Is there ANYTHING that will get people outraged by the way Asbury Partners has control of the city and isn't living up to their part of the contract?

BTW, this story MIGHT get very, very interesting later this week...


On Sep 9, 2006, at 6:30 PM, Hinge wrote:

<x-tad-bigger>ASBURY PARK — Convention Hall will not be open tonight for a scheduled concert because </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> of fire code violations that are in the process of being addressed, City Manager Terence </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> Reidy said Friday.</x-tad-bigger>

<x-tad-bigger> Asbury Partners worked with Reidy Friday to come up with a way to allow the facility to be </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> open for the Steel Records Latin Concert. The concert instead will be held at the Stone </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> Pony on Ocean Avenue, Reidy said.</x-tad-bigger>

<x-tad-bigger> City Fire Official Robert Abbott said fire code violations on doors leading out of the hall </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> had to be addressed after an inspection on Tuesday.</x-tad-bigger>

<x-tad-bigger> Hall owner Asbury Partners must replace the doors as part of its contract with the City</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> Council.</x-tad-bigger>

<x-tad-bigger> The violations of the hardware on the doors — known as panic bars — not being up to </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> code has been addressed in past months by taking extra precautions at the hall. But once </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> Labor Day was over, Abbott said the hall had to shut down until violations are addressed.</x-tad-bigger>

<x-tad-bigger> The Paramount Theatre, which is part of the Convention Hall complex, is not affected by </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> the fire code violations, city officials said.</x-tad-bigger>

<x-tad-bigger> Larry Fishman, chief operating officer of Asbury Partners, said new doors are being </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> ordered as part of the historic restoration of the hall. While those doors are on order, state </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> historic officials said Asbury Partners can put in temporary doors to satisfy the fire code, </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> Fishman said. Installing the temporary doors could be completed in seven to 10 days, he </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> said.</x-tad-bigger>

<x-tad-bigger> Abbott said on Thursday that the hall has been in violation for some time and that he had </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> issued a variance in June to allow the hall to be open under certain conditions.</x-tad-bigger>

<x-tad-bigger> But, Abbott said, after an inspection on Tuesday, it is time to close the hall until the door </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> violations are fixed.</x-tad-bigger>

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