Rising costs, trailers add to tax burden
      This letter is in reference to the article titled "Park Land To Be Probed for Historical Value" that appeared in the Feb. 1 issue of the Sentinel. Another delay to construct the so-called new high school. The latest figure submitted regarding cost is more than $36 million above previous projected costs.
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Residents voted for a high school, not one in the park
      The Jan. 24 vote by the Monroe Township Board of Education not to look for alternatives that would help the overcrowding at the high school and remove the trailers shows once and for all that the only thing of interest to the board is protected park land.
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School site must meet review standards
      This letter is in response to two letters to the editor that recently appeared in the Sentinel regarding the proposed expansion of Monroe Township High School. One of the writers urged officials to steamroll over the local residents who have come together, in the spirit of the rights of Americans to associate and petition the government, regardless of what the law requires.
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Irked by lack of proper cell-phone etiquette
      Is it just me, or does everyone feel it is rude for individuals to answer their cell phone while you're talking to them? It's one thing to be interrupted by a person who is there, but to be interrupted by someone who is not even there is the height of rudeness. If my phone rings while I'm talking to someone in person, the caller will have to leave me a message.
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Giving away the golden goose brings dishonor
      In the past year, the only justification from the East Brunswick Township administration for the Golden Triangle sale to Toll Brothers has been that Toll Brothers gave $5 million more than the offering price of the property. The township has consistently failed to mention that the price bid by Toll Brothers was payable over a six- to eight-year period with no interest.
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Coda
In Trenton, the lunatics are running the asylum
Greg Bean
      I think I can finally render a professional diagnosis: All the legislators in Trenton are clinically insane. There's a quote variously attributed to Albert Einstein, Rudyard Kipling and Rita Mae Brown that says, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different outcome.
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