WRONG THINKING

AZZBERRI PAWK

.....never underestimate the power of a

crowd of stupied people

I have spoke before of the difficulties involved

in saving AP from itself.

There's an old saying..

...you can lead a horse to water but you can't

make 'em drink

I now realize that we are on "different pages"

when it comes to the concept of ALF's

mission to have AP declared a

CULTURAL SANCTURARY

In the year that AP celebrated it's musical heritage

they "outlawed" culture at a grass roots level in AP

Go to the archives and find Performers Ord.

Aug 12, 2011

It's obvious that the city is paying the city attorney too much.  He forgot to add three crucial words to the ordinance

"For monetary gain"

The ordinance as written is un-consitutional.

It outlaws freedom of expression.

Nice job AP

WRONG THINKING

(aka: defective logic)

Case in point the recent closing down of the drum circle for the first time in thirteen years.  I was there and filmed the event and left just prior to the closing.

Visit:  You-Tube>Arts Liberation Front>

Congo Square N. 7-10-12

and judge for yourself

(First lock your doors because they frown on

free thinkers and you could get in trouble)

Anybody can easily see that people were easily passing with no trouble.  Are we to believe that within ten mins.of the video that so many people showed up they had to close the drum circle down.

Were there other options?  Did the culture cops make any effort to manage the flow of traffic?  If not, why not?

Was the real problem if they weren't having fun no one could.

Follow this logic:

Crowds are good for business

The free entertainment

attracts crowds

Instead of running off the free entertainment..

...pay them

...DUUUHHH...!!

THE WAR ON CULTURE

Un-like our sister cities to the South, Point Pleasent

issues a fifteen dollar permit to veterans so they can set up a sidewalk business.

(Where is the discount for seniors and veterans.

What'sa matter?  Don't care 'bout them?)

Belmar goes so far as to support the

BELMAR ARTS COUNCIL

...they got their own building

Un-like AP that is frightened to the point of

waging war on culture

In addition to closing down the drum circle and running the Sat drum circle out of town artist who have been showing in the casino for two years have been run out

and are now being told that they must have a license for the FREE CULTURE ZONE and must have

a fifty dollar a week permit to sell there'

WHAT PART OF

FREE

don't they understand?

Who runs this town?  The city council?

The clerks in the license office?

The boots on the boards?

Who knows.....

..what ever, don't expect any culture miracles

to happen soon.  You can only do so much

with what you got.

...you can lead a whore to culture

...but you can't make her think

DE-CRIMINALIZE
CULTURE

OCCUPY
THE
FREE
CULTURE
ZONE