Congratulations Marty, unlike the last park named after a council person who failed to pay her taxes in a timely manner, a park in fair lawn with the Etler name is well deserved!

What's next Poppycock Park?

UNBELIEVABLE!!!! A cop (Officer MaryAnn Collura) was shot and killed in town what was named after her in town? And DO NOT EVEN say the Radburn Post Office because the us government along with a politician outside of the borough government did that. It is DISGUSTING that this town continues to prove how STUPID they are. I guess the only way to get people in this town to acknowledge you is to NOT pay your taxes (Sheri Adler Park located at the Warren Point Annex) or flip pancKes (John Aliamo Park located at Berdan Park) and now this. Boy the FL government continues to show how much they DON'T appreciate their Cops it's REALLY SICKENING!!!!

Should be a park named for Doug Redling.

My only hope is now that its named after someone, maybe they will clean up the broken glass thats there all the time, making it an unsafe place to play?????

Some of these comments are disgraceful. Are you people really complaining about naming a park after a former mayor and his recently deceased wife who gave years of their life to better the Fair Lawn Community? You all should be ashamed of yourself.

@FL SHAMFUL-You are correct that there is no park named after MaryAnn Collura but please don't make it sound like the town doesn't acknowledge her dedication and hard work to Fair Lawn. There is a bronze statue of her outside of borough hall and every year the town holds a memorial service for her. You really think that just because there is not a park named after her that the town doesn't appreciate their police officers? That is just ridiculous.

agree with sally- whether you have personal problems with the council or manager this is not the article to bring it up. the etler's have done so much for this town and deserve this honor.
i feel bad for friends and family of the etlers who read an article and than have to see the garbage comments by internet trolls like FLshameful.
hey FlShameful if you really care about how our police are getting treated why dont you speak up at a council meeting- you probably wont though because than you cant hide behind a fake name.
dont you think your opinions would be taking a lot more serious if you stood up or at least put your name with your opinion. im assuming you are just a coward, with too much free time though

To those who criticize others for being late in paying their taxes, I'm curious about something. When you prepared your taxes this year, how much did you enter on line 44? You know, the line where you voluntarily pay the taxes due on out-of-state purchases that you made through Amazon and other vendors? If you falsely entered "zero", congratulations, you're a tax cheat. And not just a delinquent taxpayer; I'd wager that just about everyone who uses that dodge has no intention of ever paying what they owe.

And metzlers right. no way he becomes manager without etler. that idiot tedeschi wanted that job soooooo bad. then the metzler witch hunt over an 18,000 car. meanwhile, i hear joe hangs out at the high school all day when he should be in the office posting on patch under a fake name.

I saw this last night, and had the same reaction as Sally. Mary Ann would be the first to say "enough" with a post office and a statue in her memory. This is a chance to recognize someone that is still with us with an honor that several people hoped the gang that kicked Marty under the bus for being too bipartisan would have given to both of them when Vi could have enjoyed it herself. Instead, they patted themselves on the back, replaced him with someone with political family connections, and ignored every salient lesson his example represented for good government. Marty can be irritating and irritable, angry and defient, but no one can say that he did not know when to listen to the public, when to recognize his opinion was mistaken and needed to be rethought, or when to see that political enemies were not evil people for not sharing his views. It's about damn time someone gives him a moment of recognition with his name and Vi's name on it - they spent decades influencing this town's government with their leadership behind the scenes.

@ Sally J - you are SO WRONG on your above comment. Yes, there is a BEAUTIFUL Bronze statue of Officer MaryAnn Collura on the front lawn of Borough Hall but, that statue had NOTHING to do with the town. Detective David Boone (PBA President) was the one who had that statue made, the ceremony that is held EVERY YEAR on the Anniversary of her death is held by the PBA and had NOTHING to do with the town except that the workers get to leave their desks for about an hour and act as if they really cared. Don't get me wrong there are a few people that care but not many. Most of the men that worked along side of her care. And YES I really don't think that the town cares about the Police Department. I read not too long ago that they voted a "Vote of NO CONFIDENCE" in their Police Chief and I don't see anything being done.

Of course the town had "something" to do with the statue. For starters, it's there because those evil people that were running "the town" at the time, granted land for it, paid for the upkeep and the electric bill, and allow the annual event there. The rest of your comments show you not only are really confused, but have no idea how the municipal government works, including the rules regarding employees like the chief. There is no "the town". There are elected officials that govern the town and make the laws, appoint comittees to oversee the operations of the town, appoint a manager to make the decisions regarding how the paid employees operate the town. Before you go on and on about "the town", you should have some idea of what you are speaking about. You obviously don't.

Congratulations Marty; Rest in Peace Vi and Officer Collura. Please forgive the Fu@*tards on this site, for they have yet to learn of the stench of their own excrement in this world.

Me won, how do u call improper use of funds a witch -hunt?

Deleted why so literal? I must ask why Mr Boone was the driving force and not any township representatives? In that comtext i think that poster is correct

Most of these comments are really disgusting. I'm happy for Marty and only wish Vi were here to enjoy it as well.

@Judy, the truly disgusting facts are that WE have a 30 million dollar black hole called the recreation center and Sir Marty called it the "Heartbeat of Fair Lawn" with s complete disregard to the financial burden it causes...hardly a positive contribution

Won sum, not so accurate on the car issue....i read the minites
The money was from a BCIA loan that was closed..so yes it WAS wrong

Conveniently you skirted the question regarding why Mr Boone was the driving factor....then naturally i become a nut for asking a question ...so a typical

Really? Thats your explanation? !
So where does Mayor Weinstein or Councilmember Swain fit intp your theory, because last i looked it takes more than ONE vote...further are you saying its okay to to.
overlook something wrong because the pwrson doi.g so occupies a job you may have desired? And as far as your dopey "how do you get money from a closed loan?" Guess you really arent informed! Go back and read tge minutes