Trusts Monroe voters to make informed decision

I feel compelled to react to the misguided editorial ("Board Should Consider Alternative Location") that appeared in your newspaper on Nov. 20.

I will not waste your readers’ time by responding point-by-point to the misrepresentations, factual inaccuracies, innuendoes and misleading statements made in the editorial regarding the Dec. 9 bond referendum. Let me just say that I am astonished that such basic tenets of journalism — fact-finding, fact checking, research, interviewing — are absent from such an important piece.

The Monroe Township Board of Education members, along with Mayor Richard Pucci and township officials, stand proudly behind this innovative building plan that will strengthen quality education for our students while saving taxpayers $24 million from the previous referendum.

I trust the fair-minded people in Monroe will make informed decisions when voting on Dec. 9.

Joseph Homoki

President

Monroe Township Board of Education

Editor’s note: The Nov. 20 editorial expressed questions about and a dislike of certain aspects of the Board of Education’s proposal. We believe that the opinions we expressed were based on sound reporting standards, and we refute the claim that the editorial presented factual errors.