Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category
Like petulant children
By Douglas E. Hall Petulance seems to be an epidemic in Trenton these days. And it looks as if it began with Senate President Steve Sweeney, who didn’t like it when Governor Christie broke with tradition and refused to nominate state Supreme Justice John Wallace to a second seven-year term, which would have had the [...]
Read the rest of: Like petulant children »
BergenPac not likely to get public funding
By Douglas E. Hall The 11th-hour plans of a lame-duck; Democrat-controlled Board of Freeholders to rescue the financially-ailing BergenPAC will probably come to naught, even if a suit filed by Republican County Executive-elect Kathleen Donovan against the Democrats plan is found to be without merit. That’s because the ordinances passed by the lame-duck Freeholders to [...]
Read the rest of: BergenPac not likely to get public funding »
Calling Dr. Kevorkian
By Douglas E. Hall Death panels? Oh my. President Obama said last summer that he’d never want to pull the plug on Grandma, but some people paying attention to rule- making coming out of the White House think that’s just what the Obama administration has in mind. The New York Times broke this story as [...]
Read the rest of: Calling Dr. Kevorkian »
Asks diversity in sheriff’S office
To The Editor: It’s disappointing that Bergen County Sheriff-elect Michael Saudino has chosen to appoint four undersheriffs that represent a stunning lack of diversity in a county as culturally expansive as Bergen. While all four white males appointed as undersheriffs are good men who have served their communities admirably, they certainly are not reflective of [...]
Read the rest of: Asks diversity in sheriff’S office »
The dark future ahead
By Douglas E. Hall Thursday, Dec. 16 was a historic day for our nation. Two things took place signaling, a major shift in the way we, as a nation, govern ourselves. Following the action of the Senate that took place on the day before, the House of Representatives approved a tax bill that extends the [...]
Read the rest of: The dark future ahead »
Wagner argues for sports bets
To the Editor: As a member of the Legislative Gaming Summit, it is troubling for me that legislators representing Bergen County would abstain or flat out vote against an amendment to the New Jersey Constitution that would allow for sports betting to take place at New Jersey racetracks and Atlantic City casinos. Placing bets on [...]
Read the rest of: Wagner argues for sports bets »
Government: Patron of arts as last resort?
By: Douglas E. Hall These are tough times for many segments of our society. Theater is no exception and many centers of our culture and art are suffering. BergenPAC in Englewood is no exception. It’s a problem that plagues many institutions as well as individuals in a down economy: Too much debt with too little [...]
Read the rest of: Government: Patron of arts as last resort? »
Englewood court star, mis-represented
To the Editor: Christina Rossi should be ashamed of herself for her Thursday, Dec. 2 article on Sherman White. Nowhere does it even allude to his involvement in the point-shaving scandal that blighted college basketball in the early ‘50s. Whom was she protecting? It’s on the record that White spent a year in prison because [...]
Read the rest of: Englewood court star, mis-represented »
The feds send us a bill
By Douglas E. Hall It isn’t easy being a Republican governor with a Democratic administration in Washington – especially when the State of New Jersey is one Democrats used to count on being true blue, all the way through – and especially when the governor is an outspoken aggressive guy who has been around the [...]
Read the rest of: The feds send us a bill »
Praise for Christie’s stand
To the Editor: In reference to your opinion editorial of Nov. 18 under the heading of “Putting skids under Christie?” I find it incredibly refreshing that finally we have a governor who has taken a positive stand for New Jersey and the constituents, who elected him, in this case against the obvious fiscal liability of [...]
Read the rest of: Praise for Christie’s stand »
12 comments
6 comments
5 comments
5 comments
5 comments