Sharon,
You mentioned recreation. I was thinking about that earlier today. I know it
takes money
that the city doesn't have...but...I think we are lacking things like public
basketball courts,
tennis courts, even a public pool. I think our city could benefit from things
such as these.
And, as a dog owner, i'd love to see a dog park created someplace in our city.
Dog parks
are great social gathering places for our dogs and owners. I mentioned that one
a few
months ago and got some very positive replies.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "2fine4u" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> First of all, who is "they"?
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <dfsavgny@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
> > <justifiedright@> wrote:
> > >
> > > That's why I'm scoffing at the idea that council is responsible for
> > > job creation.
>
> There are programs, set up. One, is recreation! The other is where
> are all the grants, out there? What is Asbury Works? An employment
> agency? I remember when kids, cut grass, delivered newspapers,
> babysat, life-guarded, etc. Here, in AP, there WERE jobs, when we had
> a fully loaded boardwalk, an IN-use, Convention Hall, movie-houses,
> with concession stands, ushers, etc. GONE! Even the movie house in
> Seaview Square, that had been there, for years! My daughter, had a
> job at the Palace, at 14! The lady who ran the prize parlor, next to
> the merry-go-round, CALLED me, because, I wouldn't hear of my
> "bourgie" daughter, with her $800.00 Fuji-12 Speed, dirtying her
> hands, in there! The year was 1979! The kid begged me so much, I let
> her do it! My college age sons, worked either as camp counselors or
> out there at AT&T, with me! That's gone, too! I see trouble brewing!
>
>
> > >
> > > FDR used MASSIVE government spending to create jobs (was only to be
> > > temporary by the way, ended up permenant).
> > >
> > > Certainly no one is seriously suggesting the City council undertake
> > > massive spending.
> >
> > Those were extraordinary times and called for Keynesian solutions
> > (although FDR disagreed with Keynes).
> >
> > Government's role is to create the conditions that permit job creation
> > . That may be beyond the scope of a small local governing body and is
> > on a county, if not state level. If there are special circumstances,
> > as I suspect there are here, then local government has a role. It does
> > not necessarily call for spending. Let's say incentives. My entire
> > point is that we have a local government and elected officials. it is
> > their job to balance the budget, increase rateables and whatever. They
> > come up with the solutions, which may include fleecing developers. You
> > can't look to someone else all the time. They need to set up to the
> plate.
> >
>
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