LAKEWOOD – A lawsuit seeking an injunction against development planned at the site of the Eagle Ridge golf course has claimed that Lakewood suffers from “widespread corruption,” according to court papers filed in the case.
Lavallette attorney Michele Donato, Esq. has filed an application for an injunction seeking to invalidate Lakewood’s master plan and amendments to the township’s development ordinances, the latest development in litigation concerning the Eagle Ridge project.
Donato is representing the Fairways and Horizons homeowners associations as well as the Lakewood Senior Action Group (SAG). The injunction application was only submitted on behalf of Fairways due to time constraints in securing approval from the other parties to the case.
They are seeking to challenge a developer’s plan to build over 1000 homes on the site of the Eagle Ridge golf course in the township.
The highly controversial development plan – which calls for 556 residential units, 278 duplexes, 4 community centers, a shopping center and multiple parks – has been the subject of hours-long public hearings and outcries from residents. The NJDEP rejected permits for the plan in 2017, citing among other things, a lack of compliance with stormwater & impervious coverage regulations.
Now the developers are taking a second bite at the apple, rebranding the proposal as “The Parke.”
The court paperwork, filed Monday afternoon in Ocean County Superior Court, makes a number of accusations against Lakewood officials for their handling of the project, citing conflicts of interest.
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Donato wants a judge to put the brakes on the development application because of conflicts of interest by Lakewood officials who she says have financial ties to the developer, GDMS Holdings, namely Lakewood Committeeman Meir Lichtenstein.
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Its about time someone stands up to them….
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YES!
the time constraint is that the hearing for the approval for the “parke” is TOMORROW. 6PM AT LAKEWOOD MUNICIPAL BLDG. the lakewood planning board is trying to force this through despite the fact that there are 3 lawsuits pending. it was also somehow approved by njdep after closed door meetings with the developer…no public input at all…despite the fact that it violates quite few of the environmental laws designed to protect all of us. the lakewood powers that be apparently think that they can push this through and break ground on it even though litigation is pending. even though the public objects. corruption and arrogance at it’s finest! the hearing on the injunction is 2:30 tomorrow. the planning board hearing is at 6. second line of defense if the injunction fails is to pack the meeting with so many people that by law they must postpone and reschedule to a bigger venue. sierra, save barnegat bay, and several other environmental groups have come out in strong opposition to this development. this is the line in the sand. conduct this blatant from both lakewood and njdep must be stopped. the future of this county, the bay, the pine barrens, the aquifer and our supply of drinkable water for the whole of southern new jersey….depends on it. this is where the massive overdevelopment by lakewood stops.
Kelley Bless are you shocked.
All the board members are Orthodox Jews.
i knew that…and it’s past time to stop them. let them scream anti semitism all they want. we know it’s not. it’s survival. what they are doing to this county, and to this state, environmentally, fiscally, socially, to the education system, to the infrastructure….it’s unsustainable. it’s also more than past time to stop them from using their “religion” as a weapon to get their own way.
Kelley Bless the police turn a blind eye as well.
Let me ask you or anyone this.
Have you ever seen Lakewood Police with a Jewish person pulled over??
I dont mean traffic accidents either cause god only knows they have many of those.
Lived in Lakewood for 3 years, in NJ almost all my life and I dont recall one time that I have seen an Orthodox Jew being pulled over.
me either, now that i think about it. the guy that ran a stop sign and t-boned me actually told the cop he was not required to get a drivers license or insurance because he was one of the “chosen”. when he got written multiple tickets he called the cop a racist.
Kelley Bless one of the “chosen” man those guys must be smoking some crazy stuff they think they’re above the law. And anyone else who might challenge anything they say it’s a shame
i dunno, but those are the actual words he used.
it was kinda funny until i had to deal with my insurance company
The last time someone tried to stop this they had a “robbery” in their home and were brutally beaten.
If you try to stop them your Racist
Widespread corruption..that about explains Lakewood.
Widespread corruption plagues New Jersey
No surprise. What is taking so long?
Jimmy Martin
Not surprised
No shit
Bring in the FBI!!
Cheryl Durkin-Munroe
Cheryl Durkin-Munroe
Anyone look at how much Lakewood received for privatization of schools?
Lol..the lakewood plague