No November vote for Ocean City BYOB
Proponents of a move to allow BYOB restaurants in Ocean City, N.J., are saying nevermind.
They have withdrawn a petition that would have left the matter up to public vote in November and will instead petition for a public question on the fall ballot.
“We don’t want people to vote on something that’s not black and white,” Bill McGinnity, a vice president of the Ocean City Restaurant Association, told Ocean City Patch.
Enough petitions had been collected to get the matter on the ballot, but a court case in Sayerville, N.J., has Ocean City BYOB proponents concerned their own ordinance could be open to legal challenge.
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