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Monthly Archives: June 2014

SPECIAL ELECTION SLATED FOR AUGUST 19!

RESOLUTION OF THE BOROUGH OF BELMAR PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014FOR REFERENDUM ON ORDINANCE 2014-07 WHEREAS, on May 6, 2014, the Mayor and Borough Council finally adopted Bond Ordinance 2014-07 entitled “Bond Ordinance Providing for the Construction of Beachfront Buildings in and by the Borough of Belmar, […]

Bean, Seebeck Oppose Special Election

Wish to save Belmar $20,000 by having referendum in November   From the Bean/Seebeck Belmar Rising Facebook page:   MESSAGE FROM COUNCILMAN JIM BEAN PLEASE COME TO THE SPECIAL MEETING TUESDAY JUNE 17th AT 6PM AT BOROUGH HALL. Mayor Doherty plans to announce the date of a special election at a special council meeting tomorrow, […]

Great Porta-Potty Scandals In U.S. History

May 18, 2008: Portland, Oregon Obama rally organizers place porta-potties at center of Portland police memorial! Was it meant to disrespect Portland’s fallen officers?  You decide.   Click on the image below to link to story. . What is it with Democrats and porta-potties anyway?  

Potty-Gate Update

Yesterday morning Joy DeSanctis placed a call with the Monmouth County Board of Health and was told that the placement of the porta-potty was a health code violation and that they would be coming to Belmar to make sure it was moved.  I don’t know if they came or not but I do know that […]

I Must Do More Potty Stories

THIS STINKS!

For the Seafood Festival, one porta-potty is separated from the the rest of them and placed in front of the house of Joy DeSanctis, spokeswoman for the Let the Citizens Decide petitioners and prominent Doherty critic.  In all the years of Seafood Festivals no porta-potty was ever put in front of anyone’s house.  This disgusting […]

The Other Bayonne Bennys

Yeah we’re all pretty familiar with the Bennys, those drunk and noisy young visitors who, according to legend, come from either Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark or (Staten Island) New York.  And I’m certain that the folks that live anywhere near D’Jais or Bar A are much more familiar with them than they would like to be. But there […]

Giving Me The Vapors

In today’s Wall Street Journal: The growing e-cigarette industry is waging a battle against New Jersey’s hefty proposed tax on the devices, worrying that such a levy could set a precedent as states start to grapple with the new products. Gov. Chris Christie and some New Jersey legislators say they want to place a 75% […]

ELECTION EARTHQUAKE!

Yeah, I know.  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary to a Tea Party guy.  I guess there are still some Republicans out there who are interested in saving the country. But the earthquake I’m talking about is right here in Jersey, at Exit 14A to be exact.  Bayonne police captain and political upstart […]

Reader Contribution

Submitted by Belmar’s own in-house historian, the Venerable Bede: Belmar cannot move forward until we learn from the past. . Belmar’s “Venerable Bede” has something to say about Mayor Doherty’s remarks in the Asbury Park Press article of June 8, 2014. The Mayor now claims that Epic Management will not bid again. This will cost […]