Category Archives: Family & kids

Not Another War

Don’t let Bush Expand the War and Attack Iran *** Apologies – NJ.Com took down the photos, which were originally published on my “NJ Voices” column at NJ.Com. I was able to save the text, but not the photos. What … Continue reading

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“The Surge” on the Environment

Countless fiasco’s show that voluntary compliance, privatization, deregulation, subsidies, and reliance on private consultants failed Bill WolfeLisa P. Jackson, DEP Commissioner. In testimony before a rare April 15 joint hearing of the Senate and Assembly Environment Committees, Department of Environmental … Continue reading

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Corporate Office Parks Trump Clean Water

DEP Caves to Bristol-Myers Squibb, IntraWest Mountain Creek Resort, & other developments – abandons Pequest, Wallkill and Stony Brook Bill WolfeBPG properties 359 acre Hopewell Campus – proposed 800,000 square foot expansion along rural Carter Road impacts a tributary to … Continue reading

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We have lost our way –

“corporate makeover of politics struggling to be democratic” Bill Wolfe On this Memorial Day, as I sit on my porch, basking in gorgeous tree dappled sunlight, my tranquillity is upset by reading a powerful analysis that concludes that our vaunted … Continue reading

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Calling Out Scott Weiner on school reforms

[Update: most recent – Bergen Record Editorial: Soiled again http://www.northjersey.com/opinion/editorials/Soiled_again052208.html Let me preface this post with two brief points of perspective. First, I strongly support additional funding for school construction and operations in Abbott school districts. Second, I worked for … Continue reading

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