NO NEW REST STOP on the GSP NORTH IN BLOOMFIELD/POLICE BARRACKS?

 

 IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT A MUCH NEEDED REST STOP BE BUILT WHERE THE OLD ONE WAS ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY NORTH--BY EXIT 153--IN BLOOMFIELD, NJ.

THERE IS A THRIVING ONE THAT MIRRORS THIS LOCATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE GSP. BY EXIT 150.

 A NEW REST AREA WOULD OFFER COMFORT FOR COMMUTERS (esp. those with children) THE LAST REST STOP IS WAY BACK IN UNION. I DON'T EVEN HAVE A CLUE WHERE THE NEXT ONE IS-WTF?

  NOT ONLY DOES A REST STOP PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED BATHROOM FACILITIES FOR DRIVERS & THEIR FAMILIES, COFFEE AND A SHUT EYE FOR THOSE DRIVING TO STAY ALERT SHOULD ALSO BE AN INCENTIVE.

 THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN REVENUE FOR THE STATE OF NJ OR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPT. RELIEVING POTENTIAL TOLL HIKES (I know I'm an optimist).

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This is from northjersey.com (by Jeff Frankel):

" Bloomfield officials said they were not notified about a planned $12.3 million New Jersey State Police barracks along the Garden State Parkway in town. It will be an upgrade to current State Police facilities.

Township Administrator Ted Ehrenburg told the Township Council on Monday that Town Hall received calls from Lindbergh Boulevard residents, whose backyards abut the Parkway.

Residents within 200 feet of the project were given notice. The state-sanctioned construction does not require Bloomfield Planning Board approval. 

Ehrenburg said the state could have notified Bloomfield as a courtesy.

"There was no communication with this township," he said. "We're their good neighbor. We want them to be our good neighbor."

Construction is slated to begin in "early 2013," on the northbound side, according to a notice from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which oversees the Parkway. Work is expected to be completed by May 2014, according to the agency.

Ed Brasseur, a Lindbergh Boulevard homeowner, said he understands the barracks' importance, but is worried about the noise and vibration from the proposed helipad on the property.

The existing station is 60-years-old and needs to be replaced. The new one-story building will be 15,500 square feet, and will include a gas pump island and new drainage system, in addition to the helipad..."

loomfield officials said they were not notified about a planned $12.3 million New Jersey State Police barracks along the Garden State Parkway in town. It will be an upgrade to current State Police facilities.
Township Administrator Ted Ehrenburg told the Township Council on Monday that Town Hall received calls from Lindbergh Boulevard residents, whose backyards abut the Parkway.
Residents within 200 feet of the project were given notice. The state-sanctioned construction does not require Bloomfield Planning Board approval.
Ehrenburg said the state could have notified Bloomfield as a courtesy.
"There was no communication with this township," he said. "We're their good neighbor. We want them to be our good neighbor."
Construction is slated to begin in "early 2013," on the northbound side, according to a notice from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which oversees the Parkway. Work is expected to be completed by May 2014, according to the agency.
Ed Brasseur, a Lindbergh Boulevard homeowner, said he understands the barracks' importance, but is worried about the noise and vibration from the proposed helipad on the property.
The existing station is 60-years-old and needs to be replaced. The new one-story building will be 15,500 square feet, and will include a gas pump island and new drainage system, in addition to the helipad.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/state-police-plan-new-barracks-on-garden-state-parkway-in-bloomfield-1.555622#sthash.AQgNEs4t.dpuf

Bloomfield officials said they were not notified about a planned $12.3 million New Jersey State Police barracks along the Garden State Parkway in town. It will be an upgrade to current State Police facilities.
Township Administrator Ted Ehrenburg told the Township Council on Monday that Town Hall received calls from Lindbergh Boulevard residents, whose backyards abut the Parkway.
Residents within 200 feet of the project were given notice. The state-sanctioned construction does not require Bloomfield Planning Board approval.
Ehrenburg said the state could have notified Bloomfield as a courtesy.
"There was no communication with this township," he said. "We're their good neighbor. We want them to be our good neighbor."
Construction is slated to begin in "early 2013," on the northbound side, according to a notice from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which oversees the Parkway. Work is expected to be completed by May 2014, according to the agency.
Ed Brasseur, a Lindbergh Boulevard homeowner, said he understands the barracks' importance, but is worried about the noise and vibration from the proposed helipad on the property.
The existing station is 60-years-old and needs to be replaced. The new one-story building will be 15,500 square feet, and will include a gas pump island and new drainage system, in addition to the helipad.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/state-police-plan-new-barracks-on-garden-state-parkway-in-bloomfield-1.555622#sthash.AQgNEs4t.dpuf

Bloomfield officials said they were not notified about a planned $12.3 million New Jersey State Police barracks along the Garden State Parkway in town. It will be an upgrade to current State Police facilities.
Township Administrator Ted Ehrenburg told the Township Council on Monday that Town Hall received calls from Lindbergh Boulevard residents, whose backyards abut the Parkway.
Residents within 200 feet of the project were given notice. The state-sanctioned construction does not require Bloomfield Planning Board approval.
Ehrenburg said the state could have notified Bloomfield as a courtesy.
"There was no communication with this township," he said. "We're their good neighbor. We want them to be our good neighbor."
Construction is slated to begin in "early 2013," on the northbound side, according to a notice from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which oversees the Parkway. Work is expected to be completed by May 2014, according to the agency.
Ed Brasseur, a Lindbergh Boulevard homeowner, said he understands the barracks' importance, but is worried about the noise and vibration from the proposed helipad on the property.
The existing station is 60-years-old and needs to be replaced. The new one-story building will be 15,500 square feet, and will include a gas pump island and new drainage system, in addition to the helipad.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/state-police-plan-new-barracks-on-garden-state-parkway-in-bloomfield-1.555622#sthash.AQgNEs4t.dpuf

Bloomfield officials said they were not notified about a planned $12.3 million New Jersey State Police barracks along the Garden State Parkway in town. It will be an upgrade to current State Police facilities.
Township Administrator Ted Ehrenburg told the Township Council on Monday that Town Hall received calls from Lindbergh Boulevard residents, whose backyards abut the Parkway.
Residents within 200 feet of the project were given notice. The state-sanctioned construction does not require Bloomfield Planning Board approval.
Ehrenburg said the state could have notified Bloomfield as a courtesy.
"There was no communication with this township," he said. "We're their good neighbor. We want them to be our good neighbor."
Construction is slated to begin in "early 2013," on the northbound side, according to a notice from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which oversees the Parkway. Work is expected to be completed by May 2014, according to the agency.
Ed Brasseur, a Lindbergh Boulevard homeowner, said he understands the barracks' importance, but is worried about the noise and vibration from the proposed helipad on the property.
The existing station is 60-years-old and needs to be replaced. The new one-story building will be 15,500 square feet, and will include a gas pump island and new drainage system, in addition to the helipad.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/state-police-plan-new-barracks-on-garden-state-parkway-in-bloomfield-1.555622#sthash.AQgNEs4t.dpuf

loomfield officials said they were not notified about a planned $12.3 million New Jersey State Police barracks along the Garden State Parkway in town. It will be an upgrade to current State Police facilities.
Township Administrator Ted Ehrenburg told the Township Council on Monday that Town Hall received calls from Lindbergh Boulevard residents, whose backyards abut the Parkway.
Residents within 200 feet of the project were given notice. The state-sanctioned construction does not require Bloomfield Planning Board approval.
Ehrenburg said the state could have notified Bloomfield as a courtesy.
"There was no communication with this township," he said. "We're their good neighbor. We want them to be our good neighbor."
Construction is slated to begin in "early 2013," on the northbound side, according to a notice from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which oversees the Parkway. Work is expected to be completed by May 2014, according to the agency.
Ed Brasseur, a Lindbergh Boulevard homeowner, said he understands the barracks' importance, but is worried about the noise and vibration from the proposed helipad on the property.
The existing station is 60-years-old and needs to be replaced. The new one-story building will be 15,500 square feet, and will include a gas pump island and new drainage system, in addition to the helipad.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/state-police-plan-new-barracks-on-garden-state-parkway-in-bloomfield-1.555622#sthash.AQgNEs4t.dpuf

JUST FOR FUN--MAE WEST

 


GOING THROUGH YOUTUBE I FOUND AN INTERVIEW FROM 1976 WITH DICK CAVETT & MAE WEST & SHE QUOTED A POEM SHE WROTE WHEN SHE WAS 15...SO MAE, SO AWESOME...

MAE WEST WROTE THIS WHEN SHE WAS 15 (no we didn't go to school together in 1908)
ENJOY...

Cave Girl

I got my smile from the sunshine.
I got my tears from the rain.
I learned to dance when I saw a tiger prance,
And a peacock taught me to be vain.
A little owl in a tree so high,
He taught me how to wink my eye.
I learned to bill and coo from a turtledove.
And a grizzly bear taught me how to hug.
But the guy who lived two caves from me,
He taught me how to love.

( Mae West died in 1980. She remains one of the most quotable legends. She was a pioneer & sexual liberator for women)
( Watch the entire interview, it's very sweet actually)

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(Btw, did you know Joan Crawford adopted 5 kids & one was reclaimed by it's mother--lucky kid...lol...I never knew that--bad gay! bad gay!...lolololol)

GAYS STEALING FEMALE BLACK CULTURE?

 

 CNN Debate: 'White Gays: Stop Stealing Black Female Culture'

WHATTA YOU THINK ???

You can see the entire CNN debate online with Don Lemon (it's short)...

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I can see both sides:

On one hand, no one owns a gesture or a behavior even if it started in a particular culture (that's what the USA is all about, adopting other cultures' food, dress, dance, behavior, etc.)...

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However, I do see the other side that assuming every African American woman should be addressed in a stereotypical, campy way can be perceived as a bit racist. 

We should try to treat people-regardless of gender or race- as individuals not with a blanket assumption.

Not every gay man wants to be addressed as "she"  or "guurl" for instance. 

Even the ubiquitous hello kiss among gay men is frowned upon by other gay men; preferring a firm handshake instead. 

Don't assume.

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To paraphrase both views:

Sierra Mannie an African American woman (not a journalist, just her personal experience) whose article got picked up by times.com states: "

"Maybe, for some of you, it’s a presumed mutual appreciation for Beyoncé and weaves that has you thinking that I’m going to be amused by you approaching me in your best “Shanequa from around the way” voice. I don’t know.

What I do know is that I don’t care how well you can quote Madea, who told you that your booty was getting bigger than hers, how cute you think it is to call yourself a strong black woman, who taught you to twerk, how funny you think it is to call yourself Quita or Keisha or for which black male you’ve been bottoming — you are not a black woman, and you do not get to claim either blackness or womanhood. It is not yours. It is not for you."

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The rebuttal on CNN comes from Huffington Post's writer & comedian H. Alan Scott:

" It’s all bullshit. You can be whomever you want to be, and you shouldn’t be belittled, black or white, gay or straight, for who you are, gesticulations and all.

Mannie goes on to talk about the very true hardships and disparities black Americans face in this country. She’s right, it is very hard to be a person of color in this country, and as a white man — a very gay white man — I have absolutely no true understanding of what that must be like. But what I do have is a very real understanding of generalizations, as all minorities do.

Mannie writes about white males appreciation of Beyoncé (because only black women can like her), or a use of a certain vernacular that apparently belongs exclusively to black women (what about black gay men, can they use it?). She writes that black people don’t have access to everything white people do, and she’s right. That they often must worry about their physical safety, and she’s right. That there aren’t enough venues for black voices to be heard, she’s still right..."

"THE JOY OF DISCO" (2012) (youtube)

 

WATCH IT ON youtube

  (I love how it's summed up:
"IT WAS THE BIRTH OF A NEW DEMOCRACY")

A documentary about how a much-derided music actually changed the world. Between 1969 and 1979 disco sound tracked gay liberation, foregrounded female desire in the age of feminism and led to the birth of modern club culture as we know it today, before taking the world by storm; with contributions from Deney Terrio, Nile Rogers, Earl Young, Nicky Siano, David Mancuso, Robin Gibb, Kathy Sledge, Edmund White, Ian Schrager and Rollerena, just to name a few.

I never knew this existed; produced by the BBC.

Personally my disco experiences started in the New Jersey parties and straight bars in 1972 and peaked in the 1980's. This pop explosion just morphed later on to house music, tribal and other danceable pop music.

My first gay disco was " THE ROUND TABLE" in Midtown NYC-I was 15 years old (yay fake ID's).
It was also the first time I saw men in drag.

Of course the top NYC discos we frequented in the late 70's and 80's (and we'd later refer to them as dance clubs to sound cooler; silly us.) were: "The Gallery",  "Studio 54" , "Xenon". "Infinity", "12 WEST", "The Barefoot Boy", "Flamingo", "The Anvil", "Les Mouches", "Ice Palace 57", "the Paradise Garage"and the epitome of all dance clubs, "THE SAINT".

Other cities had comparable dance clubs: Los Angeles had "Studio One"; South Florida had "COPA", "Salvation" and "Backstreet"; Atlanta had "Backstreet" as well.

And Philadelphia brought a unique sound the world embraced. It took soul, R&B and Motown to create timeless, danceable sounds still influencing artists today.

While the Salsoul Orchestra created the hybrid of soul, Latin and disco.

Any dancer worth his self respect danced the Latin hustle-not the "Saturday Night Fever" more Anglo style. This movie & soundtrack by The Bee Gees took disco to the mainstream (as Madonna's song "Vogue" did for voguing; another established underground phenom-watch "Paris is Burning" to explore its genesis).

(And screw the backlash of "DISCO SUCKS" in July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago--most of the music THEY were listening to REALLY SUCKED...it was pure homophobia & racism..hate at its most vile !)

DISCO LIVES!

A seminal work into this musical, transformative phenomenon is:

My Life in the Paradise Garage: Keep On Dancin'

by Mel Cheren, Gabriel Rotello