Editorial: Menendez's Iraq stance untenable and unwise
Menendez's Iraq stance untenable and unwiseEditorial: Home News Tribune Online 09/7/06Ambition makes politicians say the most foolish things. Take, for instance, the call by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez...
View ArticleEditorial: Dreadful choice for negotiator
The legislative hearings in Trenton on public employee benefits reforms have provided absolutely no reason for optimism that lawmakers are prepared to do what is necessary to bring health care and...
View ArticleEditorial: Legislature must embrace strict ethical standards
The screaming headlines of political corruption, using public office for private gain and campaign mudslinging that plays the ethics card for political gain make plain yet again that real ethics reform...
View ArticleMenendez: Inquirer endorses Menendez for U.S. Senate
TRENTION, N.J. (AP) — The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday endorsed Democrat Robert Menendez for the U.S. Senate, praising him for having "the superior experience, intellect and grasp of the issues."...
View ArticlePrivatizing the Turnpike?
Until Gov. Jon Corzine raised the subject, talk in New Jersey of selling off or leasing the turnpike and some of the state’s other assets was not going anywhere. After all, the state’s privatization...
View ArticleAPP: Elect Kean to Senate
The U.S. Senate campaign pitting Thomas Kean Jr. against Sen. Robert Menendez hasn't been pretty. But it has succeeded in getting people's attention and delineating the candidates' differences. Kean's...
View ArticleBE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR! A special message to City Council Members....
A special message to City Council Members.... BE CAREFUL WHATYOU WISH FOR! Rumors flying around Hoboken City Hall are that EIGHT of the NINE City Council Members (all of the Council members with the...
View ArticleA dose of reality on Hoboken woes
Last week, Hoboken Mayor David Roberts came up with his proposals for a spending plan for the new fiscal year that begins July 1, one that faces a $10.5 million deficit. Of course, any fiscal...
View ArticleOfficials failed to do their duty
Last week, the state Local Finance Board put Hoboken under "supervision," a polite term that sounds better than a limited takeover. This comes two months after the city failed to approve a balanced...
View ArticleCutting spending in N.J.
President Obama could learn a lot about fiscal responsibility from New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie. The governor is making hard choices to close a $2.2 billion state budget deficit by...
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