That's Frank!
I'm not sure about the time periods though. If Frank was Mayor Ray
would have been gone.
Maybe it was earlier when Frank was still councilman. I remember I
was pretty young at the time so you could be right.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
> <justifiedright@> wrote:
> >
> >
>
> He also said that boon boxes were a payback from the "Japs" for
> Hiroshima. Mayor Kramer's wife is Japanese. It didn't go over
well.
>
>
>
>
>
> 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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