--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just can't understand why a town that has the chance to be something big > would rather blend in with its neighbors as just another town. Maybe I'm > missing something, but if I was Bradley Beach and I knew that there was an > angle which would make tourism skyrocket in the town - I'd do it in a > heartbeat.
Lighty, I'll try again to put this in perspective. This was not a plan developed by the people or City of Asbury Park. It was a contract negotiated behind closed doors at a bankruptcy settlement. A contract that violated the existing 1991 mixed use plan in place at the time. When the 'new' residential plan, based upon the contract was presented to the people, and the City wanted to change the deal, Fishman threatened litigation. Duany was brought in to sort things out, a few items were changed here and there but he testified that this was "planning by contract". It remained a residential plan. The taxpayers desires were ignored, the planning boards recomendations were ignored, the Council testified that the felt they had to follow the MOU, and the few critics of the entire process were effectively "black-listed". This was not a planning, public input, City driven, plan; it was a developer driven, negotiated behind closed doors, bankruptcy settlement, contract that violated the existing land use at that time. Over time it took on a ligitimacy of its own, because no one challanged it, and here we are today. Werner ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
