Jersey Mayhem: Quiet Shore Municipality Struggles With Force Much Greater Than Itself

“It really is true, and has been proven-whether it’s a show or not-when people misbehave in public, it’s the same: The police expeditiously end their bad behavior so all the good people can enjoy their time.”
–The problem is (whether Seaside Heights borough administrator John A. Camera will admit it or not) that television networks “expeditiously” pay some people $30,000 an episode to produce bad behavior, so all the other good people can enjoy their time. This Asbury Park Press article provides a good look at how a small town’s government handles a cultural phenomenon that is at once a boon and a major pain-in-the-ass.