Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Memorial Day Parade in Hoboken! Midway, Pearl Harbor, Omaha Beach, Normandy, The World Trade Center! Oh what a sacrifice mankind has made for freedom! And God Bless those brave souls who never came home from defending our freedom, the sacrifice, the blood, the sorrow, so we can embrace what today is taken for …
Dear Editor: In Al Sullivan’s column item, “Christie takes over the high court”, Sullivan is again asserting that George Bush is Gov. Christie’s “mentor”. A mentor is defined by Webster’s dictionary as a “trusted counselor or guide”, “tutor” or “coach”. Have the two men met long enough for Bush to implant the control chip Sullivan …
Continue reading “George Bush is not Chris Christie’s mentor”
Dear Editor: Last week, Hoboken achieved an important milestone. We won back the right to govern ourselves. The State Local Finance Board decided that it was no longer necessary for Hoboken’s fiscal affairs to be overseen by a State Fiscal Monitor. I want to take this opportunity to thank Judy Tripodi for her invaluable assistance …
Continue reading “Zimmer: there’s nothing partisan about fiscal responsibility”
Dear Editor: This week Governor Christie chose our city to begin his 44 day tour to sell his 2.5 per cent property tax cap to New Jersey voters. While the concept of a 2.5 per cent property tax cap is appealing, I believe the Governor is using it as a smokescreen to hide the fact …
Continue reading “Christie’s budget will hurt cities like Hoboken”
Dear Editor: As a resident of Hoboken, I was disappointed that Mayor Zimmer chose to give Republican Governor Chris Christie a forum to promote his agenda. This demonstrates Mayor Zimmer’s disconnect with the people she has been elected to represent. The City of Hoboken has proud Democratic tradition. It is disheartening to see Mayor Zimmer …
Continue reading “Zimmer’s embrace of Christie betrays Hoboken’s values and principles”
Put kids’ nutrition first Dear Editor: I was so happy to see Tim Carroll’s article highlighting Peta Moran’s website EatHoboken.blogspot.com. This “newfound” focus on the quality of the food school children are being served, recently highlighted by Chef Jamie Oliver and First Lady Michele Obama, is sad on two fronts. One, that it has taken …
Dear Editor: Do you, as a Hoboken resident, wonder what the Hoboken Public Library will look like, feel like and work like in the future? Will it be able to meet the needs of Hoboken’s diverse public, from children to seniors, major ethnic groups, professional and non-professional citizens? If you do, you are invited to …
Continue reading “May 24 meeting will focus on Hoboken Library’s future”
Dear Editor: Practically speaking, having smoothly paved roads in Hoboken is not something to complain about, but the stewards of our great City of Hoboken and County of Hudson, who commissioned the work, missed an opportunity to Go Green in the Mile Square City. During the past few weeks as our roads got ripped up …
Dear editor: It’s a good thing that we are invited to turn in our hazardous household waste–batteries, paints, etc., and that there are places to do it: Jersey City, Bayonne, North Bergen. My question is, why doesn’t Hoboken have a turn-in site? Many residents do not have cars and therefore can’t take advantage of these …