Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: For the first time in more than 20 years, Jersey City has a chance to reverse our school system’s persistent failing performance. While they are huge challenges, neither the poverty of our neighborhoods nor the cuts in state funding are the biggest obstacle to a turnaround. One thing stands in the way: leadership. …
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Dear Editor: My Jersey City Board of Education endorsements: On April 20th the citizens of Jersey City have a choice in the Board of Education elections. We can vote for politics as usual by keeping the same political faces on the board that we have seen in Jersey City for years. Or we can vote …
Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to address the upcoming Jersey City School Board Election which will be held on April 20th, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. As with any other election, this one is very important as well. This election will feature 16 candidates running for three trustee seats. This …
Dear Editor, In the article post on www.hudsonreporter.com Thursday March 25 by E. Assata Wright titled ‘NJ Transit to hold fare hike hearing in Secaucus Friday’ it shows exactly how some companies aspire to get out of debits by raising fares and service cuts and penalizing their customers for it. Some of the fares will …
Continue reading “NJ Transit 25 percent increase could be devastating”
Dear Editor: Thank you to the hard working firefighters of this city and this great country. We are all fortunate for your service and grateful you put your lives at risk for us. Given my gratitude for the work firefighters do, it is with some difficulty that I write this letter. There are often false …
Continue reading “Dangerous to send six fire trucks to an alarm”
Dear Editor: Recently U.S. House of Representative member Albio Sires voted for the much discussed Health Care Reform legislation. The principal feature of this legislation is that it will force people who do not have health care insurance to buy such insurance. The federal government will now be able to compel individuals to buy a …
Dear Editor: The recent press conference initiated by a well known Jersey City, Hudson County politician is really quite amusing. This individual stated that he and the other (43) allegedly accused, consisting of office holders, candidates, civic and religious leaders, and high government workers, were targeted by Federal prosecutors, for the main purpose of electing …
An open letter to Senator Menendez: There is a quiet storm rising. It is not rebellion or recalling but rather of a simple yet powerful question. Will the population of Hudson County ignore the service of a man who has done a magnificent job? And will our highest Hispanic Leader stand for the dismissal of …
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Dear Editor: On March 21, 2010, the apartment house in which I live caught fire. By the time we realized what was going on, the smoke in the hallway had become too dense and my roommates and I had to leave our fourth-floor apartment via the fire escape. I’ve never had to use a fire …
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Dear Editor: I follow the process of government in Hudson County, both good and bad procedures and certainly must state first that Hudson County Sheriff Juan M. Perez has done a most admirable job since he took over the office in January, 2008. I have read and am aware of many of the improvements to …
Continue reading “Held to a higher, or at the least an equal, code of conduct?”