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Dear Editor: Whoever made the decision that school board election voting hours should be from 2 to 9 p.m. is not in touch with the reality of people’s working lives. I have never voted in a school board election because something has always come up to prevent my getting home in time to do so. …
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Dear Editor: Three seats on the school board and the proposed $59 million school budget are up for a vote on April 21. Voter participation each April has historically been dismally low. While 10,000 residents voted in the last election for mayor, only 4,000 participated in the last board election. Most of us don’t have …
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Dear Editor: I have lived almost my entire life in Church Towers. I raised my family in this neighborhood and watched many of my neighbors raise their children, too. We moved here at a time when Hoboken was in tough shape. Many people were fleeing the city. There were terrible fires and crime was also …
Dear Editor: In the “Between the Lines” column of a recent edition of The Hoboken Reporter (March 29, 2009), Beth Mason’s supporters seem to confirm the existence of an alliance between Mason and those who represent and support the Hoboken political establishment. While Mason supporters discounted the suggestion that Councilman Michael Russo had a hand …
Dear Editor, A look at how Kids First handled the Hola program shows why they should not be leading our school district. To re-cap, dual-language programs exist across the country. NYC, at the forefront of one of the most successful school-district turnarounds in history, has been growing their dual-language offerings. Most dual-language programs have huge …
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Dear Editor, I’m running for the Board of Education because I see opportunities to improve student achievement, lower costs, tighten efficiencies, increase accountability and improve outreach. Whether you have children in the school system, like I do, or not, Hoboken can and must do a better job for children, parents and taxpayers. I believe it’s …
Dear Editor: Here is why I think I deserve a seat on the Hoboken school board: Every morning, I drop off my 9-year-old daughter, Julia, at Connors at the corner of Second and Monroe. I tell her I love her, she mumbles uh-huh and runs up the stairs to join her pals in Mrs. DeGennaro’s …
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Dear Editor: I ask all members of the public to join with me and the Hoboken Board of Education in support of the school budget on Tuesday, April 21. For the last two years the board has worked closely with the superintendent to present to the voters a good budget, a budget that is responsible …
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Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to discuss the recent layoffs that are affecting both uniform and non-uniform municipal employees. As a member of the City Council and as a concerned citizen before my election to office, I have made it my priority to expose the ineptitude of the current Administration. Our …
Dear Neighbors: I would like to thank all of the Hoboken registered voters who signed petitions so I could run for Mayor of Hoboken. During the days that my team and I canvassed for these petitions, we met over 500 Hobokenites who shared with us their concerns about Hoboken’s current economic crisis. And, they have …