August 30, 2007 Filed in:
Politics
According to a recent article in the Record,
Joseph Ferriero intends to challenge New Jersey's
pay-to-play laws in court. Find out what Senator
Loretta Weinberg, Assemblyman Gordon Johnson and
Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle have to say in response.
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August 29, 2007 Filed in:
Schools
Many of us who read The New York Times were
intrigued to see a recent story datelined Englewood,
N.J. on its front page. The story, entitled "
Forced to Pick a Major in High
School," points out that Englewood is one of
"a number of school districts around the country
experimenting with high school majors."
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August 16, 2007 Filed in:
Bob's
Corner
New York City spends over $130 million per year
to support its cultural assets. The state of New
Jersey spends $18 million. Is this an acknowledgement
of our dependence on New York or a reflection of our
government's lack of regard for the quality of life,
creativity, imagination and, yes, economy of
our state?
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August 16, 2007 Filed in:
Norman's
Corner
There is a large and too often unappreciated
body of professional civil servants, which carry out
the functions for which our elected officials take
the credit and the blame. This is just as true in the
smaller arena of Englewood.
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August 06, 2007 Filed in:
Taxes
According to the Bergen Record, homeowners with
modest properties, not luxury homes, are being hit
the hardest by Englewood's tax revaluation. For some
middle-class families, this could mean moving out of
Englewood.
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August 05, 2007 Filed in:
Norman's
Corner
Jack Drakeford has been arguably the most
powerful politician in Englewood in much of the last
two decades. Now, for the first time in several
years, Councilman Drakeford has an opponent in this
year's November election.
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August 03, 2007 Filed in:
Clean
Elections
The Englewood Report has written about the
pay-to-play corruption that has hurt our local
politics and has allowed insiders to worsen our
quality of life. Find out how you can be a part
of a new pilot program to rid our political system of
pay-to-play money. Tenafly Councilwoman Carol
Hoernlein has more.
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August 02, 2007 Filed in:
Letters
In our first letter-to-the-editor, Englewood
homeowner Carole DeVito writes about her latest tax
bill and her attempt to get answers from the council
and mayor.
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