Category: HUB Opinion
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Residents not asking too much with buffer request
The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Author-ity made a smart decision in seeking Planning Board approval for a 46-unit development on 30 acres in Oceanport that it plans to sell. The move will undoubtedly allow it to receive more for the property than it would without such an approval Now it needs to make that…
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Civil unions are not the problem; inequality is
Civil unions are not the problem; inequality is I am writing in response to a letter to the editor dated Feb. 20 titled "Media’s message can’t change reality of homosexuality." The writer states, "There is plenty of media exposure if you are homosexual but no media exposure … to more popular family-oriented programming." I disagree…
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Lease deals unfair to private enterprise
Lease deals unfair to private enterprise With Fort Monmouth getting in on the act of seeking private tenants for its public property, it is time to step back and think about what such arrangements really are and what effect they have on the communities outside their borders. Neither Fort Monmouth nor the National Park Service,…
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Your Turn
Judith A. TierGuest ColumnMedia Your Turn Judith A. Tier Guest Column Media’s message can’t change reality of homosexuality Judith A. Tier Guest Column Media’s message can’t change reality of homosexuality As our society continues to be bombarded with images such as the Hub picture of the two women gleeful over the domestic-partner law and desiring…
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Let residents keep their ‘affordable houses’
I can’t believe the mayor of Long Branch, with a straight face, can say he is destroying the 38 homes in Beach Front North to make "affordable housing available," and, further addressing these beleaguered homeowners, "yes, this is an incredible sacrifice on your part, but it is for the good of the community." Really? What…
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Left in place, tax will be as ‘big and onerous as ever’
The problem with property taxes is not that they are too high due to poor use of administrative dollars on the part of schools. The costs of the services residents demand are what drive the ever-escalating property tax — every year school boards struggle to decide what they have to cut from programs. Institute huge…
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Obituaries
Howard J. Poduska Obituaries Howard J. Poduska Mr. Poduska, 83, of Middletown died Feb. 2 at home. Born in Newark, he relocated to Rumson in the 1950s and later moved to Middletown. He was president at the Bank of New York, New York City, where he was employed for more than 40 years before his…
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Your Turn
John C. HendricksonGuest ColumnThere Your Turn John C. Hendrickson Guest Column There’s only one real fix for property tax dilemma John C. Hendrickson Guest Column There’s only one real fix for property tax dilemma Recently, a local area daily newspaper ran two front-page articles along with a few editorials on the need for New Jersey…
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Your Turn
Your Turn Peter P. O’Such Jr. Guest Column Developer’s use of historic tax credits to cost taxpayers $17 million Mary Lou Strong’s inaccurate and apoplectic opinion piece which appeared in "The Hub" on Jan. 30 provided proof positive that my efforts to inform the public and the federal government of defects and flaws in the…
