"It's principally wrong to charge people to go to the beach," says Tulsi Gabbard. "The ocean belongs to everyone."
Amid the thickened air of a hot New Jersey summer last week, where the smells of dust and cooking oil and horse manure hang in the air, a surfer, correction: longboarder, was given hell by cops for not carrying his “beach badge”, a state sanctioned permission to hang on the beach.
Liam Mahoney, 28, from Junction City, California, was hip-tossed to the ground and choked for not immediately presenting his permit to a fleet of beach cops, a video of his ordeal quickly running viral.
A beach badge in New Jersey is a permit required by coastal towns for individuals to access their public beaches during the summer season. This system helps manage beach access, ensure safety, and fund beach maintenance and lifeguard services.
At Belmar, where Liam Mahoney’s carotids were squeezed, a day badge costs twelve bucks or eighty bucks for the season.
Outrage followed his arrest and, as reported earlier today, “a second surfer has now been arrested, in protest, and a petition is circulating online demanding the whole ‘beach badge’ business be dropped. The brave dissident sits at the high tide line and just waits for the law to come down upon him. They do, carrying up the sand like a large Buddha figurine to a somewhat embarrassing miniature beach vehicle.”
Now, greatest surfer ever Kelly Slater and “one-time leftist darling” Tulsi Gabbard have joined the chorus calling for an end to the hated beach pass.
“What do you guys think about having to pay to go on the beach NJ?” writes Kelly Slater. “This should be criminal. I expected this to have been struck down years ago I saw a guy getting arrested on Instagram the other day for not having his pass.”
Tulsi Gabbard was blunt:
The thing about New Jersey that I couldn’t swallow is, I think it’s principally wrong to charge people to go to the beach. The ocean belongs to everyone. I couldn’t stomach paying money to go and jump in the ocean.”
Communist, yes?
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It’s a fact get over it
If they do away with beach badges, how will they keep the dark skinned and poor people off of the beaches?
Tulsi ended Kamala’s run for president. Kamala has been inconsequential to Tulsi.
how do I hook-up with mahi mahi, local girls and boreds…local families?
I had this conversation the other day. I guess we were Kings when we were kids. We didn’t even get out of the f car, and someone would bring out the beer after they pumped your gas and checked the fluids(happily). Civilization only gets worse going into the future, NEVER better.
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“I shot out five badges already…are you feeling lucky, friend?”
Just paddle from the next beach
i.e. the Gaviota Pier! (think the boat launch was vadalized?)
or Mondos?
About half way through reading about this, I had a very clear thought, it was this shit would never fly in Australia. And quickly followed, I wondered what the fuck happened to America land of the free?
America, Land of The Free— unless you don’t have a $30 Beach Pass, then officer Cocker The Crime Stopper is making you bite sand
Must “Register” and pay to enjoy nature.. It doesn’t get much worse does it..
outdoor recreation permits bring in more $ to (some) States then big oil profits…(WSJ)
on the beach, near the beach, in your condo, in your car, in California…unless it’s mota!
They tried to put in parking meters in the beach parking lot up here but people complained about it and sent angry letters etc, and they didn’t do it.
Stick up for yourselves.
The elitist of the north east are not fans of the free part. They do love the land though. At least if they can own it.
https://media0.giphy.com/me… You know what time it is…. Make Nazi Jersey great again, or don’t… more as the story Dick-tates itself…
Something something something,
RUSTY SHERIFF’S BADGE!!!
amiright?!?!?!
(Intellectual discussion lacking tonight, revert to classics/ )
Will the Orange supporters at BG message boards move to Russia when a black/indian/socialist/facist/female and a white male become president and vice-president?
Maybe they’ll enjoy the undertones of Aussie beach towns instead. Lovely seeing them come up with new nicknames for the folks who get them all hot under the collar.
Willie Brown called Kamala Harris
“Knee Gear Kamala”
and you Otto can call her the next president of the United states of merica and visit ol’ chumpy , where orange is the new ….fashion?
She’s what happens when Democrats trash 40 million votes and select, not elect. She can’t handle interviews, let alone adversarial world leaders. She is seriously one big dumb bitch, with a 93% turnover rate bc she’s such a bitch with no intelligence but grip loads of ego.
She imprisoned innocent black men by withholding evidence. Kept men in prison to serve as cheap labor for CA fighting fires. She’s everything you have said yourself you stand against.
Dems should’ve had a punt with ol Bernie in 2020 when they had the chance instead of giving the crown to Sleepy Joe.
Bernie allowed himself to be cheated out of the primaries by the democrats. Rumor is they threatened to prosecute his wife for her financial shenanigans at the university she worked at if he made a fuss about it.
Ron and Don . ..Ron and Don
https://x.com/Shawn_Farash/status/1829257974197699045
and where are you getting all this amazing info/missinfo …….boy when it comes to calling people names you Reps seem to have that in spades…but when you see the scale that Ol’chumpy just lies/makes shit up……..then you look from the outside and go , ” HOW uninformed are ol chumpy’s followers are and refuse to see the darkness of their Don, and possibly dumber than dogshit..could be insulting to the dogs?
You suffer from TDS.
Prescription: Independence
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It’s all fucking true Maurice.
Her record as DA in San Francisco was gnarly. Locking up parents for truant kids. Locking up minorities for weed. Her office got caught withholding exculpatory evidence tons of times.
She’s and evil bitch, and all these FACTS about her past record are readily available. It’s not a secret. It’s not misinformation. It’s not disinformation. These are FACTS about how that bitch operated first as DA of SF, and then as CA DA.
https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-criminalized-prosecuted-parents-opinion-1936013
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Judge-rips-Harris-office-for-hiding-problems-3263797.php
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/169443/clear-causal-link-lawyers-accuse-kamala-harris-of-defying-supreme-court-by-hiding-evidence-from-defense-attorneys/
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/harriss-personnel-problem-over-90-percent-of-vps-staff-left-in-last-three-years/
Tulsi handed Kamala her ass on those points during the debates. Stopped her run for president in it’s tracks that day.
The state has notorious blackballs and mandatory full serve gas stations – if they won’t even let you pump your own gas, what does that tell you about their level of rational governance??
TThe guy is a Californian… that gives the story way less credibility. Explains the whiney bitch argument though
Tulsi does not swallow, that is all
Let’s immediately take that gate down at the Ranch tub. Also, set the controls on an automatic setting.
“What do you guys think about having to pay to go on the beach NJ?” writes Kelly Slater. “This should be criminal. I expected this to have been struck down years ago I saw a guy getting arrested on BEACHGRIT the other day for not having his pass.”
BGer correctly noted: Chas was on a thai run and caught with improperly using The Sticks
Here I was thinking
You were the beach of the free
Wave pool of the brave
Where the fuck is the para limpian suurfing at chopes. Where’s the open thread?
What’s going on here. Aren’t they good enough for you guys
Dez is only into theytards not retards so that’s where it ends unfortunately.
Wheelchair surfing?
I’m all in.
Show me the link.
Tulsi looks like she is fronting a pan flute band at the mall
Don’t be jealous that you missed out on the glorious ’80’s.