I understand what your saying there Dan the Man. The "outsiders" I was refering to is not anyone around here today. I'll tell you who I did mean:
The day of the Cafra Hearing in the Paramount (years ago now) there was a public comment portion. As soon as it was announced, there was a rush of people who formed a long line at the microphone. It seemed curious to me that I didn't recognize anyone. The first 10 or so people to speak as I recall announced themselves as being with this or that Preservation Group from Washington DC or Trenton. They all spoke about how CAFRA should ditch the whole plan because Tillie and other such stupid buildings weren't being saved, and talked about history and character, blah balh blah. Some of them even had the nerve to speak on behalf of the "People of Asbury Park" while they were holding maps to show them how to get here. Really galling was that after lining up to speak first, they all left. Not one of them stayed to hear what anyone from Asbury Park had to say. I was livid. Here there were real stakeholders (residents and businesses) in the audience who wanted their City moving forward for the first time in 30 years, and a bunch of outsiders with maps show up to try and stop it in the name of their poreservation hobbie. Those are the folks I was refering to. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <bluebishop82@> > wrote: > > > > Seems it isn't just in Asbury Park that the hometown folks want to > > knock down the old buildings and the outsiders want to save them. > > > > Hat tip to home rule and modernization. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/n73nq > > > Don't see where it said in the story that the preservation group > were "outsiders" as you put it. Tom, you really have a thing > about "them" and "us." Where all God's chillin. > > Difference > > Wanamker building deemed unsafe after a fire. Casino, CH, Power > Plant not. That label is reserved for own Fire House. Not after a > fire, not abandoned but in the "care" of our city government. > 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/
