Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I was always of the belief that some people get into politics for all the right reasons. Some want to help their community, some may want to right certain wrongs and some just want to do good. But as history shows a lot of these people once caught up in the system give …
Dear Editor: On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Surgeon General’s first report on health hazards of cigarette smoking, his office released a report linking smoking to several new chronic diseases. These include diabetes, erectile dysfunction, cancer of the colon and liver, and stroke, in additional to the well-known links to lung …
Continue reading “‘Our health remains our personal responsibility’”
Dear Editor: I read last month in the Star-Ledger newspaper that State Senate President Steven Sweeney, Leader of the New Jersey State Senate stated that if Governor Chris Christie tries to renege on a $ 2.4 billion payment to fund the state pension system in his proposed budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year he would …
Continue reading “Closing down state government may not be the best option, but the only option”
Dear Editor: The following is an open letter to Governor Christopher Christie Dear Governor Christie: The following are good reasons why you should not continue in the Governorship. Regardless of your good work and obvious political skills, you remain blind to what defines power abuse in “ends justifying means”. Your legal actions alone, demonstrate a …
Continue reading “Distorted sense of what a politician is entitled do”
Dear Editor: For the past 30 years, I’ve fought for lung health with the American Lung Association. Our organization has been a leader in the battle against tobacco, which is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the U.S. Over the years, this battle has experienced dramatic highs and disappointing lows. CVS Caremark’s …
Continue reading “CVS Caremark pulling tobacco products – a public health game-changer”
Dear Editor: Mayor Steve Fulop was basically at the right place at the right time. His wolf in sheep’s clothing antics during his tenure as councilman proved to be a deceptive disguise of a fresh new leader. The people of Jersey City were actually hungry for a new and improved city government full of innovating …
Dear Editor: I am watching with bemusement the firestorm created by Bridgegate. The difference in the news coverage between the numerous scandals of the president and Bridgegate is quite telling, especially in the hallowed halls of that noted media Superfund site, MSNBC, featuring the Reverend Al “Tawana Brawley” Sharpton. BTW, exactly where IS the good …
Dear Editor If my granddaughter spent hundreds of her hard-earned money for a phone that only worked 39 percent of the time, I would tell her she was being foolish. If my son spent his hard-earned money on a car that only worked 39 percent of the time, I would tell him he was being …
Continue reading “Paying for a product that doesn’t work is foolish”
Dear Editor: Recently I was asked if Mayor Zimmer was telling the truth when she described her encounter with Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno in the ShopRite parking lot. I thought to myself, if only I could determine the truthfulness of a politician, I would be in great demand and very wealthy! While I cannot answer …
Dear Editor: When the NFL needed a space to hold the 2,000 workers for the Super Bowl halftime show, they contacted the Town of Secaucus and the Board of Education, who offered to lease the High School’s performing arts center and gymnasium to the NFL. In exchange the NFL agreed to give the school $20,000 …
Continue reading “Secaucus speaks out about Super Bowl ‘broken promises’”