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Rick, once again get your notebook out. Its time to go to school...

What a disingenuous liar!

Councilman Solomon did vote yes on the original bill. Then something happened...he was hearing from constituents concerned about the cost of using the beach this summer.

I'm not surprised you have this all backwards. You think charging people is going to attract MORE people to use the beach this summer? Attract homeowners? Get real. I will grant you the cost will help with SOME litter. However, the original reason they did away with this program was that it cost more to pay employees to collect the fees, than it was actually generating in revenue at the time. Rushing into this program without knowing the right amount (a fair fee amount that covers the cost of employees, but also beach cleanup). Otherwise we are jumping the gun, chasing our tail over a couple bucks in revenue

I applaud Mayor Solomon for getting ahead of the problem. This would've done nothing other than deter people from using the beach, cause people to flood the parking lots of Iggys and Top of the Bay, and likely not generate much in revenue.

This was NOT a business friendly fee and certainly not a "taxpayer friendly fee".

How can someone say they represent the taxpayers when they want to charge local residents a fee to use the beach? The simple answer is, THEY CANNOT!