EDITORIAL by Dhiren Shah
Hello Readers,
Is Newark the “Dirtiest City” in the country? According to The Center Square New Jersey on January 24, 2022: “Newark, New Jersey, tops the list as the dirtiest city in America” “Newark, New Jersey, according to a new analysis, is the dirtiest city in the country.
According to the 2022 Dirtiest Cities in America rankings from LawnStarter, the Gateway City edged out Houston and Los Angeles to earn the distinction… Newark ranked No. 13 for pollution and No. 21 for living conditions. Meanwhile, its infrastructure ranking came in at No. 43, while its customer satisfaction was second. Elsewhere in New Jersey, Jersey City ranked No. 27 on the site’s list. In the region, New York City ranked No. 14, while Philadelphia ranked No. 31.”
Tom Brady has retired after 22 seasons and 7 Super Bowl rings. The greatest quarterback of all time won titles in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021. He won his first 6 Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, a team he played 20 years for. He signed a 2 year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020. Within a short period of time, he won another Super Bowl and made the Bucs very happy campers. In 2022 he brought the Bucs to the conference semifinal game, but lost a very exciting contest to the Los Angeles Rams. This year, due to the extended 17 game season, the Super Bowl will be on February 13th. The Los Angeles Rams will play the Cincinnati Bengals on the Rams’ home field in California.
As per CBS News on Monday January 31, 2022; ‘Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA 2019 pageant and a correspondent for the entertainment news program ‘Extra’ has died at age 30. Police said Kryst jumped from a Manhattan apartment building and was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday morning. Her family confirmed her death in a statement. ‘In devastation and great sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie. Her great light was one that inspired others around the world with her beauty and strength,’ her family said.”
The atmosphere of fame and reaching the top in no time can contribute to suicide. Also, a lot of people do not understand that with fame, comes lots of pressure to maintain status, and lots of enemies created by jealousy in a race to reach the top.
Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from ABC network’s “The View” for 2 weeks for her comment about holocaust and race. I don’t think her intention was to criticize the Jewish community. She apologized immediately as well. Some say that the 2 week suspension is too harsh of a punishment.
CNN President Jeff Zucker resigned Feb. 2 after revealing he failed to disclose a romantic relationship with a colleague, who was once the communications director for former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the older brother of Chris Cuomo, who the network fired.
Local elections are four to five months away. From the middle of February, it will start shaping up soon. As per the news by New Jersey Globe, former Mayor Sharpe senior is thinking about running for the upcoming Newark election as a councilman at large. James went to jail for 18 months and would need something like an expungement or pardon from the governor to run again for any public office. If Sharpe cannot run, he might try to bear his weight on the upcoming election. It will be interesting to see how the election take a turn in Newark, Orange, Irvington and Belleville for May 10, 2022.
Have a wonderful week.
I’ll talk to you next week.
