Jersey Mayhem: Quiet Shore Municipality Struggles With Force Much Greater Than Itself

"It really is true, and has been proven-whether it's a show or not-when people misbehave in public, it's the same: The police expeditiously end their bad behavior so all the good people can enjoy their time."
-The problem is (whether Seaside Heights borough administrator John A. Camera will admit it or not) that television networks "expeditiously" pay some people $30,000 an episode to produce bad behavior, so all the other good people can enjoy their time. This Asbury Park Press article provides a good look at how a small town's government handles a cultural phenomenon that is at once a boon and a major pain-in-the-ass.