Letters to the editor

Asm. Wayne DeAngelo

As a veteran, I know that I can always count on Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo whenever I need him. He is a friend to me and to my fellow veterans who he seeks to speak up for every day.

There is no issue big or small that he will not address whether it’s creating free parking for Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans or allowing deployed military families to renew their licenses more easily. He also is pushing to encourage doctors to suspend co-pays for military members. He knows how important the little things are in real life.

Wayne DeAngelo shows true gratitude to veterans and military families through his work in the Legislature. We need representatives like him in the state house to make sure that our veterans have a strong vote. I urge my fellow veterans, military families, and military supporters to vote for Wayne DeAngelo on November 7 this year.

— Norm Glover, Vietnam

Veteran, East Windsor

Racism in Bordentown

It was most gratifying to see that the Bordentown Police Department has rid itself of one, and maybe the worst officer that allowed or allows his/her personal predeceases to impact their behavior on duty.

The departure of the former police chief, however lucrative it was, is a beginning but the problem is even greater than him. As a female African American, lifetime resident of Hamilton, I can remember, as a child, hearing my mother and neighbors warning my older brothers, “Be careful going through Bordentown, they are after the Blacks.” I am considerably older now but I still hear those remarks; some situations that have been published in our local newspapers, permeating from this obvious prejudicial behavior of many of Bordentown’s finest. Momma was right back then and Momma is right today, “Be careful (if you are Black) going through Bordentown. They are after the Blacks.”

Bordentown needs to clean up their act. African Americans should not be cautious to pass through Bordentown because of the color of their skin, regardless of what city or neighborhood they call home or what model of car they drive.. The prejudice that is within the Bordentown Police system is deep rooted and needs to be addressed, now. I applaud the officer that helped Bordentown rid itself of it’s chief with his phone, taking pics and recording disgusting, vile language; keep it up. There are more pics and tapes out there. But my prayer is that Bordentown or State Law Enforcement will do some retraining or rehiring within the Bordentown ranks. It is long, long overdue.

— Evelyn Mason, Bordentown

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He is a friend to me and to my fellow veterans who he seeks to speak up for every day. —Norm Glover, Vietnam veteran