Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: Some people are trying to inject race into what happened on July 1 at the swearing in of Asbury Park’s new city council and mayor. But race has nothing to do with it. Nothing, that is, unless those responsible for the coup d’etat succeed at changing the subject. I was […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: The recent events in Asbury Park — the election of Myra Campbell as mayor — and the anger that followed her election, expressed in what some would call “verbal violence,” brought to my mind the writings of William Shakespeare and a song sung by the late Etta James. Shakespeare in […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: I have always been a big supporter of Madison Marquette and many of the progressive things the company did in Asbury Park over the past 5-6 years. However, it is amazing what a little friendly “competition” [or collaboration] can accomplish! Over the past year, Madison Marquette has pretty much “pulled […]