Good morning Roundup Readers!
We’re filing today from the world-famous Atlantic City Inlet, since the waves looked good and we thought there’d be surfers. Also we wanted to get out of range of the Kavanaugh hearings. Has anyone seen Don hometime boy McGahan? He was behind the nominee the whole time last time.
Atlantic City: It all started here. God help us.
Anyway there were surfers, but I didn’t get a good pic. I did get a pic of this nice cliff face, courtesy of the waves.
Microbrews
More coverage of the microbrewery thing this day: Friend Matt Skoufalos at NJ Pen surveys reactions to the new regs, which limit the number of events a microbrewery can have per year. I didn’t realize they also limit food trucks at the microbreweries.
Meanwhile, ROI-NJ reports the group Independent Brewers of New Jersey launched an online petition in protest. “This special ruling will set New Jersey back in terms of beer culture, tourism, industry competition, and disproportionately harms specific segments of the industry, including small producers, nanobreweries and new brewery ventures.”
For a bit of context, late last winter, the New Jersey Brewers Association–the trade group for craft beermakers–split after the CEO of Cape May Brewing lost his bid for reelection and formed the Brewers Guild of New Jersey, which may make it harder for them to put up a unified front.
Foodstore
City of Atlantic City Councilperson Kaleem Shabazz asked for CRDA help to improve Renaissance Plaza, the shopping center between New York and Kentucky Avenues, following the report from Jim Johnson, which said something about food markets.
Shabazz is calling for a Genentec System, better lighting and license-plate readers.
Atlantic City Council Pleads To CRDA, Please Protect Renaissance Plaza Shoppers
More Marijuana (Cannabis) Ideas
Assemblyman John McKeon has an op-ed in the Star-Ledger on what he’d need to see to vote in favor of legal marijuana, and a lot of it has to do with “self-medicating” which is weird and seems to be about protecting the medical-marijuana industry. But there’s also some stuff about a “strong, independent New Jersey bank” which seems interesting. Do you know how much money we pay investment banks and law firms and financial advisors every time we do one of those bond issues?
If you do, we would like to hear from you!
For more feats of journalism…
Online map will let people know where the crimes are in Atlantic City–Finding out where crime is in Atlantic City could now be as easy as going online. The city’s Police Department has joined CrimeMapping.com, which allows residents and visitors to see where crimes have happened. breakingac.com
New Jersey obesity rate at an all-time high, but still ranks 41st in nation–New Jersey’s adult obesity rate hit an all-time high of 27.3 percent in 2017, as its residents continue to pace the Tri-State’s rising average body mass index, a new report shows. www.northjersey.com
Movie theater chain files for bankruptcy–Frank Theatres in New Jersey include the Tilton 8 in Northfield and the Towne Stadium 16 in Egg Harbor Township. A representative at the Egg Harbor Township theater said they were open. www.nj.com
Joe Coronato to become Ocean County ‘drug czar?’ Freeholders support proposal–Ocean County Freeholder Jack Kelly, director of law and public safety, said Wednesday that he would support the appointment of outgoing Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato to such a position. www.app.com