[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-09 Thread 2fine4u
Yes, it was me! Are they on a timer? The time of day, I passed by, they should have been on or about to come on. It was dusk and it may be, that they hadn't been re-timed, due to the change back to Standard Time! My bad! It just LOOKED, so gray and dank! I saw where the plants should have

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-08 Thread apoojo
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, wernerapnj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer hinge98@ wrote: = I have little confidence in the Historical Society. I have never been invited to

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-08 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Werner, I do know that the APHS is working on this as well, and their effort is to repair and preserve the historic lighting. Only one of the old lights is out. There is a newer one near the center of the park that is

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-08 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, here's the deal. I never said all the lights were out. Sharon said it, not you. We are starting to get a little hysterical about the lights. One step at a time. Let's get them working and then see about have uniform

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-08 Thread Jack Pitzer
Exactly. No hysteria at all. Of the 6 nice vintage Westinghouse Cast Iron lamp poles, only one is out, the one on the North eastern path running diagonally into and out of the park. The generic, which works intermittenely, has been vandalized, as were the 3 lights on the top of the fountain. I

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-08 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, wernerapnj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Easy There, No one is getting hysterical. Whatever you say Porch Light. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings:

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-08 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are starting to get a little hysterical about the lights. One step at a time. Let's get them working and then see about have uniform and appropriate lighting for the park.

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-07 Thread wernerapnj
OK Jack, Count me in - I'm an engineer, have test equipment, tools and ladder. Let's go check those lamps out. What's a good time for you? Werner --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd love to fix them ourselves. I have no fear of heights. --- In

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-07 Thread apoojo
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, wernerapnj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK Jack, Count me in - I'm an engineer, have test equipment, tools and ladder. Let's go check those lamps out. What's a good time for you? Werner very nice gesture and i know you are talented, but arnt you in

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-07 Thread Jack Pitzer
Werner, I do know that the APHS is working on this as well, and their effort is to repair and preserve the historic lighting. Only one of the old lights is out. There is a newer one near the center of the park that is intermittent, and probably easily fixed. It works , sometimes, for a few

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-07 Thread rook782
This is what is needed, I do feel members of this board could get four others elected. Just think about what a powerful force we could be as a campaign committee. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could that meeting be the first step to use emminent

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-07 Thread Jack Pitzer
Werner, I do know that the APHS is working on this as well, and their effort is to repair and preserve the historic lighting. Only one of the old lights is out. There is a newer one near the center of the park that is intermittent, and probably easily fixed. It works , sometimes, for a few

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-07 Thread rook782
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, wernerapnj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL I'll be Porch Bulb then. More likely Porch Light. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email |

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-07 Thread rook782
The problem is also the amount of money the four council members took from Asbury Partners in the last election. Tens of thousands of dollars. And mostly from New York and California people. Go to the New Jersey Election Committee web site and look at the reports. Can anyone upload them to

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread asburycouple
I would love to understand why the council has been so easy on Partners for so long. That's a question that is often asked on this board but never answered in any forum. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dapawprint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I am not a City resident, I have been

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread oakdorf
Could that meeting be the first step to use emminent domain AGAINST the Partners and to allow MM to take it all over by themselves? Just a thought - and a question for all of you to ponder. Glenn I said this a couple years ago. I called it reverse eminent domain. At least take phase

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, asburycouple [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love to understand why the council has been so easy on Partners for so long. That's a question that is often asked on this board but never answered in any forum. Amazing. Like my kids. I'll do it later. I

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread Jack Pitzer
What about how difficult it is to get a few lights repaired in a troubled park? I'm wondering how many emails and phone calls it's gonna take. David Stout told me it took 5 months to get a street light fixed near Trinity Church. Ridiculous. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dapawprint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Partners have used emminent domain at their will to claim many properties whith wich they do NOTHING with (unless, of course MM presses them to do so.) Could that meeting be the first step to use emminent domain

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about how difficult it is to get a few lights repaired in a troubled park? Ladder, screw driver, light bulbs, Someone to hold the ladder, I;m afraid of heights usually, so I can hold the ladder. Hinge for mayor.

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, asburycouple [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love to understand why the council has been so easy on Partners for so long. That's a question that is often asked on this board but never answered in any forum. I for one never cited corruption for this

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread Jack Pitzer
I'd love to fix them ourselves. I have no fear of heights. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer hinge98@ wrote: What about how difficult it is to get a few lights repaired in a troubled park? Ladder, screw

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread Jack Pitzer
I'd love to fix them ourselves. I have no fear of heights. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer hinge98@ wrote: What about how difficult it is to get a few lights repaired in a troubled park? Ladder, screw

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread MarioAPNJ
This post is a major bright spot on this gloomy day! In a message dated 11/6/2007 10:16:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We are where we are. I know for a fact that the entire council and governing body is fed up with Partners and wish they were gone. I am not

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dapawprint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Could that meeting be the first step to use emminent domain AGAINST the Partners and to allow MM to take it all over by themselves? Just a thought - and a question for all of you to ponder.

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 11/6/2007 11:27:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have always said that keeping that property in public control, for example leasing it to operators, would have been the best approach instead of a sale. In addition the Federal Historic

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread charlie
I would love to understand why the council has been so easy on Partners for so long. That's a question that is often asked on this board but never answered in any forum. Maybe the city has that anything is better then nothing attitude going? No idea.. I don't like to think that, but

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 11/6/2007 11:56:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It was in Public Property. It didn't work and it cost the city money - it was a big circle. The public part wasn't what kept Asbury down. Not as simple as that. Race issues, general neglect of

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/6/2007 11:27:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have always said that keeping that property in public control, for example leasing it to operators, would have been the best

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/6/2007 11:56:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It was in Public Property. It didn't work and it cost the city money - it was a big circle. The public part wasn't what kept Asbury

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 11/6/2007 1:45:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Trust me on this. I was a retail tenant in a city owned building. That being on the boardwalk. Trust me. I was a resident even before Bruce the so-called riots. I seen all phases since then.

[AsburyPark] Re: Just a Thought from Outside the Box

2007-11-06 Thread 2fine4u
Jack, Today, I went past the park, slooowly and I thought it was a disgrace! Not a light to be found! The plants? GONE! Not many people in the park, due to the weather, but it looks neglected! NO, it isn't YOU! What in the world is going on over there? But this town has cajones, for a