Is this why I get pulled over from police traps in February when no one is around for miles. Thought it was they had nothing better to do and want to "earn" their 90,000. Didn't realize it was to pay for increase in insurance premiums due to beat downs by the thugs in costumes.

No, you got pulled over for speeding!!!! Dummy!!!

I knew D’Onofrio both from college & when I managed the former Funtown Arcade that was next door to it. He was a member of TKE frat at Rider College, which was thrown off campus. for many social reasons. His family also had owned the shopping center by Rts 166 & 37 before it was totally torn down and rebuilt. That shopping center was an eyesore in town. The family has ALWAYS been shady in any dealings. Guess he can now retire with the monies received.

SSP not the SSH....sorry Heights...

I can't believe he won. He did pull a fast one when he got an agreement on opening an upstairs restaurant, than turned it into a night club. He also screwed me when he turned a bar I loved into what it is today, I tourist trap.

He also helped out ssp police, and I guess he received no credit for it. When sawmill expanded, which meant the purchase of that very shady pool hall, he got rid of a business that was catering to very shady folks. But, I am still made at him..

2.5M? What? Did someone die? How much did the town officials get? This is a major scam! Our State government should investigate the town of Seaside which is known for its non stop corruption!

In my opinion, I am pretty sure that I had read that rap groups/singers draw in gangs like a magnet. I would think that the town would not want to have to deal with the type of people that would most likely come...sorry, but I totally agree with the PD for wanting to keep these types out of the town. Hey, SSH already attracts undesirables!

@suz...I'm white...not a gang banger...and actually listen to some rap music...been to plenty of bars in Seaside Park/Heights that have gang members lurking when Shorty Long or other "white" bands have been playing...its comments like yours, based on hearsay that ended SSP in this mess in the first place...stop passing judgement based on rumors & fear.

BTW..."these types", wow, your racism isn't being hidden very well at all...I personally would like to see men with too much hair product kept out of Seaside because they take their shirts off & start fights, but I don't think my argument would hold up too well in court...just sayin.

suz...What type of people were you talking about? Who is the Ass? I think you need to get a life.

yada yada yada.
Take the state police out of their cars and start patrolling on foot the new boardwalk. Close the bars at midnight, end of problem regardless of what dirtbags of any color, religion, creed are lurking there. the end.

@suz...why don't you go back & read what YOU wrote..."I'm pretty sure that rap singers/groups draw in gangs like a magnet..." "...the type of people..." "These types of people..." YOU WROTE IT...I RESPONDED TO IT...you obviously are the ASS, and as far as getting a life goes...why don't you get out of your little "white" bubble and see the rest of the world...or have you "heard" that gangs may be out there??? Give me a break, your ignorance is far from blissful, its fearful and sad.

@jerseyswamps...nope nothing against them, I am one...and since when do only certain ethnic backgrounds use hair product...I've seen plenty of blonde guys out there with that stuff in their hair as well.

Look the town probably did not want those types of rappers/hip hops bands types. Can't blame them, what kind of folks do you think follow rapers? Bet they are not coming in from Spring Lake. They may have wanted to keep the gangs out, I would too.

Ban all blacks, Itailans, kids from North Jersey, all fans of Jersey Shore from going to all bars in Seaside Park. Oh wait, thats just about everybody that spends money in Seaside. Wise up Seaside Park you need every last penny to pay your Municipal Mooching employees.

Well then we better include the drunk Irish kids and others , why stop there. So the only visitors to SS would be, ummm no one...

Congrats Stephen D’Onofrio!

Hold your horses. The band that was in question was a rapper band. Hence, gang's form Newark, Patterson and the like would follow that type of band. That is only one class of race , now I know why this happened.

Rapper "Method Man", HMMM let me ponder on whom would be the upstanding folk's going to that concert. Let's see, Toms River probaby not, Point Pleasant,Bay Head nope.... NYC, North Jersey inner city folks, Asbury Park, Lakewood. Now there you GO!

If you are old like me, you may remember that many years ago Saturday Night Live had a running joke about a racist that denied their racism stating things like “I do not judge a man by the color of his skin. I judge him by how well you can see him in the dark when he smiles.” Or “I judge him by the size of his nostrils.” The point was to show that a racist may not mention race but still could be racist using code words. Sorry @Suz but the fact is implying that people that like rap music are “those types of people” are code words used by racists. You personally may not be a racist but the langue you used is racist code. Nancy Rizzo Larkin’s comment about Spring Lake is racist code also. Fact: many young people like rap music. Gangs are mainly young people. Most young people that like rap are not gang members. Using your logic, many mafia members were Italians that liked Frank Sinatra. Should we have banned Frank Sinatra concerts? I am not saying that The Sawmill was correct. They changed the use of the building and violated the conditions of their Certificate of Occupancy. They should have been set violations. That is no excuse for racist comments.

The problem with “the program” is government should not use its police powers in a selective way. Only enforcing the regulation after the government did not care for the type of band is selective enforcement. If they enforced the conditions of the Certificate of Occupancy regardless of what kind of band was performing, and at all businesses that had bands, then the Township would not have a problem. The Town wanted to choose the type of band. That is Government overreaching.

When brown people visit your town they bring their criminal activities with them, keep it white my friends!

Hey leave "Ol Blue Eyes" otta this,he would not have been caught dead in S. S Heights. My parents showed me photos of his concerts back in the day. The audience looked like a Lawrence Welk show.

And snooki and jay wow are any better then rappers ? fights ,police arrests drunkin disorderly?????? thats what seaside is so stevie D did nothing wrong and he was backed up against a wall and he pushed back and won . your the man stevie D.

I think this is great. He told the local politicians do not S-rew with me. They tried to pull the all so prevalent power hand and he beat them more power to him. He is a very successful business man and obviously other businesses did not like it.

What can brown do for you??? Collect my tax cuts thats what. And handouts. Obama supporting shitbags.

seaside has been going down hill since the mid 80's. Current tough guy bar owners,jersey shore tv shows,tough guy bouncers and the trash that hang out there has made it a dump site. No matter what age or color you are..if you go to seaside you are trash.

SSH and SSP has become nothing but a cesspool for all the crackeheads, baby mamas, alcoholics and undesirables that social services places there. Now hopefully the flood waters have cleaned all that scum out and the place can go back to being a decent seaside community pre "The Jersey Shore" and Snookie and Co. Any place where all the "bennies" go is going to develop problems, it doesn't help when the police force and township council members are as crooked as the letter y.

Congratulations Mr.Steve D. Only wished you received more.Haven't been to that town since the 90's as a result of their mickey mouse PD "wanna be"state trooper ego's. EG. Took my family of 6 for a night out. Pumped the max.amount into their parking meter.Did not register.Left a note to that effect highly visible on my windshield.Ticketed anyhow.Paid the ticket along with a personal note to the judge. I had no time to go in person along with the possible added court costs associated with a nickle and dime ticket .No reply. This in spite of the fact I included a self addressed stamped envelope.That did it. We have not gone there since. Previously,received two other parking tix. Meter expired. Guilty. Got over it.Paid the tickets. We could have been no more than 5-10 minutes over.It seemed as though these cops just sat there waiting for that red flag to go up.
Pay back is a bitch. Again. Congrat's Steve. We are smiling from ear to ear.
It is unfortunate they do not see the big picture.Result,places such as Klee's,etc.suffer loss of our business.

Seaside Park is amazingly corrupt in my opinion. They hire very incompetant people and as a result get sued. They just paid an out of court settlement to a resident who built his house like they told him to do via his constuction plans. After he built it they found that they approved it incorrectly and wanted him to demoish it. Two years later he wins @ $200k in a lawsuit they settle.
I also have the same law suit against them...

It truly is amazing how corrupt all the towns and schools are...Too many law suits to count and they keep coming. But these fools keep spending and costing us money.

There were gang bangers on that boardwalk before any rapper came .... I wouldn't step foot on that crap hole

Soylent Green...yes Rap..music is dangerous to the general public..look what happened in Las Vagas this past weekend

Your full of baloney...So What...Look at the school shooting in CT...He was a little skinny white kid that did not only listen to rap music...probably did not know what rap music is.

Seaside police are the biggest gang in ocean county. Overpaid and violent as all hell. Amazing how real cops in big cities make 33k and these nightstick-happy meter maids get six figures with o.t. only to get the town sued for bashing some drunk's skull in, then go on shooting sprees. Didn't forget about that already did you?

I believe that if you obey the law, you don't have a problem with the police no matter where you live. I, personally, would prefer police that appear to be aggressive depending on the circumstances. There are real idiots in SSH.