Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON AREA: COUNTERPOINT: Opinion: The truth is out there?

    PRINCETON AREA: COUNTERPOINT: Opinion: The truth is out there?

    A scene from the classic 1956 B-flick, ‘Earth versus the Flying Saucers’ (Columbia Pictures).

  • Support Charlie Morgan for mayor of W. Windsor

    Farrell Delman of West Windsor     As a member of the State Planning Commission, a stepping stone to higher office, Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh is responsible for establishing state “urban and suburban redevelopment, housing, transportation” and other planning objectives. The commission is entrusted with creating growth districts and sees the Princeton Junction train station as critical…

  • How to compute Princeton U’s fair share

    Bob Rodgers of Princeton     The presentation of “Princeton Citizens for Tax Fairness” Sunday afternoon at the Suzanne Patterson Center was not surprisingly one-sided, but surprisingly uncivil, lambasting Princeton University as the principal villain in the borough’s financial morass, and culminating in insults and jeering for the university’s Director of Community Affairs. Her request to…

  • High education in NJ needs adequate funding

    Lucille Donahue of Hamilton     Gov. Corzine, do you have a college degree? I’m being facetious — I know that you do and it has served you well. Yet, you are making it impossible for the citizens who elected you to receive a college degree, by failing to fund public higher education. What is the…

  • Princeton U. VP responds to letter

    Robert K. Durkee of Princeton University     Anne Neumann quotes me disapprovingly in her recent letter, but she never contests what she quotes me as saying. In fact, the database she cites clearly confirms that Princeton Borough has the lowest tax rate of any of the 12 municipalities in Mercer County.    The rate is lower…

  • Supporting Mayor Hsueh in West Windsor

    Steve and Susyn Kraham of West Windsor    While conversing with friends about our recent trip to Florida, the topic invariably turned to the rampant corruption in local Florida politics. Interestingly, most of the people we spoke with felt the politicians in their hometowns were similarly corrupt.    What a pleasure it was for me to…

  • Budget cuts hurt higher education

    Karen L. Bitner of Hamilton     Ensuring that public higher education remains accessible and affordable is critical to the future of New Jersey. So, why have our legislators opted to cut higher education funding for the past seven years? This is not a new problem. We’ve been watching our legislators chop away at our public…

  • Morgan will bring parking garages to WW

    Bruce Smith of West Windsor     If you want parking garages now vote for Charlie Morgan. If you want phased redevelopment that will add to, and not detract from, our quality of life, vote for Charlie Morgan. If you think having a lawyer and businessman, known for being a tough negotiator, in the driver’s seat…

  • Iranian leader’s comments deserved condemnation

    Herb Horowitz of Princeton     The American Jewish Committee commends the representatives of Morocco and all 23 European Union nations for walking out of a United Nations conference on racism ( also referred to as Durban II) to protest the anti-Semitic remarks of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.    It’s a sad day when the UN gives…