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Monthly Archives: August 2013

Maybe The Reason You Never Saw Us

Is Because You Weren’t Even In Belmar.  You were over in Avon trying to sell them the same crappy deal AshBritt gave to us! From a letter by Bill Young in today’s Star: I feel the petition to stop the new development is a public relations campaign against all the great work Mayor Doherty, Council […]

We’re Getting Spin, Not “Compromise”

OK.  Let’s say that FEMA had agreed to pay to replace all of our beachfront buildings.  Everyone who thinks that Mayor Doherty would still have decided not to build the double-building with the roof top golf on 8th Ave, please raise your hands.  Just as I thought.  I see no hands. The decision to build […]

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Element In State Wants Tourism At All Time Low

Recently, our brilliant governor Chris Christie showed the astute judgement to pick the MWW agency to create an ad campaign designed to bring tourists back to the Jersey shore.  Everybody knows that MWW is the Cadillac of ad agencies and well worth the $2.2 million premium over what the runner-up bidder wanted.  His choice had […]

Pretty Good Coverage In The Star Ledger

Doherty said flyers that were passed out around town criticizing the pavilion plans contained gross exaggerations and “blatantly misinform people and blatantly lie.” “Since Sandy there has been an element in town that has opposed our recovery… they opposed the rebuilding of our boardwalk and now they’re opposing the rebuilding of the pavilions,” he said. […]

What I Might Do

If it were up to me. Right away: > A 10th Ave pavilion housing the lifeguard station and tower and that would include a (not too fancy) dividable public meeting room for the Women’s Club and such.  Maybe a twin-building design like what was originally planned for 8th Ave would be good, minus, of course, […]

Council Meeting Of August 7, 2013

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Press Picks Up The Story

Belmar pavilions plan causes rift between officials, public over cost and design .

Belmar In Open Revolt!

Group Against Belmar Boardwalk Buildings Creates Petition No! to reckless debt accumulation. No! to over-development of the boardwalk. No! to one-man rule. Let the people decide!

What’s The Rush?

Let me premise this by saying it is made on the assumption that like what happened in Avon, FEMA will decline to pay any part of the cost of rebuilding the boardwalk pavilions.  Certainly the justification they gave to Avon would apply equally to Belmar.  And unlike what we witnessed last spring, I haven’t heard […]