couple of questions: what is the size/price talk of the 33% of these units that will be market rate? Should it just be assumed that these will get tax abatements as well? And is it purely coincidental that the lead developer on this project is based out of Lakewood, the same city as the lead developer on the oceanfront?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What the newspaper printed is ONLY PART Of THE STORY. No reporter was > present at the council meeting on Friday, Jan. 28,2005 @ 9:00 am. ONLY IN ASBURY > PARK, would the reporter only interview one or two people with the same views > on a hot topic. Tax dollars, land use, and housing people by the railroad > tracks. > > The lawyer and planner was busy selling the council........ basically there > was one use for that land.............that is warehouse people. The land has > no other commercial valve for any other use. Sell the land with no bids. No > two sides to this story. Sounded like snake oil salesmen spending your tax > dollars. > > Councilman Ed Johnson asked so many good questions, only to be answered by > the lawyer, the planner, the city manager, the mayor all who seem to be in love > with the plan. Still ,Ed .............kept asking questions............and > the 4 kept defending the project. You could see Kate Melina and Hazel Samuel > fidgeting as Ed just keeps asking questions. > > Councilman John Hamilton asked lots of questions, and had a different style. > His comments and questions, as good as they where, usually caused emotional > responses from the mayor. Even Kate could not sit quite in the audience, as > if the mayor could hold his own against John. Once again.....you had to be > there. > > Deputy Mayor Jim Bruno had his share of questions and concerns.......all > rebuffed. > > Councilman John Loffredo did not say a word, just listen. > > The city manager gave his full support for this project. > > You have to make time to see what happens at the council meetings. Seeing is > believing. > > ******************************************** > *************************************************************** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/