Category: Examiner Opinion

New Jersey does have one of the lowest gasoline taxes in the United States. We also have the highest property taxes of all 50 states. New Jersey is No. 1, 2 or 3 on every list of the worst taxed states in the nation. We are No. 1 among all the states in the number…

ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Although I am not a slob, I definitely am not the neatest person alive. I tend to leave my shoes where they lay, I like to disperse my dime store jewelry about, and I have been known to leave a dish or two in the sink with little or…

After fighting a brave battle against cancer, Eunice Clare Cunningham (nee Schaaf) passed away at the Treasure Coast Hospice, Stuart, Fla., on June 21, 2015, at the age of 73. Eunice was predeceased in August 2014 by her husband of 54 years, James Edward Cunningham, and in 2011 by her daughter, Kathleen. Eunice is survived…

By Lori Acken, www.channelguidemag.com “The best reason to make machines more like people is to make people less like machines,” declares a scientist in AMC’s intriguing new drama Humans, beginning June 28. Sounds kinda great, doesn’t it — genial, talking and walking Siris to do the housework and other drudgery that keeps us from the…

Will Gov. Chris Christie run for president? That is the big question. Oh, how I hope that he does run for president. I would like him to be exposed in the primary debates by his fellow Republicans concerning how badly he has governed the state of New Jersey. He has done nothing for New Jersey.…

It is frustrating that our elected officials do not see the need to raise funds to properly maintain the transportation infrastructure in New Jersey. For many years, state, county and local officials have been fearful to change any funding in New Jersey. Tragically, New Jersey’s gas tax is preponderantly used to pay bonds, and it…

MATT DENTON Tommy Tariccone rides a wave during a June 20 skimboard competition in Sea Bright.

MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence has just awarded seven grants totaling $15,253 to Millstone Township K-8 School District schools. In January, the foundation awarded three grants totaling $13,591. Between its two grant cycles this school year, the foundation awarded a total of $28,844, according to a press release. Since 2002, the…

For the past six years, the Obama administration has elevated incompetence even beyond the reach of ridicule. When one disillusioned voter was asked what he thought were President Barack Obama’s three biggest mistakes, he simply replied, “First, his accepting the nomination. Second, taking the oath of office. And third, not resigning.” As for the other…