This is Tillie, the symbol of funny business in A. Park. But who is looking after the interests of Grovers who live on this side of the Retention /Detention Basin?

Let’s get rid of the gang who can’t shoot straight and elect this woman and her friends to the HOA board. Photo by Brassai. ©

The Ocean Grove Home Groaners Ass. is really digging its heels into all the Grovarian issues that affect the lives of those who live in our town:  At their next meeting they will discuss “the history of the Midtown area of Neptune as a destination for African American tourism, and how that history informs redevelopment plans for Midtown…”

Gee whiz!  Do you think the Midtowners will soon have a program discussing OG history and how that informs our tourism and redevelopment plans?

Is this meeting supposed to reassure Grovers and Midtowners that we care about the redevelopment of Midtown?  Nobody in Midtown will buy it, and nobody in OG will care, except perhaps for some concerned citizens on the HOA Board.

It’s time for the Groaners to get busy and find out something about our own town and its concerns.  Maybe they will determine what they can do to make some real progress for their own constituency right here in River City with a capital O.

ROBERT PRESTON   From the Music Man: