Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Wednesday night, Feb. 18, Hoboken city council votes donating 10 percent of their council job salary to be given to Hoboken charities; to this action I join many of the public in commending. However, what followed was an empty wasteful debate whether to take a 10 percent salary cut to which the only …
Dear Editor: There are few reasons to be optimistic that Hoboken University Medical Center can return to profitability this year. We know the hospital suffered a 4.3 M dollar operating loss, but that is not the whole story. There are two ways that the hospital could be forced to close within the next year, causing …
Dear Editor: Reading “Is a manager better than a mayor” in the Feb. 22 issue, both forms seem to have their pros and cons, and perhaps we can blend them. Personally, I’d like to see the manager system – it’s been working in Hackensack for 75+ years! But neither will work successfully in this town, …
Dear Editor: I was both surprised and disturbed by Beth Mason’s recent statement regarding the proposed uptown redevelopment, that “If [Hoboken] stops building, it will die. You have to continue to grow to some extent. You cannot stop”. As one of the “reformers” on the city council, I thought Ms. Mason was against development, and …
Dear Editor: Heard the latest? Well we all know about the recent 47 percent tax hike, which apparently doesn’t seem to be able to go away. Shockingly, it seemed to appear out of nowhere, but it actually involved a process of events happening over years of poor governance by some elected and appointed city officials …
Dear Editor: Heard the latest? Well we all know about the recent 47 percent tax hike, which apparently doesn’t seem to be able to go away. Shockingly, it seemed to appear out of nowhere, but it actually involved a process of events happening over years of poor governance by some elected and appointed city officials …
Dear Editor: Heard the latest? Well we all know about the recent 47 percent tax hike, which apparently doesn’t seem to be able to go away. Shockingly, it seemed to appear out of nowhere, but it actually involved a process of events happening over years of poor governance by some elected and appointed city officials …
Citizens of Hoboken: Below is a self-explanatory resolution that we are asking the Hoboken City Council to adopt at their next (March 4) meeting. We ask that Council members introduce this resolution and that all citizens who care about their property taxes and quality of life encourage its passage. Whereas the Mayor has publicly declared …
Dear Editor: The recent stimulus bill is anything but. The trillion dollar plus price tag, soon to be followed by $2-3 trillion more in the next several months will fundamentally change our nation’s fiscal strength and our way of life. When completed, the government’s share of the economy will double from 20 to 40 percent. …
Dear Editor: The performance of Judy Tripodi, fiscal control officer, is of critical significance to the citizens of Hoboken. Since her arrival she has informed that the administration has overspent the budget for the last six years, found a current deficit of over $10 million. Because of this, she had to set the current tax …