To the editor, Like you, comments made by Gary Oppenheimer during the reorganization meeting of West Milford’s council caught my attention. As you reported in your edition of January 5, Oppenheimer rightly used the period of the meeting set aside for public comment to get on his own soapbox. During his allotted five minutes, he criticized an anonymous contribution to another weekly that he felt was especially offensive to the council’s two Democrats. From my vantage point in the audience, however, it was unclear what Oppenheimer wanted the council to do about it. A seemingly otherwise sensible man, he appeared to advocate censorship by suggesting that the council intervene to prevent publication of similar contributions in the future. Apparently Oppenheimer didn’t stop to ponder the ramifications of his plea for officials to squelch free speech. He might want to consider that the next time he rises to speak the mayor could gavel him off his soapbox, which is not a far fetched scenario in West Milford. Martin O’Shea Stockholm, NJ