Dear Editor:
I would like to clarify something for your Between the Lines columnist Al Sullivan. Here is a quote from his column that appeared in last week’s edition: “Critics of Doyle claim he is anti-development, while supporters claim he supports “reasonable” development, whatever that means.” A reporter who writes on politics in Hudson County does not know what “reasonable development” means? Well, may I be so bold as to explain it to you, Mr. Sullivan? Very simply, it is development that puts people before profit. If you need further enlightenment you could, of course, ask Mr. Doyle yourself what reasonable development means. After all, you are a “reporter,” whatever that means.
Speaking of putting people before profits, if Hoboken Public Question No. 2 is approved on November 6th it will mean the end of rent control protections for thousands and place these tenants in very vulnerable positions, giving landlords an incentive to push out their current tenants in order to raise the rents to whatever they feel they can get. Hoboken will become a community only the most upper of the upper middle class can afford to live in. Yes, landlords should expect to receive a reasonable return on their investment – and they do, which is why I suspect there are currently few, if any, apartment buildings for sale in Hoboken.
I urge my fellow residents to unite to defend Hoboken renters by voting no to Public Question 2 this Election Day. For more information please go to hobokenfairhousing.com.
Sincerely,
Eileen Lynch
the most dangerous thing about the election is that the misinformation campaign being run by the tenants has unnecessarily and in some cases fraudulently misled voters to believe that tenants are at risk when nothing could be further from the truth. tenants have eviction, harassment and conditions protections that are the strongest in the country -- state laws that will not change as a result of an amendment to a local law that only concerns new tenants moving into Hoboken.
On Nov. 6 to protect and defend our friends and neighbors in Hoboken, we all must go to the polls and VOTE NO on Hoboken public question #2
Also, as I've mentioned elsewhere, I talked to a few of the $10 an hour teenage campaign zombies you had on the streets last Nov. To say they were giving out misinformation would be putting it politely. They were clearly instructed to lie. I'm not a tenant but I have been and I'll be voting with the tenants. Just so I don't have to look and listen to you stinking up the council meetings.