Letters
E.B. police deserve praise for superb National Night Out

The Pine Ridge Neighborhood Association would like to congratulate the Project 18 Community Policing Unit, and East Brunswick Police Department (EBPD) Patrolman Michael Knoll and Patrolman Frank LoSacco on the extraordinary job they did with the planning and organizing of East Brunswick’s first centralized National Night Out.

The Pine Ridge community is composed of approximately 375 families, in a pleasant area of East Brunswick, located between Schoolhouse Lane and Edgeboro Road. Residents here in Pine Ridge are very aware of the exceptional police officers we have in East Brunswick and are extremely grateful that the Project 18 Community Policing Unit works with our group in various ways, supporting our work around community issues.

All of our residents in attendance had a fantastic time at National Night Out. It was a wonderful way to foster the relationship between residents and the police. We are certain that this type of event involved much coordination of services and departments. We congratulate the EBPD on the superb job and look forward to next year’s National Night Out.

Denise Contrino

president

Pine Ridge Neighborhood Association

East Brunswick

Homeless Animals Day to shed light on tragic cycle of killing

Aug. 20 is Homeless Animals Day. The International Society for Animal Rights began this day to publicize companion animal overpopulation, increase public awareness of the millions of animals killed in shelters annually due to a lack of homes, and to emphasize the importance of spaying and neutering.

The total number of animals killed in shelters has been debated. Some estimate there are 4-5 million animals killed per year in shelters, while others think the number is much higher. These estimates are only for shelter animals; they do not include street animals who die before making it to a shelter.

On Homeless Animals Day, make a commitment to support rescue efforts. Support your local shelter, rescue group and local independent rescuers. You can do this by having your own animals spayed or neutered, adopting your next animal and educating others about the importance of spaying or neutering and adoption.

We can end the tragic cycle of killing.

Michelle Sullivan

vice president

Homeless Animal Lifeline

Plainfield

Writer offers differing view of Supreme Court decisions

It seems that liberals such as Gregory Bean cannot put out of their mind the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2000 that resulted in George W. Bush winning the presidential election.

In his column, “States Rushing to Curb Eminent Domain Abuse” that appeared in the July 28 issue of the Sentinel, Bean draws a parallel between the court’s recent decision on eminent domain and the court’s decision regarding the presidential election of 2000.

Certainly this liberal court’s decision regarding eminent domain was absolutely improper, thanks to the liberal contingent in the court (Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens and David Souter), just as this same liberal group was wrong in its minority positions regarding the court’s decision of 2000.

Bean states that both of these court decisions “generated ... national anger.” I wonder where Mr. Bean was living back in 2000 since I only recall most Americans were not at all angry at the court’s decision — they celebrated the decision. I’m certain Mr. Bean was probably one of those angered back in 2000/2001.

If Mr. Bean wanted to recall a period of anger, he should have referred to the state of Florida’s liberal Supreme Court’s decisions that attempted to create law instead of interpreting law with its unfavorable decisions.

James V. Toto

East Brunswick