Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I am proud to announce Plan One of my agenda if elected to the Jersey City Municipal Council. There are many times in which candidates run and gives a vague explanation of a plan. That will not be the case for me. I will be open, honest and transparent. Plan One: Safe Havens …
Dear Editor: There has been much chaos about the upcoming New Jersey Assembly race in the 31st Legislative District. While I clearly do understand the game that is being played, we must focus on the real issues that are at stake. This will be a very close election and we need to ensure that we …
Dear Editor: We are pleased to see Governor Christie expand on the growing problem of opiate addiction in his recent State of the State Address. The attention the governor is focusing on this issue and his proposals for improving treatment and making it more accessible are important steps forward. We also applaud the governor’s efforts …
Continue reading “Emphasis must be placed on preventing opiate addiction in the first place”
Dear Editor: Al Sullivan’s excellent Jan 11th story, “The battle for Liberty State Park”, exposed the danger in Assembly bill 3969. On the Governor’s desk, this bill had last minute language shamefully inserted with no public discussion, and gives a new Meadowlands development commission, which includes by the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority, the power …
Dear Editor: When Mayor Fulop announced he was giving land worth $20 million to Liberty Science Center, he reminded me of other Jersey City mayors who have done foolish things. First, there was McCann who bonded $128.9 million for missing state funds (city should have bonded $30 million) that we are still paying for today. …
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: Leonard Gordon Park (aka “Mosquito Park”) may be the most rundown, neglected major community park in Jersey City. The Friends of Leonard Gordon Park, and the community, have worked hard, over the last three years, to make some economical improvements to the park by designing a highly creative children’s playground that we had …
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: Air pollution has been a huge problem in New Jersey for over a great number of decades. All the residents living in New Jersey are still being exposed to all these pollutants regardless the effort to reduce this bad air quality. I was reading on the internet on how many business and people …
Continue reading “Air pollution is dangerous to mothers and children”
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 …