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AP ACTION (first of many) response:
Continuity? We could easily refute all of the reasons they gave with the facts. But what will this accomplish. Yet the truth must be told. They are using fear of change to keep these people in office. But the real fear is what the council have done in four years. Taxes and the budget. Does anyone know that once you sell the liens, this increases the tax collection rate, so the mandate for uncollected reserves is reduced. That is how the budget was balanced. Not by making hard choices and cutting the fat. The state takeover would have provided scrutiny of our budget and Mr. Weldon did not want this so the council agreed not to let them in. Instead we sold the liens to Asbury Partners. If we would have let the State buy them, yes it would have been less money BUT and this is it... We would still have control of our assets, the boardwalk, the casino, etc. and the state would have sent in professionals to help us get on our feet. WHAT is that worth. Today we could be using the state as our partner instead of Asbury Partners and we could be profiting from our assets, not them. The deficit is not gone. It is still on the books. Our budget has increased by more than $1 million that is why we are having a tax increase, and the deficit will be going up even more once the abatements kick in. Construction in the downtown is from private investors, not Asbury Partners and the waterfront projects were given away by us. Think about it: They are building hundreds of condos selling for half a million at the low end, and they purchased all the land for $6.5 million. What a great deal. for them not the citizens. Will someone please set up a forum, debate on the issues. We need to get the truth out!
We need your help NOW WE NEED ALL OF YOU TO HIT THE
STREETS.
We need to let people know Continuity built on Irresponsibility is not a
virtue!
Jerry Scarano, Sewall Ave
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