[AsburyPark] The Star-Ledger front page story

2005-02-21 Thread gtscarano212
More  |  Subscribe  |  14-Day Archives (Free)  |  Long-Term Archives (Paid) PUBLIC USE OR ABUSE? Bloomfield is among 40 Jersey towns in past 18 months attempting to take private property by eminent domain for the broader good Monday, February 21, 2005 BY STEVE CHAMBERS Star-Ledger S

[AsburyPark] Re: May elections lower turnout

2005-02-21 Thread SkipDragon
Joe, perhaps this is news to you but just a few examples re "…lack of citizen involvement (i.e., low voter turnout) leads to secrecy and back room deal making." I don't recall if this coincided with, preceded or followed the riots but there was a moment when Asbury might have joined with its s

re: [AsburyPark] Re: May elections lower turnout

2005-02-21 Thread joedan
Gerry referred to disenfrabchised voters. I'm wondering who they are. "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: __ > > >Asbury Park City, New Jersey Statistics and Demographics (US Census >2000) > Number Percent >Asbury Park Population: 16930 100.00% > >Sex and Age >Male 7943

[AsburyPark] Re: May elections lower turnout

2005-02-21 Thread dfsavgny
Asbury Park City, New Jersey Statistics and Demographics (US Census 2000) Number Percent Asbury Park Population: 16930 100.00% Sex and Age Male 7943 46.92% Female 8987 53.08% Under 5 years 1539 9.09% 5 to 9 years 1579 9.33% 10 to 14 years 1284 7.58% 15 to 19 years 11

[AsburyPark] Re: May elections lower turnout

2005-02-21 Thread Jim
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "SkipDragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Voter turnout is significantly lower in off-cycle municipal elections > > than in general elections. Need we say more? One of the overridi

[AsburyPark] Re: May elections lower turnout

2005-02-21 Thread Jim
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "SkipDragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Voter turnout is significantly lower in off-cycle municipal elections > than in general elections. Need we say more? One of the overriding > problems with Asbury is an appalling lack of citizen involvement;{YOU MAKE

[AsburyPark] Re: May elections lower turnout

2005-02-21 Thread Joe D'Andrea
At 8:28 PM + 2/21/05, SkipDragon wrote: >Voter turnout is significantly lower in off-cycle municipal elections >than in general elections. Need we say more? One of the overriding >problems with Asbury is an appalling lack of citizen involvement; >which results in a sort of Russian roulette e

[AsburyPark] Re: Voting

2005-02-21 Thread Jim
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > We all should try to Vote if possable no one has to Vote.Thats whatmakes this Country the best.We have that Freedom.But if you are living in a community & what changes getting the right people in office helps.The more Votes

[AsburyPark] Re: May elections lower turnout

2005-02-21 Thread SkipDragon
Voter turnout is significantly lower in off-cycle municipal elections than in general elections. Need we say more? One of the overriding problems with Asbury is an appalling lack of citizen involvement; which results in a sort of Russian roulette electoral contest, an elected that owes its exis

Re: [AsburyPark] May elections lower turnout reply

2005-02-21 Thread Joe D'Andrea
At 2:48 PM -0500 2/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Joe > >I'm glad you read the article, I didn't read the article and you didn't answer what you meant by disenfranchised voters. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/

Re: [AsburyPark] May elections lower turnout reply

2005-02-21 Thread gtscarano212
Joe   I'm glad you read the article,   I was always told only 1700 votes were cast for the 2001 election. For 31/2 years nobody said that was the wrong number at city hall. I was never told your number.  In any case 1700 or 2500 votes, only about 600 votes made a council member, who may or

Re: [AsburyPark] May elections lower turnout

2005-02-21 Thread Joe D'Andrea
Title: Re: [AsburyPark] May elections lower turnout At 10:17 AM -0500 2/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:    Asbury Park ..May 2000 election. only about 1,700 residents voted.  Each A P city council person were able to win their seat with less than 600 votes.  Will the vo

[AsburyPark] May elections lower turnout

2005-02-21 Thread gtscarano212
   Asbury Park ..May 2000 election. only about 1,700 residents voted.  Each A P city council person were able to win their seat with less than 600 votes.  Will the voting minority disenfranchised thousands of residents again?   Monday Letters to the Press Publis

[AsburyPark] How do you get rid of neighborhood predators?

2005-02-21 Thread gtscarano212
TOPIC OF THE DAY Eminent domain Published in the Asbury Park Press 02/21/05Court case mirrors city How do you get rid of neighborhood predators? In Long Branch, you vote them out of office. That means Mayor Adam Schneider, Mary Jane Celli, Michael De Stefano, David G. Brown, John Zambran

[AsburyPark] John J. Hamilton Jr. tackles eminent domain

2005-02-21 Thread gtscarano212
Eminent domain hits home MARCHERS DON'T WANT HOUSES TAKEN FOR REDEVELOPMENT Published in the Asbury Park Press 02/21/05By A. SCOTT FERGUSON and JUSTIN VELLUCCI Roughly seven years after losing his home in the city to eminent domain, Robert Hilton marched down Ocean Avenue on Sunday in h