In a message dated 12/5/2008 4:05:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Segregation is the issue that's firing me up lately. ==================================== Just lately? Firing up is pointless unless you can shed some light and offer plausible solutions. When you had the bully pulpit of a local column, did you shed any light? In the years you wrote for triCityNews, I remember reading (after popping a Zantac) each week lots of your firing up: liberals against candy canes and commencement speakers; challenging the patriotism of disabled veteran Max Cleland; red-baiting; Kwanzaa; spitting at anyone who said "happy holidays"; Nostalgia Nazis; inflammatory comments implying assassination threats; rantings against the Press and Pallone; that sophomoric term "dummycrats"; and a host of other wedge issues. And in that short-lived Coaster column: something about NOW and feminists; and something about Obama, because he's black.... Mostly, nothing about Asbury Park's real problems nor cool-headed suggestions to solve them: Fire and heat, no light. I'll admit I don't know how to solve the de facto segregation remaining in parts of this city now. But I remember being frustrated and pissed off years ago as I watched the exploiters move in to fill the vacuum left by white flight: absentee and slum landlords; poorly staffed and mismanaged urine-smelling homes for those dumped here by the state or county; and corrupt officials. Were you fired up then? Fortunately, we've turned the corner on those problems: most of the exploiters were driven out and replaced by more earnest types moving in. But I don't know if any of those new residents came from Howell. Chill. **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
