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In Your Opinion: Candidates, Clean Up Your Signs

Bill Grippo

By Bill Grippo. Congratulations to all who ran for office, your commitment to public service is noteworthy.

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In Your Opinion: Your Vote Makes A Difference

By Andrew Dars, Somerset. To all,

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In Your Opinion: Ward 5 Election – Kashinsky Throws Down Gauntlet To Vassanella

By Robert “Kash” Kashinsky. Councilperson Vassanella,

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In Your Opinion: Vote Dars Ward 3 To Stop The Damage

By Andrew Dars. Coincidence how this approval was jammed through prior to the next week’s general election, as 3rd Ward candidate, whose position was from day one to slow down our runaway construction to the best of my ability and resources available to me, i.e. Green Acres or rezoning or maybe a land swap to a more appropriate location.  

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In Your Opinion: The Election Is Not Guaranteed To Democrats

By Andrew Dars, Somerset. Good morning to all my Franklin Ward 3 Neighbors!! … Actually, this post really applies to all my Franklin Neighbors.

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In Your Opinion: Public Needs To Participate In Township Governance

By Bill Connell, Somerset. Long ago I was a young professional, talking to my Father about work. In an effort to show him how smart I was I irritated him. He said “Listen you little p%$&k, when you are done playing games I will show you how it’s really done.”   Sadly he passed away within weeks of this remark but …

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In Your Opinion: Clearing Up A Past Letter

By Bill Connell, Somerset.  This is a a rehash of a letter I wrote previously. My previous submission was too open-ended for some who read it.  That was my goal, but it led to an uncomfortable exchange I need to address and maybe clarify.

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In Your Opinion: Help Offered For Township Resident

By Bill Connell. This is an apology to Ms. (Lisa) Kapsokefalos … I am just one vote of a committee but I want to apologize for how this turned out. My vote was based on the viability of hunting on an open space property, I did not focus on the logistics of getting into the property. Our other properties don’t …

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In Your opinion: LaCorte Letter Set The Right Tone For Campaign Season

By Bill Connell. My comments in this space usually don’t go beyond the D&R Canal but since it broke its boundaries, so will I. I vacationed in Ohio this summer (yes you can). The difference in lifestyle from Franklin aka NYC area is striking. I started asking myself “who are these people? How do they get through life?” Other than …

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In Your Opinion: What’s The Plan To Mitigate Storm Damage?

By Andrew Dars. Like so many others, I was trapped, unable to get through Easton Avenue due to flood water.

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