Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: As a lifelong Hoboken resident and voter, I read with amazement some of the flyers candidates are handing out. Dawn Zimmer’s flyer says she will restore fiscal responsibility. Beth Mason’s flyer says she will balance the budget. Wow, Zimmer abstained from the current budget vote restoring fiscal responsibility. Mason voted “No” to the …
Dear Editor: Mayor Roberts’ almost 25 year commitment as an elected official to the people of Hoboken has been extraordinary. And despite all the naysayers, I am here to say without hesitation that his time as Mayor has been filled with many notable achievements. The list of his work includes the completion of a Master …
Dear Editor: These have been difficult months in Hoboken, and the negativity at both council and board meeting needs to cease if the city is to move forward. One ticket in the board election models that negativity better than any in recent memory. Their inability to celebrate the positive, their dismissal of the opinions of …
Dear Editor: There are few pleasures as simple as enjoying a frothy latte in a favorite corner coffee shop or enjoying a fine meal at an outdoor café in the spring. Few places provide as many opportunities for these simple pleasures as Hoboken. Yet, as the economic recession deepens, the fear that many of our …
Dear Editor: Next Tuesday, March 31, the Hoboken Board of Education will hold our most important meeting of the year. We will be adopting our budget for 2009-2010. If you care about taxes or children’s education it would be well worth your while to be there. Last week the board voted unanimously to introduce for …
Dear Hoboken Residents: I am working to be your Mayor. I want your vote because I can do better for the people of Hoboken. The City Government has failed us. The State of New Jersey said it was the failure of the City Council that we did not pass a budget last year. This resulted …
Dear Editor: It can be very confusing when two groups in the city share the same words, especially when those words are “quality of life.” One of the two groups in Hoboken that have those same words in their titles is exclusively for city council members. Beth Mason serves on that three-person grouping known as …
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Dear Editor: Our school board plays a crucial role in our community – it sets the “tone at the top” for every aspect of our educational system. So, if the board is not doing its job, it is both our right and our responsibility to elect a new board that can and will. The current …
Dear Editor: While Hoboken is no stranger to having its share of ineptitude among our municipal leaders, the recent budgetary events have pushed this issue to the foreground with our upcoming May election. That said, I cannot believe the level of finger-pointed and failure of taking responsibility that we continue to see among many of …
Dear Editor: I read with much amusement the letter posted by the Hoboken visitor suffering from “Boot Derangement Syndrome.” As a resident and taxpayer I find the boot to be a most efficient, cost saving, revenue producing piece of equipment, that gets its point across very well. Its main job is to protect the parking …