So trader dude/dube, good that you've been following us, too bad about
your friendship with Weldon (hey, who's perfect), it's refreshing to
read new blood; stay in touch.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, traderdube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been lurking for many months, waiting for the right time to
dive in.
> An interesting and knowledgeable group this is, to say the least.
> I would like to echo the request to not include the complete article
> when posting to the group, it makes it nearly impossible to read in
> digest format.
>
> I wonder how it is that eminent domain can only apply to private
> landowners, usually
> homeowners. In Long Branch there are people losing their homes
and it
> is absolute crime against them, unfair and unneccessary.
> Beyond all the obvious reasons, enough KRAP has already been built on
> the LB oceanfront to satisfy even the most craven taz whores.
>
> But how is it that a Phillip Konvitz along Springwood Ave and
Carabretta
> from CT. can hold up any kind
> of development in Asbury Park and not be gotten rid of via eminent
> domain? There seems to be a
> serious flaw in the system that 2 developers can own and sit on such
> valuable property, and contribute so mightily to
> a cities demise that Weldon led delivery of Asbury Park's redevelopment
> falls into the hands of
> a single entity with no track record of developing water front prime
> real estate, ostensibly to save the city from bankruptcy
> and a state led takeover. Something is amiss.
>
> Further, the secrecy and lack of public awareness of what is going
on in
> Asbury Park has to be illegal. For so many secrets,
> and so many closed door decisions to be made by public officials,
> something is being hidden and the public demand to
> have full disclosure, not only from the city officials, but from the
> private sector developers, should be unanimous.
>
> With that said, I believe that Asbury has indeed turned a corner, an
> important one, in getting itself out of the doldrums that has harnessed
> it for so long. But until the Pryor pavillion and the Casino complex
are
> done sitting in their rotted state and crews start working those
> properties to get them back to being inhabitable, all the condos in the
> world will not suffice to make Asbury's magnificent ocean front come
back
> from the dead. The public should demand that immediate action be taken,
> especially the Pryor Pavillion.
>
> And it is obvious that RestoreRadio has that agenda and Maureen should
> be lauded for her hard work and drive in trying to save the jewels
> that are rotting in Asbury. Those of you that take every single chance
> to sling arrows at her are ridiculous. To not support the hard working
> diligent people who labor daily in AP, whether at city hall, or in
their
> own business in Asbury is foolhardy. It will only be a united and
selfless
> population that could possibly get Asbury to the all important and
> critical next steps in the come back of the city.
>
> As for the FBI sting operation that resulted in arrests across Monmouth
> County this past week, the source of their sting sure sounds like a
life
> long criminal from
> the Cullinane story in the Sunday Press today. While Terry Weldon still
> remains out of prison, and a guy like Steffer is used as a foil to
bring
> down county officials, something
> is mighty fishy about the whole damn thing. Being a life long friend of
> Terry Weldon, it hurts to lump him with a guy like Steffer. While
> Steffer was engaged in a shootout
> with law enforcement, I am sure Terry was crashing another gala event
> and getting his picture taken with the biggest stars of the day,
>
> Anyway, this is one helluva group and I have learned quite a bit about
> AP from reading your posts, more, dare I say, from either the APP or
the
> ridiculous Tri-City News.
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