--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Traderdube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
Your Boy Pat knew upfront that he wasn't allowed to do that job. He
thinks he's still up North.
Come on Werner take care of this one.
Hey, James Brown died early this morning. One of the truly great
musical
> legends of our times, James Brown's message of pride and power
would be
> welcome to all of us who toil within the one square mile that is
Asbury.
> Say it loud....
>
> I had to suddenly fly to south FL this past Friday and I found an
> interesting controversy that for some reason reminded me of our
> struggles here in AP. Donald Trump, that litigious scavenger, had
bought
> the largest property in Palm Beach called Mar-a-Lago. I imagine
that
> Mar-a-Lago is worth more dollar for dollar than all of AP, but that
> isn't he story. It seems that Trump, citing his patriotic fervor,
> erected a flagpole and flew an American flag atop it without
getting the
> approvals of the Palm Beach officials, namely the zoning board.
Town
> officials said the real estate mogul has violated zoning codes by
> putting up a flagpole taller than 42 feet, for not obtaining a
building
> permit, and for failing to get permission from the landmarks board.
This
> reminded me of the insurgency of removing a crumbling retaining
wall
> on 4th ave and replacing it with a landscape wall that meets and
exceeds
> the city wall ordinances. Only the pseudo city engineer and zoning
> officer didn't like the wall and 100 thousand dollars and 6 months
of
> stop work orders later, the wall still stands and nice families are
> moving into the building that at one time was one of the worst
places in
> Asbury Park. Of course Trump is suing Palm Beach, same as he is
suing
> Rosie O' Donnell, and who knows how many others.
>
> What made me compare Palm Beach to AP is the old school mentality
of
> those long time Palm Beachers who are fighting the new additions to
> their community tooth and nail. Do I hear echoes of city officials
> calling newbies carpet baggers in Palm Beach, as I hear in AP from
time
> to time. To think that Palm Beach denied an application for a
Starbucks,
> citing that they didn't want those kinds of "suburbanites" in their
> town. I wonder if they would allow Ross to open an America's Cup
there?
> I am sure they would once they tasted what is truly the best cup of
> coffee they ever drank! Paul Simon added a verse to The Boxer
that
> said that after change upon change things are more or less the
same.
> Isn't that true of not only things, but people as well? America is
one
> transient society, most of us do live where we grew up, many
relocate
> thousands of miles away and hardly ever visit their home towns.
Here in
> Oceanport, where I have lived since 1979, the entire make up of the
town
> has changed since Clint Sommers, the mayor for 30 years when I
moved
> here, finally left his fiefdom. Towns still here.
>
> I imagine that in Palm Beach, a haven for the rich and richer, they
are
> mighty proud of their long time legacy, but here in AP, I often
wonder
> why the long time townsfolk protect their legacy with such vigor.
Other
> than Asbury's glorious PAST, especially these past 30 years, there
just
> doesn't seem to be a whole lot to be proud of. The pride we ALL
should
> have is that we have moved the town past the bottomless pit of
decay and
> the rebuilding and the revitalization is indeed underway. Stay the
> course and one day we can also have trivial, inconsequential
lawsuits
> over flags and poles and who is zooming who.
>
> Merry Christmas to everyone, today is Christmas and there s nothing
> wrong with wishing EVERYONE a merry day....IMHO.
>
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