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Asbury Park

Letters To The Editor

Community Addresses Nov 6 Election & Three Municipal Ballot Questions

By Asbury Park Sun


Editor, Asbury Park Sun, As usual with Asbury Park elections, controversy reigns supreme. So while the Mayor runs unopposed and a hard working community female is running against an incumbent, what has changed? Nothing has changed. Incumbents tell us to vote no on ballot questions that would keep the status quo in power. The same […]

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Nov 04, 2018
Asbury Park

Letter: A Plea For A No Vote On Ballot Question No. 3

Ahbez-Anderson: AirBnB style rentals deplete rental stock, neighborhoods, drives up prices, & adversely affects school district enrollment

By Asbury Park Sun


Editor, Asbury Park Sun, I will be voting no on municipal ballot question #3 to abolish Asbury Park’s short-term rental ordinance, which protects us from investors coming in and converting our housing stock into short-term Airbnb-style rentals. The problems with such investor-owned Airbnb housing are obvious: First, it takes existing year-round rentals off the market, […]

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Oct 23, 2018