Frustrating to read that a few elected officials want to hold funding for Sandy relief hostage, in trade for eliminating beach tags. Do they think the shore communities make a profit from this revenue?
The reality: money generated from the sale of beach tags is used to off set the cost to maintain, clean, and guard the beaches.
For more detail, I have attached the article from today’s Press of Atlantic City: Beach Tags
Yes, it’s a user fee- similar to paying a toll on a roadway. And, yes, the year round residents and property owners (aka tax payers) buy tags, too.
We purchase 6 seasonal tags each summer; $126 total for the privilege of using “my beach” and sharing it during family visits. For that nominal fee, I see the tractors raking the beach each morning, the Borough Public Works crew emptying the trash cans, and the well trained lifeguards in their assigned spot. A bargain!
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