The funny thing is, until this happened things were just starting to move along
nicely.
Yesterday, I noticed that most of the fence banners had been removed from
around the
site, and I thought that this was a nice way to show things were progressing.
Uh huh...
Couldn't we just politely ask Fishman to leave?
(that's a joke)
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hinge98@> wrote:
> >
> > Good question. I wish I had an answer. Reading Fishman's comments at
> the end of that article
> > makes my blood boil.
>
>
> Well those are perhaps a key to the whole thing.
>
> "Fishman said he could not discuss if his company could decrease the
> amount of money it is to make from the Esperanza as the master developer."
>
>
> Is Metro using this as a lever in its negotiations with Partners? Why
> are we being used as a bargaining chip?
>
> Not having something built there is better than having something
> (again) unfinished. Which is why when I was fighting the ability of
> Metro to rebuild to the old C-8 height when the plan said it could not
> if demolished I was against giving Metro a gift.
>
> The developer is not your buddy. While you can cooperate, it is a
> naturally adversarial role that a city must take. Who is our friend now?
>
> Something doesn't make sense. If this was intended to be a temporary
> postponement to regroup and line up additional financing and equity,
> why not keep it quiet? No one would have noticed a slowdown during the
> winter.
>
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