Keep focus on health care, financial security
      Super Tuesday was New Jersey's conclusion to spirited Republican and Democratic campaigns in which issues mattered. Particularly high in the minds of voters was financial security. With 1.3 million uninsured in the state and many concerned about retirement and Medicare, there is a palpable sense of unease.
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Community center would be overpriced and underutilized
      The Feb. 28 issue of the Sentinel had a letter to the editor from Larry Decker titled "Are Additional Town Amenities Worth the Long-Term Cost?" Mr. Decker was right on the money. Most residents haven't thought about what the operating costs are going to be, let alone that the building costs have not been properly budgeted for and that those costs keep going up.
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Wants to see reports on air quality
      Irecently read that Dr. Adrian Barnett, who is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia, found that air pollution created by trucks and cars causes children, very early in a woman's pregnancy, to be smaller and in poor health. Based on his findings, should residents living along the Route 18 corridor through East Brunswick be concerned?
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Trustees' behavior necessitates intense public scrutiny
      The trustees who represent the controlling faction of the South River Public Library are deliberately limiting the library's hours of operation, and in doing so, are not fully supporting literacy in the community, for which they have received state-mandated funds from the municipal government.
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Residents must exert influence beginning at local level
      People feel they have lost control of the government, that it has too much power, their vote doesn't mean anything, and the government does what it wants anyway. Fortunately, this is not true. People can influence government by starting with the local elections. The local mayor and council members have a smaller constituency, and your vote has a higher value.
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