Joe, perhaps this is news to you but just a few examples re "…lack of
citizen involvement (i.e., low voter turnout) leads to secrecy and
back room deal making."
I don't recall if this coincided with, preceded or followed the riots
but there was a moment when Asbury might have joined with its
surrounding municipalities to create regional schools and sewer
treatment. At the time council acted as though it could dictate and
acted alone.
I doubt the 80's council that sold the copper roof of and off the
Casino shared its reasoning or the money derived with either the
residents or tenants.
The current illustrious council has been unable, I dare say unwilling,
to act openly with regard to either the initial Fishman deal or its
subsequent interminable amendments. The most recent and glaring
example being Mr. Loffredo's numerical magic justifying a $175 - 400K
giveaway as somehow actually being $36 million of receivables. With a
councilman like this somebody should call a cop. Skip Bernstein
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Joe D'Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 8:28 PM +0000 2/21/05, SkipDragon wrote:
> >Voter turnout is significantly lower in off-cycle municipal elections
> >than in general elections. Need we say more? One of the overriding
> >problems with Asbury is an appalling lack of citizen involvement;
> >which results in a sort of Russian roulette electoral contest, an
> >elected that owes its existence more to fate than process and the sort
> >of secrecy and back room deal making that today's norm. 1700, 2500
> >who cares; it's too few for a city of 17,000.
>
> Aren't some of the 17,000 children?
>
> And can you please substantiate or clarify your statement that a
lack of citizen involvement (i.e., low voter turnout) leads to secrecy
and back room deal making.
>
> ~joe
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