Mayor says at council meeting, "I won't be intimidated by lawsuits."

. . . . AND he's willing to spend OUR very last dime to prove it! Look, I like the mayor, I've supported him in the past and will continue to do so in the future but THIS war on the boardwalk has GOT to stop! The collateral damage to small businesses and the people who depend on them for a living is unacceptable. It's time for the rest of the town (That's right, guys, more than ONE district in town and you were elected to represent ALL of us) stand up and tell the Gang of Four that enough is enough! The only people who are REALLY happy with all of this nonsense is Sean Gertner and a SMALL handful of VERY vocal squeaky wheels many of whom aren't even registered voters here. People are being hurt by this war, REAL PEOPLE, full time residents, REGISTERED VOTERS! Like it or not you represent us too. It's time you start acting like it.

As long as Barrella is Mayor it will never stop. He blames the Boardwalk, unfairly, for the recall. He has a personal vendetta against the Boardwalk. We an all see it. He wears it like a badge of honor. All of the residents of PPB and the businesses are paying because of Barrella's vendetta. For those of us who love the Beach, it is nauseating.

Ok, they said they need proof that the Parking Plan is causing businesses to lose money.....Well here it is. I go out on occassion with my wife and friends. One of our favorite places to go is the Tiki Bar to watch the bands and hang out for a while. We are not night owls by any means, but will sometimes stay out past midnight. (yes, we are crazy 40 somethings). The first time this year, we decided to stay past midnight, so before 12, I had to go move the car. It was anuneccessary inconvenience. The second and third times I went, we wanted to stay later, as well as some friends, but we all did not want to deal with shuffling the cars around and just left for the night. So there is 4 people that would have been patrons for another hour or two that the businesses lost out on. I'm sure there are MANY others as well. I will start heading to other places at this point. I was even more appaulled that it took me a extra couple minutes to get to my car, and at 12:04, there were 2 cops on the street checking and ticketing cars. It looked like a SWAT operation. Thankfully they were a few cars ahead of me and I was able to avoid the ticket. Who really needs the hassle of all this???

"I won't be intimidated by lawsuits" Nor Should He!!! I give the Mayor credit for standing his ground on important issue that affect the whole town. It does not matter if we are not REGISTERED VOTERS! We pay taxes like all the other squeaky wheels that deserve to get some sleep at night as all the other districts do. The businesses here need to realize that they can't run the town and threaten the town with "lawsuits" every time they do not get their way. They are the most squeaky wheels in town then any group. They constantly complain how they are not making any money, yet they continue to stay! If they do not like the town rules or laws that are implemented because of changes, then simply leave. Go to another town where you think they will allow your business to do whatever you want. I am tired of all the squeaky wheel businesses claiming they are not making money. If one thing happens, all the squeaky business claims they had a bad year. If they have one weekend of cloudy weather they will show a loss. The Mayor is standing up for all districts, because if district 4 goes down all the other districts will follow...including those in the "Library Section" that think they are their own separate town.

I have a family member working at Jenkinsen's and business has slowed down since
all this stuff has happened, so yes they are losing business. Is this the same mayor who wanted to put meters on EVERY street in Point Pleasant so even if you went to visit a friend or relative during the day you had to pay to park!?!?!??! Greed!

Boy I wish I owned the two bars .... I would close them down for good and watch the property taxes double on all the clowns complaining..... I would then buy the tax liens when they can't afford the property tax bills any longer and would kick them to the curb in 2 years and one minute

Classic line from the Brooklyn Buffoon- "There is always potential for a settlement. But there has to be a reasonable approach. You can't have meetings where you sit down in good faith to try to talk and then you get accused of extortion." Duh Vinne- trying to force businesses to pay via an ordinance is EXTORTION. The boardwalk owners tried to negotiate- $850,000 over five years- but Vinnie and the three stooges TURNED IT DOWN. Now we know why he is a FAILED attorney and has to teach instead- they had to have lauged him out of every courtroom and meeting he was in when he practiced. LOL

"Now the main streets whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more"
...never expected Bruce to be singing about My Hometown!
Wake up Fab 4! Stop with the heavy handed Big Brother Routine. Just walk the streets, the boards, the stores. The people have heard about the bullies and they are not showing up in our hometown! But that's what you wanted, wasn't it!?!

People of PPB: quit your crying. You wanted to be the punch line to pathetic joke when you voted for this glorified circus act. You had a chance in the recall and you still kept "Boo Hoo" Barrella. Live with it. Stop complaining and do another recall. As for me, I've taken my business elsewhere. My son received a parking summons there recently. I made a deal with him. I'll pay your fine, IF you stay away from that town. The deal was accepted.

Opinionated, there are some of us who DID NOT vote for him (ever) and DID sign the recall. Where's the next recall sheet? Enough is enough!

Holy crap, I wish mayors, law enforcement, swat teams and others put forth the same amount of effort, time and money to get the drug dealers, drugs and all the other scum off the streets instead of creating drama for people who just want to have some fun-geez!

Lets go to mediation. Letting an unbiased 3rd party balance the needs of the night clubs with the quality of life of the taxpayers/residents would be welcome by me.

I prefer the Recall by the taxpayers/residents who KNOW what's going on and are fed up with it!

For a little bit more than paying to park you can get a cab. Then no hunting for a space or having to move the car ever.

Way to go Vinnie! Keep spending our money! There is more to this town than district 4....What are you doing for the other districts???

Right, Rose...so two couples, let's say from Brick, should hire a taxi to go enjoy the boardwalk and a few drinks. Is that how it works? Scary.

A Superior Court judge and the Appallete Court both rule against the BW.
Harbingers of things to come folks. Sorry, Mike, but lets's not try mediation.
Town's gonna win the parking lawsuit it seems, might as well go for it all and let a judge look at the bar closing suit. We see what happens when a real judge makes a decision. As to the "recall" - there are more supporters of the Mayor on my block alone than the half dozen haters here on Patch. But, what the heck, go for it!

Mr. Happy. We all hope and pray you and the folks on your block and the rest of the dwindling number of Barrella supporters continue to believe the people are with them. As long as Barrella believes he is right he will continue down this same path. And then Tooker, Corbally, Gordon and Barrella will suffer the same fate as his buddy Loder. Thank God.

Happy- I'd be paying more attention to the new lawsuit filed by Ronald Gasiorowski. . .Would love to read their(BW) Complaint. . .

...and "mediation" coming from Corbally now. . .gee maybe he'll have an open bar at Frankies. . .and we could all celebrate his brilliant idea!

Years ago, there was a movement to try and give a discount on beach fees to residents and charge tourists more. The powers that be said, Oh no we can't do that, that would be discrimination and we would be sued. How is this parking ordinance any different?

I use to enjoy going to the boardwalk from Brick and drop a hundred here and there eating, drinking and playing games. Not a chance Im going there now. I bet you Im not alone. Remember what Asbury use to look like when nobody came there? That is your future.

Question to PPB residents in D4...
If the parking ban of 12-6 stays into effect...
why do you have a problem with the bars staying open until 2am..
allegedly those going to the bars were urinating in lawns and being disruptive...
since they can't/won't park there... there shouldn't be any problems anymore...
otherwise, it is the renters or weeklys that are causing problems and that won't change even with a midnight bar closing.

The fact that Barrella views the filing of lawsuits as an attempted act of intimidation should be seen as more proof of his vendetta/feud with the BW businesses. What a lawsuit does is to reach out to an independent, objective party (the courts) to ask for a decision as to whether something is legal or not. Barrella has already demonstrated that he is unwilling to accept someone as being an independent, objective party when he accused the Director of the ABC of being biased due to some far-reaching connections. Wake up! These people, judges and the ABC, are put in place by people far outside of PPB, and they have promised, as part of their oaths, to be objective. The Director of the ABC is in charge of alcoholic beverage consumption for the entire State of NJ. Councilman Corbally, these lawsuits will do exactly what you're asking for. Everyone should respect the fact that they are decisions being made by independent third parties who are performing the roles they have promised to perform and are rendering unbiased decisions. It's the Barrella bloc that voted in the parking plan & early bar closings, and it's only those who claim they have been injured by the decisions who can file the lawsuits, and reach out to those independent third parties. Negotiations regularly failed. Everyone should be grateful that now someone outside of PPB will get to decide who is right and who is wrong. Maybe then we'll have some peace in our town.

I am almost sure there is ordinances in place for rowdy renters and weeklies. If they are going to be loud, wild and trouble throw them out on their you know what.

Sounds like driveways and fences might solve a lot of the crying going on here*

Sal: What Gertner won was a motion, in essence an argument in front of a judge. Jackson had to convince the Judge that the marina and party boat owners would be “irreparably harmed” if the parking plan continued. Judge said no, if they are damaged the Town can make them whole by just paying money.

So it was not about who is the better lawyer, it was about the bar being really high for Jackson and really low for Gertner. Injunctions are rare, which is why Barrella is so pissed off at the ABC.

But now there will be a trial in front of a jury, and, believe it or not, Gertner has only tried one case to a jury in his entire career as a lawyer, and he lost. (political hacks don’t get hired to try cases in Court by anybody who really wants to win) Jackson, on the other hand, has tried so many cases to a jury, and won, that the Supreme Court awarded him the rare trail attorney certification. (of 68,000 lawyers in the state only 1450 are certified). http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme_doc/njbac/

This is why Corbally is talking about mediation. It is because Barrella’s political hack has no chance in front of a jury.

If Barrella cared about PPB and thought the parking plan was important he would have hired one of those other 1450 certified lawyers to defend PPB.

Anybody want to guess why he did not?

Beach_N8iv. You have it backwards. I would like to see that both the Parking and Bar Closing Ordinances on a ballot because I believe that the voters will see through the scams and D4 whiners and vote the Parking Ordinance down and allow the Bars to stay open until 2AM. I think we are on the same side.

Coach, the missing piece of this whole puzzle, in my opinion, is the police. Some want to say that the parking plan is working. Why? Is it that tourists simply follow directions as posted on signs? If that's the case, then we should simply post signs that say "Use a toilet, not the grass." No. It's not the signs. It's the cops who are out there ticketing. People follow the rules because they're afraid of some type of punishment, and it works for both the parking plan and the bad behavior. We have lawsuits because of two proposed solutions to the problems, when the one solution that is most likely the best solution, is plugging away because we finally properly staffed our police department. The parking plan wouldn't work without police enforcement, but the police enforcement, alone, might've been enough without the parking plan. The town should've tried one solution at a time. They could've taken the money, maybe even just for one year, and then decided to review whether the police were enough to solve the problem next year. Barrella would still have had his bloc of votes next year, so he could've gotten it done then if the residents weren't happy with what the police were able to do this year.

A Real Lawyer, you mentioned that the town may have to pay money to make these people whole? I never realized that. I thought these lawsuits were just about whether the early bar closings are legal and whether the parking plan is legal. I figured if one side one, then the parking plan and early bar closings would remain, and if the other side one, then they'd go away. Do you mean to say that if these boat owners and BW businesses can prove that the parking plan actually hurt their businesses, the town would have to pay money to them? I really didn't realize that there was a money component to all of this.

According to yesterdays APP article about the BW filing new lawsuit to "be made whole". . . Jenkinson is reporting their revenue is down 15%...with beach revenue down 3-4%. Claiming that towns actions have caused this...not to mention all that bad publicity(was that you Mayor responsible for that) Now want Court to award damages.

PS: while were looking at lawyer pedigree. . .has the Mayor ever tried a Civil action?

http://www.app.com/article/20120718/NJNEWS/307180124/Point-Pleasant-Beach-bars-file-new-lawsuit-over-midnight-closing

You are all living in a "Dream World" if you think all the resident who is living in point pleasant is dumb enough to believe those few here on the patch. That most know is bw shills friends going back and fourth with each other who will say anything. Most are aware of the few bw shills going back and fourth with each other is Barrella haters who are out for REVENGE!

FS. Who is living in a "Dream World?" George Loder, the candidate endorsed by Barrella Tooker & Gordon lost to Stephen Reid and Andy Cortes by more than 150 votes 6 weeks ago. You don't really think the more than 450 people who voted for Reid are all "bw shills and friends" do you? And while you are at it how it is that more than 850 people voted for someone other than Barrella last election? The only one looking for revenge is your boy Barrella who blames the boardwalk, unfairly, for the recall. But do keep posting your dream because with each word out of Barrella's mouth and each word posted on the patch by his supporters like you and Cathy Kelly and Darlene Motta and the Diazs more and more ordinanry folk see this clearly. Thank God.

Laura, They can't prove or attribute a decrease in revenue to a parking plan, no more than the town, state or federal government can prove how much they really make. According to all these guys they are never doing good. Don't give them any ideas Seaside will soon be up 20% in revenue. I do see your point in the cost of their lawyers to fight the town is a business expense deductible that could result up in paying less taxes.... If they lose in their defense in the latest frivolous lawsuit attempt I think they should start paying for the towns lawyer expense too.

FS. I see you have no answer as to his in the "Dream World." What does how much they make have to do with it? Is this take from those who can afford to give and give to those that need? That's socialism----very popular in some European Countries. Here we have capitalism.

And should the bars get their attorneys fees paid if they win? Again attorney's fees get paid by the loser in Europe, not in America.

Hi A Real Lawyer- You may want to review the transcript of the Grasso decision before you praise Mr. Jackson and slam Mr. Gertner. You may change your tune.

Please post it Mr. Happy I am sure all would like to review.

Mr Happy- in today's Coast Star on page 17, Belmar is reporting a 21.5% increase in beach badge sales. Meanwhile Jenkinsons is reporting their beach revenue is down 3-4%. . .don't think there's an issue there. . .not to mention a 15% reduction in their overall revenue. . .As 'Nick Carraway' pointed out: wonder how many other non BW businesses are being affected? I'm sure you and D4 squeaks could care less. . .

Hi Real Lawyer- Spooner is the masterposter of the links on Patch. I'm sure he will be glad to post the transcript, if available, of the Grasso decision.

Spooner.. What does Belmar have to do with Jenks? Two entirely different towns. Belmar is owned by the town. Jenks is a privately owned beach. What was both their sales from last year? Being Jenks is privately owned they have much more leeway... to do what they want. They can give free beach badges out and show a loss for all we know. Maybe visitors like Monmouth County Beaches vs. Ocean County Beaches. Maybe Belmar's visitors have become upscale compared to the visitors going to PPB. I am almost sure it would be hard to pin point Why? Someone would rather go somewhere else than PPB. It could be numerous complaints.

The bars are open until 2AM for all to enjoy !!

Councilman Corbally, earlier today you posted: "The vote was for a town wide parking plan. Did you really expect that to pass?" You were the one who made the motion last year to put that parking plan question on the ballot, and you were the one who supported the idea that the question should concern a "townwide" parking plan. What type of game are you playing? Now, you're saying that you never expected the townwide question to pass. Are you suggesting that it was your intention, all along, to put a parking plan into D4 and, if so, why didn't you simply make that the ballot question?

comments from the article in the press on this subject...

Mr. Gasiorowski is wasting everybody’s time and the taxpayer’s money,” the mayor said in response to the latest lawsuit.

Borough Attorney Sean Gertner said, “I think they should exhaust their administrative remedies before causing the borough to expend needless funds to defend another litigation.”

Interesting that the mayor and attorney have made these comments beause at the June 6, 2012 council meeting in an exchange between the mayor and attorney, and I quote:
Mayor: you're representing the borough on the two suits that have been brought...
Gertner: Yes
Mayor: okay. can you tell us right now what the figures are on that?
Gertner: Well your insurance has provided a defense. So that there's not out-of-borough resources providing the defense.
Mayor: So the borough is not paying the legal fees?
Gertner: yes
public record people...your can't have it both ways

Jane Reynolds. Excellent job demonstrating, undeniably, that Barrella and Gertner do not care about the truth. Instead, they are trying to pull the wool over the people's eyes for their own selfish political purposes. Wake up dwindling Barrella supporters!!! You are supporting a lying politician who doesn't care about the Beach, doesn't care about our schools, our police, or our quality of life. All he cares about is keeping himself in power and giving his cronies our tax dollars.

Jane, The same old BW stories are old and far fetched. We all know why you are telling stories. You are one of many BW cronies....No one is lying or pulling the wool over the people's eye more than the BW and his whiners.

Jane, Former Councilmen Dyer did not recuse himself enough. How do you think Reid got his seat on council> He was place their by Dyer, Who voted him in on council and then resigned about 3 seconds later. Talk about set ups...They also brought Rizzo from the dead, after missing 6 council meetings he some how mustered his way to the council to vote Reid in also...... Nice spinning from the BW whiners.

LM- a Belmar comparison written by the daughter of the Barrella mouth piece Paul Mulshine(nj.com), sums up Belmar as it relates to to what's happening in PPB. Last year they were getting the same complaints from residents. . .What was different. . .Barrella and his minions weren't running that town!

http://starnewsgroup.com/weekly/2011/09.22.11/residents_fe_09.22.11_82086.html

J Henderson. No story by Ms. Reynolds. She provided quotes from the public record. We see you have the Barrella playbook down. When someone posts the truth about the manipulative lies Barrella and Gertner spread, and what they have posted simply cannot be denied, then you attack the messenger and try to pretend that because of who the messenger is, the message can’t be true. You don’t really think the people of PPB are that dumb, do you? Then again, maybe, like Barrella, you think you are sooo much smarter than the rest of us. But we see it. To repeat:

Jane Reynolds’ post above at 9:02 PM demonstrates, undeniably, that Barrella and Gertner do not care about the truth. Instead, they are trying to pull the wool over the people's eyes for their own selfish political purposes. Wake up dwindling Barrella supporters!!! You are supporting a lying politician who doesn't care about the Beach, doesn't care about our schools, our police, or our quality of life. All he cares about is keeping himself in power and giving his cronies our tax dollars.

Loves the Beach, You are correct, my error...Good thing.... Dyer did resign, he was ruthless on decisions he made and the damage he caused. It was Rizzo they dragged out by the Republican leaders of this town. The" Boardwalk Stogies" He missed a least 12 council meetings in a row and the group allowed him to vote any way. It was an absolute joke. Dyer was no better on the other hand, He quit his responsibility as a councilmen, he cut it short a second after he voted "NO on emergency funding for the town needs...which I was under the impression it included police funding, Dyer had issues with the police. He bragged that he was so busy with his boardwalk accounts. This is an example of a man who fooled the residents to vote him in as councilmen because he claimed he wanted to help the residents of this town, the only thing he was worried about was himself and how he can benefit by profits by no other than the boardwalk. It is funny how all these councilmen turn out to be boardwalk shills once they get voted in. Opps, or maybe that was the plan from the beginning on the campaigning trail. Jane works for the boardwalk, most likely you do too. They are trained monkeys for the boardwalk that will say or twist anything in their favor...they will try to discredit anyone who speaks the truth about the boardwalk and their shenanigans, that have been going on for a long time. How does the saying go? You can fool the people some of the time, certainly not all the time.

J. Henderson. More made up nonsense. You are as bad as Gertner and Barrella, making up whatever lies suit you. First it was Dyer voted for Reid for Council, now it is that Dyer wasn’t trying to do the right thing for residents. Sure he was. Dyer thought the right thing to do for residents was to cut expenses and cut taxes. He was wrong. But cutting expenses and taxes was unpopular, but Dyer kept trying because he believed it was right, even though he knew it meant he would never get re-elected. Unlike Barrella who has changed his position based on which way the wind was blowing so often he has no idea what the truth is anymore. Unlike Barrella Dyer wasn’t doing what he thought would make him popular, he was doing what he thought was right for the residents. Barrella, on the other hand, will lie and cheat and do whatever he has too in order to keep himself in power and his cronies on the gravy train.

Loves the Beach, Sure....Nice try, but to many seen the writing on the wall with former councilmen Dyer. He did not run because of the shameful display he put on. To busy at the boardwalk making money. The only cheat and liar was former councilmen Dyer. The power on the gravy train was him. He was added to the long list of boardwalk cronies. Give the residents some credit. Not as dumb as you think they are. Sure he was, had no problem spending money for his own selfish reasons. "Fiscal Conservative" that he portrayed...Just more lies.

Just for the record...the person posting under the alias " LM" is not me. I don't always agree with comments left here, but I give credit to those willing to use their own name. Enjoy the rainy day....

Folks, if anyone is trying to guess who is using which Patch user name, stop now.

Sal come on man. You know you are a whiner who lives in D2. Stop the bull.

Herbie, when I think of your name, I think of that charming Disney movie called "Herbie the Love Bug" except that, rather than be full of love, you seem to be full of animosity. You can hate the BW all that you'd like. Hate Dyer, too. Hate the poorly behaved tourists. That's your right. But, you should also try to recognize that so many of the businesses in town are dependent on tourists, and the bad publicity that has been plaguing our town since all of this started is hurting the businesses, all of the businesses, in PPB. Personally, I don't have a problem with drinking, so long as the person drinking is over the age of 21 and drinks responsibly. I don't care if someone gets drunk, as long as they don't get behind the wheel of a car and don't disrupt people while drunk. I think that we could've curtailed the bad behavior through police enforcement, and we should've taken the money offered to help pay for that. All along, Barrella has said that he wanted the BW to pay "its fair share." Well, they offered $800K for 5 years. I never heard from him that $800K wasn't enough. What I heard was "Well, we want those payments made for more than 5 years. Well, we want the BW to drop its parking plan lawsuit. Well, we want it written in writing in a more clear fashion." Personally, I wouldn't want it for more than 5 years, because if things didn't improve in 5 years, then I would want another solution. We should've first tried the police, all by themselves.

NC...In a perfect world.... Do you realize the young kids in our town is drinking curtsey of their own parents. That is most like were the bottles that are left on the street is coming from. Unfortunately there is a lot of adults who do not drink responsibly who get behind the wheel of the car. The BW made an offer of 800,000 spread out over 5 years. You leave out that their was conditions against that offer and also the fact they accused the town of "extortion" It went from negotiations amongst the council members and the boardwalk owners to "extortion" Please don't tell me to prove it. It has been in the papers as and PDF file that was supposed to be kept confidential.

"likely where" the bottles that are left on the streets, is coming from.

Loves the Beach might be obsessed, that does not change the fact that he lies, spins it his way, takes words out of context, most of all he is a bw shill.

You have to love these Barrella supporters like J. Henderson. They diss the schools, the cops, the BW, and everything about PPB. Looks like these are just sore losers, misfits really, (like Barrella who is a lousy lawyer so he teaches,) unhappy about how they have failed at life, and jealous of anybody, like our schools, our police, and are tourist industry, that do well. What is it that the Queen of the Barrella shills says: “How Sad.”

Good Morning PPB!!! Mr. Happy, you missed more than a few, but that’s OK. Kinda fits in with the rest of your “facts.” The inability to tell us who you think the posters are is frustrating for those who like to attack the messenger, isn’t it? Leaves you trying to deal with a message you have no answer for, doesn’t it? Like the post above from Jane Reynolds.

But the good news is that those who see through Barrella can’t be silenced, and we can’t be stopped, and our numbers just keep growing.

Here we will give you another chance to answer Ms. Reynold’s post.

Jane Reynolds
9:02 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012

comments from the article in the press on this subject...

Mr. Gasiorowski is wasting everybody’s time and the taxpayer’s money,” the mayor said in response to the latest lawsuit.

Borough Attorney Sean Gertner said, “I think they should exhaust their administrative remedies before causing the borough to expend needless funds to defend another litigation.”

Interesting that the mayor and attorney have made these comments beause at the June 6, 2012 council meeting in an exchange between the mayor and attorney, and I quote:
Mayor: you're representing the borough on the two suits that have been brought...
Gertner: Yes
Mayor: okay. can you tell us right now what the figures are on that?
Gertner: Well your insurance has provided a defense. So that there's not out-of-borough resources providing the defense.
Mayor: So the borough is not paying the legal fees?
Gertner: yes
public record people...your can't have it both ways

Hi Sybil Loves the Beach- When you write "our numbers just keep growing" - are you counting your various incarnations (messengers as you call "them")? Or real people? Or a combination of both?

There only seems to be about 15 different posters on the Articles about the Beach. It seems to be about the same number on every article, sometimes less. You may, like me, follow politics on cable, but that doesn't mean everyone in your town does. Not everyone cares as much as you think they do. Well, unless they are politically involved. HMM

Hi Loves the Beach- Let's take a moment off from our debate and offer an encouraging word to the uniformed police officer involved in the Beachwood shooting. I did. Please do the same. Our debate can continue at a later time. Thank You.

Can do. Did do.

Loves the Beach, I already responded to you on the prior patch article. I will say it again, I happen to agree with the "Queen" Not only "How Sad" what this town have become? But "How Sad you truly are" that you have to eventually result to name calling. Who the heck are you to tell someone they failed at life? Just because they do not agree with you and support the same people and things in life. Sir, You are not God, You are disgraceful, look at yourself in the mirror.

Sal, I don't know what to tell you about parents serving their children alcohol other than I don't think that the parking plan or the early bar closings were designed to address those issues. Call DYFS if you're so concerned about that. You mentioned that the $800K offer had conditions against that offer. Those conditions were suggested by certain Council members, not the BW. The BW's offer was clear "We'll give you $800K for the next 5 years for you to use primarily for police and some garbage collection, and we're willing to put that condition on our liquor license. In return, the Council will allow the bars to remain opened until 2 am." You mention extortion. Are you suggesting that, as of the date of the last vote on this issue, after the matter was already before the ABC and the Council had to vote to recommend something to the Boro Atty, when Barrella voted against accepting the $800K offer, it was because Barrella believed that it was extortion? Keep in mind that what was decided, by a vote of the Barrella bloc, was to suggest a 1 am bar closing. Barrella cast the deciding vote each time. So, do you think Barrella ultimately decided to reject the $800K because Barrella believed that the offer had been obtained through extortion?

You know it is really bad when "Beach Residents" will still vote for Councilmen Stephen Reid regardless what he does. 1) Even when Stephen Reid publicly felt it was extortion and still voted to take the money. 2) Publicly stated he did not read the budget or go to any budget meetings. 3)Voted "NO" for the budget, went against his own republican running mate councilmen Bill Mayers who was the town's prior bond council for years. 4)Does not even know or realize by voting "NO" he went against the police and town..The police salaries is the largest part of the budget. 5)He admitted he was a Lobbyist who worked for the BW at one time, who supported his campaign when he was running for Mayor. I would have to say he is a puppet that is pushing for his own agenda.

Because residents not seduced by Barrella nonsense know that Reid was protesting Barrellla's refusual to use surplus to keep tax increase reasonable. But Barrella, who knew he was going to damage tourism (not just drinking) knew he was going to have much less parking revenue and court revenue in this 2012 fiscal year and will need every dime of surplus he canget his hands on in the 2013 budget. But he screwed it up and we have a $238 dollar Barrella tax increase this year and even more coming in 2013. Good news=these Barrella tax increases, and this Barrella personal vendetta now detroying PPB, will also destroy Barrella's political career.

In 2010, Barrella rolled the budget dice...there he was pushing for more surplus...and supported cuts to police budget. It's all there in black and white...This year...even using surplus. . .the 2012 general appropriations increased almost $1,294,000 from 2011(see bottom of sheet 30)

http://www.pointpleasantbeach.org/documents/budget_2012.pdf

http://www.pointpleasantbeach.org/news.php?action=fullnews&id=1127
http://www.pointpleasantbeach.org/news.php?action=fullnews&id=1128

Denise, "tell the truth"started guessing, he or she is accusing the wrong person... But all is fair in the game of love and war. if some is allowed to guess then I should be able to guess other alias..... I normally would not stoop that low, but it is unfair that only some can. They need a taste of their own medicine.

To lovesthebeachvi: I tried twice to reply to your email, but it would not go through.