Re: [AsburyPark] Digest Number 1374

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JJ - Thanks for putting us back then. How easy it is to forget the details of how we got here, amidst the rush of all the other minutia of the years since. I didn't realize or had forgotten just how tight that timeframe was  - to have the rights still in play on 7/29 and suddenly gone to Sass on 8/2 -- 4 days!! That gives no time to unwind one offer, before adequately analyzing another. This is so typical of the frenzied way so many of the details of the redevelopment were and continue to be handled. This crisis mentality - exemplified so well by Duany's 2 week review of the plan, given a French term used only in architectural circles to make it sound chic and exotic - has stalked us and undermined every bargaining position. Hell, it was the most expensive two weeks known to man. What did he get $200,000?? Does anyone recall the exact amount? All this rushing does nothing to benefit this city. And the agendas for the council meetings are another glaring example. To properly inform the public it takes most of a reasonable public meeting to introduce or pass one ordinance. We shove through three to five at a shot. No wonder everyone's exhausted and ready to answer yes to anything. Don't you think that hurts our ability to judge these matters?  Maureen   In a message dated 8/5/2005 4:43:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com writes: Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 22:26:03 -0000    From: "jerseyjohn99" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Digest Number 1373 actually BB, if you recall, the city always contended that Carabetta lost the redevelopment rights when he failed to perform according to the 1991 agreement. A federal mediator, former New York City deputy mayor Milton Mollen, was appointed to mediate between Carabetta and the city. During this mediation, the city heard proposals from at least 7 developers. The mediation was ongoing when the current city council took office on July 1, 2001. They actually held a meeting with Ted Murnick on 7/29/01 to discuss redevelopment rights. On 8/2/01, MD Sass announced that they had bought out Carrabetta's interest and appointed themselves as redevelopers.   Speak up - It's America!! Maureen Nevin Restore Radio 88.1FM - "5" Years on the Radio!! Asbury Park's Own Live Talk Show 601 Bangs Avenue Listen 8 - 10 PM Thursdays on 88.1FM or Listen Live or Later on the Web http://www.restoreradio.com/ Call the show 732-775-0821 Call me 732-774-0779 fax 502-0463 YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.