Reader dismayed at results of school bus system audit
      It takes a great deal of outrage for me to react in writing to a newspaper article. I can't believe Melindo Persi's reaction to the school bus system's audit. He says, "It wasn't as dramatic to me as I thought. I've been living with it for a while. We had a number of problems. It just kind of heightened the facts we already know." Well, it's quite "dramatic" to me.
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New leadership needed to take back Democratic Party
      With this year's political primary election approaching, I can't help thinking back to last year when the Ocean County Democratic leadership was asked, as they are on an almost perennial basis, "With all the people moving to Ocean County from North Jersey and New York, why isn't the Democratic Party in Ocean County more successful than it is?
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Auxiliary taking business away from private schools
      I am writing this letter to make you aware of a serious problem facing small businesses here in New Jersey. There are over 70 state approved boating schools conducting safe-boating classes. They are being forced to compete with a civilian arm of the government, the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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