Dennis,
The folks who are against condos being built on the beachfront -
shouldn't we lump them too into the category of people who are
against outsiders coming here?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Traderdube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It has always mystified me how the great citizenry of Asbury Park
can
> whine about outsiders coming into AP. We have even had anonymous
> a~~holes calling good, hard working people carpet baggers and
worse on
> this digest. What I wonder when I listen to these ridiculous rants
is
> how they can so proud of a city that since 1970 has been in steady
> decline, rotting at the core with corruption and crime ruling the
city.
> That the city has turned it around is clearly the result of a a
cool and
> creative wave of new people coming to Asbury, buying old ruined
> Victorians and restoring them to their former grandeur. If it
wasn't for
> this influx of (:"bennies":) the property values would still be
in the
> toilet and slumlords would still be ruling Asbury Park. Of the
myriad of
> mistakes made since lying Larry Fishman came to town, the number
one
> mistake was embracing a non-developer like Fishman, and busting
the
> balls of every good, hard working, independent developer/builder
who
> came to town, took on the ridiculous building department and
ultimately
> had their projects stalled, stopped, or worse while amateurs
scrutinized
> every aspects of their applications. The best example would be the
300
> block of 4th ave. Saved from being overcrowded, crime riddled
slums,
> these 2 buildings were refurbished with private money but the
needless
> delays on both projects took all profit out of them and now 304
4th ave
> is once again rife with section 8 prostitutes and drug dealers
while 301
> 4th sits mostly vacant with a very tenuous future.
>
> To all of you so proud of your long and illustrious citizenship in
AP,
> get off your asses and make sure the welcome mat is held out to
any and
> all new people who want to move their home or business to Asbury
Park.
> Because anyone who thinks the AP Partners, Westminsters and Metro
Homes
> of the world give a rats ass about anything besides profits you
are
> wildly mistaken. There is nothing wrong with profits mind you,
just not
> at the cost of the future of the city.
>
> It would be wrong not to add that the Asbury building and code
> departments have been revamped and revitalized and are a pleasure
to
> business with these days. It is going to be the private sector
that will
> continue Asbury's comeback. That and taking off the restrictions
on the
> west side by allowing capitalism to taker the reins on the west
side,
> open the vacant properties tied up forever by the crooked nose.
Get the
> government out of the rebuilding of the west side and the west
side will
> be done before the waterfront.
> And the people who have suffered the most the past 37 years, the
> citizens who live on the west side more than deserve to have their
> neighborhoods revitalized. Once the west side starts coming back
and
> becomes safe for all people, you will be amazed at some of the
houses
> that are just dying for the newbie makeover.
> .
>
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