Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Several years ago, I had the unexpected good fortune of meeting Dawn Zimmer, as our young sons had spontaneously befriended one another, in Church Square Park. Through the ups and downs of life, we have forged what is, to me, the most valuable friendship I hold, after 12 years in Hoboken. Dawn is …
Dear Editor: As you may know, I am a candidate for Mayor on Tuesday, May 12th. This election is especially important because our city faces serious fiscal and management challenges that will require a lot of hard work and innovative and dynamic ideas to resolve the problems we face. When preparing for my candidacy, I …
Dear Editor: Today, in the mail, I received what will likely be the first of many mailings. This one, from the Cammarano Team, included a truly terrible picture of Dawn Zimmer. While I don’t necessarily support Zimmer, I was not amused! And while I’m not naive enough to believe that political races (especially in Hoboken) …
Dear Editor: I moved to Hoboken when Tom Vezzetti was mayor and who like all Hoboken mayors since then, called himself a reformer. While later crushed by an unfriendly City Council, his win was due to a combination of his own energy and anger against the incumbent. “Reformer” has long been used to appeal voters …
Continue reading “Mason’s beholden to Russo family, Zimmer’s weak, leaving Cammarano”
Dear Editor: I have been to both debates, and it is clear to me that Frank Orsini has the Vision for Hoboken. He is also a leader – at the last debate, he stood up to deliver his closing. That’s what leaders do – they stand up and take responsibility. He talks about less government, …
Dear Editor: Hoboken’s City Government faces enormous challenges: a top heavy budget, decaying infrastructure, inadequate accountability, and a need to deliver essential services more effectively and efficiently. These same challenges face the Hoboken Public Schools. As three experienced board members we, like Dawn, have faced tough decisions. A week ago last Tuesday Hoboken voters entrusted …
Dear Editor: I have had the privilege of working with Peter Cammarano on a number of campaigns the last few years in Hoboken, starting with the Menendez re-election effort in 2006, and culminating with the Obama general campaign this year. I am writing to endorse this smart, capable, forward-looking Councilman in his bid to become …
Dear Editor: Beth Mason had long been considered a leading reformer in Hoboken, dedicating time, energy and money to transparency and change in City Hall. That’s why many of us who have known her for a long time are asking each other, “What’s happened to Beth?” Since announcing her candidacy for mayor, Beth seems to …
Continue reading “A vote for Mason is just a vote for the status quo”
Dear Editor: There were several disturbing errors in a newspaper article about the Jubilee Center that appeared in the Hoboken Reporter on April 26. Speaking of the children we serve, the reporter took my comments out of context in quoting that “many of their parents are drug addicts or in jail.” That inaccurate quote is …
Dear Editor: I have had the privilege of spending many days with my wife Beth Mason on the campaign trail as she asks the voters to elect her Mayor on May 12th. But I can honestly say the thought of Beth running for Mayor was the farthest thing from my mind when we moved here …