Archive for February, 2010
AC Boat Show cancelled?
Monday, February 8th, 2010Yes it was, for Saturday at least. The snow that fell Friday into Saturday was enough for show promoters to cancel the show just 10 minutes before it was to open on Saturday. Vendors and patrons that had traveled from all over NJ and from out of state were furious.
The local media claimed there was about 24 inches of snow that fell upon Atlantic City by Saturday morning. I walked from the hotel to the AC Convention Center through some virgin snow and never found any that was even close to coming up to my knees. Not sure where the weathermen on the news were getting their information from but it was not from downtown Atlantic City. I estimate there was 10″ of the white stuff at best at 9:30 am.
The roads were actually pretty clear, most were plowed and were showing 75% or more blacktop. Despite what seemed like only a few inches it crippled the town all day. The outlets, the Pier at Caesar’s and a 24 hour Dunkin Donuts that I tried to stop at were all closed for the entire day.
Some of the casinos had very few tables open claiming they had no staff due to the store. Some of the more upscale casinos we later found out made special arrangements reserving almost a thousand rooms for staff to come in on Friday and stay the weekend to ensure that everything remained open and running smoothly for their guests. We wish that was the case where we stayed…all but one restaurant was open and it was impossible to get a seat a table game all day.
Even when we left on Sunday we could hardly believe how everyone was reacting and what the media making such a fuss about. There still was not 24″ of snow in AC to be found anywhere except where someone shoveled or plowed. We were even more amazed as we pulled into the driveway and saw out grass peeking through the snow…guess you really can’t depend on anything the weatherman says-they were predicting 6-10″ for our area…again 2″ at best was on the ground.
Fishermen to March on D.C. - “United We Fish”
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010There is a ‘Fishermen to March on Washington’ rally, ‘United We Fish’ on February 24th. The rally is to demonstrate against the unintended negative impacts of the Magnuson Stevens Conservation and Management Act (MSA) and to get congressional support for Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act (The Flexibility Bill) amending the Magnuson Stevens Conservation and Management Act (MSA). The Magnuson Stevens Conservation and Management Act (MSA) was made law in January of 2007. There are buses available for the ride down to Washington. To find out more information about the buses, check out some of the organizers of the rally’s web sites: Save the Summer Flounder, RFA, CCGF, United Boatmen of New York, United Boatmen of New Jersey, New York Sportfishing Federation, Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association and the Fishing Rights Alliance.
RFA Press Release on Fisherman to March on Washington
RFA Press Release on The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act
