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Former mayor Tim Kreischer defends past redevelopment, urges full record on Green Acres dispute
Summary
Former Ventnor mayor Tim Kreischer used extended public time to defend his administration’s decisions — including replacing an ice rink with a library/cultural center — and urged the commission to present the full record in Green Acres‑related questions; commissioners responded with procedural clarifications about site plan approvals.
Former mayor Tim Kreischer addressed the commission for an extended public presentation, criticizing what he called a "mean‑spirited tirade" against him, defending the city’s prior conversion of an ice rink into a library and cultural arts space and urging a fact‑based review of Green Acres concerns.
Kreischer told the commission he believed the state would have approved a formal diversionary use for the library conversion and that the redevelopment work retained the property in public ownership and expanded public use.…
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