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| The warm, cozy interior of the restored train station in Ramsey, above and below. The ticket window was closed permanently this year, but commuters can wait for trains out of the weather, as well as borrow something to read from the public library. Hackensack, a far larger community with far more rail users, hasn't had anything like this for many years. |
By Victor E. Sasson
Editor
Today's Thanksgiving edition of The Record is stuffed with the fliers of retailers who will further exploit their low-wage workers by opening on the holiday.
The Borgs are growing fatter on the profits generated by all that glossy advertising from Walmart and other big chains.
Of course, an editorial today doesn't bite the mouth that feeds the greedy publishing family, and holiday store and mall openings don't even rate a mention (A-22).
No free lunch
The photo of a plump turkey under the headings "Taking stock" and "Thanksgiving comes to North Jersey" reminds veterans staffers that the Borgs -- many years ago -- ended the tradition of laying a free Thanksgiving buffet for employees who work on the holiday.
Where are the Borgs gathering for their bountiful holiday meal -- in Chairman Malcolm A. "Mac" Borg's East Hill mansion in Englewood or in son Stephen A. Borg's $3.65 million McMansion in neighboring Tenafly, where the publisher counts all his money?
Addicts on A-1
On Page 1 today, annual "giving thanks" coverage has Superstorm Sandy victims in Little Ferry playing second fiddle -- below the fold -- to recovering addicts in Paramus (A-1).
Meanwhile, the majority Democrats in the state Legislature have asked Governor Christie to suggest changes to a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to pay lower, in-state college tuition and qualify for state financial aid (A-1).
Otherwise, they are asking Christie to veto the measure he says he opposes, as he has with so much other progressive legislation, including a modest hike in the minimum wage.
"When he was running for governor, he supported it," said Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester, referring to the tuition bill. "Now that he is running for president, he does not" (A-10).
More lies?
Does Christie's stance on the measure give a lie to all that promotion in The Record of the GOP bully as bipartisan and a compromiser who can get things done?
On A-3, a story notes that many of the so-called illegal students in New Jersey were brought to the United States at a young age by their parents, and have been living here for decades.
Local yokels
Even with several holiday and Law & Order stories, as well as news about the police, Deputy Assignment Editor Dan Sforza couldn't find enough local news to fill his section today.
For the three readers who know who Conrad Susa was, a long, wire-service obituary appears on L-5.
Check out the awkward headline on the Local front -- "Cop chief" -- for police chief (L-1).
What was wrong with the well-worn "Top cop"?
Deli turkey over Stove Top with canned gravy. Those were the days.
ReplyDeleteIt was far better than that: whole roasted turkeys, no Stove Top and lots of trimmings, from sweet potatoes to salads.
DeleteIn the last couple of years, the food editor actually prepared the Thanksgiving meal at home and brought it in, along with contributions from other staffers , such as the cranberry salsa with tequila I prepared.
Like it or quit! No one is forced to work anywhere. They can always get a job with the Star Ledger, which you also can read yourself if you don't like The Record.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mr. Moron, with your swelled head stuck up your asshole.
DeleteThose of us who regularly worked on Thanksgiving and other holidays looked forward to the annual turkey dinners. They were no match for home cooking, but I can vouch that they did indeed include whole roasted turkeys. Some of those turkeys -- as well as the trimmings -- might have come from delis, but they tasted pretty good just the same. More than once, the meal I got at work was my only Thanksgiving dinner (though I feasted for days afterward on leftovers from the meal I missed at home). It's sad that such traditions are as dead as all the turkeys we consumed.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ed. Good to hear from you. Happy holidays.
DeleteThe biggest problem with the newsroom Thanksgiving dinners was beating the sports staff to the food, which they would wipe out to the chagrin of news reporters and copy editors.
DeleteQuit complaining. It goes with the territory.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Ramsey is is simply a wealthier town town than Hackensack and cares more about their resident commuters. Each town reaps what is sows. Anyone does not like Hackensack, MOVE.
Thanks, genius. Would anything ever be accomplished if people moved instead of asking town and transit officials to live up to their responsibilities?
DeleteAn Anderson Street station is being built in Hackensack now years after a historic building burned down. Although you could not go into the building, a former bookstore, it was better than the bus shelters installed after the fire.
Should commuters have moved instead of asking for
a new station?
How stupid can you get ?