Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: The recent FBI sting has really put our fair city on the map. The publicity given to the arrest and resignation of the ill-starred mayor-elect Peter Cammarano has focused attention on the corruption that has disgraced Hudson County since the “good old days” of “Boss” Frank Hague, the bygone county executive who out-Tammanied …
Dear Editor: The July 26 edition of the Hoboken Reporter referred to the comments I made to the City Council on July 22 concerning the appointment of Zoning Board members. The Hoboken Reporter stated that in the past I received phone calls from a past Mayor to look kindly on favored projects, especially for campaign …
Dear Editor: There is a homeless man who spends most of his time on Washington Street in Hoboken. Whenever I talk to him, he’s hungry, and when I can I’ll buy him a bagel or a roll and maybe a piece of fruit and some coffee. One night I saw him trying to get comfortable …
Dear Editor: The Hoboken Board of Education has hired a lawyer, Mr. Gagliardi, for a maximum billing of $75,000 for a six month contract. He has helped the Board review a number of contracts, understand civil service rules, review job descriptions and more. The Board eliminated five major administrative contracts totaling $450,000 plus $50,000 in …
Continue reading “School board has saved taxpayers over $1 million”
Dear Editor: On Monday the 13th at 7 a.m. an ambulance was double parked for an emergency at 1 Marine View Plaza. 2 police cars were parked to assist. I called police to ask that a car be posted to stop traffic. They said the police were working with the emergency. That’s wonderful because we …
Dear Editor: Chris Christie’s new renewable energy initiative is not just good in theory, its good business for New Jersey. It will create the jobs that will help us recover from the economic crisis gripping our State. Jon Corzine, on the other hand, wants to maintain the onerous, anti-business environment, caring not a bit that …
Continue reading “Not just good in theory, it’s good business”
Dear Editor: I was one of those who thought Peter Cammarano would make a better Mayor than Dawn Zimmer, and said so. I was wrong, and I am sorry — sorry for the City of Hoboken, which I love, and sorry especially to Dawn and Beth, who campaigned morally and legitimately. While Peter never appeared …
Continue reading “The sorrow and the pity and the anger and the disgust”
Congratulations on your new position. You now have the perfect opportunity to show everyone that petty corruption is no longer the norm. All it will take is the revocation of each and every “OFFICIAL CITY BUSINESS” parking pass. Turn it into a photo op as you personally shred some of them. Some might criticize this …
Dear Editor: Since 2003, Hoboken’s People for Open Government has striven to promote open, accountable, and transparent municipal government, encourage active participation of residents in municipal affairs, and lessen the undue influence of campaign contributions on public policy. Recent corruption charges brought against our mayor and a sewerage authority commissioner suggest that Hoboken still has …
Continue reading “Hoboken citizens must demand integrity and transparency”
Dear Editor: I’ve now lived in Hoboken for over 2 years… moving from the Upper West Side to Hoboken…and I love it!! Love the people, love the community, don’t want to live anywhere but here… But the recent allegations against Mayor Cammarano and the subsequent outrage and protests have really led me to question where …
Continue reading “Where were protestors during tax increase?”