Ready to join the fight with you, Steve! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm 100% FOR getting an Official Domestic Partners Act for the GLBT > Community here in Asbury & NJ! > > However, I am TOTALLY Unhappy with the Way the NY Gays have Formed an > "Unholy Alliance" with the Redevelopers, and are Purposely HELPING to > Gentrify the Minorities, PARTICULARLY the Afro-Americans OUT of Asbury > Park! > > The latest figures, which show that at LEAST 2,100 Poor People have > ALREADY been forced OUT of the City, most being "Transplanted" out of > the County or even the State, with the Greatest "Help" coming from Eve > Silver, the "Relocation Officer" in Asbury Park, show an ALARMING > trend as to what's REALLY Happening here! > > Our Population has gone DOWN from 17,500 in 2,000, to 16,390 TODAY, a > Decrease in Population of @ 1,110! Add to that a Highly Conservative > number of 1,000 People who have moved IN, and you get the 2,100 that > have been "Evicted" out of Asbury Park by these hate Mongers who ONLY > care about their "Real Estate and Business Values"! > > The Leaders of this out and out ATTACK on the Poor, particularly the > Afro-Americans, in my Opinion, seems to be John Loffredo, people like > Donna Juliano (President of the Merchant's Guild), the Mayor (Yes), > James Bruno and the City Manager, Terrence Reidy! All of these People > are 100% Supporting Asbury Partners in EVERYTHING they DO and get! > > Keep in mind that the Latest Attack on the Population of Asbury Park > has been the city's UTTER REFUSAL to even ATTEMPT to keep their > Promise that they made THREE Years Ago to arrange that 20% of the > Construction Jobs go TO Asbury Park Residents & Contractors! > > I personally was OUT to both the Paramount and Westminster > Construction Sites, and as far as I could see, not ONE Asbury Park > Resident was working at EITHER Site! I went to James Famularo, > Assistant City Manager about the Problem, and mysteriously, I just > noticed yesterday that the Elite Contractors Workers were GONE! > Carlos, the Site Manager there had told me that in his Contract, NO > Mention was even MADE of hiring ANY Asbury Park Residents at ALL! > > It's bad enough that the City has REFUSED to enact a rent Control > Ordinance, and the Rents for a One Bedroom have gone from @ $550 per > month to $875 per month in THREE years! It's bad Enough that there's > NO serious Plan for ANY meaningful amount of Affordable Housing for > the Poor ........ OR Middle Class People here in the City! > > But NOW, they won't even Let the People of the City WORK! There are > Thousands of Jobs coming in, albeit by a Trickle, maybe, but SO Far, > NO One from the City has benefited BY it. Oh, except for the Slave > Laborers who were "Lucky Enough" to get to tear apart the Boardwalk > ....Which is OVER Now! > > And I Personally MET many Times with Dr. McCombs in 2004, and there > WERE Plans to "Fast Track" Asbury's Minority Residents into the Unions > working on the Redevelopment! Evidently, those Plans have now been > CANCELLED, and Dr. McCombs is rarely even SEEN in the City Anymore! I > was told BY Dr. McCombs last year, that he'd be "In Asbury Park at > LEAST Three Days per week", but his Office is now Empty MOST of the Time! > > Well, he's getting his Money, I guess! So now "On to Greener Pastures" > for Dr. McCombs! > > So, with NO Jobs, NO Rent Control and NO Affordable Housing .... What > WILL Happen to the REST of the Minorities ... The ones still HERE? > > YOU put two and two Together and tell ME, OK? > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Sharon Boone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Skip: > > Love you, man! Thanks for the "heads up"! > > > > Sharon Boone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can say that again! > > > > Skip Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "We should ALL PUSH for a > Domestic Partners Act in the NJ LegislationÂ… > > In a state where "pay to play", is an understatement, if this is truly > > a "free" country, [then] the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of > > so-called happiness, is still not an option. Â…individuals who are > > living their private lives, privately, should be just that; to > > designate who they want their benefits to include, their pensions, > > when built up, to be left to whomever they choose, etc." > > > > Why stop there? When a nation states so loudly and frequently that > > it's number one, the best, the greatest, the most noble and freest, > > then without pausing to take a breath denies its citizens rights, > > freedoms and worse a political structure for individual empowerment > > and change; that nation treads on dangerous ground. > > > > This country appears to fear a free and educated citizenry; it > > incarcerates citizens at the highest per capita rate in the western > > and perhaps the entire world, it is supremely niggardly with basic > > health care and seems increasingly to exist solely to maximize > > individual economic wealth. > > > > That one county in NJ found a loophole to screw an employee out of > > domestic partnership benefits because "it would not be "moral" to give > > such benefits to a same-sex couple" is but standard operating > procedure. > > > > I'm sure the county will sleep more soundly giving that money to one > > of its hacks. > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "tuufineforu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > Skip and all members of this group, > > > Happy Thanksgiving to All of You. > > > Just a comment on this; We should ALL PUSH for a Domestic Partners > > > Act in the NJ Legislation, just for the reasons, asserted here! Until > > > one, states, what their life-style is, in the workplace or whatever, > > > those who are blatently homophobic, turn a "blind eye", to the > > > concerns of our Gay Community. Same goes for straight couples > > > who "live together", rather than marry for reasons of thier own. In > > > a state where "pay to play", is an understatement, if this is trly > > > a "free" country, than the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of > > > so-called happiness, is still not an option. Not just in Ocean > > > county, but the other 20 counties of the 21, that comprise NJ, should > > > ALL given individuals who are living their private lives, privately, > > > should be just that; to designate who they want their benefits to > > > include, thier pensions, when built up, to be left to whomever they > > > choose, etc. I am in a union for 36 years. I am in a heterosexual > > > marriage, of my own choosing, but feel, for those who aspire to be > > > with someone THEY love of the same sex, or heterosexual unions, but > > > unmarried, is an individuals' perogative. I am also Roman Catholic, > > > so you know that I am doomed, to be called a deviant "sinner"! So > > > what? It's not the worse thing, I've been called. Just wanted our > > > Gay, Lesbian community to know, that I HEAR you! Just tell me what > > > you want and I'll do the letters, phone calls, faxes and emails to > > > these people who run the government here. I do Legislation for > > > Veterans causes, let me do it for you. Send me an offline email to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] All I have, is time. I have the info here, at > > > home from the Insurance Council of New Jersey. They publish a > > > Legislative Directory each year. They are located at 820 Bear Tavern > > > Road, Suite 303, Ewing, NJ 08628-1021, (609)882-4400, fax-(609) 538- > > > 1849 or email them at http://www.icnj.org. Anything I can do to help, > > > let me know. Sharon > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Skip Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > > > --------------------------------- > > 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. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Personals > > Single? There's someone we'd like you to meet. > > Lot's of someone's, actually. Yahoo! Personals > > >
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