Oak, Every new and old member of this group, should read this article, save it, print it, etc., because it chronicles the last 7 years, of the infighting, the jockeying for position, the larceny, the avarice, etc. and it reminded me that some of those I thought were friends, were only out for themselves! Not all, but most of them. If you dare run for office in this town, leave yourself open to scrutiny! I moved to this town, like I had blindfolders, on. I was as green as the dye, they fill the Chicago River, with, each St. Patrick's Day!
If anyone wishes to call me a "fool", stand in line! "If I knew then, what I know now", was a favorite saying of my father! Someone I SHOULD have listened to! Members, Please Read and get an idea, of what this town, has excruciatingly went through, failed, went through again, failed, recalls, spying, distrust, neighbor against neighbor and so forth! Arm yourself with a copy and take to the next board meeting of any board! Keep asking questions! Investigate! The City, for all its' good intentions, should know who and what they're dealing with and be upfront with the people who live here, deal with the misperceptions of a vilefied population, through no fault of their own, who have to live with the urban legends, we have to deal with, either in print, or by word of mouth! I just can't win! I've made friends, of former enemies and enemies, of former friends! Will this town ever get anywhere? God only knows, but I hope, that before long, this town in recovery, will progress and move along, for the benefit of those who either live here, or do business here! Let's get rid of the stereotypes, the drugs and the crime! Open some mercantile factories, to produce jobs, get the poor off the poverty merry-go-round, they seem to be stuck on! Place surveillance cameras, in common areas and street corners, known to be high crime areas. As Bill Cosby says, "C'mon People"! Caveat: I only speak for me, no one else! Thanks Oak! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so what's up duck? > > http://tinyurl.com/3d9orh > > By LAURA MANSNERUS > Published: January 31, 1999 > > ''They want a majority on the board,'' said Mayor Kenneth Saunders, > one of the three council members who opposes the plan. ''No. This is > our town, and we should have a majority.'' > > ''In the meantime,'' Mr. Saunders said, ''I've got some other things > going, and I hope to be able to make a big announcement over the next > few weeks. We've had 17 years of going back and forth, and we're > closer than we've ever been.'' > > Those ''other things'' are settlement talks with Mr. Carabetta as well > as other prospective developers. Mr. Carabetta, whose offices are in > Meriden, Conn., declined to answer any questions for this article, and > city officials say they cannot estimate his total investment in the > project. But one group of investors interested in taking over the > project reached an agreement with Mr. Carabetta last summer to pay > more than $16 million of the developer's debts. This group was > rejected by the City Council because it could not guarantee financing > for the construction. > > Carabetta Enterprises Inc. went bankrupt in 1992, after negotiating an > extension with the city and recasting the development plan to include > entertainment centers and theme restaurants. The only construction > that had materialized from the original plan was the skeleton of the > Ocean Mile condominium high-rise and a row of town houses that burned > before they were sold. > > As for who else might acquire the property and the redevelopment > rights, Mayor Saunders said: ''I'm willing to work with anyone. I'd > work with Daffy Duck. The first ones that come in and show me the > money I can work with.'' > > Asbury Park has seen many builders express interest, only to recoil > because of the bankruptcy proceedings and the litigation over the > redevelopment agreement. Others, including K. Hovnanian Enterprises of > Red Bank, have withdrawn in exasperation over the city's political > leadership. > > I N recent months, three groups of investors have put plans before the > City Council. After the Council rejected the first for its failure to > guarantee financing, a second group also dropped out. The third, a > consortium of builders that have completed projects in Jersey City, > Hoboken and Weehawken, remains interested, if frustrated. ''We have > been trying to do what we thought the city wanted,'' said Brian > Doherty, the group's lawyer. ''We'd work with the city, we'd work with > the state.'' > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
