Opinion
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February 22, 2017
Tax Hike Disputed
The accusation by the Little Egg Harbor tax assessor (“Watch the Watchdogs,” 2/15) that I gave out misinformation needs further examination. A review of the assessor’s letter leaves one confused as…
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February 22, 2017
Fight Fascism
“The press is an enemy of the American people,” said President Donald J. Trump. “Without a free press dictators emerge,” countered Sen. John McCain. We are living in a frightening time in our…
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February 22, 2017
Special Treatment
I’m no different from anyone else in my great admiration and thankfulness for Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. #1, the first fire company in the county. That alone is special. And, like everyone else…
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February 22, 2017
Focus on the Good
It’s hard to disagree with the president that “bad hombres” who have arrived illegally on our shores should be sent back to where they came from. Assumed in those statements, however, is that he…
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February 22, 2017
Joyous Symphony
Just a moment on the Gravelly Beach in Osborn Island: what a spring day!” Mild as an angel’s touch, this breeze will bring me sea and sun, a symphony of joy … .”
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•February 20, 2017
Feng Shui Fail
Steven walked into the living room where I was skimming through a small, turquoise-colored book I’d just purchased. “Feng shui?” he asked, reading the cover of the book.
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February 16, 2017
Best for Community
As everyone is aware, immediately following Superstorm Sandy it was determined that the Mill Creek Community Center was damaged beyond repair. This fact triggered a three-year debate with FEMA and…
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February 16, 2017
So Compassionate
On Sunday morning, Jan. 29, my husband, Bob, woke up with severe chest pains, nausea and numbness in his legs. I called 911 and it seemed like in no more than five minutes four or five volunteer EMS…
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February 16, 2017
Media Is Manmade
I studied mass media in college. The class work included analysis of media content (stories) and advertising. The homework was a fun exercise. We watched TV news andcompiled data on what stories were…
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•February 16, 2017
No Vote Is a Vote
It is popular political wisdom that eligible voters who do not vote in an election are giving their votes to the winning candidate. According to TargetSmart Communications, as of Oct. 19, 2016…
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•February 15, 2017
The Statue of Liberty Is Accustomed to Crying
Protesters and Democratic politicians said President Donald Trump rejected bedrock American values when on Jan. 27 he issued his controversial and now temporarily court-blocked executive order that…
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February 15, 2017
BHW’ers Misled
We here in Beach Haven West are concerned about Stafford Township officials reversing their decision to rebuild the Mill Creek civic building.
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•February 15, 2017
Two Ways to Fly Old Glory
As I walk my Manahawkin neighborhood, the same streets I walked to trick or treat as a 12-year-old over 50 years ago, I pass homes and cars displaying the Red, White and Blue. I’ve been thinking a…
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February 15, 2017
Watch the Watchdogs
On multiple occasions, and again in the Jan. 25 issue of The SandPaper, Mr. Art Mooney (“Bringing LEH Together”) has referenced “a drop in ratables of more than $540 million” in Little Egg Harbor…
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February 12, 2017
More Horror Stories
While the entire country is caught up in the chaos caused by Donald Trump’s orders on the “Muslim ban” and the controversy over his nominees for various cabinet appointments, several additional…
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•February 8, 2017
The Standoff
Every morning I follow a ritual. I make my coffee and look out the back yard to see my feral cat. She lives in a cedar box I found on the Internet. To keep her warm, I made a nest inside with a cat…
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•February 8, 2017
What’s My Address?
I have tried to get this problem solved before to no avail. It is so frustrating! I feel like I am on “What’s My Line?” but instead it’s “What’s My Address?”
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February 8, 2017
Dangerous Nationalism
I don’t need to reiterate all the adjectives being used to describe the person who was elected to the highest office in the land, but I think after what we have just seen taken place over the past…
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February 8, 2017
Contacting Congress
We have recently had many individuals ask our members how to contact their elected congressmen and senators. We thought it would be helpful to share this information with your readers, some of whom…
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February 8, 2017
Farewell to Gnomes
I would like to thank Surf City Sanitation Foreman Andy Warren for his concern about my lawn gnomes. I’m sorry to say that they did not survive the wind last month.
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February 8, 2017
Unethical Do-Over
Congratulations to the Pinelands Regional School District and special thanks to interim Superintendent Maryann Banks. The voters defeated all three referendum questions put on the ballot Nov. 8, but…
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February 8, 2017
Airing School Concerns
This letter is in response to “Disheartening Response” (1/25). First, I would like to commend the Little Egg Harbor school superintendent for doing her job and having an open door policy.
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•February 8, 2017
Love Story
My wife and I have celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. I have some things to say that perhaps most readers have not heard about on the subject of love. I really love my wife and I believe she…
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February 8, 2017
‘Swamp’ Politics
Regarding thePinelands Regional School District referendum of Jan. 24, why was a second referendum allowed so soon after it was voted down? Should we have another Nov. 8 general election so we can…
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•February 8, 2017
How Enough ‘Snowflakes’ Can Bury the Bully Occupying the Bully Pulpit
It’s called “You’ve Been Trumped.” That’s not bad, but had I been consulted on the naming of the independent film I had a chance to see for the first time last week as a free trial offering from…
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February 2, 2017
Protectors of Humanity
Trucks don’t kill people, people do. I could fill a page with a litany of inanimate objects plugged into the same sentence from fertilizer to the jawbone of an ass. Why do progressives wish to…
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February 1, 2017
LBI Taxpayer Alert
Philadelphia magazine features an article in the January 2017 edition on New Jersey shore town finances that should be a “must read” for all LBI taxpayers.
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•February 1, 2017
The Tough Guy’s View on Colds
I got my flu shot this year, along with my pneumonia shot and a shingles shot – gotta love Medicare! And, so far, I haven’t gotten the flu.
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February 1, 2017
Let’s Work Together
I am a feminist and I am against abortion, and I am not the only one.
