I have a fun old Asbury story that mirrors this bicycle debate.
Many years ago we had Mayor Frank Fiorentino, who is still one of my
favorite people in the world. Great guy.
Remember when "boom boxes" first became popular? At a council
meeting the Mayor complained that on the boardwalk he had a boom box
antenea take his glasses off his face. His solution: An ordinance
outlawing boom boxes on the boardwalk and beach.
Being a young whippersnapper interested in the politics of the City,
I thought I'd make a little presentation at the next council meeting
against the ordinance.
I went and made a list of every "no" sign down the beach I could
find: No dogs, no liquor, no skating (can't remember the rest, but
there was 6 or 8 of them).
At the meeting I said, "Look, you guys complain every meeting that
all the vendors on the boardwalk are behind in rent. Yet all the
fun stuff is outlawed keeping people away. Now if some family comes
to the beach and gets a $500.00 ticket (that was the price) for
turning on a radio, they're never coming back either."
I probably went too far when I argued: "If you old folks want peace
and quiet go to the library, but let the rest of us listen to the
radio on the beach." (2 of them were younger than I am now)
The measure passed 5-0.
I wonder if it is still on the books?
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