Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Last week Mayor Stack and Board of Commissioners met to hear a study recommending that a stretch of blocks on Mountain Road be designated a Redevelopment Zone. More than 50 residents showed up and a majority spoke either for or against this, most were from that neighborhood. I agree with the majority view …
Continue reading “Developer must respect the wishes of existing property owners”
Dear Editor: When an elected official crosses party lines that elected official should be commended. Recently we learned that Union City Mayor and State Senator Brian P. Stack is endorsing current Republic Governor Chris Christie for re-election. The governor’s opponent Democrat State Senator Barbara Buono openly stated that Brian P. Stack is wrong for endorsing …
Dear Editor: What’s all the chatter that the campaign committee run by the current mayor of Union City is apparently in arrears by an amount in excess of $660,000? (Star Ledger, 7/4/2013). Various businesses in our community are owed excessive amounts of money for providing meals and other amenities that were made available to those …
Dear Editor: Experiencing reality of prayer as I was getting myself together today, in my daily commute from Guttenberg (I’m formerly a Hoboken resident), I began praying, and was so focused on covering everything and everyone in prayer, asking God to bless, provide and bring spiritual growth into our lives. While I was walking to …
Dear Editor: Now that Residents for a Better WNY’s petition to get an elected board of education has crossed the important hurdle of being certified by the town’s clerk, Carmela Riccie, I think it is important to really think about why this is so important to approve in the coming election. Like the people who …
Dear Editor: I write this letter to address the ignorant and racially-charged comments regarding our nation’s immigrants, recently made by Congressman Steve King of Iowa. To identify immigrants as drug dealers is not rooted in any truth or reality. Such a statement is hurtful and aimed at forming prejudices that run counter to tolerance and …
Continue reading “Rep. King’s slurs about immigrants were ignorant and hurtful”
Dear Editor: Recently I along with many other residents of Union City was devastated to learn of the destruction of dozens of trees some of them over 100 years old from Washington Park along the southern border of our community with Jersey City Heights. Obviously with the continued nationwide epidemic of childhood obesity there certainly …
Dear Editor: The following is an open letter to Assemblywoman Jimenez Dear Honorable Assemblywoman Jimenez: I am contacting your office directly, in wake of the horrific accident that occurred on Boulevard East in West New York, in which an innocent 8 month old infant girl was killed. There are no words that are able to …
Dear Editor: I cannot help but laugh when I read letters from people like Raul “Pico” Marquez claiming that Brian Stack runs a transparent government. This is not true. I have had to file four lawsuits against him and Union City seeking public information. If Stack is so transparent, how is it that the public …
Continue reading “There’s no transparent government in Union City”
Dear Editor: The residents of West New York are well aware of the numerous problems they are facing now. From municipal taxes that have been gone up tremendously in the past three years to scathing reports of wrongdoing in our school system, these problems continue to stare every resident directly in the face. My campaign …