Jerome S. Some was in robust health, son says

Some's Uniforms on Main Street in Hackensack was open for business today, two days after its 87-year-old founder and owner was struck and killed by a car as he crossed Prospect Avenue.

A display window at Some's Uniforms.

By Victor E. Sasson
Editor

Jerome S. Some was 87, but still came into work six days a week, employees at Some's Uniforms on Main Street in Hackensack said today.

Some left his home in a high-rise at 151 Prospect Ave. and started crossing the street when he was struck and killed by a small SUV on Tuesday night.

It was dark, and there is no street lamp in front of Some's high-rise. Witnesses said the driver didn't brake before the impact.

Son Jason Some, 23, said he is glad his father "didn't suffer."

Jason Some said his father smoked as many as 15 cigars a day and could have died a slow death from lung cancer.

The Record reported today that the driver who killed the elder Some -- a 63-year-old woman who hasn't been identified --  was charged with driving while intoxicated (L-1).

Some was dressed in a dark suit to attend a meeting at Bel Posto Restaurant across the street from his high-rise, Eiffel Tower.

City officals called him a "pillar" of the community, and "Mr. Hackensack."

The Record didn't publish a death notice for Some on Wednesday or today, and hasn't listed his survivors.

Details about his life and business activities were included in news stories about his death.

No one has noted how Some was able to live a long life, only to be killed by an allegedly intoxicated driver not far from his front door.

Nor has the paper questioned the lack of crosswalks in the middle of the long blocks of Prospect Avenue, which is lined with high-rises and has the highest population density of any Hackensack neighborhood.

Readers KO'd

The Record continues to pursue the mythical "knockout punch" in its reporting on the debate between Governor Christie and Democratic challenger Barbara Buono (A-1).

Coverage today and Wednesday ignored Christie's stock answer when Buono criticized his vetoes or his mean-spirited policies.

The GOP bully said several times he is "proud" of his alleged accomplishments.

Nor did the paper report Buono's charge that Christie has balanced state budgets on the "backs of the middle class," and fabricated a reason for killing the Hudson River rail tunnels, which would have been a huge job creator.

News frenzy

The Sept. 29 road-rage incident involving a motorcycle pack and the driver of an SUV on Manhattan's West Side Highway appears to have Editor Marty Gottlieb by the balls.

That's the only explanation for the inordinate amount of coverage by the media, including the Woodland Park daily.

Today's front page is dominated by a large photo of an undercover cop, the latest suspect in the ongoing saga (A-1).

On Wednesday, the Road Warrior column explored a silly angle -- the "rules" followed by "well-organized motorcycle clubs."

Can you imagine all the local news and commuting problems that go unreported to get this garbage into the paper?

Screw-ups continue

Today's A-2 carries three more corrections -- only the latest in a series of screw-ups by Production Editor Liz Houlton and her gang of cross-eyed copy, layout and news editors.

The vast majority of errors in the paper and in the Road Warrior column are never corrected.

One example is Wednesday's Page 1 caption under photos of Buono and Christie speaking during Tuesday night's debate in Wayne.

The photos clearly show Buono speaking and gesturing, and Christie speaking, but the caption says they are shown "before" the actual debate.

Those before-the-debate photos appeared on the continuation page.

Second look

On Sunday, Road Warrior John Cichowski reviewed some of the great reporting by Jeff Page, his predecessor, but for some reason didn't tell readers that September marked the 10th anniversary of his own lame efforts.

He apologized for acting "homicidal" and being "a real fool" when a disabled person damaged his car, but did so in the third person.

Readers who want Cichowski to acknowledge all of the errors and misinformation he has been responsible for came up empty.

See the Facebook page for Road Warrior Bloopers to read the full text of an e-mail from a concerned reader.