Category: opinion/the_princeton_packet

   Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s plan to restructure the state’s debt by raising tolls on New Jersey’s three toll roads is not receiving a warm reception.    While the plan has some high-profile supporters — former U.S. Rep. Bob Franks, current U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, the state Chamber of Commerce — the crowds that have attended the…

Wayne Meisel of Princeton    Like most Americans these days, I identify myself politically as an independent and resist any official allegiances to a political party. Even though I vote with one party 90 percent of the time, I have refused to take a bite and declare my party allegiance.    Like so many Americans, I am…

   Back in the 20th century — before hanging chads and a divided Supreme Court shattered public confidence in the integrity of the electoral process and revelations of steroid abuse ripped the horsehide off Major League Baseball — it used to be said that people don’t really start paying attention to the election until the World…

   Political junkies who covet the 15 minutes of fame available to Iowa and New Hampshire residents every four years would be better off moving to one of those early primary states than trying to devise ways to make the circus come to their towns.    Michigan and Florida moved their presidential primaries to January, getting smacked…

   An editorial published in this space last October began with the following two points:    One: That “a person could go broke betting on the eventual outcome of West Windsor’s winding road to redevelopment.”    Two: That redevelopment in West Windsor had “finally bounced into the right hands — those of the township Planning Board.”    We should…

    While most of America’s — and New Jersey’s — attention was focused this past weekend on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his monumental contributions to the cause of civil rights, an important anniversary closely related to this cause passed virtually unnoticed.    Twenty-five years ago, on Jan. 20, 1983, the New Jersey…

   Princeton University’s contributions to the community surrounding it will probably always be the subject of debate. But it would be hard to argue that the university is being anything but extraordinarily generous with detail as it continues to roll out its vision for the campus in 2016.    As announced on Thursday, Internet users can now…

   Judging from the early reception his financial restructuring plan has received, Gov. Jon Corzine has his work cut out for him over the next few weeks.    As he takes his sales job on the road, to 21 public meetings in 21 counties, the governor is going to face intense opposition to his plan, which would…

   The environmental impact of a proposed age-restricted housing project on Bunn Drive is an important policy question for Princeton Township. But so is the question of whether 62 is a commercially viable age threshold for market-rate senior housing in Princeton.    The issues are separate and distinct. The answer to one should not dictate the outcome…