Hi Mom! Bamboozle attracted 80,000 people to A. Park. HELD IN MAY, 2012. Many crowded the rentals and parked free in OG. So, is May free of OG glut? Paul Goldfinger photo. Blogfinger.net
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor. Blogfinger.net. Re-post from 2018. Ocean Grove, NJ
Did you ever hear certain Grovers belittle the parking complaints of residents in this way? I have, and it is a cliché chosen to intimidate residents and trivialize the effects of parking distress on their quality of life. Such talk often emanates from the mouths of realtors and speculators who want to build condos, sell houses, and rent residences and stores.
Here is a quote from a BF parking article last October, 2017. “Jack Green said on Facebook that there are only about 18 days at peak season when there is trouble parking.”
The truth is that there are many 3-day weekends and weekdays each summer and also on some spring and fall weekends where the number of cars exceeds the spaces in the Grove. The “season” actually extends from May through October.
When glut happens, there are issues that adversely affect those who live in town and ironically pay real estate taxes, one way or another.
Here is a link to our article regarding the “Parking Derangement Syndrome” first described at the Blogfinger Offshore School of Medicine in Ocean Grove:
Did you happen to notice the syndrome during the Giant September Flea Market which just happened? The F bombs were flying around the Pathway and landing on the two Norms’ porches.
This problem is about more than parking. Crazed drivers were circling our streets looking for a space. They were frustrated, wild-eyed, hot, and angry. They were lured by advertisements promising a good time. (Fake news and false advertising) None of the organizers provided any parking assistance (such as shuttles.) If a parking space were to appear, its life expectancy was averaging 15 seconds or less.
This is no way to live; I don’t care if it is “only” 50 days each year.
Consider the email we got today from Rosemary of Ocean Grove:
2013 Zombies. A. Park. At least 20,000 will come this fall. Paul Goldfinger photo. Click to enlarge the mob.
* Dictionary.com:
- ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.
SEAN HAYES:
Once again, Neptune’s planner has refused to address the failure of the Township to incorporate RSIS standards for OG in the Township’s most recent Master Plan reexamination.
The Planner has also failed to address its two illegal zones in OG: The Hotel Overlay Zone of the first two ocean blocks and the North End Redevelopment Zone.
The three would be a major step in dealing with OG’s parking issues.
It is impossible, when the Township is deliberately violating Federal and State laws, to expect them to do anything to help OG.
Yup. You hit the nail on the head. GLUT!