Andrews: Save the Garden

POSTED: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 7:39 AM

U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, D-NJ, hopes to save the Camden Children's Garden.

In a post displayed on the Facebook page of the beloved waterfront institution -- which the state wants to bulldoze -- Andrews said in part:

The Camden Children's Garden is an oasis of peace and beauty that has served our community so well over the years. The recent letter received by the leaders of the Children's Garden from a state agency purporting to evict the garden is 100 percent wrong. I have consulted with the leaders of the garden and I am fully committed to supporting the fight to preserve this wonderful community resource.

In the face of the state's decree that the garden, which pays no rent and has no lease, vacate the three-acre site by mid-March to make way future "economic development," community support for the affordable, Camden-centric destination continues to build.

The Save the Camden Children's Garden page on Facebook has nearly 5,000 members; an online petition has garnered nearly 900 signatures; and visitors to the "Jersey Family Fun" blog are posting protests. A tip of the hat to Jersey Family Fun for the apropos video selection, below.

Kevin Riordan @ 7:39 AM Permalink | 2 comments

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Comments (2)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:52 AM, 01/31/2013

Rep. Andrews:
It is time to stand up and show you do not go along with the Camden County Politicos' wishes all the time! Thanks!

The fact that Anthony Perno, CEO of the Cooper's Ferry Development Association, supports the new "development plans" tells many of us who is actually behind this outrageous move!

— EIK

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:46 AM, 01/31/2013

Where are Mayor Redd and the members of the Camden City Council?

What do they think of this "new plan" by the "STATE"?

They all seem to practice the adage on a regular basis: see no "evil", hear no "evil", say no "evil".

I am very ignorant/naive and I would like to ask:

What have they done since they all got elected to make the life of the average CITIZEN of Camden better, safer, easier, etc.?

If they were to be reelected what will they tell the citizens that they have accomplished?
Does it make any difference who actually the mayor or members of the council are?

— EIK

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