Porche? I've never owned a foriegn car in my life! Never will!
God Bless the American worker.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Skip Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Earth to Tom; I suspect you've been reading the 3villageTimes too
long.
>
> Who do you think the "business world" expects to meet when it
visits
> Asbury Park−Rumson? Despite your buddy Dan's assertions
that Asbury
> is to become a world-class center of design, new-age bohemian
> lifestyle and groovy stuff, it remains what it has been for too
long,
> a model of failed and incompetent local government, whose best
suit is
> the quick buck deal, usually at the expense of its residents.
>
> Unfortunately, the course of action the city has taken to redevelop
> the beachfront, remains true to that heritage; further, I guess the
> fool they've entrusted development to, meets your personal measure
of
> competency. He drives a Porsche, wears groovy suits, bullshits his
> way through business deals and stiffs naïve lawyers for business
> lunches.
>
> Sadly this is the Asbury the business world still expects to
encounter
> and GM can't build enough Cadillacs to make it any different.
>
> "If you went on a job interview you wouldn't wear your best suit?
I
> hate to disappoint you but in the business world you often have to
be
> who the buyer is expecting, or he'll buy elsewhere.
> By your thinking Asbury Park should not redevelop the beachfront.
It
> won't be reflective of the rest of the town, or the struggles
faced by
> the West Side.
> So to "keep it real" and "be honest about who Asbury Park is," in
> front of the business world we are trying to attract, we should
have
> our leaders tear holes in their cloths, speak with poor diction and
> perhaps pay for the business lunch with food stamps. That's someone
> else's view of AP; not mine. I think we are better than that and we
> should act like it."
>
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