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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 11:51
Opinion
To the editor:
Last year I had the distinct pleasure of running for Margate city commissioner with a field of 13 fine candidates. My running mates and I ran on a platform that advocated referendums on capital projects amounting to $2 million or more. Normally I’m not a big fan of referendums but acquiesced to the idea because of the controversy created by the fire station(s) issue. But a referendum on a capital improvement of $600,000 sets a bad precedent.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 10:33
Opinion
To the editor:
I decided to run for commissioner because I thought I could use my business experience and contribute positively to Margate. When we were campaigning, the question regarding the building department and its lease came up again and again: Why are we paying such a high rent to house our building department? So when I was elected, it was one of my first orders of business.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 10:26
Opinion
To the editor:
For the past five years I have driven the mean summer streets of Margate and Ventnor via Atlantic Avenue to reach my job in Atlantic City. During these years, I have witnessed some really rude exploits of drivers, mainly our beloved out-of-towners who feel they are the only ones on the road.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 09:53
Opinion
To the editor:
An election brochure arrived in my mailbox depicting a cartoon of the USS Ventnor about to hit a Titanic-sized iceberg of alleged debt gone wild.
Sent by the “Better for Ventnor” slate of Bagnell-Battaglia-Sarno, it promised that if elected, they would hire finance gurus to “research” a “plan” to reduce debt by 50 percent over the next 10 years.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 09:52
Opinion
To the editor:
Campaign finance filings in Trenton were due April 10 for the May 8 Ventnor municipal election. Kelly, Piatt and Advena timely filed their 29-day report April 9. Their Joint Candidates Committee report was a unified filing. Everything about their campaign finances was there. Efficient, straightforward, easy reading.
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 11:30
Opinion
To the editor:
As a voter who happens to support Romney and the Republican Party, I could not, however, in the interest of truth, fail to refute the "facts" written about President Obama by Harry Hurley in your May 3 edition. Once again, instead of criticizing a candidate's stand on important issues, Hurley has stooped to using ridiculous and distracting personal attacks against someone with whom he doesn't agree.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 10:28
Opinion
To the editor: Margate city residents are about to enter the twilight zone of sheer fabrication and prevarication. The mayor and Ms. Taube are at it again. Their spin machine is in warp speed overdrive, but to what effect?
Do they think the voters are unable to read a petition for referendum written in plain English? The city solicitor himself reviewed the language and found it sufficient and accurate. You can read the language in the April 12 edition of The Current. It clearly debunks any absurd notion that the "true" construction costs could be as low as $475,000.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 09:53
Opinion
To the editor:
I would like to respond to recent criticism about a lack of public service by candidates Battaglia, Bagnell and Sarno.
I have lived in Ventnor for nearly 40 years. My husband and I chose to raise our family here in part because of the kind of town it was: family oriented, devoted to its children regardless of economics or color; a place where people looked out for their neighbors.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 09:53
Opinion
To the editor: There is absolutely no reason to vote for change in Ventnor. First and most important, Theresa Kelly, John Piatt and Mike Advena are honest people. No hidden agendas. They only want Ventnor to be a better place for everyone to live. Think about it; what politicians do you know that have ever voted for term limits? Theresa Kelly and John Piatt passed a two-term limit for Ventnor commissioners at their very second meeting after getting elected four years ago. Not one politician ever does that, and that speaks miles for their creditability.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 09:52
Opinion
To the editor:
Mayor Kelly’s March 29 letter stated that her administration stayed true to its promise to repair our infrastructure. But their management approach has saddled residents with the largest municipal debt increase in Ventnor history.
According to the mayor’s numbers this administration increased debt from $25 million to a staggering $39 million, an increase more than 56 percent in only four years.
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