Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Pershing Field Garden Friends (PFGF) recently celebrated our 10th Anniversary, by partnering with Jersey City’s campaign in promoting green and sustainable living throughout the year. On May 5th, PFGF hosted “Volunteer Appreciation Day” in Pershing Field as part of the citywide celebration Project 365: Jersey City Green Week. Some of the highlights of …
Continue reading “Thank you for our beautiful park and city”
Dear Editor: There is too much talk about the search and the process for our Jersey City Public Schools circling around the city among our residents, parents, voters, teachers and of course the tax payers. But, if you talk to a wise person, they will tell you that the search and the process must be …
Continue reading “Rushing for a new school board superintendent can harm us all”
Dear Editor: This writer had the distinct honor and pleasure of meeting Robert H. Slade in 1968 upon my commencement as a county employee. Robert and I immediately became friends and this treasured friendship lasted over the decades. Robert H. Slade was born in the Margaret Hague Hospital on May 22, 1928. At a very …
Continue reading “Robert H. Slade (1928-2012) A true trail blazer and role model”
Dear Editor: Very interesting. Mr. Matsikoudis seems to think that this change [eliminating affordable housing from 110 First St.] is needed to ensure that construction begins. Before I get into development in general downtown, let me speak to affordable housing in general. There are people who believe that affordable housing essentially equates neighbors that people …
Dear Editor: Do we want Jersey City to be a collection of segregated communities? Do we want each Ward to have a certain salary range? Do we want each neighborhood to be of one race, one nation of origin, and one religion? Segregation creates fear and suspicion. Segregation encourages crime. People seen only at a …
Dear Editor: Everyone in Jersey City knows that a JCIA/DPW merger has long been discussed and is instrumental to the future of Jersey City. I believe Steven Fulop when he says that the merger presents a unique opportunity to save tax payers millions upon millions of dollars. Millions of dollars that count. I believe Fulop’s …
Dear Editor: Does Ward A Councilman Sottolano care about his ward? Recently I got the opportunity to campaign along Ocean Avenue for Donald Payne Jr. and the response was great from small business owners who let me put signs up in their windows. What was even more funny was some businesses had Nia Gill for …
Dear Editor: Until the last days of his life, Harvey George worked tirelessly to serve those who needed him the most. He founded Friends of the Lifers Youth Corp in 1992 with a big heart and abundant determination to help the formerly incarcerated transition back into society and reclaim their dignity. Since then, his nonprofit …
Dear Editor: If Ray Velasquez were Pinocchio, his nose would be taller than the Empire State Building. Velazquez’s dedication to public service couldn’t be farther from the truth. During his time when he took up residence on my block, I believe it was six months, he never made his presence known to the people he …
Continue reading “Velazquez appointment-patronage at its finest”
Dear Editor: This is Part 2 of an Open Letter to Steven Fulop from Occupy Jersey City: Investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, bundled mortgages with other loans and debts into “collateralized debt obligations” (CDOs), which they sold to investors. Rating agencies gave many CDOs “AAA” ratings. Subprime loans led to predatory lending. Many home owners …