Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: In the early 1950s the phrase “under God” was so rightfully added to our Pledge of Allegiance to our great flag in this great country. This was and continues to be a refreshing and stimulating addition to our pledge. Unfortunately, recently there has been a group of atheists in Monmouth County who filed …
Dear Editor: Many of us are just getting back to the office after time off for the holidays. But for caregivers, the work never stopped. Indeed, caring for loved ones is a 24/7 gig with no paid time off. That’s one reason why AARP is working so hard to make life just a little easier …
Dear Editor: When your child or loved one has an intellectual or developmental disability, you spend a lot of time worrying about the future. That is why I was very grateful that Congress passed and the President recently signed the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act also known as the ABLE Act. This legislation will …
Dear Editor: I forgive you for calling me “Mike Ellis” in your excellent coverage of last week’s City Council meeting where zoning board appointments became an issue. But I guess all of us white guys living in expensive homes look alike. The facts are stark and have great bearing on Hoboken’s future. The zoning board …
Continue reading “Are only rich white people competent to serve on the zoning board?”
Dear Editor: I was out for a walk on a recent Sunday morning with my toddler on Pier C in Hoboken. It was a quiet morning after a rainy night and few people were out. As we approached my child’s favorite playground, I watched in disgust as a couple allowed their dog to run around …
Continue reading “Keep dogs (and their surprises) out of kids’ sandboxes”
Dear Editor: Democracy is indeed alive and well. Here’s the proof. When a plan to cut overnight PATH train service was unveiled in the midst of the holidays there was a collective chorus of voices from all walks of life expressing opposition for obvious reasons, primarily because of the economic hardship it would cause riders …
Continue reading “Garcia applauds Port Authority for dropping service cuts”
Dear Editor: It looks like we’re about to create a brand identity for Hoboken with monies from an $880,000 NJ Economic Development Fund grant (our tax dollars at work.) Marketing consultants will oversee this counterproductive exercise in collective egotism complete with logo, tagline, color palette and font. We’re told this will create Hoboken’s own unique, …
Dear Editor: We join the rest of the world in mourning the brave staff of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, gunned down by religious fanatics for defending freedom of the press. Meat industry fanatics in the U.S. have devised a more subtle means of stifling freedom of the press. The states of Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, …
Continue reading “Freedom of the press in France and the U.S.”
Dear Editor: I write to express my full support for keeping the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) service running on a 24-hour schedule-7 days a week. The recent proposal by a special bi-state panel to reduce PATH services is not a workable plan. In fact, instead of reducing services we should be increasing services to meet …
Dear Editor: In the mid ‘70’s we bought a house in Hoboken for less than 50 thousand dollars. Some neighbors on the block thought we had paid too much. Over the years we paid our property taxes, whatever the assessment was, and just before the recent reval, we were paying around $3,500 a quarter, or …
Continue reading “Tax assessments deserve protest and revolt”