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While we await the non-binding, advisory opinion of retired NJ Supreme Court Justice Lee A. Solomon on what rights the City has on the Casino, expected soon, let’s look at the Sunset Avenue Pavilion. This one is much easier.  Unlike the Casino, Asbury’s redevelopment attorney and I agree that the 2010 contract governs Sunset. The Sunset Avenue Pavilion has its own governing paragraph, §4.06(e).  It required Madison Marquette to file a “ Request for Amendment ” of the CAFRA pe

As has been widely reported, the City of Asbury Park has retained the services of retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Lee A. Solomon to review the City's options for suing the Beachfront redeveloper, to take back the boardwalk buildings based on their failure to redevelop them. One of the issues His Honor is reviewing is the contention of this office that the Casino and Power Plant complexes are not governed by the 2010 Redeveloper Agreement, rather the 2002 Redeveloper

In the end, the City will make money. If you were at the February 18 special City  Council meeting to address issues about waterfront redevelopment, you saw some information, and a lot of propaganda. There was a clear push to dissuade the public from wanting the City to take legal action to recapture the Casino.  They insisted  it might be too costly.  Words were thrown around like “could cost millions” and “bankrupt the city.” Applesauce.  Let’s look closer. This isn’t 2006

Let’s be clear – while Asbury Park school children are losing the most money, children all over the State of New Jersey are being shorted money in favor of the multi-billion-dollar companies that control the redevelopment of Asbury Park’s waterfront. Let me introduce the companies, who grow more infamous as the community learns more about them.  We learned about them the hard way, through bad experiences, because news media in New Jersey have never done a deep report on who t