Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category
Nancy Merse 1931-2011
By Douglas E. Hall When you think about it, serving the public in an elected office really is a tough job. I’d say it’s more so when one considers this work on a municipal level. Starting at the top, being president of the United States may be the toughest job around, but the president has [...]
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Jane Russell among others
By Douglas E. Hall For the ten years I’ve been writing this column, I’ve taken the opportunity to write tributes upon their death to some of the 300 show business personalities I interviewed back in the 1980s when I was producing radio programming and interviewing the stars who in one way of another made music [...]
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The things we eat
By Douglas E. Hall The fertile farm fields in the Willamette Valley of Oregon may not seem a legal battlefield over genetically modified produce, but it is. The Willamette Valley is the heart of Oregon’s agriculture country. During spring and summer growing seasons, roadside stands dot the country lanes, and farmers’ markets appear in the [...]
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ARC tunnel dead, but two rise in its place
By Douglas E. Hall The Hydra, which lived in the swamps near to the city of Lerna in ancient Greece, was a terrifying monster which possessed multiple heads which could quickly grow two back for everyone that was cut off. I don’t know if we have any Hydras around these days, but one might be [...]
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Still waiting for light rail
By Douglas E. Hall The people of Tenafly, in a non-binding referendum in the General Election last November, said they did not want the restoration of rail service in their borough. This is a sad chapter in the long tortured history of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (H-BLR), which should have been extended to Bergen County from [...]
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New Jersey digs in heels to fight feds over tunnel cost
By Douglas E. Hall If the federal government wants to recover $271 million that was granted to the state for part of the cost of building the $8.7 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River that was scraped by Governor Christie it will have to fight the state in court. The state’s legal counsel filed [...]
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Double hit for Englewood
By Douglas E. Hall The fourth annual Hall of Fame, Class of 2011, was announced by Governor Christie on Thursday, Jan. 20. The 15 inductees provided a double win for Englewood. Among those to be honored in this annual event, celebrated this year on June 5 at the usual venue, NJPAC in Newark, are: singer [...]
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Saving New Jersey from itself
By: Douglas E. Hall If one had to sum up the message of Governor Christie’s State of the State address, which he gave on Tuesday, Jan. 11, it would be this, “we must live within our means.” That’s basic good advice to anyone, but it is especially critical that the State of New Jersey does [...]
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Madness among us
By Douglas E. Hall He is a nut plain and simple. There are too many among us, but that’s part of our society, part of the price we pay for the freedom we enjoy. There are also too many among, us, too many with microphones, megaphones and soap boxes who are ready to blame this [...]
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Entrepreneurship solidifying client relationships
By Will Corrente I am a firm believer that client relationships are solidified during the holiday season. As a child growing up I would watch my father hand deliver poinsettia plants and other gifts to our top customers each holiday season. He knew a very valuable secret of small business ownership: show your customers personally [...]
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