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| Empty storefronts on North Dean Street in downtown Englewood, where property taxes are said to be higher than in Hackensack. What are Englewood officials doing with the taxes paid by owners of multi-million dollar mansions on the East Hill, hundreds of apartments in buildings on Route 4 and a sizable number of industrial properties? |
By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
When Stockton College takes over the shuttered Showboat hotel and casino in Atlantic City, escort services that cater to gamblers will have a ready supply of new employees -- coeds.
A Page 1 story in The Record today doesn't say if boosting escort service employment is part of Governor Christie's plan to revive the fading seaside resort and the state's economy.
Atlantic City isn't the only part of the shore that has suffered since the GOP bully took office.
More than two years after Christie embraced President Obama to get billions in federal Superstorm Sandy aid, his administration continues to bungle the relief effort.
Foreign news
Too much of today's front page is devoted to international news and Paterson, which many Bergen County residents view as a foreign country (A-1).
The lead story on students attacking two teachers at John F. Kennedy High School only emphasizes the kinds of negative Silk City stereotypes the editors have been reporting for years.
The copy editor who wrote the headline on a three-paragraph brief on A-1 today sounds hysterical:
Attack on Isrealis
sparks fear of war
Gee-whiz photo
The local assignment editors were too lazy to find out why a car caught fire in Saddle Brook on Wednesday, according to the L-1 photo caption.
Gee-whiz. Would you look at those flames? Where is the Fire Department?
A far better photo of a 4-year-old child's delight while sledding down a snowy slope was buried inside (L-2).
Lacking municipal news, the local editors had to use the employment woes of cops in Glen Rock and Saddle Brook on the Local front, stories of interest only to those four officers (L-1).
Second look
When Staff Writer John Cichowski lacks any New Jersey data to back up his assertions, he'll refer to a study from elsewhere in the country, as he did in Road Warrior columns on Jan. 22 and Jan. 11.
According to the Facebook page for Road Warrior Bloopers, Cichowski's Jan. 22 column included:
"Deceptive, made-up false statements -- 'Cellphones, new drivers and low gas prices are the perfect storm!' proclaimed Walt Stevens, who had been reading about a South Dakota study showing how crashes tend to rise as gas prices fall. This phenomenon tends to play out mostly among teens.'
"Facts -- 'Senile Road Warrior totally forgot to mention that this person read about this very minor South Dakota study in the Road Warrior's Jan. 11 column, which turned out to be a pack of false conclusions related to the study.'"
See:
Road Warrior tries to scare parents of new drivers
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