By Paul Goldfinger, Editor at Blogfinger.net
Don’t bet the farm on what you will hear at the May 30 ZOOM meeting of the Groaners who will have as their guests CMA President Badger and Neptune Administrator Gadaleta.
We have been mislead before by these guys who happen to have power over Ocean Grove residents, none of which is based on being elected to Township office. Why don’t some of those Town Comedy members, who, unfortunately, are elected, appear instead?
Badger and Gadaleta are the faces of those who don’t know that the “People’s Resident Republic of Ocean Grove” actually exists. Neither of them have ever (or as they say in Brooklyn “evah”) shown any appreciation of Grovarian issues.
So why are the Groaners inviting them? It will be a love fest between the HOA, the CMA, and the Neptune “deep state.”
Perhaps the audience will once again be censored as occurred when OGNED was invited to an HOA meeting last year. The ladies of the HOA are in bed with the CMA, developers, and the Township.
So, if you tune in on your favorite home electronic device, listen carefully for double entendres, evasive/misleading language, unsubstantiated “facts,” hidden meanings, failure to answer questions directly, being cut short by the Groaners’ bossy president, beside-the-point statements by Pres. Badger, and a variety of other speech adjectives including: equivocating, cunning, and elusive.
Think about your questions and write them down in advance.
You can get more information about the ZOOM session by contacting the HOA. They only communicate with their email list, so If you are not a member, you are writ out of luck.
HUGH LAURIE: “It Ain’t Necessarily So” by George and Ira Gershwin. Sung by Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess.

The Gershwins

Sammy Davis, Jr. as Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess by George and Ira Gershwin.
If they let you ask questions, ask Pres. Badger to explain why OG residents did not get early warnings to buy their beach season badges. And ask Gadaleta about the status of the DEP re-application for the North End plan underground garage.
For those of you who never heard these officials speak before, listen carefully and tell Blogfinger@verizon.net what you think.
You can comment anonymously if you wish.
I would have a question for Carol Rizzo, the HOA’S consultant on all things political in the Grove…..
There was, and still is, only one (1) official plan for the North End. The plan is for 165 units with underground parking, adopted in 2008.
The 2008 plan received final Planning Board approval in 2019.
So, my question is: “Why did the Mayor sign a contract with the re-developer prior to final Planning Board approval…….for a plan that was never adopted by the Committee or reviewed by the Board?
“The buck stops with ex-Mayor Carol Rizzo.”