The Amboy Guardian

Politics is a Dirty Game First, I don’t choose side with this letter that Mayor Wilda Diaz wrote on Oct. 3, 2018 to the Amboy Guardian (A Message from Wilda Diaz) about Council President William Petrick. But, let me guess: our Mayor is an angel, you know. “What? Me do wrong?” Come on Wilda? Politics […]

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Assemblywoman Lopez on  the One Year  Anniversary of Hurricane Maria One year ago, Hurricane Maria made landfall on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. In its wake, Hurricane Maria left wide spread devastation, taking more than 2,000 lives and leaving the island in complete disarray. From one day to the next the Puerto Rico we […]

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Muddy Buddy I remember when I was a boy scout back in the 60’s; we would go to camp for one week in the summer time. One of the traditions we had was a thing called the “Muddy Buddy”. We would walk down to the Delaware River and have what was basically, a mud fight. […]

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A Special Thank You I am a Perth Amboy Senior Citizen recovering from recent open-heart surgery. On Monday, August 27th, I became aware of some beeping. I soon discovered that it was my smoke alarm warning me to change the batteries. I attempted to reach the beeping alarm, but I couldn’t reach it. My neighbor […]

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Classroom Safety Is providing protection for students “nonsense” as one newspaper editorial claimed? If there is a possible danger to students and teachers, then it is foolish to refuse additional protection. Rejecting this idea shows poor judgment. The Federal government and others use guns for protection. Would you also object if the Federal government provided […]

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Election Day 2018 Okay. Get ready for Election Day 2018! This will be fun to watch! In fact, even the dead voters will jump out of their graves. This is where those Democratic and Republican voters will fight to the end. You know, too far from the right or left. Now, here in Perth Amboy […]

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More Plastic Guns? A recent letter, critical of allowing plans for a “plastic gun” on the Internet, is wrong on many levels. Access to plans is not the same as making a plastic gun. Banning these is prior censorship and violates the First Amendment. It is wrong to say you can’t libel or slander anyone […]

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Congratulations Elaine! Congratulations to Elaine and Best Wishes on your retirement. With Palm Trees and Piña Coladas, the party is over there. You deserve it because you paid your dues and then some. I recall visiting you at your office when you became City Clerk to congratulate you and now on your retirement again. Congratulations.  […]

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Outstanding Job! As we all know by now, a Perth Amboy patrolman name Kyle Savoia saved a man from getting hit by a NJ Transit Northbound Train on July 19, 2018 and it was recorded on his bodycam. First of all, OUTSTANDING JOB by this hero cop! This made the Daily Mail UK, which is […]

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Retirement Statement After 38.5 years of dealing with City business and nights filled with meetings, I have decided to retire from my position of City Clerk. I started my career in public service after I graduated from Rutgers in 1979.  I was hired by Mayor George Otlowski, with the support of Richard Pucci, BA, and […]

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More Guns, More Deaths? A recent letter claimed more guns cause more gun deaths. This ignores the facts. Canada has a higher rate of gun ownership but a lower rate of gun deaths than America. There are other factors such as latitude and population density. States near the southern border or gulf coast have higher […]

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Addressing Recreational Marijuana is only the Beginning in Drug Fight I attended the June 20th South Amboy City Council meeting where I heard resident Kim Seber speak so passionately about the ramifications of the potential legalization of recreational marijuana in the city. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with her on several occasions and […]

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New Gun Laws?   There was a recent report about new gun laws. A century ago America passed the Eighteenth Amendment to control the manufacture, sale, and import of alcoholic beverages. Its purpose was to eliminate poverty, immoral behavior, and violence to create happier families and a better world. The opposite effect led to its […]

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Opening Up A Can of Cockroaches On Friday May 25, 2018, a man named Harvey Weinstein, a Hollywood powerhouse was arrested by the NYPD for rape charges, sent to NY State Court, and released on one million dollars bail. Mr. Weinstein was accused by many women of rape over the years, and those in Hollywood knew this […]

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Already Well Compensated No one holds a gun to anyone’s head when it comes time to choose a career. Yet it seems that certain segments in the “public service” realm believe that the taxpayers should take care of them both financially and benefits wise in perpetuity. Some of these “public servants” can retire and begin […]

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Raise the Age for Gun  Purchasers? A letter claimed NJ is one of the safest states as far as gun violence because of six proposed laws in the state Senate. Does that make sense? After the passage of the 1968 Gun Control Act the number of violent firearm deaths more than doubled after 25 years. […]

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