Inlets and Outlets : The Red Tape Is Alive and Well In Union Beach, NJ

Monday, January 28, 2013

The Red Tape Is Alive and Well In Union Beach, NJ

This letter is from a business owner in Union Beach whose restaurant, Jakeabob's Bay, was completely destroyed by Sandy. Gigi Dorr has been a force of positivity for 92 days, but her words today show that even the strongest among us are being bent backward by the red tape during the recovery efforts. Please read, and please share. - Thanks, Jack.

Jakeabob's Bay - on the waterfront in Union Beach.

"Day 92. Frustrated. We are 92 days into the "non red tape" super mess !!!!

I was interviewed today, by some production co., I have to be honest I keep on talking to anyone who will listen. My thought process is that someone will hear what I have to say. Someone will get us the answers. Someone will figure out where all this money is. Someone will figure out this awful red tape mess. Someone... will help !!! What in the world is taking so long ? What is Congress doing ? What is the problem ? WHERE IS THE HELP ? WE are in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ? Correct ????

Dear Mr. President, Hello Congress, we are over here !!! We are the ones with no homes, no heat, no buildings, no school, destroyed Firehouses, flooded EMT building, no walls, we are the ones who have to lift our homes, our businesses, we are the ones who 92 days in have NO ANSWERS, we are the ones who are fighting with our insurance companies. we are the ones trying to figure how high we have to build, can we build, should we build. We are AMERICANS, pay a boat load of taxes, pay for insurance policies and may I add on time, because if we didnt pay on time, we would be CANCELLED !!!! I think it's called accountability !!! Who is accountable for the insurance companies ? I want to know, I want answers, WE want answers, WE NEED answers!! How is this even possible ?

Hello Mr. President....are you out there Congress???? Stop it !!! Enough is enough !!!! Here is an idea come here, come to us, let us show you how we are doing, let us give you a first hand tour...better yet let's have a sleep over !!!! Just one night come stay in our homes with no heat, no walls, no floors, no carpet, busted pipes. Get your head out of your asses.....Make someone accountable, someone step up to the plate !!!! We have proven we are strong, we are Jersey Strong !!!! We are survivors ....we are trying to figure all this mess out..we are united, we got that part. Now do your part....let's go !!!!!

As I see it, the ONLY ones helping are the Churches and Private sector, private families, non profit foundations, our neighbors.... if you can't handle the situation move over let's us figure it out !!! Let Carl figure it out !!!!

I apologies for the rant, I am frustrated. I am begging someone, anyone for answers !!!!
Gigi"

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On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy devastated the New Jersey shore from Keyport to Atlantic City. Hardest hit were the areas in the Bayshore (Keansburg to Port Monmouth) and along the barrier islands from Belmar to Holgate.

I am a free-lance writer who has spent every minute of my five decades on the Jersey Shore. My goal is to tell the story of the reconstruction of the Shore, the good, the bad, the setbacks and the triumphs.

In the coming year I will try to tell the story of the people who were affected by the storm, the business owners, the home owners, the musicians, cooks, the people who prime the engine of the local economy, and the kids who play football on Friday night in schools that were storm shelters a year earlier.

These are the stories that need to be told.

Occasionally I'll feature guest writers to help give a full, well-rounded picture of the recovery of the Shore. Attribution will be included at the end of each piece submitted by a guest.

Jack Sharkey

I'm free-lance writer, audio engineer by trade and a life-long (4th generation) resident of Ocean County. Growing up on the Metedeconk River, just a few miles from the Atlantic Ocean, my life and views have been shaped by salt water. My father's family moved from the Kereigh Head section of Elizabeth in the early 1950s, and my mother's family moved to the Toms River area from Poughkeepsie, NY, immediately after the Civil War. My roots in Ocean County go way back, yet I also understand the massive migration that forever changed the Jersey Shore.

Contributor: Debbie Miks

Back in 1923, the house I grew up in was being built by my great grandparents. Their home near Mantoloking on the barrier island had been washed away by a storm and they, being practical people, moved inland to the Adamston section of Brick. Watermen by trade, their living was clamming the bay and ocean fishing. My first summer job was at Point Pleasant boardwalk, in the Holiday Arcade, flipping burgers at Pyott’s Restaurant. I’ve lived in Brick nearly all of my life and can trace our family back to 1804, when the Hulse family “migrated” all the way from Freehold, NJ. It’s been said that we have salt water in our veins and I can’t imagine living anywhere else.

Debbie holds a Masters Degree in Technical and Professional Communications from NJIT and specializes in on-line communications as a Content Strategist and User Experience Designer.