Readers don’t buy “Zero effect,”

file photo Boyd Loving

Readers don’t buy “Zero effect,”

If you think Valley exists in a bubble, think again. For eg., if you were at the meeting the other night you heard a resident ask Ms. Brogan if she knew that her son had been hit by a car exiting Valley, and that her daughter had been propositioned by a crossing guard attached to Valley. Assuming she reported any of this to the police, do you think it would have been a Ridgewood cop that would have investigated it ? I don’t think the cops who handled/investigated did so as a “side job,” do you ? So, who pays for it ? And who pays for the firemen on the trucks who respond to Valley’s constant needs ? Since we pay for it now, why the hell would you not pay for more of it when they more than double in size ?

As to the press, If your looking to buy a bridge I’ll sell you one ! Did you see any mention of the above in either the Record or The Ridgewood News ? I didn’t, but it sure did shock a lot of people in that audience the other night. Do you think having a picture of a resident on the front page of a county newspaper speaking against a ridiculous expansion is a good thing ?

“Vibrant downtown ?” Where do live ? Maybe on weekends, but no where close to what it was. And I just don’t know what my family and I will do if another dining spot leaves.

As for Hackensack, I’m (unfortunately) old enough to remember when the neighborhood around the the hospital was quite nice. Tell me, do you really think that as Hackensack Hospital expanded it benefited the town ? It contributed to the “blight,” just as St Joseph’s did in Paterson.

“Zero effect,” I doubt it.