Enforcement for remove it or lose it?

[Smiling JOe]

Curious, how many code enforcers and night-time junk gatherers do you suppose even half of $260,000 would buy, so hard core violators can get their just desserts? I'm more worried about where the money will come from to support "remove it or loose it" and will it be enough to make the campaign not just a threat but a reality all summer long.

Not sure the cost, but daily labor and a few trucks adds up quickly. However, creating unenforced laws and ordinances is about like raising a child and only threatening them with Time-Out. -- Empty threats are used as power grabs by the child, and the parents drive themselves mad. My biggest suggestion is to not make ordinances which you don't enforce.

 

[Miss Kitty]

I vote tent.

Whatever it is, it's still there. :angry:

BMBcam went dark on me, but I noticed earlier that the spider looking tent was taken down.

I so agree with SJ about making ordinances you cannot keep. What's the pucking point?

 

[organicmama]

Not sure the cost, but daily labor and a few trucks adds up quickly. However, creating unenforced laws and ordinances is about like raising a child and only threatening them with Time-Out. -- Empty threats are used as power grabs by the child, and the parents drive themselves mad. My biggest suggestion is to not make ordinances which you don't enforce.

All I keep thinking about are things like citizen's arrest... Don't laugh at the idea of me & the three hooligans (they got on my last nerve tonight, ask closer2fine) "arresting" people leaving their stuff overnight/all week. Oldest would love it because she's such an animal lover.

Seriously, if they are making the ordinances, isn't it lawful for anyone seeing the ordinance being broken to alert the party that they are breaking the law? Besides the option of calling CE because I don't have a cell phone on the beach, what other real options are there?

I do like scooter's idea of the rubber turtle. Maybe we should add Paul Lowery's book "Where Do All the Sea Turtles Go?" so that the kids can read about what their parents are doing & so they can adopt a sea turtle & make their parents feel really good about themselves.

 

[Miss Kitty]

Friday Morning's Catch

Please close when not viewing. Enjoy!! 2008-05-30 05:54:31

I need to clarify...this webcam updates itself. Earlier this morning there were a few umbrellas and rafts that were obviously left out overnight. There were also some commercial looking green chairs and umbrellas at the dune.

 

[TreeFrog]

Where's that?

Way less stuff than at Eastern Lake.

 

[Miss Kitty]

Where's that?

Way less stuff than at Eastern Lake.

Sorry, that's from the BMB webcam located behind the Blue Mountain Villas.

Could you post a pic of the stuff over your way?

 

[TreeFrog]

Sorry, that's from the BMB webcam located behind the Blue Mountain Villas.

Could you post a pic of the stuff over your way?

Well, I posted before walking today. I was pleasantly surprised that most of the stuff was gone. The one guy with the catamaran, previously mentioned by TNJed, still had the boat and a mojor encampment, but most of the rest were gone.

And a good word for TNJed, too. At 6:15 today, all his chairs and umbrellas were neatly piled back at the dune line.

 

[Smiling JOe]

The biggest reason for the tents not being on the beach this week has been that the people all left last Sunday. This week has been a slooooowww week.

 

[lennonsdarlin]

To cut cost...confiscate it, hold it, sell it back to them(fine) or sell to new tourist that need it for a week..everybody wins.

 

[avalon]

Can the owners be fined for littering? I photograph families on the beach and the abandoned stuff sure makes it harder for me to get a nice view. Every time I see a big hole, I tell the client children why they are hurtful and dangerous and ask them to help me fill it in. I am always amazed that they have not even considered why holes need to be fixed when you are finished playing ( I understand that kids love to dig).