Thanks for replying.
In the last thing you mentioned, code enforcement...is it just me, or does
Asbury go very
light on this? And what kinds of codes aren't they enforcing?
I know it sounds nitpicky, but one of my pet peeves is litter and garbage.
There are some
areas in AP, both in the ocean front area and elseware that are just plain a
mess. Is that
problem that APs code enforcers don't have the aesthetic sense to see the mess?
Take
those mostly abandoned bungalows on the corner of 1st and Kingsly. Horrible.
The
porches of the abandoned ones are filled with trash. A few of them, even though
boarded
up provide shelter to any number of "activities". Just a few days ago, I saw
what looked like
a tranny prostitute emerging from the porch of one of the abandoned ones. Why
do those
buildings still exist? Sure, they are boarded up, but they look depressing.
Then there's the apt. building near the corner of Kingsly and 2nd. There is
definitely drug
dealing activity going on there, and i've seen the cops there a number of
times. Wouldn't
this be a good idea to install some video surveillence cameras in know crime
areas, and
make a big deal of it? I know this takes money. Surely this would be an
investment in
Asbury's future.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > First, there's the gangs themselves. You have to ask, why do they
> > exist here?
> A:Opportunity
>
> >What makes becoming a member of a gang more attractive then not
> being in a gang?
> A: Sense of Family, Support, belonging and FEAR of not belonging.
>
>
> > Next, we have the underlying problems that support the existence of
> > gangs. AP has been known as a drug destination for decades. Perfect
> > place for gangs to set up business.
> A: True
>
> >Next, there's the prostitution > issue, which seems be waning in my
> neighborhood at least.
> A: Undercover hookers and johns. Publishing the names as they did in
> the past and arrest 'em. Let them clean the streets. After work in
> bright orange uniforms.
>
> >Then,> there's the business of keeping the gangs in business, i.e.
> supplying guns and things like that.
> A: Gun control
>
> > And what about the families of gang members? How do they not know
> what > their children are doing?
> A: They need families. Families = gangs if not parent present. The
> parent may be working. Single parent problem. Need big brother/sister.
>
> > Yesterday, I mentioned the issue of environment, and nobody
> responded > to that. I'll state that again. Asbury has many ugly and
> depressing > areas, particularly in the west side. Abandoned and
> boarded up > buildings, litter everywhere. It's very hard for a
> community to have> pride in itself when the very environment i
> A: Code enforcement. Eminent Domain. Bulldozers. Sell to qualifed
> homeowner as affordable housing. Habitat for humanity. Crackdown on
> illegal housing/overcrowding. block by block. Begin rebuilding the
> 50'60's barrack style housing into a new community.
>
> Take some of those $ being poured overseas into AP. Yes, AP needs
> more.
>
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