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Dear Editor: About 10 months ago I attended a small gathering which featured Steve Fulop, and although my personal economic and political outlook leans to the right, I was impressed by his no-nonsense approach to issues raised at the meeting. Since that time two incidences, including the reported comments in the March 3rd Jersey City …
Dear Editor: Director of Jersey City Planning Robert Cotter was quoted in your March 3 issue as saying, “In SoHo, where there’re the old warehouses, every one of those buildings that has a loading dock on the ground level and commercial space three or four feet above the sidewalk, you’ll see that none of those …
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter as a Jersey City resident of Ward F. This is submitted with all of my heart and with true positive feelings for our Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy. I must state that Mayor Healy is a hard working public official who truly cares about the health, safety and well …
Mayor Healy: As citizens of our country and contributors to our tax system, we, the members of Occupy Jersey City, along with other concerned citizens, request full transparency of your position in government. (This request also applies to any person knee-deep in corruption.) If we must keep a system where money is in politics and …
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Dear Editor: It is my personal policy never to write a negative letter any time after St. Patrick’s Day before a municipal election. When I think about Sean Connors for Council in Ward D, there is only positive to talk about. Sean Connors’ heart is in the right place. There is no politician or official …
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Dear Editor: In his “State of the City” speech, Mayor Healy said he wanted to see “a better city.” Everybody wants to see a better city. But how are we going to get there? We haven’t heard in the Mayor’s speech or seen in his record either a vision or a plan. Let’s take a …
Dear Editor: In response to the recent letter from Lawrence J. Braico, I’d like to make clear I have no use for guns in the hands of the public. I speak as a 29-year resident of Hoboken and Jersey City who has been jumped three times, seriously weighed arming myself, and instead has made the …
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Dear Editor: At Mayor Healy’s recent campaign kick-off event, Hudson County Freeholder Jeffery Dublin publicly spoke the following, “Get out to vote so that Jersey City can remain for Jersey City, not some newcomers, some interlopers who don’t know the city, don’t care about the city, and want to use the city for their own …
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Dear Editor: Do Mayor Healy and Freeholder Jeffrey Dublin really consider me an interloper? I wasn’t born here and my husband and myself chose to live here six years ago. Are we not welcome? We bought our home here, our children only know Jersey City to be their hometown and they attend public schools here. …
Dear Editor: As a lifelong resident of Jersey City this writer was proud to attend the State of the City Address and listen to our Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy. The Mayor issued factual information and was honest and sincere in his presentation citing accomplishments, future ventures and yes stated that certain areas needed to be …
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