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| A building on the 100 block of Main Street in Hackensack that once housed Lowits, above, is for sale, and a nearby merchant says he has heard the owners are looking for a developer to pretty much replace the entire block with an office building or high-rise. Lowits, a family owned, upscale men's clothing store, closed in April 2001. The latest business to flop there is Cafe Arabica. |
By Victor E. Sasson
Editor
School shootings have become so commonplace in our right-to-bear arms society they have lost any shock value for The Record and other newspapers.
Thus, Editor Marty Gottlieb's decision to celebrate on Page 1 the hard-working trash crews at MetLife Stadium and downplay Monday's Nevada school killings with an A-1 blurb and A-4 story.
Anything less than a mass killing bores Gottlieb.
What's the big deal? Only one middle school student and one teacher died -- sacrificed to the National Rifle Association lobby -- and two students were wounded.
As for the cleanup crews and a brawl at the stadium in East Rutherford, is it really news that most football fans are slobs, beer and gas guzzlers, thugs and worse (A-1 and L-1)?
Christie leaving?
At the top of A-1 today, Columnist Charles Stile has been writing about Governor Christie's presidential aspirations for so long, he doesn't realize most readers would love to get rid of the GOP bully, if he manages to win a second term.
Did I miss The Record's story on a TV ad from Democratic challenger Barbara Buono, who tells viewers she is the only candidate running for governor?
On A-2, two more Sports section corrections appear.
Chris and Sandy
Even with billions of dollars from the federal government, Christie is the target of complaints from residents whose Sandy-damaged homes are sitting idle and rotting (A-3).
Same-sex marriages dominate the Local front today (L-1), but there is so little other local news nearly all of L-3 is devoted to "jumps" -- the continuations of L-1 stories.
Obama in N.J.?
In Hackensack news, the Fanny Meyer Hillers PTA president -- Kelly Medina -- has been charged with stealing more than $900 from the group's account to pay for manicures, coffee, parking and other expenses (L-6).
The idiotic headline:
President
charged in
PTA theft
Even in Hackensack, Barack Obama gets blamed for everything.
And Production Editor Liz Houlton -- who is supposed to catch and fix such screwy headlines -- continues to collect her inflated six-figure salary.
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