[AsburyPark] AP Homeowners' Assoc. article & web site

2008-02-14 Thread Mario 
Today's Coaster:  The Coaster » Blog Archive » City Homeowners
Group Plans Changes  From
the new Asbury Park Homeowners Association, Inc.
web site:
Membership Meeting


Guest Speaker: Terence J. Reidy, City Manager  Date: Tuesday, February
19, 2008  Time: 7:30PM  Location: VFW Post 1333
701 Lake Avenue

Terence J. Reidy, City Manager of Asbury Park will deliver a State of
Asbury Park message.  He will speak to the membership about the city's
redevelopment projects.
 Rose:  "That's my house."
Perry:  "My God, it's a mansion!... What exactly does your husband do?"
Rose:  "He's a plumber." Perry:  "Well, that explains it!"   Cosmo
Castorini: "There are three kinds of pipe. There's aluminum, which is
garbage. There's bronze, which is pretty good, unless something goes
wrong. And something always goes wrong. Then, there's copper, which is
the only pipe I use. It costs money. It costs money because it saves
money." Mona: "You have such a head for knowing!"

Re: [AsburyPark] Interesting comments about AP on tripadvisor.com

2008-02-14 Thread MarioAPNJ 
I like Deke's post.
 
 
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[AsburyPark] Alert Citizenship, Surveillance Cameras, Swift Police Action, Cathartic Closure

2008-02-14 Thread Mario 

Great story because of 4 elements: An alert citizen, surveillance
cameras, swift follow-up by the police, and subsequent commendations to
NJ law enforcement.
College students face bias crime penalties for paint attacks From   Cops
charge three men for Princeton-area graffiti | New Jersey Jewish News
  
February 14, 2008
One of three East Windsor men charged with a graffiti rampage in the
Princeton area was arraigned on bias charges in the East Windsor
Municipal Court on Monday, Feb. 11.

Tall, square-shouldered, and bespectacled, 18-year-old Max Drazdik stood
impassively before Judge James Stahl and listened to the litany of
charges — three indictable offenses of committing a bias crime by
intimidation and four disorderly persons offenses — his tension
betrayed only by the repeated flexing of his fingers.

After reciting each complaint, Stahl asked Drazdik if he understood the
charge. Each time, the alleged vandal softly replied, "Yes." In
the end, the judge referred the matter to the Mercer County
Prosecutor's Office.

Drazdik and his two cohorts — Nikolai Afanassenkov and Nicholas
Kurahara, also 18 — allegedly ran amok on Jan. 7, spray-painting
swastikas, obscenities, anti-homosexual slurs, and political defamations
on public monuments in Roosevelt, Hightstown, and East Windsor.

If found guilty, the men could face a maximum of five years in prison
and fines of up to $15,000, according to the Mercer County
Prosecutor's Office. The assistant prosecutor handling the case is
Al Garcia.

Although all three men were scheduled to be arraigned together during
the Monday afternoon court session, Drazdik was the only one to appear
at that time. Afanassenkov reportedly showed up at court that morning
for his arraignment, and Kurahara failed to appear at all.

"He never showed," said court administrator Donna Suk, noting
that the matter of Kurahara's failure to appear is now also in the
hands of the Mercer County prosecutor.

In the wake of the arraignments, Andrew Frank, executive director of the
United Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks, praised the
authorities for their swift action in the matter.

"I have great respect for the efficiency and efficacy with which
local law enforcement officials acted on this in apprehending the
alleged perpetrators," Frank told NJ Jewish News. "It will
enable us to take the appropriate steps to put this ugly incident behind
us."

The Anti-Defamation League commended Hightstown Police for the arrests.

"Law enforcement worked diligently to obtain information from the
public and then examined surveillance cameras at a nearby store, which
showed the suspects purchasing spray paint," said Etzion Neuer,
director of ADL's NJ regional office. "Although we are concerned
by the number of incidents of hate in New Jersey, we take some solace in
that New Jersey law enforcement treats hate crimes very seriously and
demonstrates a high level of responsiveness."

The three men — all graduates of Hightstown High School and members
of an East Windsor rock band known as Smoot — are college students.
Afanassenkov attends the University of Hartford; Drazdik is a student at
George Washington University; and Kurahara studies at the University of
Delaware.

According to East Windsor police, their arrests came after an eyewitness
stepped forward to say that he had observed the suspects purchasing cans
of spray paint at a nearby Wal-Mart store the day before the graffiti
attacks. Examination of the store's surveillance tapes led to the
identification of the three men.

"Our investigation indicated these individuals are not involved in
any organized hate group," said William Spain, chief of police in
East Windsor. "What they exercised could be charitably described as
incredibly poor judgment, and now they will have to face serious
consequences for their actions."

According to police, the three attackers spray-painted a swastika and
some obscenities on a street sign and a guardrail in East Windsor and a
swastika on a fountain in the center of Hightstown.

But their rampage peaked in Roosevelt, a town founded by Jews in 1937 as
an experiment in collective farming and manufacturing and dedicated to
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt after his death in 1945.

On the pedestal of a bust of FDR, the alleged vandals painted a hammer
and sickle, the "f-word" accompanying a star of David, and a
swastika in the form of crossed lines inside a square box.

Their defamations also included the word "gay," a comment that
Roosevelt "didn't fix the Great Depression," and an
expletive condemning "GWB" —presumably President George W.
Bush.

In an interview with the Trenton Times, Andrei Afanassenkov,
Nikolai's father, said, "A swastika is horrible." The elder
Afanassenkov said his family had Russian ancestors "who suffered
much from Hitlerism and fascism." He said the graffiti is
"against our principle and against the way we were brought up."

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[AsburyPark] Interesting comments about AP on tripadvisor.com

2008-02-14 Thread Jack Pitzer 
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[AsburyPark] Re: Parallel Universe ?

2008-02-14 Thread oakdorf 
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Belmar's Redevelopment:
>

didn't pringle own the former pied piper land or was a partner?

Main street in Belmar was successful and clean. It still is  except the same 
thing that scared 
off tenants in the AP boardwalk  - NO leases or renewals and no long term hope, 
no repairs 
to buildings. That's why old-timers left and new ones never came. You can't 
spend a bunch 
of money getting a store/shop ready not knowing how long you have to get it 
back.

There is much more to owning a business then hanging a shirt in a window or 
selling a  
coffee and a donut or a hot dog or a $12 cosmo.



 
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[AsburyPark] Re: Parallel Universe ?

2008-02-14 Thread Jack Pitzer 
Nice post Werner.
I just took a look at the APP article, and what strikes me is that they have an 
artists 
rendering of the crap architecture that had condos on top of retail. Pier 
Village revisited.
The problem for me is that this kinda of cheesy architecture is turning up all 
over the 
country, homogenizing the landscape. Eventually, people won't know where they 
are 
because everything is going to look the same.

--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Belmar's Redevelopment:
> 
> BELMAR — A $500 million plan to raze and rebuild much of the 
> downtown will take longer than the 10 years to complete that borough 
> officials had previously predicted, said Mayor Kenneth E. Pringle.
> ...
> Jerome Beckman, whose father owns Beckman's Stationery at 704 10th 
> Ave., said Belmar's economy is suffering under a promise of 
> redevelopment that has yet to see one success after five years of 
> empty promises and aborted starts.
> ...
> The court in effect invalidated the blight designation for the 
> entire redevelopment area, stretching from the Shark River to 10th 
> Avenue along Main Street and Route 35.
> 
> Pringle has said he intended to use the blighted designation as "a 
> stick" in getting businesses to negotiate with the borough's former 
> master developer, the Gale Co. of Florham Park,...
> 
> In todays Press:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/34t9om
> 
> The thing that KILLED Asbury Park's Beachfront was the redevelopment 
> itself, the designation of 'Blight'. If it been left to market 
> cycles, zoning/code emforcement and Historic Preservation grants, 
> the Beachfront would be in full swing today.
> 
> Werner
>





 
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[AsburyPark] Parallel Universe ?

2008-02-14 Thread wernerapnj 
Belmar's Redevelopment:

BELMAR — A $500 million plan to raze and rebuild much of the 
downtown will take longer than the 10 years to complete that borough 
officials had previously predicted, said Mayor Kenneth E. Pringle.
...
Jerome Beckman, whose father owns Beckman's Stationery at 704 10th 
Ave., said Belmar's economy is suffering under a promise of 
redevelopment that has yet to see one success after five years of 
empty promises and aborted starts.
...
The court in effect invalidated the blight designation for the 
entire redevelopment area, stretching from the Shark River to 10th 
Avenue along Main Street and Route 35.

Pringle has said he intended to use the blighted designation as "a 
stick" in getting businesses to negotiate with the borough's former 
master developer, the Gale Co. of Florham Park,...

In todays Press:

http://tinyurl.com/34t9om

The thing that KILLED Asbury Park's Beachfront was the redevelopment 
itself, the designation of 'Blight'. If it been left to market 
cycles, zoning/code emforcement and Historic Preservation grants, 
the Beachfront would be in full swing today.

Werner



 
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[AsburyPark] Re: Former Monmouth County Emergency Management Coordinator Harr...

2008-02-14 Thread Jim 

--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Maureen,
> 
> The AP Press story doesn't even mention Conover; just the other fellow.
> 
> Any idea why?
> 
> http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080212/NEWS/80212073
>
The City of A/P gets a State building built & name after a person that was a 
State Assemblyman,WWII Veteran & Police Officer & didn't even have a Flag Pole 
put there.Until I went to a State Senator to get one put there what does that 
tell you about people outside Asbury Park caring about Asbury Park.



 
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[AsburyPark] Re: Former Monmouth County Emergency Management Coordinator Harr...

2008-02-14 Thread Jim 

--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Maureen,
> 
> The AP Press story doesn't even mention Conover; just the other fellow.
> 
> Any idea why?
> 
> http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080212/NEWS/80212073
>
The City of A/P gets a State building built & name after a person that was a 
State Assemblyman,WWII Veteran & Police Officer & didn't even have a Flag Pole 
put there.Until I went to a State Senator to get one put there what does that 
tell you about people outside Asbury Park caring about Asbury Park.



 
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