Poll: Majority of Residents Approve of 'Snookiville' Law
Quinnipiac University survey finds 72 percent in favor of bill that would allow towns to regulate television productions
Snooki, we've had enough.
That's the view of the majority of state residents polled last week by Quinnipiac University who expressed overwhelming support for the so-called "Snookiville Law," which would allow municipalities to regulate reality TV shows, such as the Snooki & JWoww" production that began filming in Manchester in August.
The poll, released Thursday, shows 72 percent of residents approve of District 12 Republican Assemblyman Ronald Dancer's efforts to reign in such productions as "Jersey Shore," which filmed its last season in Seaside Heights earlier this year.
"New Jersey voters are smiling to see the last of Snooki and her crew. They think 'Jersey Shore' was bad for the state, and they think towns should have more power to keep 'Real Housewives' and other reality TV under control," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
The proposal is even more popular among younger residents, as 73 percent of those 18 to 34 support the law, the poll finds.
The legislation allows municipalities to adopt licensing ordinances and impose conditions on approval, such as requiring producers to pay for additional police presence.
Manchester Mayor Michael Fressola has said he is not opposed to the law although it may not be "totally necessary.
"They've been very good neighbors," Fressola had said of the 'Snooki & JWoww' production.
Dancer said in a release that his intent is not to curtail such productions.
“Although many people don’t want their neighborhoods to be used as scenery for Snooki, and J-Woww, reality television can be an asset to a host community and local businesses. The Snookiville Law proposal is enormously popular because it’s permissive legislation that lets local communities decide what’s best for themselves," Dancer said.
“New Jersey has a tradition of being a desirable location for reality TV shows such as 'Jersey Shore,' 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' and 'Cake Boss.' These shows can attract crowds, which can benefit local businesses and challenge a community’s resources,” Dancer said. “My proposal will allow cameras to keep rolling without harm to the host community."
The "Snookiville" bill was introduced Sept. 27 and awaits consideration by the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee.
brick2mom
4:19 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
sorry tired of hearing about her PLEASE stop making her relevant...
ed crowley
6:29 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Towns already have this power. That is why they could not film in Toms River. Beware of a sweeping state law. There will be unintended consiquances.
JMAR
3:09 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012
TR wasn't havin' that
SweetVell
11:42 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
If they're being good neighbors then what's the big deal ?
Dave Sleeper
9:51 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
Why don't people just mind their own business. If these people want to act like idiots, what business is it of anybody else?
Project Bluebeam
10:39 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
When production trucks are parked in the street and drunk teens cruise by at all hours of the night, it becomes other people's business.
JMAR
3:10 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012
Here's an idea Bluebeam, go to sleep and stop staring out your window at those pesky whipper snappers. Haha
Dave Sleeper
10:43 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
And we have plenty of laws to cover that!
Randy Butternubs
11:01 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
I am so pleased to read the comments before mine. I thought for sure she would be cast out as the Devil. Thanks neighbors. If she is willing to pay property taxes and live a civil life ,respecting those around her then just stop. She isn't drawing gang activity or anything so bad that she and her kind ain't welcomed here in these parts.
Id trade her and her show for the current neightbor I live next to now
John Hayes
11:01 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
There is no law that will keep media whores like Snookie out of your town. Sorry!
marcy
1:24 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012
That show has been such an embarressment. Doesn't anyone have to have REAL talent anymore to be famous. what a world.
Randy Butternubs
6:15 pm on Sunday, October 21, 2012
The only embarrassment is the Law and the citizens behind it. Archie Bunker would have backed the same law for his town
Matty St Germain
7:13 am on Monday, October 29, 2012
+1 Marcy, Those idiots make jersey look worse than it already has and now they are in my hometown. They need to go somewhere else, Manchester is NOT Snookiville. What a friggin insult and disgrace. I support the bill! GTFO of Manchester and jersey period....