Category: opinion/hillsborough_beacon

Eric New Collins Drive    A wiser man than I once wrote that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes.    I would like to amend this slightly for my fellow residents of Hillsborough, as we are fast becoming a community where we may count as certainties death, taxes and fees.    The residents of…

Talya Gunasekara, Longfield Drive    I am responding to the editorial that appeared in the Hillsborough Beacon on Dec. 20, discussing the various concerns with properly distributing state aid among New Jersey’s 615 public school districts.    The facts are given that Gov. John Corzine proposes to provide $7.8 billion in state aid to the public schools.…

Joseph J. Ploskonka, South Woods Road    It is the time of the year of gift giving and merriment, but for some the joy is limited by the size of their pocketbooks.    Gifts these days are obtained through money and spending power. Some choose to ignore their financial limitations and go all out, and really get…

   For the better part of the last seven years, the Bush administration has been doing its best to derail Amtrak, the national passenger railroad.    President George W. Bush has made no secret of his desire to break up and privatize the rail line. Compliant Republicans in Congress tried to force the issue by routinely slashing…

D.P. Rigg, Hillsborough    I read Professor D’Adamo’s recent letter with some interest. Unfortunately, I believe his attempt to analyze teachers’ salaries by reducing them to hourly per-student costs only succeeds in confusing the issue.    It also could be perceived as an effort to massage numbers to fit an argument. Oil companies using the same approach…

Rachael VanPelt, Hillsborough I am currently an eighth grader at Hillsborough Middle School. My sister attends Amsterdam Elementary School.    Every year, the school hosts an honorable Locks of Love event, coordinated so that the students can help the Locks of Love organization.    Personally, I have donated my hair to Locks of Love before and I…

EDITORIAL    We support the state’s plan to require flu and pneumonia vaccinations for preschoolers, announced Dec. 10, but urge parents to request only thimerosal-free vaccines.    The new rule for preschoolers — along with the addition of required meningitis, tetanus and whooping cough vaccinations for sixth-grade students — was approved by Health and Senior Services Commissioner…

Those who are truly Christian will look past the commercial and gift-oriented aspects of this cherished season. Glenn van Lier Hillsborough     We take the time to learn from the birth of Jesus Christ. Service to others, honesty, integrity and morality are the lessons of Christ’s birth and life.    The political group Residents Against Larger…

State Health Commissioner Fred Jacobs has an important decision to make this week Peter J. Biondi Assemblyman    — whether or not to sign off on an initiative of the Public Health Council that would make New Jersey the first state to require annual shots for influenza and bacterial pneumonia for preschool age children.    A recent…