Category: Suburban Opinion
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Even the best ideas can have unintended consequences
Coda • GREG BEAN I’ve written before about the law of unintended consequences, that whole thing where a butterfly flaps its wings in South America, and that minor disturbance sets off a chain reaction that ultimately results in a tsunami in Borneo. I saw a particularly interesting chain of unintended consequences during the last big…
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Flat tax would require all to pay fair share
We New Jersey citizens are living with a regressive tax, and it seems the state legislators can’t get together to correct the problem. Talk to any member of the Assembly or Senate, and they will agree that using our property tax to fund education is regressive and unfair. So why don’t they do something about…
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Isabelle Sandello
Mrs. Sandello, 85, of Freehold, died Feb. 12, 2009, at The Manor in Freehold Township. Born in Bronx, N.Y., she resided there most of her life before moving to Freehold seven years ago. Mrs. Sandello was predeceased by her husband Edward J. in November 2006. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Michael and…
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Property taxes, not mortgages, are choking many homeowners
We need to cut property taxes substantially for all; we don’t need meager tax breaks here and there. Many people could afford their home when they bought it. It’s not the mortgages that are strangling many of our homeowners, it is the property taxes. Many homeowners can afford their mortgage payments; they just can’t keep…
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Jack P. Triolo
Mr. Triolo, 78, of Matawan, died Feb. 11, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He resided in Red Bank, prior to relocating to Matawan, 54 years ago. He was a construction technician at HNTB Engineering, Wayne, for more than 20 years; and employed at St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, for 12 years. He is…
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Staffers should look neater at hospitals
Iappreciate the letter to the editor from Michael R. D’Agnes, president and chief executive officer of Raritan Bay Medical Center, about banning smoking from the grounds outside the hospital (Suburban, Feb. 12). Last time I was there and saw hospital employees smoking outside, I thought, This does not seem right. I wish them luck in…
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Edward S. Janas
Mr. Janas, 89, of the Melrose section of Sayreville, died Feb. 4, 2009, in Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Prior to his retirement in 1986, he was employed for 40 years as a carpenter through the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Milltown. Surviving are his wife, Stella Pelczar Janas; four sons, Joseph S.,…
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Mildred Guido
Mrs. Guido, 92, of the Lincroft section of Middletown, died Feb. 12, 2009, at home, following a battle with cancer. She resided in Sayreville, prior to relocating to Lincroft in 1960. She was an executive assistant at McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Hightstown, for 23 years, retiring in 1985. During retirement, she was employed part time at…
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Joan M. Kosa Dziepak
Mrs. Dziepak, 72, of South River, died Feb. 5, 2009, in Pine Brook Care Center, Englishtown. Prior to her retirement in 2007, she was employed as a sales clerk at Fashion Bug, East Brunswick, where she worked for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Adolph “Zip” Dziepak; two daughters and their husbands, Donna and William…
