Who's Hopatcong and Sparta's Person of the Year?
TIME magazine named President Obama their person of the year for the second time. Tell us who you think should win from our town!
On Dec. 19, Time magazine named President Obama their Person of the Year, again! The magazine invited votes on 40 candidates, including the president, Gabby Douglas and Kim Jong Un. Other options included The Mars Rover and the Higgs Boson Particle, Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, and Apple CEO Tim Cook. But, the president took the title again four years after he first won the award as president-elect in 2008. But who cares about the same-old, same-old? Who is Hopatcong and Sparta's Person of the Year—the man or woman who, in Timespeak, “most influenced the news this year for better or worse”? Tell us your pick in the comment section below!
Michele Guttenberger
3:42 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012
Funny how NOT one elected official from our Borough has been suggested to be on the list so far. Did we not vote for these people because they made a promise to make Hopatcong a better place. If they have made good on their promises there should have been several submission here - sadly so far there are none. I guess prayers are not the answer to everything Mayor Petillo and yelling insults to … more ›