Don't spoil it.....
We get to live here 365 days a year. Many of the part timers only get to be here during the holidays and vacation from work. We need to be tolerant for a few days.
More RV's on a lot then what is allowed, smoke from camp fires, loud laughing, dogs and kids running loose, loud music, bad driving, just to name a few. It's not the end of the world.
Especially with few clam digs, our economy relies on those tourist dollars. If it wasn't for them, we would not have nice grocery stores, many eating places and neat little shops.
These visitors are building good memories for themselves and the kids. Let's not spoil it for them and make their visit a bad experience. Your pets will also survive.
Have a great 4th everyone.
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By all means, lets encourage the vacationers to be obnoxious and as disrespectful as possible. Did the blog host forget that there is such a thing as quiet fun that brings no harm to your neighbors? We practice that and wish that our neighbors did as well.
9:16am, You sound like an old Hum Bug, look at George's post again, don't think he has encouraged anything, try being a little tolerant.
There is always someone ready to pile on. Ever hear the saying if you don't have something good to say then don't say anything?
George should have taken 7:09's advice and kept his thoughts to himself.
Well 7:09, if your advice was followed there would be no topics on here.
George should simply do what he is currently doing, and ignore your negativity and BS.
Why don't you try taking advice as well? Mind your own business, and do not bag on the blog host.
This is still the only source of accurate information on this association, and you want to shut it up. What Board member or lackey are you?
The whole peninusula could use some kind of a brochure to welcome visitors with a few hot tips for good behavior. Several businesses I know of just close down for the 4th because of rowdy behavior. There are always those guys, but also the uninformed or unprepared who would be glad to slow down, pick up after the dog, stay out of the water, watch the fire, don't drink too much. Come back soon.
Re: July 5, 2019 at 9:49 AM
I'm wondering what type of business would shut down during peak earning season.
Just because of a few bad apples.
911 works pretty well for these incidents?
I don't remember who that was, I think it was a restaurant.
the point was: There are always those guys, but also the uninformed or unprepared who would be glad to slow down, pick up after the dog, stay out of the water, watch the fire, don't drink too much. Come back soon. This is not just Surfside's problem, there could be a cooperative effort to influence activity on the peninsula around the holidays.
Most of the visitors wouldn't do the type of stuff or behave the way they do at home; don't do it here either! Its a nowadays strange word called courtesy or respect.
All that negativity about a very quiet fourth. Guess gotta complain about something?
Not all quiet, but it didn't bother me. The small fire by the condo's however did.
A lot of people have worked hard to get things quieted down over the 4th because it had become dangerous and scary on the beaches and in the neighborhoods. Anyone who would encourage bad, rude or dangerous behaviors for vacationers is clearly off the track.
The wildfire danger has become particularly alarming with so many lots in Surfside going unattended with tall, dry grasses and dense thickets of trees that are great tinder. I see unattended fires regularly and it is scary. Why do so many campers persist in unnecessary campfires that they leave unattended to go to the beach, to the store or to go to sleep? Scary!!
Most all RV lots get mowed and have adequate firepits. None have "thickets of trees", as RVs take up a lot of space. It is fortunate that there is very little fireworks activity in the neighborhoods, and most all of it is on the beach. It gets a bit heavy, but it is impressive looking up and down the beach, seeing layers of top-end fireworks going of at the same time.
Honestly, the most dangerous thing we saw was a man ineptly lighting empty white bags like a pillowcase with a fire receptacle at the base, and sending them airborne. It is an Asian type of hot-air lantern that is very cool to watch heading into the atmosphere, but obviously very dangerous should it come back to earth and ignite beachgrass. There are a lot of Cedar-clad homes that would be very vulnerable to a grassfire.
Which brings to mind the plan to have the Fire Dept. do a training burn on the old pumphouse on G St. It is surrounded by beachgrass, and the 2 closest structures are Cedar clad homes.
It is odd that no one knows about the plan okayed by the BOT, and planned for the early Fall, but curious the choice to burn this structure to save HOA dollars, yet pay out $8,000 for a year's rental of Golf Course property to store gravel for the Water Dept.
The G St property is already a Surfside property, and is plenty large enough to be the gravel storage site. The HOA was unwilling to approve a few thousand dollars to tear-down the Pumphouse, but decided to spend the money renting a lot at the Golf Course. That is irrational.
Burning a building down in a residential area will create a lot of polluting smoke, and leave a lingering stench for some time after. The HOA seems unconcerned about member notice or approval of this unnecessary plan. They can piss away vast sums of money on silly lawsuits, but won't spend money tearing down this building. This disparity of Board awareness and priorities is central to the biggest problems in Surfside.
do we all get it that Steve Cox lives very close to the site that is planned for the practice burn? just sayin -----
So, what has that to do with anything? Thank you Steve for your rational comments that provide material for discussion. This is the same thing we can expect from Mr. Cox after he is elected to the board. While he will be only one vote on the board, we can be assured that there will be more discussion on board actions than what there has been in the past. This can make a real difference from the past where there was little to none. We need more board members like him. He has my vote and others have said the same.
Thats all 3:54 can come up with? Laughable.
I'm curious if Cox or these others know who voted for and who voted against the burn. It was covered in the minutes so they did in fact let members know. Granted, you had to care enough to read them.
Once again 3:02 is having some reading comprehension issues.
12:14's comment concerning "thickets of trees" had nothing to do with RV lots. In fact there was no mention of RV's anywhere in the comment. Anyone who says there are not lots here in SS that have a dense collection of trees is lying.
Same with the fire pits. They talked about unattended, not adequate. I too have seen people leave their pits unattended, which even if they are adequate is an issue.
Just a reminder. The large fire a couple years back was caused by an unattended pit. There was a "thicket of trees" just north of the lot that if the wind had been going in that direction and ignited them instead of the smaller beach pines south would have made the fire much worse. This was an RV lot but could have been any.
Basically 3:02 does what he always does, ignores a valid comment and instead turns it into an opportunity to bash the board.
I saw mention of this plan already decided upon, in the "Weekender". I have found little useful information in the "Weekender", and BOT minutes are usually very vague. In general, I think few members read this online publication, but I will watch it more closely.
I question the need to burn down any buildings in a residential neighborhood, and am certain that few if any of the owners near to the old pumphouse are aware this is planned. It should be quite clear that the $8000 being spent at the Golf Course for one year of use ($5000 annually), could be better spent.
It seems odd that the pumphouse site appears custom-made for a gravel storage area, and we wouldn't be bound to an expensive annual rental fee. The Bldg. & Grounds site a block north also seem adequate.
This seems quite unnecessary and I question that there will be an effort to notify nearby owners well in advance. But it should be perfectly obvious that this will cause a lot of air pollution in the neighborhood, and leave burned material that will need to be hauled away. We know that a stench from the burning will remain for some time - all in an effort to save a few thousand dollars, easily wasted on a lawsuit or renting property outside the community.
As usual, Steve, your right on.
Thank you 10:05. It is refreshing to see a comment that indicates that someone actually read a post for content and meaning instead of using comments to launch another senseless argument.
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