiver’s letter that was published in last week’s Hoboken Reporter. I am a mother who has been politically involved in Hoboken for many years. The participation of Beth Mason’s two daughters in her political campaign does not make them fair game for political opponents to use as targets for attacks. No matter what level of government a person seeks public office for, it is never acceptable to attack their children.
I agree with a call for a more civil political discourse. However, several hours after Stuiver’s letter, in which he calls for a more civil political discourse, Nancy Pincus, a Hoboken Zoning Board member who is allied with Mayor Zimmer and Kids First, published an Internet graphic that showed Councilwoman Mason tossed in a dumpster with Jake Stuiver standing in front of it along with a statement from Pincus congratulating Stuiver for unloading Beth Mason.
Jake Stuiver’s call for a more civil political discourse is disingenuous because he made no mention of a more civil political discourse from Nancy Pincus or any of his allies who continually attack anyone who disagrees with them on the Internet. As someone who has been a victim of Nancy Pincus’ online graphics, one of which included my face floating in a punch bowl with a piece of human excrement, I have one simple question: is this any way for a public official who represents the people of Hoboken to conduct herself?
I hope that every person in Hoboken will agree with me that children are always off limits and it is time to stop the cyber-bullying that has increased to a ridiculous level due to the “bravery” of anonymous posters.
Elizabeth Markevitch