Category: Jersey City Letters

Dear Editor: This is a letter I sent to our assemblypersons: To: Assembly members Joan Quigley, Caridad Rodriguez, Vincent Prieto, Reuben Ramos, Anthony Chiappone, and Charles Mainor. Dear Assemblypersons: The problems municipalities are facing today are the results of poor management of the Local Finance Boards for decades. Past actions for former mayors still impact …

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Dear Editor: Failing significant action by local government, Jersey City will face unacceptable property tax increases that will destabilize our local economy and the long term health and well-being of our city. We must act on (1) immediate rigorous cost-cutting initiatives that do not reduce services to the Jersey City public and do not have …

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Dear Editor: Residents of Union City and the other municipalities of Hudson County such as Hoboken, Bayonne, and Jersey City will, I hope, begin to hear more about TNR, feral cats, euthansia of animals, and the “No Kill Equation”. Allow me to share with your readers and fellow animal lovers throughout Hudson County and especially …

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Dear Editor: You could lose weight in a hurry by chopping off your feet, but it wouldn’t improve your health. Jersey City needs to balance its budget, and there’s plenty of dead weight, but that’s not what they’re going after. I swim at Pershing field pool. A couple of weeks ago there was a notice …

Continue reading “Open letter to the Jersey City Council and Mayor and Dep’t of Recreation”

Dear Editor: As your Sheriff of Hudson County we are providing the following as a public service to ensure the safety and well being of our residents during this upcoming St. Patrick’s Day Holiday. We want to ensure that all enjoy this holiday but most importantly that all people are safe and maintain the safety …

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Dear Editor: I want to express that first our Hudson County Sheriff Juan M. Perez is the best sheriff in the state of New Jersey and is well qualified and deserves to continue in that position. Second I want to say with pride that sheriff Perez is the first Hispanic sheriff ever elected in our …

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Dear Editor: The final verdict which convicted and found Jersey City suspended Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini guilty on two counts of corruption in Federal court was a landmark decision, no matter what is being said, written, discussed, analyzed or portrayed by the ultra judicial elite, the press or the political inner circle, relating to this …

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Dear Editor: If New Jersey legalizes the growth of hemp, it will create jobs. It is time New Jersey responds to an economic emergency as the country did following WWII, permitting New Jersey Farmers to grow the only biomass source capable of making New Jersey energy independent and smog free. One acre of hemp produces …

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Dear Editor: Insurance company abuses are hurting people. It’s that simple and Congress must act now. AARP is continuing to fight against these insurance abuses including the denial of health care coverage based on age or the denial of health care coverage based on pre-existing conditions. Many insurance companies put a cap on their benefits …

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Dear Editor: Steven Fulop has proposed an ordinance for Jersey City that would compel the city to broadcast council meetings and other important committee meetings live over JC1TV1, our community access TV channel on Comcast. This proposal is in line with what many municipalities throughout NJ are now doing. Newark, under Mayor Cory Booker, established …

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