[AsburyPark] Re: Scanlon, beck article 10/05 - they had no choice

2006-04-03 Thread Skip Bernstein
Boy are those waterfront tax abatements (no school taxes) going to look unwise in a few years. Can't say they weren't told. But they keep on giving them. The gift that never stops giving. In all fairness to Weldon, Aaron and council, they had no choice; look at the mess that the waterfront is,

[AsburyPark] Re: Scanlon, beck article 10/05 - they had no choice

2006-04-03 Thread oakdorf
long branch, with alll theirs sins, managed not to give abatements. When this new deal was struck, there were real developers who were interested. Its just who was willing to play. Who's willing to live on the water, in AP? Some of those with a dream. Some of those with hard money. Some who

[AsburyPark] Re: Scanlon, beck article 10/05 - they had no choice

2006-04-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: long branch, with alll theirs sins, managed not to give abatements. When this new deal was struck, there were real developers who were interested. Its just who was willing to play. Who's willing to live on the water,

[AsburyPark] Homeowners Host School Board Candidates

2006-04-03 Thread AsburyPark.com
Title: Homeowners Host School Board Candidates Homeowners Host School Board Candidates Posted: Monday, April 3rd, 2006 The Asbury Park Homeowners Association is hosting a "Meet the School Board Candidates" event tomorrow, April 4th. The entire slate of 8 candidates have been invited. Each

Re: [AsburyPark] Redirected to Command Central

2006-04-03 Thread restore881FM
Give me a break. What is this the God Squad?? How about a list of what's wrong with the building? Maureen In a message dated 4/1/2006 1:53:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com writes: Message: 1 Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:20:52 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re:

[AsburyPark] Re: Scanlon, beck article 10/05 - they had no choice

2006-04-03 Thread asburydogma
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought LB got a five year abatement. 0% first year then 20% the second and so on. Plus they already had a strong tax base and they weren't and aren't dealing with a 5 million dollar budget shortfall. long branch, with

[AsburyPark] tax abatements

2006-04-03 Thread oakdorf
those in LB were a bit different http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/News/2004/0423/Front_Page/038.html Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

[AsburyPark] Re: tax abatements

2006-04-03 Thread Fred
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn't LB include or should I exclude Municipal and School Taxes for 5 years?? those in LB were a bit different http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/News/2004/0423/Front_Page/038.html Yahoo! Groups Links * To

Re: [AsburyPark] tax abatements

2006-04-03 Thread Lighty
On 4/3/06 5:32 PM, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: those in LB were a bit different http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/News/2004/0423/Front_Page/038.html I can understand Long Branch residents being upset at the abatements (not to mention the obvious emminent domain issues), but at

[AsburyPark] Re: tax abatements

2006-04-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can understand Long Branch residents being upset at the abatements (not to mention the obvious emminent domain issues), but at least Long Branch realized that you could only bargain so much. Within 2-3 years, they're

[AsburyPark] permanet tax abatements....

2006-04-03 Thread oakdorf
Asbury Towers. I know, it's owned by the church. Fact is, it is not a house of worship. Luckily, my grandmother, Jewish, had the opportunity to wind up there when it first opened, and got to live it out with a great view. Just wait to someone tries Eminent Domain to remove these non tax

[AsburyPark] Re: permanet tax abatements....

2006-04-03 Thread bluebishop82
Having too many government owned and other non-taxable properties has always been a large part of what is wrong in Asbury. Funny, it is a complaint from way back and someone brought it up to me on the phone this afternoon. Now here the topic is again. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com,

[AsburyPark] Re: permanet tax abatements....

2006-04-03 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, bluebishop82 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having too many government owned and other non-taxable properties has always been a large part of what is wrong in Asbury. What was the percentage at one point of non-taxable - like 17% or more? I don't recall. Using

[AsburyPark] Why Asbury towers should be taxed

2006-04-03 Thread oakdorf
at least to some extent: History of Presbyterian Homes Services, Inc. Presbyterian Homes Services was founded in 1916 to assist Presbyterian ministers throughout the state who were helping families handle the emotional and financial responsibilities of caring for older relatives.

[AsburyPark] East Orange or Asbury Park?

2006-04-03 Thread bluebishop82
I found something in this article for all of us. Something for Tom Wolf, something for Gary, something for Werner. This police tech stuff really has my attention. Starbucks comment, too. By Mark Egan EAST ORANGE, New Jersey (Reuters) - Lenox Avenue in suburban East Orange was long a

[AsburyPark] Re: tax abatements

2006-04-03 Thread jerseyjohn99
Here's an old post where I did the math as Oak likes to say: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/message/6542 I could update the numbers, but isn't that kinda like trying to teach a pig to sing? It's obvious no one cares about permanently eliminating deficit spending, giving city taxpayers

[AsburyPark] Re: East Orange or Asbury Park?

2006-04-03 Thread Jim
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, bluebishop82 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found something in this article for all of us. Something for Tom Wolf, something for Gary, something for Werner. This police tech stuff really has my attention. Starbucks comment, too. By Mark Egan EAST

[AsburyPark] Re: tax abatements

2006-04-03 Thread wernerapnj
From that article: It is an estimated $100 million project of improvements on property roughly worth $20 million Property worth $20M !!! Asbury Partners paid only $7.5M for Carabetta's development properties. Werner --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: those