Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I am a registered voter in Ward E District 23. I would like to respond to the March article supporting Mr. Catrillo for Ward E Councilman. I have spoken to many of my neighbors, and they are concerned that we are being ignored by the Catrillo campaign because we are part of Ward …
Dear Editor: Recently a report was released by the National Center on Family Homelessness which indicated that one of every 50 American children experiences homelessness. Furthermore the report expressed that most states do not have adequate plans to address this problem. As it is evident that the country is enduring a difficult economic climate, government …
Continue reading “I will fight against children becoming homeless in our state”
Dear Editor: We grew up on 4th St., and we firmly believe that Ward E deserves a representation that truly knows the “special chemistry” that makes Downtown so unique. Born and bred in Ward E, Guy Catrillo embodies the very heart and soul of Downtown, Jersey City. While others abandoned Downtown for a better life …
Continue reading “Re: Guy Catrillo, candidate for Councilman Ward E”
Dear Editor: I was first elected to the Board of Education in 2000, re-elected in 2003 and 2006. I have been the President of the Board of Education since 2002. As a former educator who taught social studies at Lincoln High School, I have committed myself to public education. I would be honored to have …
Dear Editor: The residents of Jersey City were shocked to hear of another brutalized, unmerciful attack on a fellow human being, which seems to be the standard operational procedure of daily living. We were not only stunned, dazed, astonished and traumatized of seeing this unidentified individual’s picture, bandaged, bruised, unconscious and disfigured, but any individual …
Continue reading “Acknowledge the crime problem in Jersey City”
Dear Editor: I live and work downtown on Grand St. I see daily the speeding cars that are endangering the lives of everyone in this neighborhood. Within five blocks of my home there are five schools, the Boys and Girls Club and the hospital. That means there is a huge number of children and elderly …
Dear Editor: I heard on the news recently that Jersey City had 260 extra cops on the job. I think it’s about time cell phone use in cars stopped. With extra cops there’s no excuse now to pull these people over who think they can still text and cell phone while driving. Also many still …
Dear Editor: The recent ‘stimulus package’ passed by the Congress makes the coming May municipal elections in Jersey City and Hoboken even much more important to the people of Hudson County. For years Hudson County has been controlled by a political leadership that has failed the people in every aspect of government. For too long …
Continue reading “Now is the time to ‘put the people first’”
Dear Editor: This is to all the residents of Hudson County. Please be advised that our office has been notified of an offer being circulated among senior residents and others concerning an opportunity to register for a “Secondary Stimulus Check” and the inference is introduced that in fact this check of $7,000 is being issued …
Dear Editor: Several weeks after the tragedy of the fatal hit and run of Shirley Kitchens, traffic is still speeding near the Medical Center. I and other activists spoke at public hearings in the late 1980s and early1990s against relocating the Medical Center on Grand St. I said the infirmed and the elderly are the …
Continue reading “Speeding traffic continues near Medical Center”