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"Sorry, Snooki: If you plan to head a few minutes north from Seaside to Asbury Park this summer, you may face some legal trouble for wearing your monokini on the boardwalk! In a seriously antiquated bit of legislation, the town of Asbury Park has a ban in place on wearing swimsuits on the boardwalk, which was first enacted in 1958. The law says, &amp;quot;No person clad in bathing attire shall be on the boardwalk or the public walks adjacent thereto,&amp;quot; according to ABC News, and while it&amp;#x27;s been largely ignored in recent years, one former town council member has asked that the ban be strictly enforced once again, in an attempt to uphold the town&amp;#x27;s image. Louise Murray, 74, told CBS News that she believes it&amp;#x27;s time to get back to some good old-fashioned values--and put on a cover-up. &amp;quot;Do you really want to be sitting in a restaurant and seeing somebody come up half-dressed? We all can&amp;amp;#8217;t be Sports Illustrated and we all can&amp;amp;#8217;t be GQ&amp;amp;#8217;s,&amp;amp;#8221; Murray said. &amp;amp;#8220;I had my day, the window&amp;amp;#8217;s obviously closed, but even at my best day I never walked in a bar in a bathing suit.&amp;amp;#8221; Violators can face a fine of up to $2,000, 90 days in jail, and community service, but other members of the town council say they&amp;#x27;ll make sure that doesnt happen, via CBS: &amp;quot;&amp;#x27;Since it is a law in the books, that needs to be revisited,&amp;#x27; City Manager Terry Reidy said. &amp;#x27;We&amp;amp;#8217;re not going to start arresting them or throwing them off the boardwalk. I think it&amp;amp;#8217;s something we really just have to look at.&amp;#x27; Councilman Kevin Sanders said it&amp;amp;#8217;s an archaic law that he&amp;amp;#8217;ll make sure won&amp;amp;#8217;t be enforced. &amp;#x27;That&amp;amp;#8217;s additional man hours. With the state cutting back and the city cutting back, that raises taxes. So I&amp;amp;#8217;m gonna have people riding around on bikes looking, checking swimsuits? No,&amp;#x27; Sanders said.&amp;quot; As for Murray&amp;#x27;s reasoning? &amp;quot;We&amp;amp;#8217;re going to end up like any other seedy boardwalk in some seashore town.&amp;quot; Yes, Snooki, JWoww &amp;amp; company, I&amp;#x27;d consider that an official dig! What do you ladies think? Ridiculous law that needs to be repealed, stat, or does this woman have a case? Discuss! PLUS! - Check out our favorite one-piece swimsuits for EVERY woman AND... - 18 inspiring swimsuit icons (and their sexy suits) Photo: Splash News"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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