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Monthly Archives: April 2013

Let’s Just Think About Boston

I did want to mention that Birdsall has reached a deal with the Attorney General’s office to stay operational while the criminal case proceeds, which is great news for it’s workers and it’s customers, and I also wanted to mention that the SID has come up with a new, smaller budget that will be voted on […]

D’Jais Taking Over The Barclay???

On Wednesday night’s agenda: RESOLUTION NO. 2013-     RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERSON-TO-PERSON AND PLACE-TO-PLACE TRANSFER OF PLENARY RETAIL CONSUMPTION LICENSE NO. 1306-33-007-002 FROM BARCLAY BUSINESS LLC TO D’Jais, LLC, t/a D’Jais  FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 2014   WHEREAS, application has been made for a person-to-person and place-to-place transfer of Plenary Retail Consumption License […]

Which Is It?

The Boardwalk Of The Future?  ……Or The Stock Market Of Today?   Answer: It’s today’s frothy stock market being fueled by free money from the Fed.  (I don’t think the idea of booze on the boardwalk is going to fly.)

FEMA Leaves Homeowners Up In The Air

He’s not doing this to get better satellite reception.  (Photo credit: Christina Johnson, the Patch)   In case you missed it, there’s an interesting story in the Patch about the ungainly appearance of and difficulty of living in some of these houses that FEMA has forced people to raise.  Be sure to look at all […]

Booze On The Boards!

At the January 30th special planning board meeting Mayor Doherty assured everyone present that there was no plan to allow for more liquor licenses along Ocean Ave  and that I was lying when I warned you all of the possibility here.  He blamed all the hoopla on a misunderstanding, but now it turns out the […]

Another Boardwalk Boo Boo

This time on the part of “Precise” Construction, apparently making a $104,000 miscalculation on the cost of digging some sand test pits.  Or maybe they actually miscalculated how much higher their competitors’ bids would be.  Anyway, the increase was allowed Wednesday night by a 3-2 vote with Bean and Magovern dissenting.  If you weren’t at […]

Belmar Council Meeting, April 3, 2013

The Definition Of Insanity…….

In the Washington Post: Obama administration pushes banks to make home loans to people with weaker credit .

Birds Of A Feather……………

Make The Front Page Together! Birdsall story here AshBritt story here .