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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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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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