Another DownbeachBUZZ podcast. OCT. 1, 2024.
Covering news and info from Ventnor, Margate, Longport and Lower Chelsea AC.
Topics covered:
Sunrise Tequila Roof-Top Party Deck. No parking. No set-back. Neighbor noise warning.
Construction site issues. Harmful plastic particles everywhere.
Elected officials don’t want you to see ‘how the sausage is made’.
Cryptic legal notices.
Amherst Ave. Massive construction project.
Lack of municipal transparency.
Blocking live ZOOM video feeds.
75% of Margate and Ventnor Taxpayers don’t vote here.
Incumbents often run unopposed.
Return of Margate’s Barbary Coast.
Gas station purchase / parking lot scheme. Ultimately to be flipped to a developer?
Both projects on Amherst Ave were approved by both the city and state with public notice, the state application notice included the plan, at the city level plans were posted on line for the public to see, both notices included a phone number and email address if there were questions You obviously didn’t sniff around enough because both projects provided traffic studies to the state. As to transparency, the local and state approvals for both projects were challenged in state court at both the trial level and Appellate Division where the entire approval record was reviewed for error including the public notice, the hearings, traffic studies, testimony, and whatever else the appellants wanted to challenge and after almost 4 years of litigation both courts upheld the approvals. Look, the public dialogue offered here is great, but stop making shit up, its annoying.
Just a correction that the plans were posted on line . That is fake news as the plans for both projects were never posted on the city website
There should be more bars and restaurants all around Margate and Ventnor. A few are making a stink out of it. We also need at least one or two cannabis shops. Let’s keep building!
Who was the Land Use Attorney who represented the developers of this project?
Chris may be correct however, the people of Margate did not want this project, especially as it changed the parking for the worse and the Bay area experience.
Margate is changing and it started with the previous Mayor (Becker) and Commissioner John Amodeo. Now it continues with Becker’s nephew, Mike Collins, who’s also John Amodeo’s son-in-law.
Cathy Horn is just along for the ride, a puppet, and is clearly lacking in respect of the people of Margate.
Horn only won by receiving 59%. 41% voted against them.
Margate was ready and stands ready for change.
Many years ago, the Margate Commissioners made plans to change Margate to a residential community and they successfully did that.
The Barbary Coast was a poop show and a mess.
We now have a group who want to make Margate a mess again. Voters are you happy with this?
Winning by 18 points is a landslide. Cathy Horn is a very smart, professional woman who’s no ones puppet.
Margate is getting a beautiful new restaurant with a spectacular waterfront deck with sunset views.
Bob, I represented the smaller of the two projects, not the restaurant. I just wanted to provide accurate information in response to this campaign of propaganda.