By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
Some people argue that residents’ parking stickers are not needed because the “season” is only two months, but as OG has become busier and busier, we have crowded streets in the spring and the fall.
Today, Saturday, September 19, 2015, parking is again tight due to the car show, street sales, fund raisers and a 5K run out of the Arts Center.
Last Saturday it was mobbed due to the giant flea market.
And don’t forget all those Asbury events: shopping, music, employees, and eateries/bars that result in interlopers parking at our North side, especially near the bridges to Asbury and near the boardwalk. We see them all the time by Firemen’s Park. Asbury has become “hipster city,” and our free parking is in demand.
Those of us who live here should reject the argument that this is a problem only two months per year. The reality is perhaps 6 months of the year. People do go out to dinner and bars. after the summer is over.
We should badger the town Committee to reconsider this. Old arguments may not work any longer. Let’s talk about it again here in our comments section. And lets badger Badger to consider the resident population besides the CMA’s total focus on its “mission.”
Parking poll from one year ago: 2014 BF parking poll
ME AND MY GIRL: Broadway cast recording of the “Lambeth Walk.”