Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: The massive public reaction to the tragic deaths of three black teens at the hands of white police officers has led to a national call for use of body cameras to record and prevent any future mistreatment of suspects. There is ample precedent. Animal protection activists have used body cameras to document egregious …
Dear Editor: I recently received a letter from Assemblyman Garcia that was addressed to all local businesses. While I appreciate that Assemblyman Garcia made the effort to send out a letter, I was disappointed that the letter was sent by first class mail. Bulk mail offers a discount in excess of 40 percent over regular …
Continue reading “Assemblyman Garcia, don’t use first class mail”
Dear Editor: Is there any process by which we can encourage Hoboken-based businesses to hire Hoboken employees? Would it be legal to offer a $50 stipend per resident-employee per year? If not, could the city (or perhaps the Quality of Life Coalition) track the numbers and recognize businesses that are making an effort to hire …
Dear Editor: I am writing in response to recent letters regarding “attacks” or “shutting down Hola”. No one is trying to “shut down Hola”! In fact, the Hoboken Public School District has lived together with the charter schools for over ten years. When Hola first opened in 2010, there was no objection. The 6th grade …
Dear Editor: I call on our mayor to finally do the right thing and stand up for our city, Hoboken voters and all the people who ran in the recent Board of Education election! I believe illegal activity has plagued all of our elections for far too long and our mayor does nothing about it. …
Dear Editor: The city is moving forward on a Redevelopment Plan for the Hoboken Rail Yards. The Rail Yards Task Force has been involved in the process since 2008 through the 2012 plan by the city. Re-working the plan after Superstorm Sandy added up to 15 percent to the plan’s square footage. Hoboken has less …
Continue reading “The rail yard plan is flawed, and needs more time and attention”
Dear Editor: I learned at the Wednesday Nov. 12 meeting that there is a state law that forbids reassessing individual properties upon sale. Laws usually come into being at the request of some constituent, and if the request is on behalf of an industry that donates to political candidates it’s likely to be adopted unless …
Continue reading “The negative effects of rolling reassessments”
Dear Editor: Is the city really going to install hundreds of those ugly, black parking-meter boxes up and down all of our residential streets? Tearing up the sidewalks and probably uprooting some trees on some of the most beautiful residential streets in the country would be an act of desecration. Does any other city put …
Continue reading “Please stop the invasion of the parking meters”
Dear Editor: I’m writing in response to your article last week concerning the NJ Department of Education, the Hoboken Board of Education, and the lawsuit against Hola Charter School. HoLa’s renewal and expansion was approved after substantial vetting by the NJ DOE – including demographic and recruitment details – and no one but the Hoboken …
Dear Editor: I’m a parent of a child at Hola Hoboken, and I’m writing regarding the Hoboken City School District’s lawsuits and maneuvers designed to limit Hola’s ability to expand, and more generally to limit the choices Hoboken parents have for their children’s education. I’m naturally analytical, so when I heard about this I searched …
Continue reading “Hoboken school board’s attack on Hola is unfair”