Nocturnal Grover girls on the OG boards nearing the south entrance to the Casino. Night was always a popular time for coming and going via the Casino. Paul Goldfinger photo. Blogfinger. net 8/21
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net. (Ocean Grove, USA)
A Neptune lawyer, Thomas De Seno, Esq. has posted an exposé. (see link below) alleging that the people of Asbury Park have ben rendered impotent regarding the development of the City’s waterfront due to dominance by big money companies such as Madison Marquette, iStar, Capital Guidance, international private equity firms, and real estate/banking interests.
He alleges that the caring people of A. Park have been squeezed and intimidated by these moneyed interests so that those who should be designing their town’s future such as artists , musicians, Chamber of Commerce, boardwalk businesses, charities, Historical Society, local media, the LGBTQ+ community, and the City Council have no power.
In many cases he says that those AP “usuals” owe allegiance to the big bosses–relationships which inhibit those who love their city.
On Blogfinger we have recently been publishing our views of what is going on regarding the plight of the Casino, especially as it pertains to Ocean Grove which is located just to the south of the Casino and which is never mentioned by the Asburian talking heads.
And we also have described the Asburian noisemakers which of late have been rightly pushing for repair and rebuilding the Casino.
De Seno says that “Something new is happening as evidenced by a petition in A. Park signed by 7,500 people to ‘save the Casino.'”
He says that there will by an “informational” at the high school “where the redevelopment attorney will update the community on the Waterfront.” He says that the usual vocal citizens are muzzled, so others must speak up about “retain the Casino.”
He also says that “it won’t cost Asbury Park much money to sue to retake the Casino.”
To read his long dissertation go to desenolaw.com.
“Back Down South.” By the Kings of Leon