Somers Point, Linwood, Northfield Opinion


Obama's same-sex marriage stance is empty propaganda

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To the editor:

So, President Obama has finally come out and admitted that he supports same-sex marriage. And his reason for supporting it? The same stupid and disingenuous reason many other people say is their reason for supporting it -- "Two people who sincerely love each other should legally be able to marry each other."

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Parents can do more to support Northfield sports

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I was on the baseball field in Northfield the other night watching my son’s game.  I said to the man who was umpiring the game that he was a jack of all trades – he has been organizing the kids, coaching a team, umpiring and I am sure performing many other duties.  He replied that even though there are more than 400 families involved in Northfield sports, you see the same five or six people always doing the work.  I thought about it for a moment, and I had to agree with him.

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Hurley, Grossman both wrong about Atlantic City

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On April 19, Harry Hurley blamed the media and a climate of negativity against the casino industry, the governor, and a private casino-funded advertising firm for the struggles of Atlantic City as a destination resort.

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Where is hail to the chief?

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Why is it that after he served the city of Somers Point for 35 years and retired as chief of police, Chief Salvatore Armenia has not been formally recognized by City Council for his unselfish and dedicated work?


How can any city councilperson allow a retiring chief to leave without any public acknowledgement. This is how and why: because some council members place their own interests and agendas before their official duties as representatives of the residents of Somers Point. It is because instances of nepotism, disrespect, jealousy and their own self-serving ideals that something like this is allowed to happen.
Some of these same people were instrumental in derailing the joint venture of Northfield and Linwood police departments to join in a combined "emergency call center unit" created by Chief Armenia. Finally, an economical solution that would have saved taxpayer money – squandered. Once more the ineptitude and pettiness of these certain council members are exhibited by not negotiating with sincere effort and in good faith, thus letting the joint venture evaporate. What happened?
Burt Federman

 


But Federman is a retired Somers Point construction official and zoning officer.

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Still looking for answers in Northfield

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I have attended many, many City Council meetings through the years in Northfield. Where to begin?

City Councilman Steve Vain is the head of the shared services committee. One of his claims to fame is the Emergency Medical Services shared with the city of Linwood. I have asked at each meeting since the AtlantiCare incident with the false response times what is being done about this breach of contract. No one knows the answer. Nor have I gotten an answer about how our dispatching for EMS was switched to AtlantiCare again, or why an AtlantiCare employee, also a city of Northfield employee, was included in the meetings with AtlantiCare.

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Offshore oil exploration not worth environmental costs

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I strongly oppose the harmful seismic oil and gas exploration program that is proposed for the mid- Atlantic and south- Atlantic outer continental shelf planning areas. The seismic activity is not only injurious to marine wildlife, but it is also the first step toward harmful offshore drilling and spilling off our coasts.

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Some in Northfield prefer to keep things secret

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How can two towns look at the same bills and vote totally opposite?

During the April 24 Northfield City Council meeting, a lot of discussion took place over Senate Bill 1451 and 1452. These bills would expand OPRA coverage to include sub-committee and other meetings that government officials would have.

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Of justice far away and close to home

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Is it easier to rally for justice as it relates to situations miles away than to step forward and report when crime, drug deals, rapes, abductions, human trafficking, and shootings happen in ones own neighborhood?

Marian R. Carlino

Somers Point

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Ramsey school board made costly error

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Two news reports struck home this week. One showed compassion and one showed ignorance.

The one that showed compassion and a real-life example of a Good Samaritan was the article about the dog who stood by his fellow dog friend as it lay dead in the street.

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Conservative conspiracy theories ignore disparities of opportunity

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Two columnists and several letter writing supporters weekly expound some aspect of the completely unfounded American conservative conspiracy theory that the “liberally biased” media and Hollywood are in collusion with “big government” to “punish success” by requiring the virtuous (the wealthy) to financially support the lazy (the poor and subsidized working class) – resulting in a socialized, communist, or European nanny state.

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