Opinion
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February 10, 2021
Go Figure
The chaos in the roll-out of the COVID vaccine continues, while the man who gets important things done for us is being impeached.
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•February 10, 2021
Local Stakeholders Must Press for Best Wind Plan
In response to last week’s Commentary, titled “Evidence Shows Wind Farms Will Not Affect Shore Towns,” we would like to share several facts.
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•February 10, 2021
Rocky Road to Consolidation Reaches Successful Conclusion
Congratulations to the Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education and administration on successfully following through on the plan to sell the LBI Grade School and consolidate to the Ethel…
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•February 4, 2021
In Search of Unity, Complete This Questionnaire
Greetings from the dreary depths of winter, when the Island turns into a ghost town. Oh wait! That’s not happening this year, is it? You know what else isn’t happening this winter? A return to any…
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February 3, 2021
Love From LBI
I am a lucky lady! At my advanced age I now have a “pen pal.” Her name is Charlotte Rose. She is my 6-year-old great-grandchild who just started first grade and is excited about learning to write.…
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•February 3, 2021
History Lesson?
Over the weekend, my friend and his family went skiing in Utah. While visiting a diner in town they picked up the local version of The SandPaper. Inside was a letter to the editor about a coming…
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•February 3, 2021
Evidence Shows Wind Farms Will Not Affect Shore Tourism
Offshore wind development is inevitable for the Atlantic Seaboard. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has begun the process to select from a competitive field of submissions for offshore wind…
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•January 30, 2021
Use It or Lose It: Please Shop Local on Changing LBI
As anyone who lives, works or visits Long Beach Island certainly knows, the Island is changing right in front of our eyes. It’s been said that change is inevitable – it’s just a part of life. And…
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January 29, 2021
New Developments
In keeping with the idea of monitoring new developments in Barnegat:
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January 29, 2021
Compliance Necessary
Recently, Christopher Vernon’s Compass Point Cottages development on West Bay Avenue in Barnegat at the defunct Shoreline Sand and Gravel mining site, and across from the Mirage community, began…
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January 28, 2021
Strange Sightings
I just read your Jan. 20 article about the use of horseshoe crab blood in the important research and work on COVID-19 vaccines, and the related problem for the mortality of the crabs themselves.
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January 27, 2021
He Would Never …
President Biden is, and has always been, a good man. We have known him for a long time and, because of that, we know what he intends to do and what he would never do. Therefore, while we wish him…
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January 27, 2021
Military Mistreatment
I thought I had seen everything and then I watched CNN’s Jake Tapper question a double amputee war veteran’s commitment to democracy. Jake Tapper, on air, said, this man “lost his legs … fighting for…
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•January 27, 2021
Race, Equality and the Way Forward
Clearly there is no shortage of red hot political issues today to inflame controversy and differing points of view. With Martin Luther King Day, in recognition of this man’s many accomplishments as…
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January 27, 2021
Blatant Bias
There were approximately 150 people on Zoom for the Jan. 13 Long Beach Township Land Use Board hearing with Eileen Bowker of Bowker’s Deli. Eileen is a LBI community leader, on the LBI school board…
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January 27, 2021
Time to Refocus
Thank you, Councilman Hodgson, for your courage to “venture out” in this newspaper to address the anonymous letter left in your mailbox (“Here Is the Reason My Trump Sign Will Stay Up,” 1/20). You…
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January 27, 2021
Beware of Scams
Thank you for the warning about telephone scammers (“Scams, Both New and Old, Target Local Community Thieving Funds, Identity,” 1/20). We should also be aware of the same kinds of scams going on in…
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January 21, 2021
Stressful Meeting
I attended what was to be a routine Long Beach Township Land Use Board meeting via Zoom on Jan. 13. Watching the meeting was uncomfortable and stressful. Board members were very rude and…
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January 20, 2021
Turncoat Leader
It is reported that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pleased with the House of Representative’s push to impeach President Donald Trump, believing it will be easier to purge him from the…
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January 21, 2021
Acts of Kindness
I would like to give a big thank-you to the Beach Haven Police Department.
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January 20, 2021
Equal Justice for All
Last week, a retired American Baptist pastor wrote a letter titled “Lest We Forget.” I agree with the title. We should not forget. We need to remember, and thoughtfully consider the wisdom of the…
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•January 20, 2021
We Have Freedom of Speech But Think Before You Speak
Every time I submit an essay to The SandPaper for consideration as a Commentary column, I include the following note to the editor in my email: “I hope you like it.” You see, if she does not like it…
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January 20, 2021
Note to Van Drew
The following is a letter we sent to Rep. Jeff Van Drew after his statement on the House floor during the impeachment voting…
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January 20, 2021
Dangerous Silencing
To the letter writers of late who decry hatred and racism coming from supporters of President Trump while their own letters drip hatred from every sentence, I respond. Donald J. Trump is not a…
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January 20, 2021
Disregard for Truth
A lot of focus is being placed on the seditious acts of President Trump in promoting “the big lie” that he won the election. The assertions of this deranged individual could not have led to the…
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January 20, 2021
Have You Heard?
Have you heard? On their first day in office Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will put forth legislation to solve all the problems of the undocumented immigrants.
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•January 20, 2021
Here Is the Reason My Trump Sign Will Stay Up
To the person who sent an anonymous letter to my home:
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•January 14, 2021
High School Graduation Speech – 20 Years Late
The sign outside the track at Southern Regional says it’s open ’til dusk, though the chain holding the fence closed says otherwise.
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January 14, 2021
Lest We Forget
On May 20, 2020 in Minneapolis, a 46-year-old Black man was crying out for his mother as a white man knelt on his neck for 9½ minutes until he was dead. Then, lying face down in the gutter, George…
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•January 14, 2021
Offshore Wind Turbines Must Be Made Less Visible or Else …
My commentary in The SandPaper of Nov. 18, 2020 on offshore wind turbines pointed out that, contrary to some rosy assertions from some quarters, the turbines for the planned wind project east of Long…
