City leaders rethink strategy after hundreds of arrests and two deaths during this year’s student vacation marred by mayhem
“I appreciate our hospitality industry, they invest in our community, but to listen to them like we’re gonna ruin them by asking to have a curfew for three nights is absurd to me.”
“I understand why 18-year-olds want to come here, and 25-year-olds want to come here. It’s on the ocean, the scenery is beautiful, the weather’s great, it’s got a great feel to it and creates electricity,” he said. “So it becomes a pretty toxic mix. It’s not really a spring break at all, it’s a sort of a street party that ends up with a lot of disorder or criminal behavior.”
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