Red Bank’s effort to shut down Best Liquors on Leighton Avenue won’t go before an administrative law judge until March 5, nine months after the Borough Council voted to yank the store’s license.
Borough Attorney Tom Hall got word of the scheduling from the state Alcoholic Beverage Control division by letter yesterday, he tells redbankgreen.
After hearings in May and June, the council revoked Best’s license effective July 1, for a handful of municipal violations, including sales of beer to minors.
But as is the custom in such cases, the store, owned by Sunny Sharma, has been allowed to remain open while the revocation is appealed.
Since then, the borough has started and stopped an effort to expedite the hearing, based on allegations that a store employee failed to card a beer-buying minor after the revocation. The effort was abandoned after the customer withdrew an allegation that he had not been asked for ID.
Krishna Tyler, a Leighton Avenue neighbor of the store and wife of Republican council candidate John Tyler, is pushing for state legislation to outlaw liquor stores from residential areas. She is scheduled to meet with 12th-District Assemblywoman (and Red Bank resident) Jennifer Beck about the proposal early next month, Tyler tells redbankgreen.
The ABC hearing is scheduled for 9a March 5 before Administrative Law Judge Joseph Martone at the Office of Administrative Law, Quakerbridge Plaza, Bldg. 9 in Mercerville.
I do not care a lick about this story, but this part got me weirded out a bit.
Krishna Tyler, a Leighton Avenue neighbor of the store and wife of Republican council candidate John Tyler, is pushing for state legislation to outlaw liquor stores from residential areas.
This will never happen, but it is just another attempt by a politician really trying to dumb us down.
Why is this lady going to make this decision for every citizen in NJ? I for one think any store should be allowed anywhere as long as it is not a public disturbance. Not it seems this store has been an annoyance, but how many other hard working liquor store owners is this wacko lady looking to put under.
I do not get it, America (not just NJ) is supposed to be a place where we have freedom. These politicians keep taking freedom away using fear, references to religion, and anything they can to get re-elected so they can line their pockets.
I have an idea Mrs. Tyler. Instead of wasting your time with the attempt to have liquor stores banned from residential areas, try lobbying your state government to lower property taxes so people stop leaving NJ.
Keith,
I very much agree with what you wrote. However, we need to remember that Krishna Tyler is not a politician and her actions should not tarnish the reputation of Jennifer Beck and other office holders who may have agreed to listen to her nonsense. "These politicians" who take freedom and use fear do not represent all the men and women who hold public office and they certainly should not be a reflection of their constituents like Mrs. Tyler. In this case I am not so sure if Mrs. Tyler is trying to use fear, but instead she seems to be trying to make her neighborhood better at the expense of the greater good, not to mention she is insulting all of our intelligence. The real victim of Mrs. Tyler's absurd mission is her husband John Tyler who is seeking public office and will need to make a choice of whether to defend his wife's wild adventure.
In no way should these comments be construed as an effort to defend Sonny "The Cat" (nine lives) Sharma who seems to be insistent on over staying his welcome in Red Bank. Our town would be a much better place without his dingy Best Liquors and Food Mart that does nothing to promote his neighborhood. With any luck, this slow moving legal process will better Leighton Avenue. Over the top legislation is clearly not the solution.
So liquor stores in residential neighborhoods is "the greater good"? I'm all for freedom, but I'm also happy that zoning laws exist that forbid my neighbor from opening a bar next door. (I wouldn't mind one at the other end of the block, though….)
Forbidding all liquor stores in residential neighborhoods in the whole state does seem extreme, but Krishna Tyler wants the freedom to have her kids play in the front yard without stepping over empty bottles, watching men urinate, and being surrounded by drinking. She is pursuing any means to her goal.
If you feel strongly that liquor stores in residential neighborhoods are essential to your liberty, you should ask Jennifer Beck for a meeting. And go to Zoning Board and Planning Board meetings to ensure that the town's Master Plan includes enough corner liquor stores to preserve your freedom.
I haven't seen any polls on this, but I would be very surprised if John Tyler's nascent political career is harmed by a stand against liquor stores in residential neighborhoods.
Let me simplify this. Zoning laws should be handled at the local level. It makes no sense to attempt to paint the lines in Red Bank, Rumson and Jersey City with the same brush. We must have faith in our local politicians to decide if a liquor store will bring dangerous garbage, acts of indecent exposure, and a generally poor environment for the upbringing of children. While Sonny’s joint might be a headache for the community, other liquor stores in other communities carefully card their customers, do not serve intoxicated individuals and contribute to their neighborhood by sponsoring youth sports teams and collecting for local charities. In these cases they advance the greater good and play a positive role in the community. Why should they be held under the same light as Sonny?
We have a business in my neighborhood that had caused us a few problems. The language, loud music and obnoxious parking habits of the customers became a serious problem. To the credit of the proprietor, the business has made strides to clean up the act. Never would I suggest that all businesses that practice the trade of the establishment in our neighborhood foster the problems that we encountered.
Unfortunately the author of the original story leaves out an important piece of information and never tells us if Mrs. Tyler would like to see all liquor stores in all residential neighborhoods forced to shut their doors or if she advocates a grandfather like clause. Either way, I do not think the State should be telling local governments how to zone for their liquor stores. I certainly do not want to see good people have their livelihoods stripped by some draconian law. This is a local issue.
Ok..how to start this?
Plain an simple is the best way. If you have been following this story an going to the meetings then you should know that we are not against stores that are following the law an working with the community.
When, I spoke at the last Weside Community meeting I stated about a plan that said if you have any store(s) that could not or would not be a good neighbor then here are some steps you can take as a community and as local officals to make this store a good neighbor!
Yes..we all want the best for our children..our family and our neighborhood..but sometimes you have to do things the hard way. Yes; it will not please everyone…that is why you have ideas that you bring to COMMUNITY MEETINGS so that everyone gets a chance to hear your idea an then take it home..think about it, then you come back either in agreement or maybe with some ideas of your own!
So..we get the heat because we want the store closed..fine I'll take that,because I want my children to grow up in a healthy way..not afraid to go outside or walk down the streets wihtout holding onto my coattail!
This is what makes me mad about the Westside..in fact with any town simular to this situation. People don't want to change..are afraid of change even when they see that it is not helping them at all or their community. They would rather close their eyes an hope that it will go away and not bother them at all! People of the westside "WAKE UP"…don't you see what is going on? They are slowly adding buildings to a community that cannot possibly nor support $800,000 dollar condo's unless they get you or I to move out. Slowly they are removing people that want to fight for there rights to live in a good community an keeping the people that are afraid to stand up for their rights as americans so they have control over what gets done and who gets to do it!!
It is your right to agree or disagree…but lets voice our opinons at the meetings so we all can get a chance to say an hear what we feel or think. Maybe just Maybe
we can all work together an save this community!
Westide community meeting..check the dates an please come down an voice your concerns!
Ok Keith…
Vote me into office in November!
Grace Cangemi,myself an James Coolahan along with John Curly have been takin nights an looking at the overall picture of Red Bank. We beleive that we have some really good ideas for the people of this fine town..including the tax situation…but we need your help to make it work..so give us your support…by flipping those levers to support us!
Just to set the record straight, Nobody is lobbying to close all stores in residential areas. Liquor stores should be only in business zone Not in residential areas.
Furthermore Alcohol should not be sold in residential area.
Children should be raised in a family oriented environment.
People are desensitized having alcohol store in their neighborhood. They are so used to it that they think its okay for a five year old to go to alcohol store to buy candy.
This is not about politics this is about change for a safe and healthy life.
How many parents serve and drink alcohol themselves in their homes or outside their homes? Probably a great many. How many of the homes where alcohol is served are good, family-oriented homes? Probably a great many. Children certainly see alcohol being used at home even if it is no more than one glass of wine with a meal. What children experience in their homes carries more weight than what they see in stores. Perhaps parents who are concerned about alcohol being sold in neighborhood stores should supervise their chilren's shopping and give them information and guidance about using alchohol. Being good role models goes a long way. I do not for one second believe that outlawing liquor stores in residential neighborhoods will prevent the misuse of alcohol or its consequences. That is what should concern us. I would much rather see our legislators help provide outreach programs and workable, affordable rehabilitation programs. What is at issue here is not a host of stores in Monmouth County or across the state. At issue in our town is one single store and the behavior of people on the street. Bad behavior should be blamed on the offender, not the store owner. Bad behavior is the provenance of the police. There are liquor stores in and near many residential neighborhoods around Red Bank and other towns. Never in 60 years have I seen or heard of anyone using the stores as an excuse to urinate on anyone's lawn or display any other type of bad behavior. If they did, the police would be picking them up pretty quickly.
Absolutely and totally without question, the behaviors which occur on Leighton Avenue should never happen. No one should have to live with or be exposed to what has happened there. These issues should be resolved by the police. Instead the impression that all this gives is that legitimate complaints have devolved into a witch hunt aimed at one, two or three store owners.
I totally agree that children are exposed to alcohol at home. Don't blame society.
We are missing the key points here.
1. Facts are that liquor stores are prone to robbery. If you check with the Red Bank police there was a robbery at gun point in the Leighton Ave Liquor store 4 or 5 years ago. And the store in Dr.James Parker Boulevard was robbed several times. One time is too many time for our families to be subjected to this living.
2.Any time you have to ring a door bell to get inside a tight security liquor store building (Liquor store at Dr.James Parker Boulevard) in our community is sending a message to everyone who is riding by that this is not a safe place.
3. Neighborhoods are proud of basketball court and parks. We just do not want to be proud of liquor stores.
4. Survery and statistic (I will provide if need prove) has stated that low income area stores were given license to sell alcohol in 1960s.
It started with groceries such as milk and bread and town (1960s) decides to give license to sell alcohol to poor neighborhoods.It does not take a rocket scientist to make a clear view about this.
5. We all know that Liquor stores in residential areas are grandfatherclaused in. It could be changed. Change for the better is always good.
6. Liquor stores are affecting quality of life in neighborhoods. Everyone wants to live in a neighborhood with a good reputation. Liquor stores carry a reputation which tells people as they ride through a neighborhood that people hang out, loiter, and indulge in drug activity. (Red Bank police have the record of arrest around liquor stores pertaining to drug and alcohol use)
7. For more information on alcohol and its influence on the neighborhood please visit (www.marininstitute.org)
We are figting for a better quality of life; a safe environment for our children. Everyone should have equal right to make their community a safe and healthy place to live in. And yes its starts at home and the community is our home.
Krishna,
I agree that everyone should have equal rights to make their community a safe and healthy place to live. I wish you all the luck in ridding your neighborhood of Sonny's dive. It probably deserves to have its doors shut because of what appears to be a general disregard for the law. However because of your awful experience, you should not infringe on other peoples' rights to in other parts of the State to determine what makes their neighborhood safe and healthy. If your accounts of your neighborhood are accurate, I can tell you that there are many neighborhoods that are much healthier and safe, yet they have a liquor store smack in the middle.
In point #5 you make it clear that you would like to see liquor stores forced out of neighborhoods. Will you be the one to knock on the door of a reputable and law abiding “mom & pop” store that has been a community staple for years and tell them it is time to move on? I think you need to take a serious step back and look at the bigger picture.
We are not talking about the stores that have been around for 100 years. The reason why they are still in business?…they follow the law and the neighbors have no complaints!
But..an a big BUT..the towns need to look at the zoning..and be aware of these new fast make a buck stores that come into town and don't care about the neighborhood selling liquor an cigarettes to minors..Yes they should be closed!
This is all a big quality of life issue!
I invite anyone to come to the Westside..take a walk with me and I'll let you see for yourself what these type of stores are doing to the community!!
Krishna,
What you have experienced at Leighton Avenue is not the norm for liquor stores or taverns in general. For example, The Cellar in Fair Haven, Little Silver Liquors and Briody's and Val's Tavern in Rumson–all located in residential areas and all respectable businesses. The neighborhoods are safe and have a great quality of life. Why should they be shut down because of what has happened in your neighborhood? You can be sure their customers and the residents of those towns do not want them shut down and will not thank you for raising the possibility.
Once again, what you need to address here are the behaviors of people not the value of liquor stores or taverns. The existance of most of them is NOT a guarantee that people will hang out, use drugs near them or make the neighborhood unsafe.
As far as robbery goes, it is a well known fact that banks and convenience stores are targets for robbery and yet you are not advocating that they be banned from residential neighborhoods.
The problems you describe are specific to your neighborhood and must be addressed in your neighborhood. If the police cannot or will not bring peace to Leighton Avenue, the residents will have to do it themselves. Maintain a rigorous, active neighborhood crime watch. Set up a chapter of an organization like the Guardian Angels and keep it active. Discuss with those organizations what needs to be done to protect Leighton Avenue. The residents of areas ruined by crime and violence have reclaimed their neighborhoods and established them as good places to live. You would surely be as successful on Leighton Avenue.
Mr. Tyler,
"An" is an indefinite article, e.g., I have an apple.
"And" is a conjunction, e.g., I have an apple and a pear.
Your friendly neighborhood grammarian.
Grammarian, thank you for that.
Hi Christine,
The example you gave me:
Val's Tavern is a bar and I talked to Dispatch
Savoth in Ramson PD. This Bar is in a business area.
Briody's is a restaurant which sell alcohol.
Business area.
Cellars in Fair Haven is also located in a business area. I spoke to Sarjan Tallarico.
Little Silver Liquors is also in a business area. Patrolman Halpin gave this info.
We are certainly not complaining about business area serving alcohol.
Thank you
krishna,
So if your house is three doors away from a liquor store that is in a business area everything is just fine, but if it is three doors down from one that is not, it is a problem? Stop the nit-picking and look at the bigger picture,
I know most of the places that Christine mentioned and no matter how you cut it, they are in residential neighborhoods.
It seems that your point could be that if you zone Sonny's joint as business all of the problems will go away?
You are fighting an absurd bigger battle. You need to concentrate on your goal of getting rid of the joint in your neighborhood.
Krishna,
All these establishments are located within one or two blocks of residential homes. As far as I am concerned this means they are close enough to residences to be part of residential neighborhoods no matter how the town has designated them. How could you ask that Best Liquors be shut down based on the fact that it is located in a residential neighborhood but not these other businesses? Little Silver Liquors is one block from homes to the east, west and north. The street directly behind and a couple of hundred feet from The Cellar is a residential street. So are streets to the east, west and north. The same applies to Val's and Briody's. Those areas you describe as business districts are a couple of very short blocks long–much less than the length of Leighton Avenue.
Get pro-active and fight the battle that really exists with pro-active tactics. That is, supervising the neighborhood children's shopping, educating them about alcohol, instructing them on what is and is not acceptable behavior, giving them good role models, using neighborhood watches and Guardian Angel techniques for establishing your neighborhood as a good place to live. You are putting the blame and the burden on businesses that do not contribute in any way to the issues Leighton Avenue faces. When the town and the state do not close down liquor stores which verge on residential neighborhoods you will be faced with the same problems that exist today. Even if they do shut them down it is not a guaranty that Leighton Avenue will be problem-free. There are no quick and easy fixes. Not using pro-active techniques will keep you exactly where you are now.
All the businesses mentioned are in the midst of what passes for downtown in those towns. Yes, there are houses nearby, but they are clearly business districts. I can't picture The Cellar, but as I recall all the others, they are surrounded by businesses. (Or is there a house next to Briody's on that side street?) Are there even any residences on the same block as Little Silver Liquors?
And yes, there is a big difference between being 200' from the entrance to a restaurant and 20' from the entrance to a liquor store.
Now Murphy's in Rumson, that would be a good example of a bar in a residential neighborhood.
The point is that no one would zone Sonny's lot for business. It's inappropriate. And if he applied for a liquor license today, he'd be laughed at. But because once upon a time local governments didn't mind allowing liquor stores in poor neighborhoods, the location is grandfathered, we have an inappropriate business there. And even though the local government wants that business to leave, the state bureaucracy is keeping it there. So call me crazy, but I think the state is the right place to go. It seems unlikely that Beck is going to propose a mass closure of neighborhood liquor stores, but maybe we'll get a law that allows local gov't to toss out bad liquor stores without approval from Trenton.
Krishna,
Just to clarify your posting, both Briody's and Val's are restaurants with liquor licenses.
Dan,
See my posting prior to your posting. Yes, there are homes within a few hundred feet of the rear of the shopping center housing The Cellar. Little Silver Liquors is surrounded by homes and a condo except on Church Street. There are homes near enough to Val's and Briody's to make them part of the neighborhood. If Best Liquors were a convenience store not selling alcohol would the site still be inappropriate for a business? Would there still be claims that the store invites robberies? What has low income got to do with anything? Are low income people being subjected to trouble because they are low income?
I sure could go for a beer now. Dublin House anyone?
Krishna, your not going to win "the war" and in doing so your going to lose "the battle". Your efforts should be on getting Best Liquors closed down for violations on its liquor license. Thats it.
Red Bank Green, enough already with the same picture of this guy. It's annoying. And no new ones either.
Red Bank Green, enough already with the same picture of this guy. It's annoying. And no new ones either.
Everyone seems to miss the point!
It is a GUALITY of LIFE issue! Just sit back for a momment….
If this store was a store that sold Baseball cards..but you had people that came and urinated outside the building..in front of children…large groups of people hanging around the store…loud music playing at all hours of the night coming from cars that are parked illegally…
Now you take the nice neighbor measure:
1) You ask the store owner to help with the loud music by asking any customers that come into the store to go back out an turn it down.
2)The litter still gets thrown all over into your yard.
3) You stand outside while the cars come with the curse music…they go in the store, they are not asked to turn the music down or to park properly!
4) People still urinate and when you see them you call the police and then get jumped upon because you had the nerve to call the police on them!
Well…I didn't want to say anything else about this situation…but to all that comment on this, until you come and live in this neghborhood and see what is going on you will never know!
Oh..and to answer a question:
When it comes to working hard and yes making mistakes until you get it right because we don't know all the answers; to help educate people about what you can do to make it a better place to live even if you have to take some bumps along with what you feel is right in your heart……….
Your DARN straight I support my wife!
What happens if the state decides that RB is in the wrong, and Sonny is allowed to stay open?
Keith,
Jennifer Beck will be so inundated by the requests for meetings that she will be forced to run for US Senate. I will vote for her. Krishna Tyler will enter the 2008 race for the White House as an independent. Her platform would be the re-institution of prohibition. I will vote against her. A sympathetic population including me, would hand her husband John a sweeping victory in the local elections. His victory party would be the subject of major speculation when one of his guests ironically takes a wiz on his front lawn. Sonny will get rich selling 15 year olds warm beer at twice the market price. He will also be selling single cigarettes at all West Side Community meetings. This will go on until he has formed enough of a nest egg to retire. He will sell his place and naturally it will be made into condos. Redbankgreen.com will be so overwhelmed by postings from angry citizens that is will cease to function and folks will be forced to go to Town Council Meetings to voice their opinion.
Mike Rooney,
Great creative thinking — and it may all really happen, one way or the other.
Darn Cj..even I had to laugh at that post!
And who said that humor was dead?
That was a good one!
My point to the question I asked is that the quality of life in Red Bank is not that bad (try Newark, Camden, Union City etc…
). Now I know cities like this do not matter in this topic, but maybe with a little guidance from their parents Sonny will not have that big of an effect on the children of RB. If the state rules in favor of Sonny, I am not so shore RB will fall off into the Navesink anytime soon.
That being said my only point when I commented this thread was to point out my dissatisfaction with the woman lobbying for the banning of liquor stores in residential areas. In my opinion a ban like this would hurt more store owners who do everything by the book. Contrary to what one person said above, not all liquor stores are through of as drug pee noisy disorderly person magnets.
Whether this store is allowed to stay open or not does not matter to me. Although I can say the evidence or allegations clearly point to the fact that it should be closed.
Let's start off with the political bullshit. How many people in the community signed a petition for you??? Best Liquor's had well over six hundred signatures. Sunny ownes the property at 75 Leighton Ave , so let's face it -HE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!!!If he had a mom and pop store would you be satisfied or would you still have a problem. I believe you have a personal problem with Mr. Sharma and NOT the store itself. When you purchased your house -3 door down from a liquor store What where you thinking?
Krishna-act according to your given name. TRUTH is what your name means!!!The name of a GOD. You are lying under his name. SHAME ON YOU!!Every town has liquor stores in a residential area as well as business areas. Example:Yogis and Red Bank Liquor also come in residential and so many others in so many other towns. Untouchables is a strip club in Keyport surrounded by nothing but a residential area.You need to focus on the element surrounding you not the store owners.Mr. Sunny Sharma is nothing but accomadating to the neighborhood. I have seen him saying hi to you and your husband several times.Let's focus on some real issues in the neighborhood NOT just your issues against him.
Mr.Tyler, Republican candidate what a JOKE. You live in a Democratic neighborhood. Why are you kissing up to the white people? Makes us wonder what is in it for you. Do you have any backround in politics,or are you looking out for yourself? Job at jeapordy? Why are leaning on the big guys downtown to get ahead? Are you really concerned with leighton ave or your own future in politics.Don't use Sunny's store as a baseline for your future as a potential councelman. HAHA People who live in glass houses should NOT throw stones at innocent working class people. GROW UP
Hey all,
First of all we should NOT get personal and keep things in prespective here. What Krishna and her husband are fighting for is for a BETTER neighborhood. Those of us living and who have lived there KNOW what the liquer store does to the youth of the neighborhood. Everyday, I used to see the liquer store being a gathering ground for drunks, junkies etc. Why i had even encountered first hand, the owner selling liquer and ciggerates to UNDERAGED kids.
No one here is aiming to throw stones from a glass house or lying under god's name as you people aptly put it. Some of us see only what we WANT to see, more of a selfish approach. But kudos to John and Krishna Tyler for walking the talk that most of us do!!!!
It's cut and dry. Sonny sold to minors. CLOSE HIM DOWN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey jerome jr.Do we really need the attacks????Is there anything wrong with wanting to improve where you live????????
You got a couple of different problems here. Might be the best thing is to separate them and find the solutions to each one. Littering, loitering, loud music, speeding, double parking — if this happened on the curb in front of your home would you hold yourself responsible? What would you do about it? Would you want your neighbors to hold you responsible? Could they demand that you put a stop to it? Seems like the police or a neighborhood watch are the solution on this one. Selling to underage people — was it done intentionally and knowingly? How do you know if it was or not? Can you prove it? One of the charges was selling to a 46 year-old man who took it outside and gave it to someone underage. Can you really expect the store to follow its customers outside and maybe even home to see what they do with it? Someone makes a false charge and then recants — what's the purpose of blaming the store? Every liquor store has sold to underage people whether they know it or not. If the store is intentionally seeking out and selling to underage people you have a real complaint. Selling cigarettes — file a complaint. You think the problems will go away if and when Best Liquors doesn't sell liquor? Read the post by the person whose father lived across the street from the store when it was only a convenience store. He came home from work every night and used a leaf blower to send the litter back across the street. Blaming the store or its owner gets you nowhere.
Once again, justice was served in red bank court. Friday Sept. 7th, 2007 municipal court dropped the charges against Best Liquors for the second time this month alone. Mr. Sharma in the past month alone called the police three times to notify them of phoney id's from minors.Sunny held the fake id in his pocession until the cops arrived. Funny how no one acknowledges the positive aspect of things .The Tylers only want to better themselves by bringing out the negative so they look good for there own best interest. Election-Job security. What a shame wasting tax payers money on all this nusance.
Radha,
Damange has been done way before this so called fake ID charges. I know Mr. Tyler is working hard for a cleaner west side way before he even thought of politics. As long as there are people like you who want to defend wrong doing it will be like talking to a wall. You probably dont even live in Red Bank or West Side
Good luck in your fight.
I lived in West Side for 10 years. Looking at this forum and finding out the people who are supporting the wrong doing of Sunny, though he has been charged for all those offenses. One by one he continued to sell to minors and all the other offense pertaining to it. My opinion is either you guys dont live in Red Bank and only for selfish reason support him. I was also there when the council decided to revoke his license. He was told, if you really wanted to you could have done the right. By checking the ID a long time ago. But you continued to do everything to break the law. Not just selling to minors. Having a alcohol license is a previlege. One of you supporters who stated that Sunny has 600 petition signed. Oh yeah I saw that petition. It was pathetic. Junkies and drunks who walk around the neighborhood. People who dont live here in Red Bank. People who are not 18 years old. People who were in and out of jail, Your supporters from the picture you had on Red Bank Green and the complain of yellow curb was a true picture of your supporters. They are complaining about the yellow curb when only one in the picture drives a car. The others are hang outs in and out of the store. This is going to be the first and the last time of my posting on you selfish supporters. Lets buy beer from the west side and go to our clean town without junkies.
Let's get one thing straight. I do live in Red Bank for 7 years now. I am not a crack head nor have I been incarcinated. I have no reason to support Sunny except I feel he is being bullied by the political assholes who venture in their own selfishness. Elections are very close and I'm sure a few extra votes would help you out in your pathetic race.
Best liquors and its supporters are all one in the same. No accountability. Loud music, fights, littering, public urination, drug dealing, underage purchasers, and panhandlers all from the presence of the store. The stores answer as well as its two bit supporters is how is it sonny's fault. If that was somebody's home and this was going on the homeowner would be responsible for all of it. The homeowner if they were a good neighbor and part of the community would not have these people over anymore, but sonny sees nothing except dollar signs. The petition he had was a complete farce. Not one of the neighbors in a 1 block area signed. Not once did sonny go door to door. If you asked 100 crack addicts if they want their dealer to stay in business I am sure all 100 would sign on. Those of us who care about the community know better than to submerge ourselves into the selfish concerns of those who live nowhere near RedBank's groung zero.
SWORE IS WASNT GOING TO POST ON THIS. THE PERSONAL ATTACKS UPON JOHN AND HIS WIFE ARE UNCALLED FOR, AND ONE COULD REALLY SEE HOW THE DEMOCRATS, DESPERATE FOR GOOD REVIEWS AFTER THE HUGE TAX INCREASE ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE EVAN FURTHER THE WEST SIDE. THIS IS NOT POLITICAL MANOVERING ON HIS PART, THIS WAS DONE LONG BEFORE HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD RUN, SO PLEASE BEG OFF ON THIS. PERSONAL ATTACKS DO NOT BELONG ON THIS SITE, SO SHAME ON ANY OF YOU FOR SUCH.
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR CAMPAIGN JOHNNY T!
I'm offended by the comment that the only people who signed Best Liquors petition were crack heads and alcoholics. I have served in the armed forces for over 35 years. I live in Red Bank for 50 years and proud of it. I am retired and I signed the petition. If you feel that all of the westside of Red Bank are low lifes you are extremely wrong. Very disappointed in your foul comments. God Bless America.
I would like to sum up something about personal attacks. Sunny is the one being personally attacked and so is Best Liquors. I mean NO disrespect towards the Tylers. You must give respect to earn respect.