Little Bo Peep, you must be lost with your flock. This is an Asbury Park group not a Long Branch group. Please re-direct your post to the proper group from now on..... <:~}
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The Broadway ARTS LLC Group hopes to revitalize the Broadway corridor. I > have been reading so much about this with very little said about what's really > happening. > > None of the current owners are being allowed to participate in this plan and > the plan will allow the use of eminent domain, if we do not bow down to the > powers behind it. > > In a time when the entire Country is screaming out against eminent domain > abuse, we here in Long Branch keep getting plan after plan all of which at it's > core is the grabbing of land from current owners to give to politically > affiliated friends of the Long Branch Administration. > > Mayor Adam Schneider has received the political support of both the Katz and > Pereira families for years now. Mayor Schneider's law offices are in a > building owned by one of Larry Katz's LLC's or property management companies. > One may jokingly say; "They are as thick as thieves." Only with the lower > Broadway plan it's not a funny expression! > > As a current owner of property in the targeted area I felt that the stories > left far too much out to be ignored. First of all two accounts said that > Broadway Arts LLC, the developer is Representing a group of long- time business > owners on the block. > > When in fact Siperstien's owner Larry Katz and his son Todd are the only > business operators at property on the block in the 2 party group. None of the > other property owners presently on the two blocks are permitted to be > included. > > As a matter of fact all of them who approached Todd Katz were sent away with > no hope to participate. He wants to buy us all out for very little. Most > are tired of his arrogant attitude and none of us cares about how close or > beholding the Mayor is to him and his father. Nor do we care how many appointed > official positions he has served in at the bequest of the Mayor. All we are > getting is a forced appraisal and in a short time a 2 week notice to sell or > loose our land through eminent domain. Just like the MTOTSA home owners. > > The City's appraiser, Hugh McGuire is the very same guy who appraised the > ocean front which included Mr. Bruce Mac Cloud's Cooper avenue home. That > appraisal was for $140,000.00, when Mr. Mac Cloud's appraiser came in at over > $600,000.00. So how confident can we, the commercial property owners be with > what is coming. > > A good look at lower Broadway does indicate it needs some tender loving > care, no one disputes this. Frankly the buildings that need most of the work > have been used as storage and warehouses as well as industrial purposes are all > owned by Mr. Katz. It's obvious to us who have been property owners for > decades here, feel Mr. Katz served himself by only using his properties as > storage and warehouses. One could easily conclude that he kept downtown in need of > revitalization. > > However every property owner who has brought plans to renovate their > buildings to the City were turned away, because apparently this deal between Mayor > Schneider and political supporters Katz & Pereira families has been in the > smoke filled back rooms of political nonsense for as far back as 5 years. > > The plan stinks, for it is excluding the present property owners and > stealing away their tenants into his proposed west bank of Lower Broadway. > > Besides one of the two buildings Broadway Arts LLC wants to donate to the > City is the old Clem Sommers Building. Guess what, neither Katz nor The > Pereira's own that building. How do you offer in a development proposal property > to a City that you don't even own? > > Further more what does the City need with two buildings. Operating theatres > is not a good idea for Municipal Governments. Almost every theatre company > in New Jersey operates at a loss. All of them are subsidized as much as 50% > of their annual budgets. Do the tax payers of the City of Long Branch need > this additional tax burden? I think not! > > Lower Broadway does not need Katz. He wants to close his business on Lower > Broadway and move into the Evicted Bowling Alley he bought across from > Monmouth Race Track on Joline Avenue, that's fine. To expect to use in his exit > plan his political clout with Mayor Schneider to evoke eminent domain so he > could take away all the commercial properties owned by us is extremely corrupt. > > Leave us in Peace and build a bowling alley where your paint store is now, > you owe the City at least that much seeing as you eliminated the only > recreational indoor facility in town with your relocation ideas. You have plenty of > property here so why not add a skating rink as well. That's what you should > do Mr Katz build a recreation facility where your buildings are on lower > Broadway so the children can have a safe place to spend free time bowling, > skating and enjoying movies with their families all good clean American fun. > > Rev. Kevin Brown > Lighthouse Christian Center > 162 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ 07740 > 732.222.6224 > 732.822.7161 ------------------------ 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/
