Should Bathing Suits Be Banned on the Boardwalk?
SodaHead Living
2012/06/28 18:00:00
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The beach, the boardwalk ... they're pretty much the same thing, right? Not in Asbury Park, N.J. Technically, you're not allowed to wear a bathing suit once you step off the beach in the Jersey shore city -- and the chairwoman of the local Republican party wants to enforce that rule, to keep things "classy." Classy on the Jersey shore? (We kid.)
"I understand that social things have changed," said 74-year-old Louise Murray, a city councilwoman from 1997-2001, who's been noticing suits at the boardwalk’s bars and restaurants, The Star-Ledger reports. "But forget that. Just put a shirt on."
The ordinance is believed to be more than 40 years old, and Asbury Park is considered more "high-end" than other Jersey Shore towns. But others are mixed on enforcing the rule.
"How do you satisfy everybody?" Deputy Mayor John Loffredo told The Star-Ledger. "I don’t think it’s appropriate to just wear a bathing suit at a bar. But it’s up to the business. If they allow it, they allow it." He continued, "We don’t have the resources to enforce it. We’re not going to have cops on the boardwalk enforcing that. It’s not going to happen." Do you think bathing suits should be banned on the boardwalk?
The ordinance is believed to be more than 40 years old, and Asbury Park is considered more "high-end" than other Jersey Shore towns. But others are mixed on enforcing the rule.
"How do you satisfy everybody?" Deputy Mayor John Loffredo told The Star-Ledger. "I don’t think it’s appropriate to just wear a bathing suit at a bar. But it’s up to the business. If they allow it, they allow it." He continued, "We don’t have the resources to enforce it. We’re not going to have cops on the boardwalk enforcing that. It’s not going to happen." Do you think bathing suits should be banned on the boardwalk?
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Melizmatic 2012/06/28 18:24:34
People should have some common sense on this, but of course they won't ...
If it was a private beach and a private boardwalk, then maybe, yes you may have a point. But, since it is public I'm not sure your argument is justified.
Also, maybe if it had been voted on by the community and the majority subscribed to the idea of wearing clothes instead of bathing suits on the boardwalk, then you may be justified. But, they didn't. This is just an ordinance (not voted on by the community), put into place by a city counsel member (not the majority).
I don't know, these are just my thoughts on the issue.
Where do you get the idea that I'm a liberal? I just said that liberals and conservatives are just as bad. Why would a liberal say that?
Note, chairwoman of the REPUBLICAN party. It ain't the liberals this time, Sparky.
...or any kind of juggling ...
THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY!!.... :)
Aw, F**k yeah, banning totally harmless things, that's soooo hot! *orgasm*
Seriously.... wtf... Frigid old bytch.