I'm getting a little tired of business pre$$titues:
"Jersey shore getting ready for first summer after Sandy; Much rebuilt, but landscape looks different" by Wayne Parry | Associated Press, May 22, 2013
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year.
The smell of funnel cakes, french fries, and pizza will mingle with the salt air, and the screech of sea gulls will be heard, but so will the thwack of hammers repairing what can be fixed and the roar of bulldozers and backhoes tearing down what cannot.
What has taken so long.... or, right, harsh winter.
Welcome to summer 2013 at the Jersey shore....
While Sandy damaged or destroyed many shore rentals, there are still plenty to be had, said Randy Sinor, past president of the Ocean County Board of Realtors, who works in Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island.
‘‘On LBI, we all have 95 percent or better of our pre-Sandy inventory ready for rental,’’ he said.
Countywide, rental stock ranges from about 65 percent of what was there before Sandy to 90 percent, depending on the town, he said. Demand has been about 75 percent of what it was at this time last year.
Related: After Hurricane Sandy, Homeless Still Number In The Thousands In New York, New Jersey
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But why let that get in the way of the shit-spinning pre$$ spin?
Not all of the Jersey shore was hurt by Sandy. Famous resort towns including Ocean City and the Wildwoods had minimal damage that was quickly repaired....
Related: Sunday Globe Special: East Coast Still a Mess Six Months After Sandy
‘‘The Jersey shore is open for the summer and ready to receive our customers,’’ Governor Chris Christie said Monday at a ceremony reopening the newly rebuilt Lavallette boardwalk....
Christie cautioned that parts of the shore won’t look as they did last summer, but predicted by next summer they should be back to normal.
Next summer?
Even in many of the places that were damaged the most by Sandy, remarkable recovery and rebuilding efforts have been made to get them ready for the summer tourist season.
I can't take it anymore.
Yet reminders of the storm’s devastation are visible all around.....
Oh no!
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Also see: May Day: Sandy Stirred Up Sewage Tsunami
But it's safe to go swimming.
Boston Globe Can't See the New Jersey Shore
Too much sewage covering the sand?
