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Yes. The second board candidate I encountered mentioned the menu review. Of course, the lunches cost $2.40, so I guess I shouldn't expect too much. We've tried to get our son to take lunch to school but he just refuses. I guess he likes to complain about it. I am going to force the issue when his account is empty. I would like to see vegetable gardens started at all the schools. After all, Michelle Obama started her "Let's Move" program a few years ago, but I guess it hasn't filtered down to Hackensack.

Catch to up to animal news in The Record of Woodland Park

http://eyeontherecord.blogspot.com/2013/02/more-news-of-animals-than-inner-city.html

My stepson is 15 and attends Hackensack High School. He hates the food there, and often doesn't have lunch, even though he has a lot of money in his account. On Friday, I saw some kids at Starbucks on Essex Street in Hackensack, asked where they went school, and was told Hackensack High. I said it seemed like a long walk for something to eat, and one of the kids said he never eats lunch there. My stepson says a lot of kids walk to the Dunkin' Donuts on Passaic Street for lunch. A pizzeria near the high school does a land-office business.

I encountered a candidate for the school board on Saturday night, mentioned kids' view of the food at the high school, and he said two things: there are lots of high schools with bad food, and Hackensack High had more serious problems. He's not getting my vote. I met another candidate for the school board today, and she reacted positively to my concern.

Why would anyone minimize the importance of food in schools? What else has a direct relationship to your health and feeling of well-being?

Hackensack doesn't spend millions of dollars every year on school busing. Where is that money going? Certainly not for good food the kids want to eat.

The Citizens for Open Government slate is supported wholeheartedly by Lynne Hurwitz, the Democratic Party chairwoman who was the power behind Ken Zisa and the Zisa slate that now holds four of the five council seats. Does anyone need another reason to boycott their candidacy and vote for someone else? Let's see how "open" the slate members are -- if they get on the ballot -- on who supports and finances their campaign.

As for Regina's boast, attending council meetings doesn't mean jack.

Councilman John Labrosse may be the only opposition on the council, but why does he sit silently all the time and let his wife attack the council majority? And why exactly did she sue the council?

That post in Eye on The Record was based on information from an usually reliable source, but I am not sure the transaction ever took place. In any case, NJMG never made any discussions public or discussed them in a story in The Record. Subsequent rumors were that Wal-Mart would lease the land.

Regina, are you the same shrill woman who gets up at council meetings and screams and yells about astronomical legal bills? I'm talking about thinking outside the box. The hospital has had a huge impact on Hackensack and most of its patients come from out of town. It's time for it to give back, period. Money, vegetable gardens at the schools, you name it, it should be on the table. It doesn't have to be Prosepct Avenue near the hospital, it could be any street in Hackensack. Whose side are you on? Certainly not the taxpayers.

At The Record, editors are barking up the wrong tree:

http://eyeontherecord.blogspot.com/2013/02/editors-are-barking-up-wrong-tree.html