Editors can't resist a divided town

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Rep. Scott Garett, R-Wantage, is a member of the House Financial Services Committee.

Two-thirds of Teaneck suddenly finds itself represented by one of Congress' most conservative members, but all of Hackensack, Fair Lawn and other towns have the misfortune of being moved into the Republican's district.


So, interim Editor Douglas Clancy, why is today's Page 1 story in The Record about Teaneck residents affected by redistricting to the exclusion of the other communities? 


Where in the story is anything about the regressive policies of Rep. Scott Garret of Wantage, lord of the 5th District, that are so counter to the minorities he now represents?


And is there a sillier way to end such a story than to say brothers divided by the district border now have two congressman to call, if they want to complain about a "rough pat[c]h" of pavement on their street? 


Who would ever call a congressman to complain about that?


The photo on A-5 speaks volumes about Garret and his party. All the Republicans can come up with to oppose President Barack Obama are white, middle-age men, most of them wealthy.


Hackensack news is conspicuously absent in head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes' Local section as well.


Oprah and Chris


Two of the nation's most prominent food addicts sat down for a TV interview and not a word was uttered about the obesity epidemic.


On Sunday, Oprah Winfrey and Governor Christie discussed being overweight.


Oprah called food "a drug " and said she is a "compulsive over-eater."


Christie said he just finds himself eating the wrong things, but couldn't explain why. "But there is a certain compulsiveness at times about my eating," he said.


The governor said he has a dietitian and works out three days a week with a personal trainer, and one day on his own. "I'm getting there."


But Oprah never asked Christie how much he weighs or how much weight he might have lost.