Posted on 05/28/2013 12:53:43 PM PDT by frithguild
In his speech a few minutes ago, our President said You look out over the horizon, you can count on the fact that you won’t be alone. The President did not look 5 blocks to the south.
There, just past the Casino, lies Ocean Grove, with a still shattered boardwalk. FEMA will not provide funds to restore it, unlike for every town with a boardwalk to the north and south, will not fix. Why? Because the religious Camp Meeting Association owns all of the land within Ocean Grove. You can own your house, with a 99 year lease of the land.
FEMA discriminated against Ocean Grove because of religion. Our President seems fine with looking past that because in Ocean Grove this administration has left us very, very alone.
Liberals are all for diversity, except for when one steps outside of their lock-step ideological conformity. They don’t like the idea of a religious organization owning the town, and the cronies at FEMA (the croniest of all Federal agencies) will make sure that not one thin dime goes to Ocean Grove.
Ocean Grove will rebuild, but they will do it on their own. In the long run, they will be better off for it.
The boardwalk goes from Asbury, through Ocean Grove, through Bradley Beach, through Avon, through Belmar and into Spring Lake. Probably about 6 miles.
Every boardwalk is being rebuilt with FEMA money - but Ocean Grove. I saw the efforts with my own eyes yesterday.
The Ocean Grove boardwalk is literally a 10 minute walk from where this speech took place.
NOT ONE NEWS SERVICE has noticed this disparate treatment.
“In his speech a few minutes ago, our President said You look out over the horizon, you can count on the fact that you won’t be alone. The President did not look 5 blocks to the south.
There, just past the Casino, lies Ocean Grove, with a still shattered boardwalk.”
5 blocks to the SOUTH? Ocean Grove is NORTH of Atlantic City (the Casino?) I have read the President’s speech was given was Point Pleasant, which IS about 10 miles from Ocean City and is SOUTH of it. Atlantic City (Casino) is about 40 miles South of Ocean City.
“Almost every municipality in New Jersey received assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Association to repair their boardwalks, but in February the agency denied the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association funds, saying private non-profit groups did not qualify for public repair assistance.”
State Senator Jennifer Beck said FEMA would help fund the boardwalk repair if the appeal can convince them the structure serves a critical emergency purpose.
“Their determination is made based on whether or not you serve a critical emergency purpose,” she said.
I hope they get their money, from FEMA or Christie, either way.
The President made his remarks in the Convention Hall in Asbury Park.
http://blogs.app.com/capitolquickies/2013/05/28/full-text-of-obamas-remarks-in-asbury-park/
You can walk from Convention Hall on the repaired boardwalk south to the Asbury Park Casino to remaining devastation in Ocean Grove.
I have argued here, there is a back story.
http://freenj.blogspot.com/2013/05/something-fishy.html
Oh, gee, I got that wrong. I had read he was in Point Pleasant.
And thanks for that link. NOW I see, yes I do believe you are right. That’s rotten.
:)
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