Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Part one: Fear is the father of hate. In times of insecurity, demagogues do everything they can to pump up people’s fears and channel it against whoever is not in a position to defend themselves. This lets people vent their frustration against a politically weak target such as Jews in Nazi Germany, or …
Continue reading “In response to Siegel and Scherman’s letters”
Dear Editor: I read with interest your article in the July 25th Reporter titled “A traffic tale of two cities.” About 25 years ago, a guard rail was installed from the old firehouse in Hoboken on Observer Highway effectively causing traffic to funnel onto Madison Street to make a right turn or a left turn. …
Continue reading “Re-open Observer Highway and Marin Boulevard”
Dear Editor: Recently the City of Hoboken filed its year-end financial statement with the Department of Local Government Services, which revealed a budget surplus of almost $20 million. This surplus belongs to the taxpayers. I have called on Mayor Zimmer to return this money immediately in property tax relief. The surplus was created as a …
Continue reading “Mason calls for ‘immediate return of tax overpayments’ to 2nd Ward residents”
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Boards of the Jubilee Center of Hoboken and the All Saints Community Development Corporation, we would like to publicly and enthusiastically thank Larry Henriques for his leadership, dedication, energy, insight and tireless work as Chair of the Board of the Jubilee Center of Hoboken. Larry, who stepped down in …
Dear Editor: I’d like to commend Mayor Dawn Zimmer for her leadership in guiding Hoboken to the best possible scenario in regards to the relocation of the municipal garage. With Weehawken and Hoboken agreeing to share garage services without affecting any residential areas in Hoboken, we should be thankful that Mayor Zimmer and her team …
Continue reading “Zimmer deserves praise for municipal garage solution”
Dear Editor: Earlier this summer, I expressed concern over the administration’s inability to allocate proper resources for the community pool, thereby only opening the pool for six weeks and forcing neighborhood children to endure an urban heat wave. I stand firm in my opinion that this pool should have been opened on July 5th – …
Continue reading “City charges children $25 while it gives raises”
Dear Editor: The Hoboken Fire Department is committed to serving the residents of this town with superior service, great pride and dedication. We have highly trained personnel which is on duty each and every shift. However, recently our counterparts in the North Hudson Regional Fire Department have been experiencing a rash of fires on a …
Continue reading “Reduced fire protection next door affects Hoboken taxpayers”
Dear Editor: A recent study performed by a nonprofit research organization examined the costs associated with crime control in cities. Papers submitted to the Rand Corporation “undergo rigorous peer review to ensure that they meet high standards for research quality.” This is not the case with the audit of the police department completed by a …
Dear Editor: This week, the City expanded the shuttle system formerly known as the Crosstown Bus into mini-transit system called “The Hop” which consists of three shuttle routes (Blue, Green, and Red) covering the entire City. The state-of-the-art system incorporates GPS technology to make it incredibly easy to track the shuttles on a map online …
Continue reading “Hoboken expands crosstown bus into three shuttle routes”
Dear Editor: I want to take this opportunity to thank the people of the second ward for working with me to ensure the Hoboken’s Department of Public Works Garage did not end up on our beautiful waterfront or in a residential neighborhood. And as a long-time advocate of using shared services to cut municipal budgets, …
Continue reading “Mason thanks 2nd Ward for garage solution”