This council may be performing, doing their jobs, as well as can be reasonably expected given their skills, experience and intellect; provided they've not been bought. What we don't know, and council refuses to reveal, is the details of the process they've undertaken with the developer and whether they've availed themselves of independent legal and professional advice.
That they've made a mess of this process is increasingly evident even to their supporters. That they continue to keep the public in the dark is inexcusable, it's the electorate's responsibility to ask why and make call them to task in May. --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There is one aspect of AsburyCouple's argument you are ignoring and that is whenever you vote someone new in you are taking a chance on an unknown quantity. And, although JJ and Skip may be correct on the details, certainly it was (and would have been) a difficult job for anyone when this Council took over. AsburyCouple argues that it is safer to re-elect. > > I prefer to analyze not by whether Asbury is better today than yesterday, but what are the reasonable standards to apply to someone in the position of a Councilperson here. I don't think it is too much to ask that my Council candidates have better than average education and experience. Obviously an energetic, intelligent, committed person can make-up for lack of education, but I don't feel I've seen that. People with professional jobs are often required to get expert advice and learn about what is standard and customary in areas of expertise not their own. I do it, journalists do it, managers do it. It's hard but you learn to get more than one opinion, to do research on your own, etc. I don't see evidence that this Council did that on a reasonable level. And the failure is ongoing - no improvement. Frankly, AsburyCouple has shown more analysis than this Council in the few e-mails posted and I would vote for Asbury Couple over any of the three coming on the re-elect ticket. Better safe than sorry doesn't work for me here because what is safe wasn't good enough. Mark Tyler Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
