Cheers for Community Organizers\u2026<\/b>What an amazing election! Barack Obama has quietly, efficiently and thoroughly overturned the standard model for presidential elections. People who never cared about politics are avidly following Obama\u2019s daily actions. Millions of small donations to his cause \u2014 and thousands of volunteers \u2014 have energized an entirely new crop of activists across America. We hope local Obama workers will turn their newfound energies to improving PB. Safer Beaches\u2026<\/b>PB\u2019s community organizers helped lead the parade to pass Prop D, permanently allowing our beaches to remain alcohol-free. Strong support came from places like Scripps Ranch, Del Cerro, Mira Mesa, Allied Gardens and San Ysidro. Elsewhere, families, especially those originally from other countries, decided that a day at the beach would be better if Grandma and their young teenage daughters didn\u2019t have to deal with large crowds of rowdy imbibers. Young women were also emphatically in favor, telling campaign workers, “I\u2019m tired of being hassled at the beach.” Prop D passed, 52.8 percent to 47.2 percent. Fact Check\u2026<\/b>Statistics were quoted by both sides. Here are a few explanations: \u2022 DUI arrests are up in PB. That\u2019s because police, no longer stuck at the beach, have had time to move inland, catching more drunk drivers. \u2022 Lifeguards won\u2019t be as busy. Lt. Andy Lerum told me, “Now that families are returning to the beach, more kids are in the water and we\u2019re busy rescuing them.” \u2022 Arrests is up. See above. With MIP (minors in possession) rates down 50 percent, cops can more efficiently respond to calls on car break-ins, loud parties, etc. that were often unanswered before. Let\u2019s celebrate PB\u2013together!…<\/b> It\u2019s time to enjoy events that everyone can appreciate, like the upcoming PB Christmas Parade on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. Want to enter? Forms are on Discover PB\u2019s website, PacificBeach.org, or call Kathy Evans, (858) 488-7355. Wildwood, N.J., did just that, after an alcohol ban passed years ago. When we visited Wildwood last year, city clerk Chris Wood told me their Chamber of Commerce began hosting family-friendly events. Their jam-packed annual calendar now includes a classic car show, kite festival, kids\u2019 boogie board races, an Ultimate Frisbee tournament, Wildwood Triathlon, fishing tournaments, bike races, a Classic Motorcycle Club rally and dozens of musical shows, from “Fabulous \u201950s” to “Sensational \u201960s,” a blues festival and Philadelphia Mummers. For parade details or to suggest future events, attend PB\u2019s Special Events Committee. It meets Tuesday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m. in Discover PB\u2019s office, 1503 Garnet Ave.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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