file photo by Boyd Loving
Regardless of the huge multitude of requests to have the council look into the Health Barn and the huge number of complaints by local residents whose neighborhood has literally been destroyed, Nothing is being done, said, or explained. The council probably couldn’t even describe what the elephant in the room looks like as they are too busy walking around it to act. They apparently have decided if they ignore the whole thing, it will go away. NOT! I guess they are leaving it for the new council to take care of as they certainly cannot be expecting to be elected again based on the “tremendous” response they have shown to ANY Ridgewood problems. They saddest thing is all the money they are wasting by their procrastination and determination to do things that residents do not want (garage?) They seem to be all good individuals that collectively are scared of their shadows and any possible negative remark about them by residents. So Stacey could sue. Her prior actions have been to sue anyone she disagrees with but that was known about her before that contract was signed. Council JUST DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING BUT SNORE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM!
This same absurd argument has been tried before. It was debunked by Mike Bloomberg, and is currently being debunked by, yes, Trump.
The reason so many States and Local Municipalities are in such dire financial straits is because the financial management is being done by idealists and politicians who are subservient to some political cause.
One of the most disturbing things is how Councilman Voigt wrote in the Ridgewood News about all the good Healthbarn & Stacey does for the Village. Jeff….news flash so do a lot of charities in the Village but you failed to mention them!! The other charities are run by Village residents something Stacey is NOT. Why does the Village continue to suck up to Healthbarn? Haven’t we given her enough? She has abused her lease over & over again & yet nothing has been done. Healthban already pays under market value for rent extra land for her garden & parking spaces. Sweet deal made possible because she was connected to the right people like her good friend Roberta. Hillcrest neighborhood is suffering because the Village has a blind eye when dealing with Healthbarn. If I was the landlord to a business that has caused a lot of problems to the neighbors & violated the lease multiple times & lied about her business plan I would kick her out!!’ I wouldn’t want to put neighbors in harms way to a business that has charted busses causing dangerous situations on Hillcrest, adults drinking alcohol at her restaurant style dinners & adult parties none of which were discussed at her VC meeting when council voted on it. Those things alone should be cause for termination!!! Not to mention the tent she puts up on park land for hours at a time. She uses way more land then just her garden all for $3,700 a month. Does the Council work for Stacey or for the residents? The way I look at it is Stacey gets a pass when we get fined for leaves in the street. Stop it NOW let’s stop helping Healthbarn successed & treating a non residents business better then the tax payers!!!
He is only one vote 11:04 What the hell are the other ones doing about this?
11:04 am – They are all sold out to special interest groups.
I heard he is strong arming the others somehow. He is so buddy buddy with the owner or something because he is whole heartedly against helping the neighbors. Neighbors that supported him and some considered friends. He is a HUGE fan of this business and will not explain WHY
They are afraid of Ridgewood being sued by the business. Bottom line…sounds friendly to me and JEFF supports it and the owner. We don’t know what his personal interest is
Worried to get sued… That’s straight from Aronsohn’s playbook.
Is this council getting the advice from same attorney?
Jeff Voigt is in the business of going against what everyone else wants no matter what. He is argumentative, obstreperous, obnoxious, and insane.
Didnt someone speak onThe healthbars’s behalf at a meeting and say they would sue if things didn’t go their way? something like that.
I also heard they tried to sue abma’s farm when they terminated the lease, but then it was dropped. Something like that
10:06 yes, someone said that they will sue the residents for taking pictures. Their attorney did not know that it’s perfectly legal to take pictures in a public park.
Not taking action and saying it’s because ‘we will get sued’ or because ‘i don’t have authority’ are lame excuses.
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@10:41 yes and I also heard that the owner Stacy antine did file a police report against a neighbor for taking pictures
This whole thing does not sound good for Ridgewood as Voight claims
I mean being so hostile toward a neighbor as a new neighbor/ business seems like the wrong approach
But yet so many things are wrong with a business in a residential neighborhood after neighbors questioned it and asked for help
So sad