I plan on attending council meetings and sending in emails concerning this issue. I believe 3 things need to be accomplished: 1) Clean out the lot behind the Empress, landscape it attractively, and make part of it employee parking for the boardwalk 2) Install "Resident Parking Only" signs for the neighborhoods near the beach 3) Once the city spends even more money replacing the parking system, which I believe is the plan, perhaps they can use some of the PD being wasted babysitting the current machines to enforce resident parking
I tend to think many inland AP residents, and probably our city council, have no idea of what it's like to deal with the SP crowd before, during and after a Summer Stage event. First off, you pretty much can't leave your home parking space, because if you do, you'll wind up parking a block or two away from home when you come back. That's no big deal unless you just went grocery shopping (or invite friends over for that matter). Then, after the show is over, our neighborhoods are overrun with drunken patrons. After the "Slightly Stoopid" concert, I had several piles of puke right on the sidewalk in front of my home. 2 cars were also broken into on Bergh between AP Ave and 1st. And lot's of people were using the parking lot behind the abandoned apt. building next to me as a bathroom. Meanwhile, the city loses money they could be earning for parking. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "maubddny" <filecabinet...@...> wrote: > > The night of the Sublime concert, some pretty girl with high heels and > designer purse decided to climb the fountain in the courtyard of the Britwood > Apts on 2nd Ave. Luckily, she wasn't killed when the top three levels > collapsed beneath her. She ran away but was chased by some of the owners who > managed to flag down one of the "special" police. The girl batted her eyes > and claimed to have ran because she felt she was being chased and suggested > to the cop they "hang out sometime". The cop then told the owners it was a > civil matter and there was nothing he could do.... luckily, one of the owners > called the "real" cops who "ripped her a new one" and took her to the station > where she spent the night for trespassing,destruction of property, etc. > > Since the Pony opened the grounds and started serving at 4:30 and the concert > broke up after 12:00, it's a wonder there wasn't more problems around town. > But then again, APP's botter hasn't been updated since the April/May crimes > so I could be wrong. > > If they had resident parking, she would have been contained to the crazy zone > by the beach. > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote: > > > > Great. Now maybe APPD could start tackling the AP bicycle thieves who are > > never talked about. I bet the APP hasn't a clue about how many bicycles are > > stolen in this city, and how many of them are used by drug dealers to do > > what they do... > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "maubddny" <filecabinet768@> wrote: > > > > > > Looks like the dirt bag finally got caught. > > > > > > http://www.app.com/article/20100826/NEWS/100826066/Asbury-Park-man-42-charged-in-series-of-car-burglaries > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
