Remarks by C. Lawrence Crump
35 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
“I just want to make a note of today. Is this the first meeting? We've never had anything from the law department, right?”
“I'm just, I'm just, I don't know. I mean, we don't, we don't, we don't have any executive session or anything.”
“Yeah, I think Deputy Mayor said it. I was just going to say it's just like a lawsuit. Anybody can sue, but it doesn't mean you're going to win. So anybody can apply, but you have to go through those three levels before you actually be designated historic. Thank you. That's a nation.”
“The Newark Police Department is out of control in this city.”
“Thank you, Council President. Just want to thank and congratulate the African American Heritage Parade Committee for hosting the parade on Sunday. It's the first time in a long time that the parade has come back and has been downtown Newark on Broad Street. I want to congratulate particularly Charles Hall for doing a yeoman's job of making, and his committee, for making sure that we had the parade. You know, it's the first of what we plan on doing, and I'll tell you this, I would tell him all the time, we need a parade, we need a parade. So we finally were able to get a parade. I helped as…”
“We were on Councilwoman Bay's float, thank God.”
“Yeah, thank you, Council President. With regards to the fossil fuel ordinance, I sponsored that legislation to go down to the planning board. So I would, through your chair, request an update as to where it is and what is the issue of why it has not been heard by the planning board at this point.”
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
“Abstain on M as in Mary, yes on N as in Nancy.”
“Thank you, Council President. Just a motion. With regards to JFK pool, we continue to get, and this has been going on for months and months and months, continue to get constituent concerns about the pool, particularly how it's not prepared. I know I brought this up on a number of occasions and I'm understanding is there's money to fix it, but it just hasn't been done. And I know I'm not the only council person, but we continue to get regular EMAILS AND INCLUDING ANOTHER NOTICES REGARDING THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT, AND PARTICULARLY FOR OUR SENIORS WHO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE TEMPERATURE AND IT IS…”