The one part that scares me...."Barrella noted that if MTV or any other outlet wants to film inside a home or business, the town has no say".
Lets see how the club owners respond...

I'm so over the Jersey Shore

Nice job Council. Maybe Snooki can have someone punch her in the face in some other town. After all. Wasn't that her claim to fame?
One thing that annoys me, though. How can the Mayor even suggest that maybe, we can charge MTV a fee! Isn't that selling out? In other words, it would be acceptable to have them on town property, if they paid up. Correct me if that's not what I'm hearing.

The Mayor made that suggestion because he wants to perpetuate the myth that PPB needs to get more dollars from "alternative revenue sources." That is what his attempt to extort money from the bars was all about. You would think the Beach has the highest taxes in the County, but even after this Mayor’s huge 2012 tax increase the taxes in PPB are still lower than its neighbors----myth making motivated by political agenda------- despicable.

HAHAHAHA, You are too funny... Who is despicable? Who has a political agenda?

"Municipal Attorney Sean Gertner said there are now separate ordinances for public assembly and special events, but there should be one ordinance for both."

After the way this moron screwed up the bar closing ordinance by putting the closing and the pay to stay open in one ordinance and then splitting into two when the bar owners showed him it was illegal to have them together which led to the ABC stay and lots of lawsuit dollars for him why would anybody pay any attention to his bad advice? Why does he still have a job? I know Mayor's hire their friends, but Doesn't the Mayor have any lawyer friends who actully know the law?

It is a shame the SSH doesn't have enough guts to say go away.

It's nice to see your council all agreeing on something. Even if it's a no-brainer. Amusing to how your mayor is open to the idea though, for a "fee". At least he's consistent. Maybe MTV could make a deal with your BW and they could shut down the beach for a day, like Obama did last week in CT for his fundraiser. Perhaps even a whole weekend. Now that would send a message to your unhappy campers.

If the BW did as you suggested their would be problems for them. The only message the BW would be sending would only prove even more that the BW are the ones who bring in and cause all the problems for the town. They would clearly not be considered a family tourist town as they like to push and portray.

Im glad they said no. I know if they came to georgia id hope our city counsel would say no.

I guess you are are a newbie since I'm still alive and I remember when SSH was a nice town.

Pat. What year is it that you have imagined SSH was a nice famly town?

Apparently you don't have common sense and just want ot put people down who disagree.

BTW, A friend of mine happened to come visit me today. He took his two teenagers to SSH today. That is where his kids wanted to go. He said it was not real crazy busy. There was businesses not just out of control crowds. There was more families than ever. It was during the day some I am sure it might change over to the partying crowd. He was shocked that for August it was not as busy as he remembered back when he was going there. It was definitely a different era and everything has changed. He said there was so many open available rentals too. He was staying on the water at his friends house in Brick so he didn't need a rental... It is the economy that has been sluggish. Not many want to spend, the confidence level is low so everyone is back to day trips.

The idea that SSH was a nice family town is what you wish was true for your agenda. The idea that what SSH has always been could somehow have been changed by politicians is something you wish was true for your agenda. But those of us who have been here for more than a decade know it is not the truth. That truth is not insulting to the people who grew up there. They have always known what their town is and was. What they always told me was "It is hell in the summer for 10 weeks, but just fine the rest of the year."

Common Sense,,,,You are nuts, I have no political agenda. The local politicians in any town is place there to do what is right for all the residents. Now, maybe some of the residents will tolerate more crude and rude behavior and that is their choice. Listen, if you are trying to tell me that Seadside 30 years ago is the same as today, I would have to say you are not being honest because everything has changed in 30 years. If any town wants to continue to stay nice then sometimes you have to put ordinances in place. Personally, I could not tell you about the winter, but I was told the exact opposite. Residents don't like the winter, the town changes to many transient and welfare residents in their town that they don't know. They actually are more afraid of their wives walking around in town and they feel safer in the summer when the extra police are around.

Hello all, I have a question. I remember SSH back in the mid-80s and saw a noticeable difference in the clientele. It made lose interest in going to the boardwalk and have not really been back much. They used to have a fun mini-golf course on Central Av. that was a "mountain". Unfortunately, it was sold to a developer who levelled it for some reason (certainly not for anything relevant). But my question is that back in the mid-80s, it seems a very undesireable element started moving into the hotels/motels and that apparently triggered a downward spiral for that down. Am I wrong about that? Maybe it is not THE cause but it could a contributing factor.

Before it was mini golf it was a beautiful water park and before that it was an ice plant with a huge lot that all us kids used to play in! But you are correct the town started to spiral in the 80's long before MTV hit.

I remember my family taking me to both to PPB and SSH, They were both family destinations, very similar. SSH just had more to do for older children and the crowd changed later at night...It became more of a partying town. Whereas PPB just closed down earlier. When we were younger we went to PPB as we got older we went to seaside... I to remember it spiraling in the 80's. Maybe that is when the SSH council should have taken control of their town and stop the rowdiness by putting stiffer ordinances and penalties in. Like I said, My friend just went to SSH during the day. He said it was nice, lots of families and they had fun. I would say majority of the residents in PPB and council does not want their town to become the same as SSH. A family destination during the day and an out of control partying town at night. That is where they were heading and the town and council did not like it and the reason for the all the controversy in the PPB.

Folks, the idea that Seaside was ever as nice a town for families as Point Pleasant Beach is just political propaganda. My grandparents moved our family here in the 40’s. My parents were not allowed to go to Seaside, ever. Neither were I or my brothers and sisters. Now certainly American youth has been going downhill lately and both Seaside and PPB have suffered because of that, but there is nothing politicians can do about that. Any changes in PPB this year has more to do with the economy and the bad publicity, then the one ordinance the Council passed. The parking plan discourages families and rowdies alike. The bad publicity just scares away families. And that is the real tragedy of the Barrella Gordon Corbally and Tooker election time propaganda.

Well, Alexader, since your parents or you and your brothers and sisters were never allowed to go to SSH, I'm not sure how you know what it was like. I was a nice town with rides for the little kids and bigger kids. There were a lot of nice places to eat and 2 movie theaters. The boardwalk was bigger and had a lot more to offer a family. There were and are 2 merry-go-rounds. It is a shame that your young life at the shore was stiffled.

Seaside was honky tonk. At least from the 60's on. The sights you would see on the Seaside Boardwalk, you would never have seen in the Beach.

Because, silly Pat, as soon as we were old enough, we, just like our parents, went to SSH. There we saw why we were not allowed to go. It had nothing to do with merry-go-rounds, or restaurants, or movie theatres. It had to do with the people there. And the SSH crowd was always a rougher crowd than the PPB crowd. Always, including in the last 10 years. The reason was not what facilities were there, the reason was reputation. And, as I noted above, the real tragedy is the damage done to PPB's reputation by thoughtless politicians focused solely on their own political ambitions and personal vendettas.

Thank You for keeping the trouble out of the town.

A Resident, I get it... I don't need to slow down on reading anything. You think your town is better than SSH. You have left plenty other remarks and comments about other towns and how superior you feel your town is.

Way I hear it ride park revenue is down, beach revenue is down, but bar revenue is up, and parking revenue is up. So we have more rowdies and fewer families. Why? Parking plan scares away families, bad publicity scares away families and attracts more rowdies. And Barrella and his supporters are congratulating themselves? For what?

Cgaf, Don't listen or believe everything you hear. It is a bunch a bull. We don't have more rowdies here. It has been the calmest year ever. I have seen nothing but families, so I don't know who is pulling your leg. The town is surviving with the parking plan. It is working out great, they might have to tweak a few things, but it is defeating the purpose. More should admit this but they are to stubborn. This town always says they are down. The beach revenue is down because the economy..not everyone wants to pay $9.00 dollars to get on the beach. Point Pleasant Beach has out priced themselves and that is the only reason why some might choose to go somewhere else that might be affordable. How is the Parking Plan scaring away families? The plan is a night plan to keep rowdies away.. The parking plan starts at 12 midnight until 6 in the morning. Families are not coming at 12 at night...so I think you are telling a story.

I would give some Council members an "A"

I am not from Point Pleasant Beach...I was there this past weekend playing "Beach Volleyball. Might be my last. The only one who is at fault and the reason their beach revenue is down is because of a guy named "MIKE V" This guy has serious problems. This man was the most disrespectful man I have ever met in my entire life. He was like the beach nazi.... I felt like I was in Russia... He was accusing customers of not paying. He was yelling at the customers to put the beach badges on. He did not care if it put a whole in their Bath suits. Customers do not want some guy yelling and getting right up in their face when they are spending money. There is away to talk to your customers. People do not need that kind of attitude, especially when they come to relax or have fun. I was not the only one complaining about this guy called "Mike V" There was plenty of both men and women. One women stated who gave this clown all this "power" He is on a power trip and the owners should know. Someone mentioned that they were going to get a petition together to send to the owners? The only one who is losing Beach Revenue is themselves.

rs--families don't understand the parking plan. How many families have asked questions during the day? I hear them everyday. Families asking if they need a permit to park on the street, in the middle of the day. And as for bad publicity attracting rowdies, you don’t think the bad publicity attracts families, do you? Barrella and Corbally don’t. They were quoted in the APP this week “It’s been a rough three or four months from a public relations standpoint and the council has had something to do with it, as has the chamber, as has the boardwalk, as has the residents.” I agree, Barrella Tooker Gordon and Corbally have deliberately sullied PPB’s reputation, with help from their supporters, to satisfy personal vendettas and selfish political motives. The only thing the chamber and the BW have done is sit idly by and watch it happen. That earns an “F” all around.

CGAF, Sorry, I am not understanding how families don't understand the parking plan. There is signs that explains no parking...It says no parking between the hours of 12 p.m to 6 a.m...I can understand those who can't speak, read or write english. Families are not going between those hours, I would say you are not losing families. What I do think is confusing is that the few county roads that run town would confuse those who want to park for the night life because we have no signs at that road because the county would not let us. Personally, I feel the County is wrong, especially since they have allowed the town of SSH get away with this practice for over a decade. I find that really funny and a poor excuse when they denied our town. No, I don't, families want to be able to come to a town with their families without having problems. I would think they would be happy with the town because the town is trying to keep rowdies away. Families were quoted in the paper recently that they would rather pay a little more in a hotel tax, to keep the town clean, keep the rift raft out...PPB was losing families the past couple of years because it was getting a little rough and not what families want to see here. They "the council" wants to work together on how to bring "Families" I also hear many visitors talking saying how out of control the prices are getting here, you don't think that can be the reason why revenue is down.

CGAF, You say, what you hear about parking and if permits are needed. I just took a walk on the BW the other day. This is what I have been hearing from visitors as I was walking down. This is outrageous $36.00 dollars to get on the beach for the 4 of us, this was not only once as I was walking down to the inlet. I heard senior asking for a senior discount, I heard visitors saying, I am going to go to Wildwood or Ocean City next time, it cost nothing to get on the beach...don't know if that is true. That is what I heard. I also here visitors saying they are turned off by the nastiness of some of the employees...not from the kids either, these are adults. I don't know what is going on with the BW, but you don't think they can do things to make it better for themselves. I understand It is " Free enterprise"...but you don't think they can spark their own economy with a trickle down effect all by themselves. Maybe they would get more customers if they lowered the prices a little to get on the beach.... Actually draw in more customers to their businesses and possibly make more money. Maybe it would give more visitors money to spend, in one of their other businesses, games or arcades. I know they had one or two free beach days in SSH, why not do that in PPB. Greed takes over and it actually hurts businesses to me, customers feel like they are getting gouged and taking advantage off. I also read sullied PPB reputation from "outofthebeach4now too. The blaming is ridiculous.

rs, I think you need to go up to Mr. Storino and explain to him why he needs to hire you and let you run his business. I'm sure he will happily take your suggestions.

No Thank You, It is his business and he can do whatever he would like. Like I said, It is a free enterprise...no one can dictate to any business what to do with their own business... Customers are the ones who dictates what they are willing to pay or how much they patronage a business. If customers feel they are not getting their monies worth or they are getting gouged they will stop going and find a new place. You can't keep on getting away with or saying you are down, not making any money and continue to keep business as usual and then blame the town for all their misfortune. Can't play it both ways!

As far as nasty employees that is a turn off in any business.