Unfolding the Reconstruction
Plans for Asbury Park
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Aside from the Pony issue, a number of residents seemed to have concerns that the value of their housing would plummet once the developments were built. Many of their comments resinated even echoed phrases like "Housing prices in Asbury Park are already depressed, this plan will lower our value even more", "We don't need more housing in Asbury Park. What we need are jobs. This plan doesn't supply any jobs", "What we need to turn this town around are more jobs... supplied by a larger vibrant entertainment district".

  Pat Monrow from Neptune who said she also spoke for Ocean Grove commented that "We like to think of the costal strip of towns as a community, not as just Asbury Park" she continued to explain that her group had ideas and drawings that she felt were ignored by the Asbury Park council and it's developers.

  Because of the lateness of the hour (already well passed 11:30) the meeting was adjourned with only half of the attendee able to voice there concerns. The council vowed to reconvene another meeting, the date and time to be decided at the December 5th council meeting.

  One of the points that bothered me was the lack of discussion about the cost of upgrading the social services that the (educated guess) 2,000 housing units being developed will require.

  No where in the presentation did I see or hear any mention of the additional Police, Fire and Educational infrastructure needed to supply the basic civil amenities expected by the new residents. Missing from the drawings I saw, were any new Fire Houses, Emergency (continued on page 16)

Splendors in the Grass
(continued from page 14) progressive rock ensemble. Opening with "Sunshine," the group covered new sonic territory with the flanger effects of a 7-string guitar. There were no keyboards, so the heavy melodic lines were taken care of by two lead guitarists, kind of like a Yardbirds approach.
   Next was "Commitment" which was propelled by a militant drum machine combined with real drums to create a whole new world.  The drummer showed the power of class understatement with light cymbal work in the next song "To Forget the Day".

Refind at The Saint
November 2001

  Lead singerVic, a Rik Emmett look-and-sound-a-like,
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