Who are these a~~holes throwing the carpetbagger name around? They can't be FROM Asbury Park, can they? After all, Asbury Park, the beloved little city by the sea, a city so beloved that despite all hi jinx and mayhem thrives with a population that is far reaching in it's diversity and attention to the details that make for better lives for all who come to "the park". It must be those hated suburbanites, people who dare live in mcmansions in over-stuffed towns that ignore planning and good sense and have built up every square foot so that neighbors can stare into one anothers yards and learn how to spend their hard earned cash. If not the suburbanites, it must be the homeless, those poor folks who somehow survive the winters chill and summers heat without a roof over their heads, without a gas or electric bill...er, without electric, it's tough to post to this fine yahoo group...unless they're hitting the internet cafe on cookman. Oops, no cafe to speak of. So, tell me please, who are these people throwing this carpetbagger term around so viciously. Are they the people who forgot that the day before Mr. Weldon was arrested Asbury was a city in ruins? How do life long residents, many of whom work or are elected officials in the city forget what Asbury was like as little as 6 years ago, before Paradise opened, before a whole new population of wonderful people came to Asbury, fell in love with her charms and put their hard earned money into the suffering city by the sea.
Rhetoric words, like irony, comedy, and just being silly are very hard to "hear" when your reading them instead of hearing them. I am being rhetorical of course. I know exactly who the fools are who are throwing around the carpetbagger term. Fools who should be embracing ALL the people who have come to Asbury these past 6 years and bought disgusting rotted neglected homes. Who with their own hands had to clean out the vermin and decay that has infested Asbury the past 30 years. The people who have to fight inane zoning and building departments with rules and policies that change with the wind.That have had to pay senseless fines for fixing up those houses and cleaning up the streets. Pitiful behavior by a few people making Asbury seem like the city that embraced black beach and segregated boardwalks and always two water fountains. The city with the mason Dixie line running behind main street. You all know who you are, especially the weasel who hides behind multiple screen names right here on this yahoo board. Who scoffs at justice and the American way. The last council meeting was a travesty. 6 properties have been subjected to eminent domain so far. 4 at the request of the property owners. 1, seemingly uncontested, the Empress parking lot, and The Kingsley Deli. Mr. Keady vigorously fought for the taxpaying citizens of Asbury Park on Weds night. Mr. Keady didn't oppose the "plan", didn't oppose eminent domain, didn't even oppose the taking of the 2 properties. All he wanted was a fair and equal shake for EVERY tax payer in Asbury Park. All he asked for was that each taxpayers be given an opportunity for a fair negotiation for their property so that the blighted city in ruins can get rebuilt. He didn't ask for more or less condos, he didn't ask for exemptions for his friends, he asked that a process be implemented so that the 5 men of the city governing body can answer a simple question honestly and that all 5 men can uphold their oath of office; that they were comfortable that every taxpayer who's property is in the blighted redevelopment zone get a fair and unbiased negotiated price for their property. When Rita finally went to the mic on weds night, after 20+ years of toiling in the rotted shadows of C-8, Rita plainly spoke the simple words that fell on deaf ears, SHE NEVER RECEIVED ANY OFFERS, ANY VALUATION, ANYTHING FROM ASBURY PARTNERS, NEVER. That this was proof positive to every person in the council chambers that a fair effort to negotiate never occurred was plain to witness, some how, 3 men on the dais, and a lawyer or two didn't care. They voted to take Rita's property and it is in the hands of someone else what 1 of the first 6 property takeovers via eminent domain will receive for her property. How men who have lived in Asbury Park all their lives, who have known this property owner for all these years can allow this happen is unbelievable. It stinks and it smells fishy if you get my drift. In this era of transparent government, when all around us greed and corruption and blatant white collar crime abounds, the back room of Asbury Park's business, a busy room for all of the 20th century, is busier than ever. What is most amazing is that there seems to be so little money in Asbury these days, and yet, the purse strings are attached to the past like tentacles from the ocean, refusing to let go despite the fine, caring, honest, hard working "carpetbaggers" who have bought into the city by the sea. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/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/
