Carol Rhodes writes that the N.J. Senate president likely received bigger donations from trade unions.
To the Editor:
The news media have recently focused attention on the Clinton Global Initiative Foundation, and emails seeming to connect donations to the foundation with improved access and requests for favors at the U.S. State Department, when it was headed by Hillary Clinton.
Shouldn't state Senate President Stephen Sweeney be accused of the same thing?
Sweeney (D-Gloucester) recently said New Jersey Education Association officials should be investigated on extortion or bribery charges after the union allegedly told leading Democrats that it would not give them campaign donations unless the Legislature put a state-pension-payment guarantee on the November ballot.
In reality, Sweeney killed the pension question last Monday when he made funding the state Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) his priority over public workers' pensions -- probably because of other donations he's received from trade unions that would benefit from new TTF funds.
In the interest of transparency, shouldn't Sweeney release how much money he's accepted from these unions in exchange for his support of a plan to increase state gasoline taxes by 23 cents a gallon?
It seems to me as if the NJEA was simply outbid.
Carol Rhodes
Barnsboro
Boost Millville with NJTransit bus terminal
To the Editor:
As a resident of Millville, I feel our city would benefit greatly if it could allocate property for New Jersey Transit to build a bus terminal or public transportation center.
The perfect location for this would be the former Wheaton Glass Co. site at Second and G streets, which is at the heart of Millville along two bus routes already in existence. This site, now abandoned for several years, has become an embarrassing eyesore. And, I feel it's time our city does something with it.
Many Millville residents already use NJTransit bus service as their main source of transportation. I used the bus recently to travel to Atlantic City and save on parking expenses in that city. It's safe, practical and economical.
Millville residents could come to the new terminal, purchase bus tickets or passes, lock and leave their personal vehicles, and wait for their buses in a safe, sheltered terminal. There would then be no need to travel to Vineland's bus transportation center for these amenities -- which is a real pain.
Also, many people who live out of our region feel leery about driving long distances, with gas prices as unstable as they are these days. The bus terminal could bring more visitors to Millville for race days at New Jersey Motorsports Park and for Third Fridays on High Street. There could even be a shuttle to transport race-goers between the terminal and the the motorsports park.
More visitors to our city mean more revenue for our city. We could sure use it.
George I. Anderson
Millville
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