file photo by Boyd Loving
July 2,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, At Wednesdays Council meeting defenders of CRAB ie the Community Relations Advisory Board of Ridgewood and Glen Rock , got up and ran off a litany of the horrors of living in a terrible place like Ridgewood where even your brand new BMW , winter ski vacations and summering at the shore can not save you from .
While proponents of CRAB insisted that efforts to reorganize were just political pay back . For over 30 years of the CRAB’s existence there have been hundreds of cases of abuse in one form or another. All these offensive events are dealt with by the board in a sensitive and caring manor.
Yes folks thats hundreds of cases in Ridgewood and of coarse a few in Glen Rock ,that this quasi governmental agency claims to have addressed , Really ? Not the parents, schools , or court system? It is simply amazing what a horrible place Ridgewood is and we need CRAB to keep saving us .
When we hear theses people speak it reminds me that many of us need to get out more often. “Out ” as in, away from our million dollar houses , local fund raisers , swim clubs , and trips to 5 star hotels . Thats out in the real world , you know like downtown Paterson ,just take a visit take a look at the real world for a bit see how it works . Then try your social activism when there are actually consequences for that activism . Lets see how long you last. Seeing people I know live very comfortable lives made by their ancestors whining about how hard life is in Ridgewood is just a bit thick and frankly a bit lame .
While we do not doubt the seriousness of issues in Ridgewood , it does appear that CRAB like many social activist organization are a “solution looking for a problem” , with no consequences to their actions . Attempting to create a problem with the current council is just a sad reminder of that very fact.
yes the towns need to have relations. in the past the village did. what happened in the past year. the village and glen rock was always on a friendly form in shard service’s, it always worked in the past. And on that note the glen rock boro is the only town that is willing to help out the village. no other town will steep up. we the village burned so many bridges with other towns. the old way worked.
time to wake up.
IT’S RIDGEWOOD’S FAULT . very bad p r skill’s.
There are too many boards, committees, advisory councils etc. They all think they have so much power. The CRAB is a good idea, who would argue with their basic reason for being? But it has been politicized Jan Philips is a nasty woman who has grabbed “power.” It was laughable when her husband came to defend her. Was she even at the meeting? Perhaps sitting tearfully in the audience while Mr. Hans spoke about how civil and lovely she is. The CRAB should still exist, for sure, but with a defined membership that does not include anyone who is out-and-out nasty.
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Advisory = no power = VC can listen and ignore.
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So why is the VC beholden to this ADVISORY group?
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Shut it down. Then all their complaints and noise and letters to the editor can be made as ordinary residents.