How do you read that bio and conclude anything bad about Ray? Let's
stop slandering the dead, shall we?
The City Council tried to save the Mayfair. There was even a
lawsuit filed to try to save it, but no temporary injunction had
been issued to stop demolition. There was a hearing scheduled for a
Monday, and Walter Reade, who was battling the City on a numnber of
other issues, spitefully brought in a wrecking ball and knocked it
down the Sunday before, just as he had been threatening.
That's been the story from people close to the situation for years.
It may be that the suit was going to be filed that Monday, and that
is why the injunction hadn't been issued yet.
Think hard. There is absolutely nothing to be gained by Ray Kramer
from knocing down the Mayfair. Zero. Walter Reade is your enemy
here, not Ray.
This is exactly what I worry can go wrong with Christina's movie.
It's poor analysis like this: "I liked the Mayfair + I don't like
Ray Kramer + The Mayfair was demolished = Ray Kramer knocked down
the Maryfair."
Good Grief.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, traderdube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Here's a Ray Kramer synopsis pulled form a google search...
> "
>
> * Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, July 8, 1992, the
Kiwanis
> Club of Neptune-Ocean in Monmouth County, NJ, will honor one
of
> the most distinguished and beloved members of our community,
Mr.
> Ray Kramer of Spring Lake, NJ. The occasion for tonight's
tribute
> to this great man is the Kiwanis Club's annual fundraising
day at
> the Woodlake Country Club in Lakewood, NJ. Although my
duties as a
> Member of this House preclude from being home in my district
today
> to personally join in honoring Ray Kramer, I would like to
take
> this opportunity to pay tribute to a man whom I consider a
friend,
> a valued colleague, and a role model for all public servants.
>
> * The list of Ray Kramer's many accomplishments and leadership
> activities would probably fill at least half the pages of
today's
> *Congressional Record*. Thus, I will try to summarize some
of his
> more prominent achievements. Mr. Kramer was a member of the
> Monmouth County, NJ, Board of Chosen Freeholders for 9 years,
> during which time he served as director for 4 years and
deputy
> director for 2 years he served as mayor of the city of Asbury
> Park, NJ, from 1973 to 1985, having been a city councilman
for 5
> years prior to becoming mayor. He was the president of the
New
> Jersey Conference of Mayors in 1978 and 1979, and also
served that
> organization as treasurer, member of the board of trustees
and
> member of the Legislative Action Committee. He has also
served on
> numerous other boards and commissions at the local, county,
and
> State levels, bringing his unique combination of
intelligence and
> compassion to these public service positions.
>
> * Mr. Kramer's accomplishments in the private sector are
equally
> impressive and diverse. For nearly five decades, he has been
a
> successful restaurateur in Monmouth County. His keen
understanding
> of how to make a business work has been a major factor in
his work
> in government. He has brought to his public policy
initiatives the
> results-oriented sensibilities of a businessman, and has
shown an
> ability to relate to the economic concerns of the working
people
> and small business owners who are the backbone of our
economy.
>
> * Ray Kramer has been a lifelong resident of Monmouth County.
He is
> a graduate of Asbury Park High School. He went on to get his
B.S.
> Degree in business administration at the University of South
> Carolina. He subsequently served as an ensign at the U.S.
Navy
> Midshipmen's School at Columbia University. Ray Kramer
served his
> country in the Navy during World War II, attaining the rank
of
> lieutenant, senior grade. He is a member of Congregation
Sons Of
> Israel in Ocean Township, NJ, and has been its vice
president for
> 23 years. The range of his memberships and affiliations with
> benevolent, cultural, philanthropic, and public service
> organizations is extensive to say the least.
>
> * Ray and his wife Leilani have three children, Kris, Kally,
and
> Kasey. Ray is also the father of two sons, Jeffrey and
Kevin. The
> Kramer family certainly has much to be proud of, as do all
of us
> who are lucky enough to call Ray Kramer a friend. Through
his hard
> work and commitment to community service, Ray Kramer has
touched
> and enriched the lives of thousands of people living on the
Jersey
> Shore. I take great pride in joining with the Kiwanis Club of
> Neptune-Ocean in paying tribute to the Man of the Year, the
> Honorable Ray Kramer..........."
>
>
> So from 1968 through 1985 Ray Kramer was at the very least a very
> important governing official in Asbury Park. That would include
the
> years prior to the riots and of course afterwards. As I recall the
> scuttlebutt during those years, Kramer took the brunt of the blame
for
> Asbury's rather rapid descent from being a vital tourist
destination.
> When the wrecking ball hit the Mayfair, Asbury as we knew ended.
The
> wrecking ball hit a number of other buildings and there was mass
exodus
> of long time Asbury families, many moving to Ocean Township.
>
> So, perhaps the many legit and illegit historians of Asbury Park
can
> resurrect these 17 years and give us an opportunity to decide for
> ourselves what really happened during this critical period in the
> history of Asbury Park. Why was the Mayfair knocked down, who got
that
> contract, who decided knocking down the Mayfair was n the publics
best
> interest????
> I think that if Ray Kramer were held to the standards we hold our
> leaders today, he'd be in a heap of trouble.
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