Dear Editor: When the Jersey City Council adopted the ordinance amendments to the Jersey Avenue Redevelopment, some members of the council lectured the public about the rights of a convict. One of the proponents of this project was indicted with conspiracy to defraud the North Jersey Savings and Loan out of millions of dollars in connection with another Jersey City development. He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and served time in jail. He was also a club manager for an "adult club" that lost its liquor license. This attitude is in dire contrast to the rights of laid-off employees' municipal employees. On many occasions I brought before the Jersey City Council the names of laid-off employees who passed the state civil service tests for newly created job titles. Instead, the City hired provisional employees, many who did not pass the state civil service tests. I gave the City Council copies of these lists and asked them to instruct Robert Lombard, then the hiring agent for the city, to abide by state law. Many laid-off employees served the city for many years and paid in the city's pension plan, not Social Security. My plea fell on deaf ears. It is amazing whom the City Council will defend! Yvonne Balcer