Mark, that's one kick ass letter. If you'd autograph it, I think I'd invest in a gold frame. Skip
--- In [email protected], "Tyler, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well excuse me for responding for Skip but you continually frame the > question about the "better deal waiting in the wings." That question is a > "When did you stop beating your wife?" question. It assumes a situation > that may or may not have been the case. The deal came out of bankruptcy > court where it could have been mediated with the help of a bankruptcy judge > but wasn't. Indeed the City's attorney, Aaron has been quoted as saying > that the City's side was never (meaning never ever) presented to the > bankruptcy judge. Yet he is still the City's attorney. The original deal > could have been adjusted in a thousand ways in favor of the City none of > them taken. All adjustments in favor of the Developer Gatekeeper were > taken. Some of them I believe to be illegal. Particularly disturbing is > that the original deal had the State putting in $27 million in improvements. > The State is subject to the slightest whim of a bankruptcy judge. > Bankruptcy Court by placing the agreement as protected property subjected > all parties to the continuing agreement - including the state. So explain > to me why Asbury Partners agreed to pay for improvements the state was > obligated to supply? I can tell you why. Because they knew by keeping the > expertise of State development people out of the picture they stood to make > more than $27 million. And I think those numbers could be added fairly > easily. If you are rooting for the re-elect ticket you should drop the > subject of the redevelopment agreement. Because you are not going to find > anything but disgusting failures there. > > -----Original Message----- > From: asburycouple [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 1:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Ironically - it rains; who do you credit > > > > > Skip, > > Real estate values are up all over. But not anywhere near to the extent > they > are up in AP. You could have bought a house for around $100K in 2001 that > now sells for over $500K. Name another town that has appreciated like that. > > As for the Weldon connection - raises eyebrows of course. Big ones. But > the > FBI has said they have specifically reviewed the deal with Asbury Partners > and the relationship with Weldon and can find absolutely no evidence of > anything corrupt. That doesn't mean there is nothing I grant you, but > should > we believe your consipiracy theory over the FBI? What evidence do you have > that the deal was dirty? I'd like to see it. I'm sure the FBI would too as > they > have not turned up anything in the course of their investigation. > > And please also share the details of the better deal that was waiting in the > > wings ready to be signed. You know, the one you are accusing the board of > not being smart enough (or honest enough) to take over the deal we have. > I'd > also be interested in that, and am curious how such a great offer remained > so > secret. You'd think the losing bidder would have made some noise about the > unfairness of it all..... > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links 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/
