EDITORIAL
BY DHIREN SHAH
Hello Readers,
The national primary election was in the eyes of the politicians. Everyone was especially curious about the conservative voters’ trend in the primary, which will impact the general election. Everyone’s ears were ready to listen to the primary results of the Republican Party, especially the Trump supported candidates. Since May, the primary season has been going on.
The one-way January 6th committee congressional is getting to the bottom of the events that happened. They are trying to find out how to stop Trump from running in the 2024 election. Within the Democratic leaning media outlets, Trump has been accused of wrongdoing on January 6th. However, the primary election of the Republican party is giving a good response for the Trump supported candidates.
On Aug. 2, Indiana Senator Todd Young, who said President Trump was responsible person for the January 6th attacks, won the GOP nomination. However, Trump has supported over 200 candidates, some lost and some won, but his candidates have won about 60%. This includes wins over incumbents who voted to impeach Trump. Now, President Biden and Nancy Pelosi are trying hard to divert people’s minds from the economy, inflation and a near future recession to world politics.
By going against two major powers, Russia and now China, it will be very tough for the Democrats to keep a majority in Congress and capture a clear majority in the Senate. By giving money to specific groups of people, it may not help Biden and the Democrats win the November election. They must think about Americans first. We help in the world in the name of climate change and support those small countries who geographically are in the best interest of the USA. We must think about the growth of America first, and then help others.
On Aug. 3, Governor Phil Murphy announced that he will extend outdoor dining from November 2022 to November 2023. As per the reports, the majority of the restaurants have survived due to outdoor dining. We are getting used to it as well. However, there are some New Yorkers that oppose outdoor dining due to parking problems and filthy streets, and they are even suing the city and trying to pressurize New York Mayor Eric Adams to stop outdoor dining.
Speaking of Adams, on the same day he announced an emergency procurement declaration to rapidly procure shelter and other services for people seeking asylum in New York City. However, some New Yorkers have opposed spending money on illegal immigrants and want to make sure no public benefits by way of taxpayer money are being given to them.
Newark Penn Station will be getting a facelift thanks to a $191 million restoration budget. There will be three public hearings starting from August 9, 2022. Newark Penn Station opened in 1935 and some renovations have been done on or about 1970. Newark Penn Station mainly serves NJ Transit, Path Trains. Amtrak and Newark Light Rail, along with buses outside. The ridership is increasing every day, which according to a 2017 report, NJ Transit has a daily weekday ridership of about 27,695. Amtrak has a yearly ridership of about 731,000 and Path Train ridership increased in 2017 to about 8.5 million annually. Newark Penn Station needs better facilities to serve people as a 21st century train station.
Have a wonderful week. I’ll talk to you next week.
