Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Three years ago we asked by the Hudson County Animal League to foster a sick dog they had just rescued from an animal cruelty case. After meeting this poor little girl – who was suffering from a bladder stone, untreated thyroid condition and a skin problem so severe she lost all of her …
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Dear Editor: In New Jersey, we spend billions of dollars each year on public education. Yet we fail to do a simple and inexpensive thing that can help thousands of children succeed in school. Feed them breakfast. Despite the existence of a federal school breakfast program and the undisputed benefits of breakfast, New Jersey ranks …
Dear Editor: On behalf of Special Olympics New Jersey, I wish to express my sincere appreciation for the support of Governor Chris Christie and Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno with the signing of Bill S1855. This bill designates our organization as one of the NJ Charitable Funds residents may choose to endorse with a donation on …
Dear Editor: Talk about diversity in Union City. Our current mayor recently filled a vacancy on our communities Board of Commissioners by selecting still another employee of our local Board of Education. That makes a majority of the Union City Commissioners employed by our local school system. Is there any wonder why virtually every resolution …
Dear Editor: Politics in Hudson County hit another milestone low with distribution of flyers with childish slander, like usual no name to take responsibility for this cowardly act. Look when we choose to get into this political life, we are all aware of the made rumors and baggage that goes along with the game, but …
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Dear Editor: One of the reasons people praise our democracy is because we have the right to vote in a private booth where no one has to know which way we voted. Absentee voting totally eliminates this assurance of a secret vote, leaving the process open to all kinds of anti-democratic corruption. Whether it’s people …
Dear Editor: Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced the agency is expanding the services available with a my Social Security account, a personalized online account that people can use beginning in their working years and continuing throughout the time they receive Social Security benefits. More than 60 million Social Security beneficiaries and …
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Dear Editor: The following is a open letter to Albio Sires. Dear Rep. Sires: With all dues respect, I for one, and your constituents, would like to meet with you in a real “live” Town Hall meeting for a face-to-face communications session of questions and responses concerning the latest actions of the 112th Congress and …
Dear Editor: Here it is, my new wish list, for the United States Congress and the Senate. Place term limits on all members of Congress and the Senate. Secure all our borders. Stop allowing our pension system, public and private to be compromised. Stop blaming others; be responsible for your own actions. Allow everyone the …
Dear Editor: Having been a Union City tax payer for well over 30 years I wanted to comment on the policy in our community which authorizes free rides in the Union City Senior Citizen vehicle for the residents of Troy Towers on Mountain Road. This just doesn’t make sense to me. New Jersey TRANSIT buses …