[Editor’s note: This letter makes reference to a 2010 report from New Jersey State Comptroller A. Matthew Boxer titled, “A Programmatic Examination of Municipal Tax Abatements.” The full report can be found here. Cited in the letter is a quote from a press release issued by Boxer’s office at the time of the report. The full […]

[Editor’s note: City manager John “Jack” Kelly began his service to the city Monday, Feb. 1] Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, It is a a new year and I’d like to welcome Mr. Jack Kelly, our new city manager. I understand from reading about Mr. Kelly he is a fiscal hawk. Boy, is he in […]

The four year term of Asbury Park’s new City Council will be cut short after voters approved a change of government referendum on Tuesday. An election will take place next year in November to select a new governing body. The current five-member council [above] was sworn in on July 1. According to unofficial returns from the Monmouth […]

A directly-elected mayor, staggered terms and run-off elections are among the recommendations the city’s charter study commission [above] will submit to Asbury Park voters in a referendum this November. Also in the package of changes is moving the municipal election from May to November. If voters approve the recommendations, new elections will take place next […]

The city’s charter study commission — which has the power to place a referendum on the November ballot changing how Asbury Park organizes its government and municipal elections — has two more meetings scheduled as it grapples with its final recommendations. The commission [above at its last meeting] has until August 5 to issue its […]

Although its chairwoman last week said that the Charter Study Commission was ready to recommend a new form of government for Asbury Park voters to approve, the commission failed to do so at its Monday night meeting. The commission, established by voters last year, is tasked with studying the city’s current form of government. It […]

The charter study commission is holding a public forum on Saturday and encouraging members of the public to attend. The charter study commission is an elected five-member board that is currently scrutinizing the city’s form of government. Following their nine-month study period, they can suggest a variety of changes, ranging from staggering elections to a […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: With reference to the recent letter by Donna DeNoble wherein she heaps praise on the incumbent city council, I feel it is important to ensure that your readers know one important fact. The fact is that Ms. DeNoble and Councilwoman Sue Henderson are in fact long-term domestic partners and in […]

City council candidates Randy Thompson and Duanne Small are staying on the charter study commission — for now, at least — despite City Attorney Fred Raffetto’s legal opinion stating that their council runs create an actual or perceived conflict of interest. “There is no law that states that I cannot sit here as a commissioner […]

The city’s charter study commission met on Monday, Jan. 29, at the Springwood Center. The group interviewed city manager Terence Reidy as part of their mission to study the city’s form of government. This was the third time Reidy met with the commission. The commission, which consists of five elected members, is tasked with studying […]