Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I am writing to share good news. Specifically, bill A2624 has pass both houses of the New Jersey State Legislature. This legislation reduces the unemployment insurance (UI) tax rates which will be imposed on employers during fiscal year 2010. I recognized that times are difficult as we are only beginning to recover from …
Dear Editor: Attention County Clerk…Please distribute this letter to the powers that be and the hands that check out voting machines. Our Hoboken voters deserve better than turning away in disgust and not filling out a provisional when the buttons don’t work. A simple SIGN designed by your experts to assure each voter of their …
Dear Editor: The latest Hoboken Reporter notes that Sinatra Drive will be closed on week-ends for public enjoyment. What a great idea! I often walk along Sinatra Drive from the Path station to Hudson and 11th Streets. The amount of accumulated old trash along the sidewalk is shocking and disgusting. It’s never cleaned up, and …
Dear Editor: Congratulations are in order to Councilman Ravi Bhalla on being elected as the new Chairman of the Hoboken Democratic Party. At a time where we need leadership in the Democratic Party – nationally and locally – more than ever, Councilman Bhalla is the ideal candidate for the post. Ravi was an integral part …
Continue reading “Let’s unite behind leaders like Councilman Bhalla”
Dear Editor: On June 8, 2010, I was elected as the Hudson County Democratic Committeewoman for Hoboken Fourth Ward/Fourth District. I sincerely appreciate each and every voter and those who didn’t vote for me and those who weren’t able to vote. The Fourth Ward/ Fourth District gave me some sound advice and suggestions and each …
Dear Editor: We like to take this opportunity to thank the voters of Ward 5 District 5 in showing their faith by voting for us, also those who supported us and worked very hard for us. James and Linda are already working hard to obtain bike racks for the 5th Ward 5th District. We were …
Dear Editor: On behalf of myself as the President and the Vice President of the Fox Hill Gardens Resident Association, I would like to take this moment to thank the Hoboken Housing Authority’s Executive Director Carmelo Garcia, Chairwoman Rodriguez, our Board of commissioners and ZogSportsNJ for donating a new Samsung 52” LCD TV with a …
Dear Editor: What about “shared services?” There has been a lot of controversy about the Hoboken administration’s attempt to move the Municipal Garage to a lot in a residential neighborhood on 6th Street. An alternate location, along the waterfront and across from Stevens Institute, seems to me to be another bad suggestion. Why does this …
Dear Editor: Monday night, the newly-elected members of the Hoboken Democratic Committee met at the Reorganization Meeting to elect our Executive Committee. I was honored to be re-elected by my constituents to serve a fourth year as Democratic Committeeman and Monday night I was proud to be selected by the Committee’s members to serve again …
Continue reading “Divisions among Hoboken Democrats are unfortunate”
Dear Editor: The second ward councilperson recently brought to our attention that she felt her kids are unfairly being brought into what lately has passed for this community’s political discourse. Then she got attacked for bringing up the point. She is correct. Bringing up people’s kids in these contexts is beyond out of line, it …
Continue reading “Leave the children out of political debate”