Resident picks personal safety over assistance
      A few weeks ago you printed an article about LIHEAP (Programs Offer Assistance With Payments for Energy," Tri-Town News, Feb. 8, 2007). I had just received an unrequested application in the mail, which I filled out and returned immediately.
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COAH must embrace court's mandate to develop new rules
      A recent appellate court decision that voided the state's guidelines for affordable housing was an essential step in getting back on course to providing homes for New Jersey's low- and moderate-income workers. K.
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Editor must take care when tossing around the 'c' word
      Greg Bean's "Concerned Citizens" piece in the Feb. 22 issue of Tri-Town News (" 'Concerned Citizen' is Still Busy Writing Letters") was interesting despite its snarky and mean comments about people who might have very good reasons for being concerned and very good reasons for wanting to remain anonymous apart from the cowardice he so blithely attributed to them.
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Resident irked by $29,500 salary for Jackson's mayor
      Mayor Mark Seda of Jackson should be ashamed of himself for accepting a salary of $29,500 a year. Let me clarify that ... his salary package totals $45,000, which includes his health benefits. And all of this for a part-time mayor who spends more time in New York with his own business than here in Jackson.
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