Dump Mike Ferguson (NJ7)

The following letter was published in the Sunday, July 30 2006 Courier News:

Ferguson misusing taxpayers' money

I am looking at a mailing titled "Update from Congressman Mike Ferguson." It is printed with color photographs on both sides of heavy cardboard stock. This is one expensive piece of advertising. There is no stamp on it because it states, "This mailing was prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense."

This is clearly campaign literature. With important issues facing our nation such as the Iraq war, which is causing the United States to fall deeper and deeper into debt, a war that Ferguson consistently supports, perhaps taxpayers wouldn't mind paying for a newsletter that provided real information. But the only "news" in the expensive advertising material I received proclaimed "Ferguson announces the winner of Art Contest, and Military Academy Nominees and Congressional Service awards."

If Congressman Ferguson put these announcements, which are of interest to such a limited number of his constituents, on his Web site, it certainly would have cost the taxpayers much less.

Voters in the 7th District have a very important choice to make in November. I encourage them to learn about Linda Stender (at www.lin dastenderforcongress.com) who will spend taxpayer's money more prudently and on issues the voters care about such as improved education and the preserving the environment.

MAUREEN GREENBAUM
Watchung

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One of the main claims made by this blog is that Mike Ferguson presents himself as a moderate when he is in New Jersey, but when he gets to Washington, D.C. he votes with President Bush and the right wing House Leadership like Tom DeLay and John Boehner. Often it takes some digging to prove it, but sometimes Ferguson provides the evidence by talking to the newspapers.

Linda Stender's campaign caught Mike Ferguson is an example of doing one thing in DC and saying another in NJ on price gouging by oil companies:

On September 28, 2005, Ferguson voted against a move to recommit HR 3402 so that it would have provided the Justice Department the authority to prosecute oil companies engaged in gas price gouging and impose fines of up to $100 million on corporations and up to $1 million in fines or 10 years in prison or both for individuals caught price gouging.

But here's what he said in the July 27, 2006 Westfield Leader:

“There should be zero tolerance for energy companies and retailers that engage in price gouging.”

If Ferguson really believed what he said and was an "independent" "moderate" Republican, he would have voted to hold oil companies accountable if they engage in price gouging. But he didn't.

The question now is if he flip-flopped on accountability, or if he is just pandering to the electorate during an election year.

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The following letter was published in the July 23, 2006 Home News Tribune:

Change the vote on stem-cell research

With a stockpile of hundreds of thousands of stored, surplus, frozen, few-days-old human embryos that are no longer needed for in vitro fertilization and are heading to be discarded as medical waste, one must sincerely question the values of President George W. Bush and all those who are opposing the use of some of these rudimentary cells to conduct stem-cell investigation instead of their disposal.

Because cells from early embryos have the capacity to become every human structure, understanding how they work promises to yield the greatest information about how tissues form, develop and function when diseased.

What sort of twisted morality assigns a higher ethical value to soon-to-be-destroyed embryos that will never become a person over the most promising research pathways to both understanding and relieving the vast human suffering from diseases?

Since 2001, by presidential edict and now with Bush's veto, federal funding for this important research has been severely restricted. Five years of vital time already has been lost. To prevent further delay, Congress must now muster a two-thirds vote to override. About 50 representatives and four senators must change their no votes to yes to reject the veto.

New Jersey families who have experienced Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease, MS and paralysis from spinal-cord injury should immediately call Reps. Ferguson, Garrett, LoBiondo, Saxton and Smith to urge them to change their minds and vote to override President Bush's ill-advised veto.

Arthur L. Yeager
EDISON

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The following letter was published in the July 27, 2006 Home News Tribune:

Ferguson should return $42,403

Now that Tom DeLay's ARMPAC has been found guilty of massive violation of federal-campaign violations, resulting in a fine of $115,000, isn't it time that Congressman Mike Ferguson return the $42,403 he received from DeLay and ARMPAC?

So far he has refused, thus tainting New Jersey's 7th District with the influence of Tom DeLay. I don't think this kind of politics is what New Jersey moderates are about, Democrat or Republican.

Michael Pratt
SKILLMAN

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On February 10, 2004 Congressman Mike Ferguson signed on as a cosponsor of the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) which would deny same sex couples the right to marry anywhere in the United States, regardless of what the voters and citizens of that state wanted.

On July 18, 2006 Congressman Mike Ferguson voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment yet strangely his name is no longer attached to the bill as a cosponsor.

Why would he take his name of the bill if he still supports the bill? Is Mike Ferguson going soft on the issue of same sex marriage?

Or was he backing a popular President George Bush in 2004 by cosponsoring the bill, and now trying to run away from an unpopular George Bush in 2006?

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The good folks at Congressional Quarterly have listed the top challengers in terms of cash on hand [pdf], and NJ7's Linda Stender is in at number 21 with her $650,000.

The only thing is that Mike Ferguson has $1.5M cash on hand, so Linda is behind by about a million dollars.

You can help fix this, though, by contributing on the Blue 7th ActBlue fundraising page!

Hat tip to the ever awesome Swing State Project for the lead.

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The following letter was published in the Suburban News on Thursday, July 20, 2006

A Vote For Linda Stender Is Vote For Environment

To the Editor:

The showdown this fall between Linda Stender, the Democratic challenger and Mike Ferguson the Republican incumbent gives Seventh District voters a chance to make a major statement in favor of responsible government.

One of the major tasks in this day and age facing any government is the challenge of coping with the environmental crisis. President Bush has chosen not to deal with this issue, and Ferguson's voting record indicates that his views and values are similar to those of this administration. This bodes ill for the world, our country, and New Jersey.

Voters who care about the environment that their grandchildren will live in will vote for Linda Stender.

Eric Hausker
Rahway

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The following letter was published in the Cranford Chronicle on July 13, 2006:

Defense of Ferguson didn't address policy

To The Chronicle:

Jonathan Sassi's arm-waving rant about the Drum Major Institute (DMI) and my June 30 Chronicle letter was hilarious.

First, Dr. Sassi devoted considerable ink to an erudite parsing of the term "progressive." Well, the funny thing is that the editors of the Chronicle added that term to my letter. The letter that I submitted did not contain the word "progressive." According to DMI's web site, "The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to challenging the tired orthodoxies of both the right and the left."

As for the DMI report regarding the middle class, Dr. Sassi does plenty of name-calling, labeling, and categorization, but he made no effort to dispute the policy discussions about Rep. Mike Ferguson and other members of Congress. He failed to address the eight 2005 House votes upon which House members were rated. It is understandable that Republicans would rather not talk about specific policy issues, given the horrible record of the Republican-controlled Congress and White House.

Interestingly, Dr. Sassi had essentially nothing positive to say about Mike Ferguson. He simply recited platitudes and mentioned tax cuts. How about providing some data regarding the real beneficiaries of the Bush Administration's tax cuts? Here's a hint: They are not the families with annual incomes within 20 percent of the national median income.

JOHN CANTILLI
Cranford

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The following letter was published in the Cranford Chronicle on July 13, 2006.

Ferguson can't move U.S. ahead

Just as the first robin signals the start of spring, so the first political attack letter signals the start of asummer of local campaign-wrangling among the partisan readers of the Chronicle. I join the fray in progress between Messrs.Cantilli and Sassi.

Sassi defends the incumbent Republican Congressman, Mike Ferguson. You are right,Mr. Sassi, Ferguson is a proven loyalist to the Bush line.More billions into the bottomless pit of Iraq? Fine.Give generous tax cuts to the rich to boost the burdened economy?Wonderful. Promote Constitutional amendments to limit freedoms distasteful to the Bible Belt?Go George!

But Ferguson is a relative newcomer to the Washington scene. He is a little dog in the pack who must cater to the leaders in order to get the scraps of federal benefits that may fall to New Jersey.If Ferguson survives to grow stronger, maybe he will develop some guts to be a principled Republican like Specter or Snowe.Or maybe he will become another Santorum.

I prefer to vote for someone who is a proven, principled local leader and hasworked long and hard to promote the interests of all citizens of our county. Linda Stender seems to meet these standards better than Ferguson to represent New Jersey's 7th Congressional district.

However, it is Mr. Sassi's snide comments about "progressive" and "liberals" that really incited me to join this campaign of letters.He parrots the neo-conservatives' exploitation of President Reagan's put-down of the term "liberal" in politics.But the old showman would be embarrassed by the depths of distortion created by Karl Rove and his Rat Pack.

The neo-cons want people to forget that it was leaders of the "liberal" bent that fought to bring us the 40-hour work week, child labor laws, Social Security and civil rights for all citizens of any color, sexor creed.The neo-cons are fighting to make old Republican Trent Lott's dream a reality. Trent yearned for the nation to be under leaders like the young Strom Thurmond, who could "roll back the clock" to the "good old days".

I have no faithin Mike Ferguson having the guts to keep the nation moving forward on the high road.

TOM HARTMAN
Cranford

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One of Mike Ferguson's biggest benefactors in Congress was Tom DeLay, who used his leadership political action committee – ARMPAC – to funnel $52,403 in campaign cash to Ferguson over his Congressional career. That is more than any other sitting member of the House in those years.

Tom DeLay was indicted last year for money laundering and illegal campaign fundraising activities, and was driven from his leadership positions in Congress and eventually forced to resign. Tom DeLay is also tied in with Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist who was convicted of stealing money from clients and bribing members of Congress. Yet Ferguson refuses to return money he received from ARMPAC and Tom DeLay.

Now we learn that not only is Tom DeLay being investigated for corruption and illegal activities, but ARMPAC was just found guilty of violating Federal Election Commission laws and fined $115,000. From Political Money Line:

The Federal Election Commission and former Rep. Tom DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC) have agreed to a conciliation agreement for violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act, as amended. The violations include failure to properly report its receipts, disbursements and cash on hand; failure to report outstanding debts and obligations; and failure to properly pay for shared federal and non-federal disbursements.

The committee failed to accurately report $74,295 in financial activity on 2001 and $166,340 in 2002. The committee failed to report debts and obligations to twenty-five vendors totaling $322,306. The non-federal account overpaid its share of allocable expenses by $203,483. The committee used incorrect ratios to allocate is disbursements, and the non-federal account overpaid its portion of generic voter drives by $121,456, and fundraising events by $9,414.The non-federal account overpaid $95,386 in fundraising expenses that should have been charges to the federal account.

It's time to call on Mike Ferguson to return the $42,403 he received from the scandal-ridden Tom DeLay and ARMPAC. Ferguson himself set the bar when he donated to charity money from Jack Abramoff and Adam Kidan in August 2005 when they had only been indicted and not convicted. It is time for Ferguson to be consistent and recognize that the corrupting influence of Tom DeLay has no place in New Jersey's 7th Congressional District.

You can help put the pressure on by writing letters to the editor on this and other issues related to Mike Ferguson. The Courier News is at letters@c-n.com, the Home News Tribune at letters@thnt.com, the Star Ledger at eletters@starledger.com, or the New York Times at letters@nytimes.com. More local and weekly publications can be found at Dump Mike Letters.

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NETWORK, a Catholic organization dedicated to social justice, gives out an annual report card on all House and Senate members. They gave Congressman Mike Ferguson a zero (0) for the 2005-2006 cycle.

That's right, a Catholic organization started by 47 nuns gave Michael Ferguson a 0 for his concern for the poor, minorities, immigrants and the people of Iraq.

Here's a picture of these nice folks:

Here's their description:

Through lobbying and legislative advocacy, we strive to close the gap between rich and poor and to dismantle policies rooted in racism, greed and violence.

NETWORK’s membership, which includes both individuals and organizations, represents more than 100,000 people. This vast constituency is committed and active. When our national office puts out the word that Congress needs to hear from our members on critical legislation, our members respond by calling, writing, emailing or visiting their Senators and Representatives, and by mobilizing others to take action as well.

Since our founding in 1971 by 47 Catholic sisters, NETWORK has been faithfully answering the Gospel call to act for justice.

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Found this video today from the Linda Stender for Congress campaign linking Mike Ferguson to George Bush's failures. It's really not hard to do. Click to watch the video.

UPDATE: This video is not from the Stender campaign. In fact, it has no disclaimer so we do not know where it comes from. If you know, please put it in the comments!

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Fox News has a blog entry called the Election Night Primer for the Early-to-Bed Set which it appears will be updated as the year goes on to election day in November. Following the NY Times, they have identified one district in New Jersey that could switch hands, and it is our beloved NJ7:

New Jersey: One Republican seat currently held by Mike Ferguson. A loss here would indicate a Democratic sweep in the East.

Essentially they say that if we win here in NJ7 that the sweep is on for the Democrats. Let's work hard to make it work!

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Though he is no longer a sponsor of the bill, Mike Ferguson voted today to pass a Constitutional Amendment banning gays from being legally married.

When he first ran for Congress, Ferguson had the endorsement of the left of center Human Rights Campaign and the right of center Log Cabin Republicans because he presented himself as a moderate on gay rights issues. He has since lost the support of both organizations because of his lurch to the radical right.

It is the same with his environmental record. In 2000 and 2002 Ferguson pretended to be a moderate and received the support of organizations such as the League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club. He has since jumped onto the right wing Republican bandwagon and lost the support of every single environmental group that backed him in the past.

Ferguson introduced himself to the public as a moderate Republican and has tried to maintain that facade. The truth is not in his flyers and website, but in his votes. And in his votes he is 100 percent in line with the right wing Republicans currently running DC and our country into the poor house.

UPDATE: After the jump

Some people suggest that the vote to deny gay people the right to marry is a defense of marriage, and that if we allow gays to marry it will destroy the institution of marriage. I don't think that this is what the vote was about, since allowing same sex couples to marry would extend marriage and it's obligations to more people.

If they were serious about protecting marriage, they would be outlawing divorce, adultery and lying about family finances -- things that really do destroy marriages. Rep. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee makes this point perfectly during the debate:

LINCOLN DAVIS: Marriage is for life, and this amendment needs to include that basic tenant. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I think we should expand the scope of the amendment to outlaw divorce in this country. Going further Mr. Speaker, I believe in fidelity. Adultery is an evil that threatens the marriage and the heart of every marriage, which is commitment.

How can we as a country allow adulterers to go unpunished and continue to make a mockery of marriage? Again by doing so, what lessons are we teaching our children about marriage? I certainly think that it shows we are not serious about protecting the institution and this is why I think the amendment should outlaw adultery and make it a felony. Additionally, Mr. Speaker, we must address spousal abuse and child abuse. Think of how many marriages end in a divorce or permanent separation because one spouse is abusive.

And, Mr. Speaker, I personally think child abuse may be the most despicable act one can commit. This is why if we are truly serious about protecting marriage to the point we will amend the constitution, we should extend the punishment of abuse to prevent those who do such a hideous act from ever running for an elected position anywhere.

We should also prevent those who commit adultery, or get a divorce, from running for office. Mr. Speaker, this House must lead by example. If we want those watching on CSPAN to actually believe we are serious about protecting marriage, then we should go after the other major threats to the institution. Not just the threat that homosexuals may some day be allowed to marry in a state other than Massachusetts. An elected official should certainly lead by example.

If Mike Ferguson were really interested in protecting marriage he should immediately sponsor a bill proposing a constitutional ammendment banning adultery, and -- to go along with Rep. Davis -- bar adulterers from holding public office or voting. But he won't, because this is not about protecting the institution of marriage.

This vote by Mike Ferguson and other right wingers is about not wanting gays to have the same right as straights, and I just don't see how that can be considered an American position.

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Here are the caucuses Congressman Mike Ferguson belongs to, according to the National Journal.

Rep. Mike Ferguson, R-Warren: Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention

Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus

Congressional Croatian Caucus

Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues

Congressional Boating Caucus

Caucuses are groups of House members who get together to discusss a particular issue. The ones that jump out at me are the Port Security Caucus and the Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Caucus. Why?

Regarding the first caucus, Ferguson voted against securing our ports from nuclear materials and for a bill that slashed federal terrorism funding for New Jersey. If that'sthe kind of record people on the Port Security caucus have, I'd be worried about them.

He's much better at promoting intellectual property, though at the cost of everyday folks. Ferguson is the key sponsor of a bill that would ban normal and sattelite radio manufacturers from including recording features in their devices. The idea is that this would protect people who own the rights to music from having their songs recorded and shared, but what it really does is stiffle innovation from manufacturers and make it impossible for people to record shows -- like talk shows, news, etc. -- and listen to them at their convenience.

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The following letter to the editor was published in the July 17, 2006 Courier News:

Paper trail bill for e-votes needs help

My representative, Mike Ferguson, needs to step up and co-sponsor H.R.550. For more than a year, this bill has languished in committee. Simply put, this legislation will require a paper backup for each electronic vote made. Should a malfunction occur or a recount be required, there will be a paper trail for each vote.

Lou Dobbs devoted 10 nights of coverage on CNN to the vulnerabilities of paperless voting. Both parties will benefit from this legislation. Inaction will cause only greater problems for our country in November 2007 and succeeding elections.

Democracy is threatened. Congressman Ferguson, take action now.

WILLIAM R. HULL
Martinsville

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On Friday we reported that Linda Stender raised an amazing $431,885 in the second quarter. It's an amazing feat, and really places her in an excellent position to defeat Mike Ferguson in NJ's 7th district.

Today we have even more excellent news: Ferguson filed his numbers for the quarter and Linda out raised him by $87,593.95, or more than 25 percent.

Ferguson's $344,291.05 in the second quarter is $15,000 less than his first quarter numbers. Usually the second quarter is much better than the first, especially because Linda did not announce she was running until February, and there was no pressure to raise money in 1Q06.

This leads me to believe that Ferguson is not getting the support he would like from the Republican party and the PACs. As Charlie Cook and other Chuck Todd continue to rate NJ7 competitive, you would think the right wing supporters of Ferguson would leap to his defense.

The bad news is that Ferguson has $1,514,084.21 cash on hand, about $850,000 more than Linda. He's been busily using taxpayer funds to do campaign mailings lately, so has not had to spend much on his own.

You can help make a difference in this race by contributing to Linda today through Blue7th’s Act Blue page. She is proving she can do it, but she needs our help.

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There are some things that transcend politics and campaigns, and the minimum wage is one of them. As most folks who stop by this blog or belong to Blue 7th PAC know, we are working to defeat Mike Ferguson as our Congressman. Most of the posts here are about his bad votes, poor decisions, right wing positions, etc. But sometimes you have to step outside of that and say, Good job.

For the past nine years people at the lowest level of the wage scale in the United States have not gotten a raise, but that looks like it might finally change thanks to an effort that Mike participated in to get an increased minimum wage to the floor. The bill would "increase the minimum wage to $6.00 an hour 60 days after enactment; $6.75 an hour six months after that 60th day; and $7.15 an hour one year after that 60th day the bill is signed into law." (US Fed News)

There's not a lot of benefit to the people of NJ7 in this, because NJ already raised it's minimum wage to $6.15 last year and it will go up to $7.15 this October. Mike is not really risking any business votes in NJ.

But a lot of states have not increased their minumum wage, and this will impact them. A lot of the money Mike's campaign collects comes from out of state, so this was a risk for him.

So, though we will still work for your defeat in November, Thank You, Mike. You did the right thing.

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Linda Stender today announced her campaign has raised $431,885 for the second fundraising quarter of 2006. ...

Stender's FEC filing for the reporting period ending June 30 shows that her campaign raised $431,885. To date Stender has raised $899,739 from donors. The campaign has more than $650,000 on hand. The amount raised is far more than the campaigns of previous Democrats who have run against Ferguson when not considering personal loans from those candidates.

Those numbers are for the second quarter ending June 30, 2006.  Earlier this week Stender picked up the DCCC's Red to Blue list, which in 2004 raised a quarter million dollars for each of its recipients, and the Netroots Candidates, which can raise tens if not hundreds of thousands themselves.

Just that and her current fundraising would make Linda the best financed Democratic candidate since  ... well in forever.  Neither Tim Carden (2002) nor Steve Brozak (2004) broke a million dollars raised, and I am pretty sure Maryanne Connelly was right around $1.2 million.

But Mike Ferguson is even better financed with close to two million raised.  You can contribute to Linda Stender through the Blue 7thAct Blue page today and help her win in 2006!

Every $5 adds to the total, so even if you can't give a lot please give something today.

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By the way, you too can donate to Linda Stender's campaign and Blue 7th PAC through our ActBlue page.!

Blogs like Blue Jersey and Dump Mike have been instrumental in bringing endorsements and funds to Linda.  While BlueJersey has just a little under $2,000 for Linda and Blue 7th PAC (which runs Dump Mike) a little under $5,000, Matt Stoller of the Netroots Candidates fundraising list said that without BJ and DM they would not have endorsed in NJ7. 

The Netroots Candidates list has raised almost $10,000 in just a couple weeks.  They should be able to raise 5 or 10 times that much, and the Red to Blue list from DCCC the same.  In 2004, Red to Blue raise a cool $250,000 for each of their identified candidates.

That's as much as $3500K or more that would not be used to defeat Mike Ferguson were it not for us.

So give yourselves a hand, people!  You are making a difference in New Jersey and national politics.

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Dave Rebovich, political science professor and pundit from Rider University, notes in the recent "Campaigns and Elections" (subscription only) that NJ has a couple competetive House races.

In addition, Linda Stender and Paul Aronsohn are showing signs of being competitive against incumbent Republicans Mike Ferguson and Scott Garrett in the 7th and 5th districts respectively; a Democratic victory in either race would certainly help the party's quest to gain a majority in the House.

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The following letter was published in the Courier News on July 6, 2006:

Contact Ferguson on Internet bill

There currently is a battle going on that most people don't know about that could change how we use the Internet. Right now, cable and telecom companies cannot (legally) control what sites you visit and how quickly different sites come in. That could change very soon. Legislation being debated in the Senate and House (co-sponsored by Rep. Mike Ferguson) will let these companies control bandwidth or block sites they do not agree with.

This means that if you want information about competitors, you could be blocked. If you want a Web site advertising your small business to be seen, you might have to pay the companies an extra fee or your page might load extra slowly. If you want certain pages to load for you, you might have to pay a service fee to the company to get the service you already get right now. This is nothing short of censorship and extortion.

If you think this is a bad idea, please give your representatives a call, and since he is a sponsor and will not change his position, let Mike Ferguson know what you think by voting for Linda Stender in November, who is strongly against this legislation.

MATTHEW DAWSON
Hillsborough

For an easy to understand discussion on Net Neutrality, visit the Blue Jersey blog:

On the Internet you can access anything that people put out there. On Cable TV, the cable company decides what content they will allow you to access.

We've seen an excellent example in the past few years as the Yankees and Mets started their own cable TV stations to carry their games. Some cable TV companies quickly agreed to carry the new stations, while others did not.

As a result, many fans were unable to watch their beloved team's games, while other fans could. Why? Because the cable delivery companies wanted the stations to pay more money or they would not deliver the content to their subscribers.

That is what net neutrality is about. If you want to decide what content you can see without the interference of your Internet access provider, you are for net neutrality. If you want your Internet access provider to decide what you can see based on how much money they want, you're against net neutrality.

It's that simple. The profits of the company that delivers the content should not determine what content we can access.

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The following letter was published in the Courier News on July 5, 2006:

Mike Ferguson's recent campaign ad praising himself for the removal of mercury in Hillsborough is yet another election year ploy by the Republican congressman.

The facts concerning the mercury removal are this: Nevada has yet to approve the transfer, and the Defense Department has no firm scheduled removal date. The chances of the removal ever happening are dubious at best. Yet Ferguson tries to deceive the voting public once again. Ferguson has voted with Bush on every failed policy out of this failed administration.

We don't need another rubber-stamp Bush sycophant in Congress.

JAN FLEEDLE
Hillsborough

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