Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: A parking ticket issuer I recently spoke with in front of Tony’s Bakery said that the Hoboken PA has been ordered by Dawn Zimmer’s administration to increase the amount of parking tickets written. If you look at the year over year statistics, they are staggering. This in effect is like a hidden/secret tax …
Dear Editor: There is, in America today, an unfortunate “dumbing down” of our culture. Schools, which once truly educated, are now obsessed with a drill and kill “teach to the test” model that destroys creativity and the ability to think critically. The humanities (remember those?), subjects like literature, philosophy, and history, along with exposure to …
Continue reading “Imagine a Hudson County based intellectual magazine”
Dear Editor: I wish to thank and applaud the Reform contingent of the Hoboken Housing Authority Board of Commissioners – David Mello, Judy Burrell and Greg Lincoln – for their strong and unified opposition to Executive Director Carmelo Garcia and Chairman Rob Davis’ improper attempt to ram the ethically challenged general counsel’s contract down the …
Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to counter some misleading information from Mayor Zimmer’s propaganda machine: a small group of zealots charged with maintaining misleading blogs, send unfounded spin throughout mainstream media. Fact 1. As to Zimmer’s appointment of Jim Doyle to the City Council, I have no problem with the selection, …
Continue reading “Castellano responds to ‘misleading’ pro-Zimmer information”
Dear Editor: Here’s a problem. What do we do with the garden basement apartments that were flooded by Hurricane Sandy here in Hoboken and surrounding cities? How’s this for a solution? Form a public/private partnership with property owners, pertinent governmental and business entities to purchase these ground floor spaces and turn them into new urban …
Continue reading “Use flooded apartments to help environment”
Dear Editor: Each day, when I walk my dog up 9th Street between Jefferson and Madison, I see the puddle that never goes away. Each time it rains, two deep puddles appear on both sides of 9th Street, meeting in the middle. Since the storm, two weeks ago, these puddles have dried a bit, but …
Continue reading “The city has ignored this situation far too long”
Dear Editor: I found myself amused by Father Alex Santora’s letter personally attacking me in the June 9 issue of the Hoboken Reporter. It was a clever response to my letter the previous week. Nonetheless, I might point out that Father Santora does not deny his role in single-handedly shutting down a fully-funded effort to …
Continue reading “Father Santora’s response was non-responsive”
Dear Editor: In spite of the fact that we are still recovering from the disaster that was Sandy, there is now a bill before the General Assembly, A3933, that if passed will allow the development of multi-unit residential, motels and hotels on piers on the Hudson River in what is identified by the new FEMA …
Continue reading “Turning a blind eye to a clear and present danger”
Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to express my support for the Vision 20/20 project, a proposed plan to upgrade the Hoboken Housing Authority facilities, which are over 60 years old, and revitalize the surrounding neighborhoods. As you may be aware, my involvement in local politics began over a decade ago as …
Dear Editor: I am pleased that both the President of the Hoboken Board of Education and a former member of the Board responded to my recent letter to the Editor. Please note that all of the figures used for Hoboken and other districts came directly from each respective district web site. The figures for Hoboken, …
Continue reading “Looking for greater student performance at a lower cost”