The Amboy Guardian

Your editorial “A Shot in the Arm Proposal” in the June 11th issue got me excited.  A New Jersey Transportation Heritage Park would be a wonderful way to showcase the assets of our “City of History” while at the same time increasing tourism to Perth Amboy.  Visitors would discover our beautiful waterfront, marina areas, historic […]

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Now here’s something very odd about 50,000 children who came across the border into the United States ILLEGALLY from the south of the border. What’s going on? And whose plan is this? NO! I’m not a bad person, but who is going to take care of them? Also, we have children in America who are […]

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Celebrating Our  Nation’s Birthday 350th Anniversary of New Jersey  

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Some of you saw a film called “Field of Dreams.” This took place on a farm and a cornfield in Iowa. You probably say, “It was a good film, but it was not true an could not happen anywhere.” You are right when you say the story was not true but you are wrong when […]

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The Board of the Kearny Cottage Historical Association and I personally would like to thank Danny Cleaver and the Department of Public Works for their help in maintaining the Kearny Cottage through a severe winter such as this past one. I feel it is important to recognize their effort. Danny Cleaver and his staff, Annie […]

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Is there a cure for “wealth inequality?” We can try, and also help to end the current economic depression. Raise the standard deduction in the Federal Income Tax to $30,000 (or $20,000 single and $40,000 married), and the standard exemption to $6,000. Raise the Federal minimum wage to $15. These figures are ten times the […]

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PERTH AMBOY – On behalf of the congregation of The Salvation Army-Perth Amboy Corps located at 433 State Street, Perth Amboy, NJ we are pleading your involvement as our Pastor is being retaliated against by The Salvation Army since he reported that he was sexually harassed. Instead of The Salvation Army protecting him they have […]

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Presently, much of the time of the Council Meetings are taken up by individual grandstanding. The same complaints are being made by the same people. After attending several Perth Amboy City Council Meetings, I found myself both tired and frustrated over the same redundancies from the same old waxworks – the same questions, the same […]

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Well look at this – Iraq is ready for another war. So far those insurgents are cleaning house (shoot to kill). Iran said they will help – but who? The U.S. was there for about 10 years and did what it had to do. We paid the price with blood and graves and the wounded […]

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During the public portion of the June 9 Caucus Meeting, Mr. Reinaldo Aviles addressed the Council, and I paraphrase, “The Board of Adjustment has not been following procedure in that they have not been reporting directly to Historic Preservation Commission all their upcoming cases for the Commission to review.” First of all, the Commission has […]

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At a recent Council meeting a resident made several charges against Councilman Gonzalez’s qualifications to become a municipal judge in Perth Amboy. Gonzalez responded to one charge, that he had a conflict by taking first time home buyers as clients, but he did not respond to the charge that he illegally used the handicap placard […]

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At the last Historical Preservation Commission Meeting on Thursday, June 5, 2014, three gentlemen came and spoke about a proposal for a Transportation Heritage Museum or Park for Perth Amboy.

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We all know by now who Mr. Edward Snowden is.  If you don’t know, I’m going to wake you up. He was the man that spilled the beans on what the NSA (National Security Agency) was doing over the years. They were collecting  telephone data and e-mails plus watching who was on the internet in […]

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Yes, Perth Amboy did have two meetings on the same day (May 28, 2014). The Caucus was at 4:30 p.m. and the Regular Council Meeting was at 7 p.m. This is normally not the case, but because of the holiday on the 26th, both meetings  were held on the same day. The residents who always […]

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On April 14 I was privileged to be in the presence of greatness.  By being in attendance at the New Jersey State Purple Heart dinner, I was in the midst of people who protected me and my country.  How often are we able to express our gratitude to these men and women who were willing […]

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 By Susan Batista – This is a follow story to “Foreclosure Fraud and the Free House” that I wrote in January 2013. Well, with all the fraud that I uncovered they finally offered me my house for free, but I said “no!” These BIG BANKS that are in every city in America have stolen trillions […]

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