--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "sharon_b283" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> No, you don't know! In the 256 apartment dwelling I live in, many
>of
> the "dyed in the wool" Asbury Park residents have served either as
> council or some governing board, so your "biased" thinkig that
>renters
> or apartment dwellers don't have the interest of the City at heart,
is
> erroneous! In this very building former Mayor Kramer lived on the
> 15th Floor with his Filipino Wife! Many police Officers still live
> here, Firemen and City workers.
>
> This building has every race, creed and color! This building is
> District 4, as far as voting and when District 4 votes, come in, the
> election gets decided, most of the time, although you could get on
the
> council with less than 350 votes. The residents here are pretty
savvy
> politically, how else would candidates want and need our votes.
> There are also a lot of retirees, such as myself, who aren't ready
for
> Asbury Towers or Lumley Homes, thank you! There are residents here
> with Ph.D's, Masters degrees and other assorted credentials. I and
the
> lady below me are Telephone Pioneers. She through NJ Bell and me
> through Bell Laboratories. Like most old people, I've now lost my
> train of thought.
>
Sharon of course the renter are an important voting block, that's why
I brought up that they may outnumber the homeowners (again I've heard
the claim but can't confirm it).
Now, you've been around AP a long time. You know Ray Kramer didn't
actually live there - it was a unit he kept just so he could have an
AP address and run for mayor.
He lived in Spring Lake. I was at his house in Spring Lake.
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