Dierdre's Corner

My ER Wish List For 2009

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In her latest piece, Dierdre ponders what she envisions for Englewood in the coming year. Find out what her Englewood Report wish list is for 2009. Read More

Did I Blink and Miss The Community's Input?


Dierdre calls for more community involvement before critical decisions are made on the fate of this important Englewood property.
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Clean Elections - Part II

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The NJ State Legislature has talked a good game when it comes to governmental ethics reform, but has allowed the Clean Elections Program to be discontinued with a mere whimper from Speaker Roberts and elected officials on both sides of the aisle. Read More

Don't Cut Clean Elections Funding

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In a published editorial in the May 8 Record, our own Dierdre Glenn Paul expounds on the need to keep New Jersey's Clean Elections program fully funded. Read More

Internal Dialogue at The Englewood Report

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Usually the reader is privy to the final result rather than the internal dialogues that occur at the Englewood Report. In her latest column, Dierdre gives you a glimpse behind the scenes by sharing one of these dialogues with you.
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Ferriero and Walton

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In her latest column, Dierdre slams Boss Joe Ferriero's virtual coronation of Vernon Walton for County Freeholder, writing that Ferriero's message to African American Democrats is "he can single handedly select our leaders for us and there's nothing we can do about it." Read More

Wake Up: Are We Being Shortchanged by the State?

Since the full release of Governor Corzine's proposed school funding formula, various groups, school administrators and politicians have contributed to the public dialogue. Noticeably absent from this debate are Englewood public officials, school administrators, and community activists. Read More

Counterpoint: The Police Chief Controversy

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In Dierdre Glenn Paul's first column, she offers a different point of view on the police chief controversy. Dierdre writes, "The responsibility to heal Englewood's tortured racial past and present should not rest squarely on the shoulders of Englewood Police Chief David Bowman." Read More