Did Barrella shoot himself in the foot. . .Now after the summer, he wants the BW to drop the lawsuit and the Council will withdraw the bar ordinance. What about the "money"...you know the $800K offered for hiring those 88 Specials. . .where's that money coming from down the road...

...and I would have loved to have seen the expression on Dave Cavagnaro's face. Wasn't that. . .what the fight was about: Corbally and Cavagnaro trying to extract monies from the BW, under the aegis of special event fees...to pay for the extra police. You do remember the $40K that Cavagnaro called a bribe last year, when you were discussing whether or not it belonged under Section 5:12 or 5:16?

So it's not about money. . .it's the peace and quiet: Barrella, Corbally, Tooker, and Cavagnaro always wanted. We'll see how long that lasts. . .

We always said it was about quality of life of the residents. The pilot parking plan was not intended to be a positive to revenue. The facts are the streets in the surrounding area were both quieter and cleaner than any Summer in years. Even tough the Little Silver Lot was Free from 11PM to 6AM, our parking revenue was at record highs. People visited PPP and the residents had a peaceful Summer. Now we all need to work together to make the Summer of 2013 even better for residents, businesses, and our guests. It is all good!

This is to funny. Now Barrella is willing to compromise because he knows he can't win either side of these lawsuits. These clowns compromised themselves (Corbally Barrella Gordon) by running their mouths about about wanting more money or we will shut you down early mentality. So they know they will lose that lawsuit. They know they will lose the parking lawsuit because it was rushed into place and ultimately it will be deemed illegal. A real compromise would be drop the bar closing ordinance and disband the parking plan and resign immediately. Corbally we will remember what you have said and done over the past two years and vote you out next November. That's if you have the stones to run again.

If you call extortion "all good" then you're right, its all good. This mayor assumes he can just go to Jenks and its boardwalk business neighbors for a cash handout every time he needs more money. My question is this, who pockets all the money as a result of the fines from the hundreds of arrests made every summer? Im sure that those fines alone EASILY pay for the extra patrolmen. This mayor is a boardwalk business bully and when he doesnt get his way, like a petulant child, he pretends to hold his breath until he gets his way. I hope when the time comes he gets kicked to the curb. And....one more question, did the people who decided to buy houses in district 4 somehow miss the boardwalk when they bought their houses? After all, its not as though they were moving in next to a church. Im not condoning the obnoxious a**holes who pour out on to the street at 2 or 3 AM and make life difficult for the nearby neighborhhod but isn't that what the 88 extras the police hired are for? Lets be real here. This is a tourist destination and without Jenks and the Boardwalk in general, Point Beach would be a rundown ghost town. A decent hotel in town wouldnt hurt either. The ones that are here now appear to be getting more and more run down as the years go by. One suggestion: maids who know how to clean the rooms certainly wouldnt hurt. Most of them wouldnt know clean if it hit them in the face.

Win or lose, I will have known I was honest, and did what I thought was in the best interest of the residents of PPB. When I ran, I promised I would try to improve the "quality of life" of the residents and get the Boardwalk to pay their fair share. We are still working hard at achieving those goals.

Im sure the quality of life will improve in the other districts when the resulting overflow parking from a horribly crafted ordinance ends up on THEIR streets. You guys seem to be very selective about whose quality of life you're improving. Honest is one thing. Disingenuous is another.

Anyone who wants to see my expression or actually know what I think can always find me in the second row to the left of the Council at a meeting. If you show up you might actually get your facts straight. For all the talk of money that the Boardwalk was going to pay to help cover police costs, they’ve paid nothing to date. The taxpayers continue to pick up that ever increasing tab. The “conditions” of money from the Boardwalk have continued to be the issue.
For all those who cried tourism would die with the parking plan, parking revenue and hotel/motel tax revenue is up. More people came to the Beach. The parking plan can be expanded to any area experiencing rowdy behavior. Sadly some people feel the solution is to keep it bottled up in district 4. I enjoy living close to the beach. I don’t mind a lot of people or traffic. I do mind rowdy and destructive drunks. That should never be an acceptable part of tourism.
I think the Mayor is doing a great job, which is why I supported him for reelection. His positions on the Boardwalk, that were supported by three other Council members, finally gave us a peaceful and quieter summer.

I have noticed, as a mother of three whose children attend Antrim, that the police have been extremely active in obsessive harassing by ticketing parents when trying to pick up and drop off their kids, I can only assume since they are coming down on the locals with these frivolous tickets that they are now trying to obtain the money from the locals....nice!!!! And parents of small children, even better!!!! Try an ample parking area so our children can get to school free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To mommyofthree: at Patch we encourage our readers to try to keep their comments on topic. I appreciate that you are reading Patch, but your comment is really not related to the subject matter in the article. It might help if you address your concerns to the principal at Antrim and to the police department administration.

I think there's a bigger issue here then simply whether our bars will close at midnight. What the ABC is evaluating is whether the Governing Body members (Barrella, Tooker, Gordon and Corbally) who adopted this ordinance engaged in inappropriate/corrupt behavior when they voted to adopt it. Mayor Barrella is constantly accusing others of being in someone else's pocket or doing something not because it is the right thing to do, but because it will create a personal advantage. Just look at what Mayor Barrella said about Halfacre: http://pointpleasant.patch.com/articles/state-should-patrol-boardwalk-after-midnight-says-point-beach-mayor. We need an independent authority, outside of PPB, to decide whether our Mayor and his Council members acted appropriately in this, and if not, then those elected officials should have ethics complaints filed against them. I know that Mayor Barrella doesn’t want to respect the authority of the ABC, but I’m sure the DCA does. If we don’t find out whether this type of behavior on the part of our elected officials is appropriate, then we’re bound to see it happen again. Barrella will be Mayor for the next few years. We can’t afford to kick this can down the road.

This whole thing was nonsense. I live in district 4, and in no way was it "more peaceful" or easier for residents to park this summer than it was last. What are they basing that on? And if it was any quieter, it is likely fewer people came to PPB because of all this to begin with, rather than any improvement from these two preposterous plans.

There is a common misconception that the parking restrictions were going to make it easier for people to park. That was never the intent nor the expectation. As for people not coming, parking revenue is up by a minimum of $138,000 over last year and court statistics could be viewed as an objective indicator of a more peaceful summer, on top of the anecdotal evidence.

Hi Nick - The sensationalism boat of "independent investigation" sailed (and sank) long ago. You're starting to sound like Spooner now. Nobody is coming. You know better.
Spooner et al. Save your energy and ammo. The debate next week will give you the opportunity you have been waiting for. Direct questions (and accusations) to all that you loathe in Point Beach. Your attendance is REQUIRED.

Mr. Happy, your post is rather disappointing, certainly not up to your regular standards. Right now, we've got the ABC looking into whether certain Governing Body members behaved appropriately when they decided to pass the early bar closing ordinance. These Governing Body members, Tooker, Corbally, Gordon and Barrella, have been accused, certainly by some posting on the Patch, of trying to extort money from the BW businesses by holding this midnight closing ordinance over the BW's head. I would think that both sides would be interested to find out whether the Barrella bloc's behavior was inappropriate. Now, if you don't think that the ABC is the proper forum to make that decision, please tell me who you think should. We're talking about official conduct/misconduct. I have no idea why you think that next week's debate should have anything to do with this issue of whether the Barrella bloc acted inappropriately, unless you're trying to tell me that Mr. Davis is going to engage in the same types of behavior. Those debates are a joke, anyway. Last year's debates, which should've been much more interesting to the voting public, were poorly attended, with most of the audience being clear supporters of one side or another. As you said, those debates are a forum for people to "direct questions and accusations to all that [people] loathe." I wouldn't waste my time on such negative energy. I'd rather get a bleu cheeseburger at Frankie's, wouldn't you?

Last time I checked - THe ABC is not an ethics tribunal. Thier job is to regulate and insure that all liquor laws are being uphelp and regulate the awarding of liquor licenses. It is not thier job to police elected officials for misconduct or ethics violations. Perhaps you can disagree with members of the council for whatever you please, however, you need to back up your accusations with facts, not heresay! To suggest or accuse someone of an ethics violation is a very serious matter - not something that should be done on a whim.....but I forgot we are now in the "silly season" here in PPB - so let's just make accusations ane good headlines so we can sway votes.....some things never change.

Mr. Ramos, you're correct. The ABC is not an ethics tribunal. If you read my 9:35 am post, I specifically mentioned the authority responsible for policing ethics: the DCA. In that same post, I provided everyone with a link to the earlier Patch article. To quote Halfacre's findings: "Although the second ordinance was ultimately not passed by the governing body, the substantial factual history dating back at least a year, including various public comments made by elected officials, combined with the surcharge ordinance in its various iterations, gives rise to a legitimate inquiry into the motivations behind an otherwise valid exercise of municipal authority." I never said that anyone did or did not engage in misconduct, but I would like to know if the type of behavior that the Barrella bloc engaged in is appropriate because until that issue is resolved, we may see it come up again. If it is appropriate, then people like yourself and Councilman Corbally should feel pleased with the performance of those elected officials who you support, and pleased to know, too, that your opponents would have no right to criticize those elected officials. On the other hand, if the behavior was inappropriate, to the point of rising to misconduct, don't you think that the residents of PPB would be best served to have that addressed, too? I thought that we all at least had the common interest of wanting our elected officials to act appropriately.

"Barrella will be the Mayor for the next few years." That's correct Nick, your statement is right. No amount of politically motivated rhetoric is going to change that.
It's just politics "Nick." Your just gonna have to wait your turn and hope for a more favorable dais. Hang in there. As to the debate, you'll be there, I'm bettin' on it.

Cavagnaro believes he speaks for everyone. I now believe it would be cheaper to buy Cavagnaro out of his house than any other solution to the perceived ills of our town. As for Corbally, I won't waste any words on him. This is a boardwalk town. Has been for longer than any sitting member of the council, or Caviganro has lived here. It wouldn't surprise me if these same people want to shut down Hoffman's because of the line out the door.

Oh, and by the way, I believe the council was forced to time resident participation due to Cavagnaro's unrelenting verbosity at council meetings. Perhaps Cavagnaro should sit back an listen for a while. He just might learn something...Very few people agree with him!

Lj, first, put your money where your mouth is! What’s your offer for my house? Of course you would have to come out from hiding behind your computer screen and come up with a real name to make an offer. Second, I speak for myself. If you don’t like what I have to say, don’t listen. Third, I’m flattered that anyone would seriously think that an entire Council would change policy just for me. Better yet, every year new Council members continue to go along with it. Wow! Brilliant! Have a good night’s sleep and you’ll feel better in the morning.

Fair enough. Lee Jani is my name. It is you who should simple listen. You are laughable. I find it incredible that the US Supreme court give advocates just ten minutes to state their case. Council had to trim it to 5 so as to trim you to that. Cavagnaro if you are flattered by that then you just confirms your inability to grasp reality. Your house is of little interst to me as I spent years searching for my current address (not zone 4). I think it should be of interest to the town to begin ridding us of pariahs like you. Go away!

PPNB, Lj just proved my point. Big on talk, short on action. Anyone can disagree, but not everyone can be politeabout it. Have a good day.

PPNB - Shouldn't you be working on your debate questions? Save gas and carpool with ppb1955 (wink). There are people downplaying the debate, with the intent on keeping people away. Sorry, the place will be packed; and that's the worst nightmare for the (R) party, isn't it?
Dave C. - keep up the good work! Your "power" to influence the council has produced great results!
lj- sorry, but your statement: "it is you who should simple listen" makes no.....ah, nevermind.

So typical of Barrella --- Pander to the FEW; at the expense of the MANY!

All these lawsuits have financially benefitted ONE person...None other than Barrella's Chief Political Hack and Patronage Appointee --- Borough Attorney, SEAN GERTNER....I dare ANYONE to dispute that fact!

Now I know that Barrella has really lost his mind --- He wants the Borough of PPB to take over the County roads so that he can extend his Parking Plan? Oh now that's simply brilliant....NOT!!!!! These roads need to be paved and require routine maintenance. Right now the County is responsible for those costs. Who the $$$$ is going to pay for maintaining these roads? The PPB taxpayers, that's who! LET'S START ANOTHER RECALL BEFORE HE DOES ANY MORE DAMAGE!

Looks like Barrella is eating crow. I hope they sue the crap out of you and council. You deserve it.

Since when are politics polite. Barrella has all the politeness of a circumsision completed on a highway. The reality is that Cavagnaro has no ability to understand the town he lives in. He just understands what effects/benefits him. Period. Again should shut up and listen. Perhaps Cavagnaro will put up his house to cover the cost of the lawsuits. That would make up for his verbosity. Speaking of which, I am of the understanding that the preclusions in the Ocean Star over word counts and repeat letters are the result of Cavagnaro as well. Quite the fanfare from a retired baffoon with little else to do but become a thorn in the butt of our fare town. Thanks for choking free speach. Go away!

I see the same few are at it again. This town has become ridiculous all the way around. I hope those outside of ppb realize not everyone behaves the way these few do. I was under the impression that the boardwalk has been calling it "negotiations" themselves...it was way before all this hoopla with bar closings, parking...they have been negotiating for years on parking, coming up with money for the police needed to patrol their business etc... for years, way before the political games and bs from all sides. The residents are learning that they no longer want to get involved.

You go Lee, could not have said it better myself. DC is nothing but a loud mouth, self promoting Barrella shill (at least for now) who has nothing better to do but complain about everything!!!!! Go back to Highland Park Dave, they could use a man of your (small) stature.

Coo Coos, yes, the boardwalk called it "negotiations" too. There was a back & forth regarding how much money the boardwalk would pay to the town to help fund police services to address some of the tourist problems. What everyone is forgetting, though, is the second portion of the bar closing ordinance, the one that allowed bars to stay open if they paid a certain amount of money, per patron per hour. Initially, it was all one ordinance. Then, when the BW atty wrote to the Council and said that it was inappropriate, the Bloc split the ordinance up into two sections, the midnight closing and the "pay to drink longer" portion. They played with the pay to drink longer portion for a while, but when the poop really started to hit the fan as to how legal that was, the Bloc backed off of that second ordinance and only adopted the midnight closing. When you have the power to pass a law that will require people to pay you money to allow you to do something that another law says that you can't do (like...all bars will close at midnight except for those bars who pay us to stay open later), those are some pretty interesting "negotiation" powers.

Nick- that gets us back to your other point: having the DCA look into questions of ethics and misconduct on behalf of the Council...not only for those shenanigans, but also when that same Council first voted against the early bar closings. . .only to reverse themselves a month later? That's going to be a big sticking point with the Commissioner to explain away...

PS: please...can someone tell Tom Davis to stop going around telling people he didn't replace Bill Ammirata as a regular on the planning board. It seems that the former Chairman with 15years experience...doesn't agree with him. And Tom: why don't you come on the 'patch' and give us those references where in other towns . . .when somebody moves into that town...in less than two years. . .they can get put on as a regular member to the planning board. . .replacing the long time Chairman...no less! I'm waiting for your reply.

Are you kidding me? The "proposed" earlier bar closing ordinance? It wasn't proposed. It was adopted. Our bars would've closed at midnight, and the only thing that stopped that was the BW's lawsuit with the ABC and the ABC's decision to stop the town from enforcing that midnight closing until the case was resolved. That ordinance can't be "withdrawn." It has to be repealed (like it says in the APP today). If you don't need to close the bars at midnight, then repeal the ordinance. But, no, heaven forbid that they should do the right thing and repeal the ordinance. No, first the Mayor wants the BW to drop its lawsuits. Give me a break! That midnight closing hurts all of the bars, even though the complaints were about people coming from the BW bars. Corbally says in the APP article that the police and parking plan made for a calmer summer. So, repeal the bar closing ordinance! This is just another game between Barrella and the BW, one where he wants them to act first to give him what he wants. Do the right thing. Repeal the bar closing ordinance and stop hurting all of the little guys who had nothing to do with this in the first place.

ppb1955- you'll get your chance at the debate tough guy. Let's see you stand up and make your accusations directly to Mr. Davis at the debate.

Sounds fair to me. Enough $$ has already been wasted by both sides and that would just be the beginning should this litigation move forward. Time to shake hands and call it a draw.

PPNB - ppb1955: You have crossed the line with your scurrilous attacks on an innocent man and his wife. This will be the last posting from Mr. Happy here on the Patch. It's time to enter the real world. And punish the deserving.

Who is this "man and wife" ? What are you talking about? I am not connected to PP1955.

1 of 4: Take back Pt. Beach - we miss her!

Voters of Pt. Beach - Help! As the mayor & council arrogantly branded all tourists "Snooki," these grumpy old men & their female proxy put satisfying personal anger BEFORE public safety & BEFORE the best interests of the Pt. Bch majority which had already VOTED DOWN their "D4 Parking Harassment Plan" in 2011. YES - They also applied a thug's tactic called "Bar Closings" but only after they failed to secure the hush funding Mayor Barrella & his municipal workers wanted through any means. AND Yes - These so-called leaders intentionally pit neighbor against neighbor, district against district & professional against professional as a Municipal Funding Strategy. After forcing nameless aliases to endure 5,000+ comments on The Patch since May, it's time to end this "thing." We've watched all of it since 2009 and today we're done! Mayor Barrella and local union leaders became so blinded by Recall Revenge & Union Negotiation/Furlough Rage that they intentionally harmed all by transforming Pt. Beach to Point Beat-Me-Down! .

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The respected business owners targeted in Pt. Bch included hard-working men & women who had invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in town in 2012 alone! Places like Red's had brought only quality & joy to NJ for 2 decades when these bullies changed the rules of engagement minutes before the most profitable high season. How dare these people spit on our commercial fishing community?! Did they target surf fisherman, boaters, charter boat guests, motel owners & dwellers, surfers, lifelong residents, elderly walkers & sunrise joggers - like me - who cherish the earliest hours of each day thinking we'd forget the shouting matches & media attacks during those terrible municipal union negotiation seasons from 2009 to 2011. After the sea of lawn signs demanding the restoration of funding for special police - ALL residents & guests of PPB became unsuspecting victims. Stats @ Town Hall on NJ Avenue confirm that there had to be a coordinated Summer 2011 Ticket-Writing Slow-Down in D4 designed to make sure the town's most vocal residents would suffer & revolt, (the difference in year over year ticket/summons post-11 p.m. #s in D4 alone prove this fact - go count them!).

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Who can forget the incredible snow storm that left Pt. Bch residents stranded inside homes or unable to get home for 2-3 full days (2010 Christmas Season) blamed on equipment failures while municipal workers laughed in local bars screaming "furlough this" under Mayor B's leadership & watch! It was the same exact storm 21 members of Brick Public Works used to stage their Blizzard Sick Out (www.app.com- op-ed page) that left a man in cardiac arrest dead, (Herberstville Section). A sled used to transport this poor dad to the waiting ambulance on the only plowed County Road was too slow. Was this some county-wide tactic called "Operation Snow Job"? NJ's Pt. Beach Mayor rewarded public servants when they stopped doing their FULL JOB in D4 & helped them make their self-serving points. Mayor Barella handed HIS union pals cover by mostly blaming & savagely targeting Jenkinson's & Martells, their customers, workers, vendors, supporters, etc. What kind of men condone staged work walkouts, sick-outs or slow-downs that actually endanger citizens & property? Jenks/Martells - if Vinnie B doesn't apologize to you, take your cases all the way to the Supreme Court!

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Why you must vote them out? 3 weeks ago, Wall Street Journal reported Public Benefit & Pension systems in U.S. will not resemble their CURRENT FORM within the next five years, so who you vote for could determine which District gets targeted next in Pt. Bch when tough-to-have discussions & budget negotiations with local unions get rolling again. Vote for the leaders who promise to never employ or cave to such tactics again or in Pt. Bch's future. Please help restore what was taken. Then everyone write the Town Council a letter (and sign your name) and demand an answer to this question: How do they call themselves leaders when they use a part of every single day to bash, attack & target their own residents (their bosses) & business leaders & so many others offended by their actions using the Patch comment's section, The Ocean Star - any PR means (Mayor B mocking with distain & labeling one resident a "pinball machine" )? Mr. Barrella - people don't sign their names anymore because we have no interest in becoming the next target of your rage. Those of us who did not agree with the recall at all now sincerely apologize to all of you who had VB's number long ago. Rage & revenge robbed Pt. Beach of its charm & character - On November 6th help us get it back! End this "thing."

Leave in on the Field.

Thanks. I needed a good laugh this morning and you definitely provided it.

If we attend the debate will we learn why Barrella and his wife and daughter and lisa and tooker and cherry and bret gordon signed a petition to have loder run in the republican primary in June ?