Thursday, September 20, 2012
Unusual mayor-council alliances tank ordinance to bill businesses for part of cost
Point Beach Council voted nearly unanimously to fix an Irene-ravaged section of boardwalk without help from boardwalk businesses, right after an initial move to bill businesses for part of the cost narrowly failed. The lengthy discussion, and, ultimately, the votes on the issue, did not play out along the usual political alliances. Councilmember Tim Lurie agreed with Mayor Vincent Barrella to not pass the first ordinance to bill Jenkinson's and Risden's for part of the cost, and disagreed with Councilmember William Mayer; Councilmembers Michael Corbally and Kristine Tooker agreed with Mayer and disagreed with Councilmember Bret Gordon; Councilmember Stephen Reid disagreed with Mayer, but agreed with Barrella and Gordon. Yes, it was unusual…
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Boardwalk appeals alcohol ordinance; asks state to block enforcement until appeal decided
Point Beach has 10 business days to respond to an appeal filed by boardwalk businesses asking the state to kill a new law that prohibits bars from serving alcohol past midnight, according to a state official. The town also has 10 business days to respond to Jenkinson's and Martell's request that the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) "stay" or block local enforcement of the new ordinance until ABC decides on the appeal, said Zach Hosseini, an ABC spokesman. "We'll make a decision shortly after that (on the 'stay'), we're not going to let this drag out," Hosseini said. The ordinance is scheduled to go into effect on July 1. Hosseini said attorneys at ABC are reading the appeal, along with a voluminous file of approximately…
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Boardwalk offer, bar ordinances and more on parking plan on tap at council meeting tonight
Even as Point Beach Council is about to revise its new parking plan, Boardwalk businesses cite Ocean County policy and federal law in their fight against it. Council is expected to discuss possible revisions to a new parking plan that restricts overnight parking in the residential neighborhood near the boardwalk to property owners and residents from midnight to 6 a.m. starting on June 22. Meanwhile, Boardwalk businesses filed a lawsuit on May 7 to block the new parking restrictions, claiming the restrictions violate the businesses' Constitutional rights. The suit also specifically names Point Beach Councilman Michael Corbally, saying that because he is a co-owner of Barefoot Real Estate on Arnold Avenue and sells and rents property near …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Mayor says plan might be expanded into District 3
Parking on residential streets in District 4 will soon be off limits during the summer overnight hours except for taxpayers, now that a new parking plan has been narrowly passed by Point Beach Council at Tuesday night's meeting at Borough Hall. The plan does not allow parking on residential streets in District 4 from midnight to 6 a.m. except for taxpayers, or those they share with, who have parking placards from the town, from the Monday before Memorial Day to the Monday after Labor Day, said Councilman Michael Corbally, who had initially proposed the plan. District 4's boundaries are the ocean on the east, the New Jersey Transit Railroad Tracks on the west, the Manasquan River and Inlet on the north and the north side of Arnold Avenue on…
Nick Carraway
12:40 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
Sorry, Mayor Barrella, but your explanation of the Planning Board appointment scenario just doesn't pass the sniff test. We're supposed to believe that Tom Migut serves such a vital role, as an alternate on the Planning Board, that keeping him as an ALTERNATE member was so important that you'd remove Ammirata? Why not promote Migut then? And, as of January 1, Neumaier wasn't even sure that he … more ›