To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: On April the 20th there is a local Asbury Park election regarding rent control.  In November of 2020 the petitioners submitted a proposed Ordinance with enough signatures to have a vote on their proposal. I truly thank the petitioners for bringing this subject to the front burner, something the […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: On April 20th, voters in Asbury Park will have an opportunity to weigh in on rent control. The Asbury Park Affordable Housing Coalition created an ordinance in consultation with lawyers from Fair Share Housing Center. The City of Asbury Park recently passed an ordinance that was offered as a […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: As a lifelong resident of Asbury Park, former firefighter, former fire inspector and Deputy Mayor, I’ve always paid close attention to issues that affect homeowners like myself. That’s why I’m writing you personally and urging you to vote NO on the April 20th ballot referendum. Make no mistake about […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun, The Referendum on rent control creates an enormous threat to Asbury Park’s tax base and its housing quality.  The Committee that got rent control on the ballot is made up of extremists who created the most draconian and unworkable rent control ordinance in the State’s history without regard to its effect on […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The two year saga of the membership pool club on the North end of the Boardwalk may be coming to a conclusion. The public has mounted a brave defense to prevent an exclusionary and environmentally unsound application from being approved. The NJDEP refused the argument that the CAFRA permit (from […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: [The following letter was sent to the Asbury Park Mayor and Council, Asbury Park Police Chief David Kelso and the Asbury Park Equity Committee.] The Bible states in Isaiah 1:17 that all people, clergy, congregants & society should “Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The Asbury Park Housing Coalition ( Coalition) has requested relief on behalf of residents whose rent they contend has reached levels where it  is displacing and causing these residents, a number of whom are long-time residents, to leave our community.   At a recent Asbury Park Council meeting many in the virtual audience argued, correctly I believe, that without relief […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: I met Cathy and Jonathan in 2012. Right after Hurricane Sandy hit, they rented a one-bedroom condo in the same building that I live in on Deal Lake Drive. They were an energetic and enthusiastic young couple who moved to Asbury Park to take advantage of everything it had to offer; […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: If you have any inclination to support essential workers or black lives after living through the pandemic, the election, and the racial justice reckoning of 2020, support the Rent Stabilization Petition in Asbury Park. The Petition for Rent Stabilization was signed by over 700 residents. A public hearing is […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: Over the past two years, I have attended the Asbury Park Planning Board meetings regarding iStar’s application to build a private pool club on Ocean Ave.  There have been numerous objections from the public regarding this project throughout, and on Monday, December 14 at 7:00 pm, the public will be […]