somebody wrote..." Clearly I feel this couple should sue the pants off of the bar and Karina, it is ashame they had there night ruined and there dignity and pride bruised, I hope they get TONS!!!"
I am sorry, while what the waitress wrote to identify the patrons was offensive and beyond stupid, I can't see something like this ruining a night, let alone affecting ones dignity or pride. Despite the stark raving mad position of our own legal eagle, BlueBishop, who flatly stated that racism doesn't exist in AP, the sad fact is that incidents like what happened at Parkhills are commonplace. Hell, I have been with a group of Jewish people who blatantly rip apart the Syrian Jewish people WHO VACATION EVERY SUMMER IN DEAL AND OT and NOW WEST LONG BRANCH! I have been with a group of Black people who, talking about other Black people that they didn't like, openly and offensively used a favored slang word for the black man. You all know that word, it is now part of the everyday vernacular, most especially among young Black men. My favorite round table discussions though, are when I am with my Italian friends, of which I have many, most of whose parents were born and raised in Asbury Park and moved out after the riots. My Italian friends have very strong opinions on Asbury Blacks. But there is no racism in Asbury and there is no vacationing in Monmouth County. But then..., Mr. Bluebishop, who sounds alarmingly like the pseudo publisher of the Tri City Rag, hits a "homer" when he discusses the waterfront redevelopment. I hate to admit that I am in 100% agreement with Skip on the Fishman and Asbury Partners, however, how anyone can deny that they have gotten the waterfront RE-development off the ground is mistaken. Two projects are moving along, one has sold out, and though a long way from perfect, the boardwalk area looks better than it has in 20+ years or more. Now, the true harbinger of whether or not the waterfront plan in AP does anyone any good is the C8 project. Until that project takes off, while things are looking good along Kingsley and Wesley, C8 is the virus that continues to haunt any progress in Asbury Park. With all that said, even if C8 was finished and occupied, until Asbury Partners RESTORES the historic structures on the waterfront nothing really matters. And that's where the Black Hole that is Asbury Park is truly located. Because in the privacy of their dreams and visions for Asbury Park, Asbury Partners would take ALL the historic structures including the Stone Pony, Pryor Pavilion and Casino and knock those structures down and replace them with condos and make boatloads of money doing so. Understand that once all those historic structures are restored; once the mile of Oceanfront in AP is back to being habitable by nice people, then the real work begins. The work of maintaining those historic structures, the work of booking the right entertainment that will draw cash paying customers that can support that maintenance. And once again, Skip is correct, if Captain Kangaroo, Howdy Doodie and The 3 Stooges were knocking on their door, Asbury Partners still wouldn't be able to book a children's show in a restored Paramount or a restored convention hall. Asbury Partners has no abilities to run an entertainment complex. They also no nothing about historic restoration. Hell, they wanted to replace Convention Halls windows with windows from Home Depot. Those Andersen sliders sure would look good on Convention Hall, those Copper windows, drech!!!!! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
