Letters
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September 24, 2020
Until Next Year
I can’t wait for next year. No, not because I am confident science and common sense will prevail and the COVID-19 virus will be mitigated. Yes, because for the first time I had a summer off since I…
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September 24, 2020
Ominous Signs
The air quality index in Sierra National Forest was recently recorded at 1076! Values over 300 are hazardous. Yosemite, with a hazardous AQI of 681, had to close temporarily.
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September 23, 2020
Shocking Reports
In response to Linda Kellogg’s letter “Speaking of Racism” (9/2), thank you for reading, pondering and commenting on my Commentary of Aug. 19, “Truth Is All Lives Matter as Life and Literature…
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September 23, 2020
Still America
I was out placing a “Vote for Biden” sign on McKinley Avenue in Manahawkin the other morning. A car drove by and a middle-aged man yelled out, “Stupid bitch.”
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September 23, 2020
No Boy Scout
Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. This is the Boy Scout Law. I thought of this guide when I was in a customer’s home and…
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September 23, 2020
Support Unwavering
I never thought I would need a surveillance camera to monitor our flagpole, but we have one now. Maybe I shouldn’t have been, but I was shocked to see that someone had torn the Blue Lives Matter flag…
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September 23, 2020
Preventable Overdoses
Too many of our friends, family members and neighbors are dying unnecessarily.
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September 22, 2020
Humble Fisherman
My personal favorite remembrance of Lou Puskas recalls a night at the Owl Tree when I found him sitting at the bar in a new suit and wide tie, sipping a White Russian. Seems he had just returned from…
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September 17, 2020
Dethrone Trump
Must we state it again? Donald Trump is a pathological liar. The coronavirus is not like a flu that will magically disappear in weeks and it is not a left-wing hoax. Those who serve in the armed…
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September 17, 2020
How Sad
How polarized have we become? Who is the “other”? Is it anyone who looks different? Is it anyone who speaks differently? Is it anyone who worships differently? Is it anyone who doesn’t reside in…
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September 16, 2020
Common Enemy
Judging from the reaction to my past two letters, some Democrats might think I am tweaking their noses by having an opinion they may not agree with. I merely present information they may not get from…
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September 16, 2020
Unsurprising Reaction
Rich Ayala’s letter in last week’s edition (“Harsh Homecoming”) was among the silliest I have ever read in The SandPaper. Obviously, no one condones the overzealous behavior he experienced on the…
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September 16, 2020
Deepest Appreciation
Dear Honorable Mayor Joseph Mancini, Commissioner Joseph Lattanzi, Commissioner Ralph Bayard, Building Officer Ron Pingaro and employees of Long Beach Township…
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September 16, 2020
School Shout-Out
This has been a very unsettling time. We have experienced a fear for the health of our loved ones, especially our children, like no time in my memory. It’s been a time that caused many of us to make…
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September 16, 2020
Virtually Slaves
Jim Eller’s SpeakEasy column, “We Shall Overcome Racism Someday” (9/2), led me to look at my Irish history books.
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September 16, 2020
Things Have Changed
Last week, one Rich Ayala of South Carolina wrote here about how after tracing all of his relatives – with fond memories – who resided on LBI going back a few generations, he is now saddened by how…
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September 16, 2020
Right Person
Danni Hagler, a community activist with two small children, is running for a Consolidated Board of Education position in Long Beach Township this November. It is time for a change in the makeup of…
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September 16, 2020
Laws Necessary
Most Americans, regardless of their political persuasion, abhor the lawlessness that we have seen in recent months: looting, arson, destruction of property, murder of citizens. But in addition to…
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September 16, 2020
Not Deserving
Two years ago we in New Jersey’s 2nd District elected Jeff Van Drew to the U.S. House of Representatives because he promised to work to bring stability out of chaos in Washington, D.C. Almost…
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September 11, 2020
9/11 Painted Poetry Revisited
I recently received an email from Chuck Person with subject line “It’s that terrible time again.” Chuck is a local artist, and he and I were paired three years ago in the “LBI Painted Poetry III”…
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September 10, 2020
Changing the Station
While thumbing through The SandPaper last week I came across your article on WBNJ (“WBNJ Updates, Broadens Format”). I can answer Don Doriety’s question: Who listens to this? Many people and I’m one…
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September 9, 2020
Working Like a Charm
Regarding the area’s Trump boat parade this past weekend, stupidity is the mother of insecurity. The insecure always feel a need to belong to groups, gangs or clubs. Their fear creates this necessity…
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September 9, 2020
Transparency in Gov’t
Thank you for featuring our campaign for township committee in the Sept. 2 issue of The SandPaper and this month’s issue of the Tuckerton/Little Egg Harbor Leader, but I did want to clarify some of…
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September 9, 2020
Vital School Safety Net Axed
I have been informed recently that $15 million in School Based Youth Services funding has been eliminated by the state to programs in 91 school districts in New Jersey. As I understand it, this will…
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September 9, 2020
That Pesky Cat Could Be Homeless
This is in response to a letter titled “Pesky Cat” (8/26).
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September 9, 2020
Harsh Homecoming
LBI and Beach Haven West have been our escape to this wonderful corner of America since I’ve been 4 years old. My grandparents worked hard, saved, and eventually could afford homes in this special…
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September 9, 2020
2020 Dog Day Race Lives
The Harvey Cedars Dog Day 5-mile road race was unofficially run Aug. 15. In spite of the driving rain and wind, many runners came out to run the course. Glen, from Loveladies, and I set off at the…
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September 9, 2020
Mistrust Everywhere
It seems that in the last few weeks I am seeing more and more people hating America: the racial unjust, the anarchy, hatred of police officers, on and on and on. What happened?
