I.V. Beach Booze Ban

No tears from these eyes... Surprised this wasn't done a long time ago.

I guess the Isla Vista community can directly blame the Floatopia organizers for this one... See, kids, your actions DO have consequences!

Doctor, doctor, doctor....

Our actions should have consequences equal to tyranny from government?!?! Are you kidding me?? I guess it is apparent that you didn't study much history. This is going to be a disaster with more lives destroyed from the crippling effects of law enforcement on innocent students than it will ever have on the safety of individuals. In fact I don't think IV's safety record will be impacted ONE BIT!! If anything, unintended consequences will arise and there will be more injuries!! YOU WATCH!

I hope the students protest this one.

Oh, and I find it ironic that the community had such strong support for Doreen Farr.. Maybe next time the Isla Vista community will learn to back for freedom oriented individuals such as Dr. David Bearman instead of these lame establishment progressives that rely way too much on government tyranny. THAT's the real lesson here.

Print this in the Nexus, IV!! Start your revolution!

Correction:

*back more freedom oriented*

not *back for freedom oriented*

loonpt: I could care less if 10 drunks fall from the cliffs during Flotopia or any other event. I don't care if students what to have a good time - so do I.
What I care about is the environment and this event had a huge impact. I also care that I am as a taxpayer have to pay for the clean-up and other costs associated with this and other events im I.V. Therefore I think this has been coming for a long time and yes: actions do have consequences.

While I agree with the ban, it's important for County Supes to realize the millions of dollars these students infuse into the local economy every year. Likewise, the City of Goleta is a major benefactor from student spending.

Making IV an unpopular place to spend your college years will have some tangible consequences for the County.

YAY!!!! Such a great idea. LONG overdue, IMO. If you're worried about money (not) coming into IV, you can rest assured that there will be plenty of students to refuse to adhere to this law and $$$ will be made in the form of ticketing offenders on the beach. No shortage of other places to drink in IV. This is not a long-term problem.

Deaths, injuries, beach trash and environmental damage definitely are, though.

Great..just what we need more laws which will probably bring more Brain Dead Cops (BDC) to Isla Vista.

Cops are usually the problem there anyway. Students gather, party and the next thing you know these muscle bound jerks break everything up....the kids get mad and riot.

It is the BDC's that cause the problem!

Wow, look at all the tyrants in SB. So sad. Tyranny is NOT common sense, ever. Don't let anybody trick you into thinking so.

rstein9 is right, this is just going to create more problems.

As far as the environment, there were plenty of people willing to volunteer to clean up after the event and I don't see any trash on the beach in IV whenever I go there (which is relatively often).

Dear loonpt: apparently who have not been at the beach after Flotopia, otherwise you wouldn't make such a blatantly false statement. I go to this beach quite often too, and I see a lot of trash. I see a lot of trash at each beach, but IV tops it.

No, i wasn't there after floatopia. If I were I would have helped clean up. If I had known about the event I would have gone and helped clean up. I didn't even know about the event until well after it occurred. If I had participated I would have DEFINITELY helped clean up. I don't think anybody knew what to expect the first time. If you gave them a couple more chances there would be more people willing to help clean up after, and maybe people would figure out ways to curb the amount of trash. Gee. I dunno, maybe they could even put TRASH CANS out on the beaches that day. I know I'd be down to carry a couple trash cans down the steps, but it's probably against some stupid law. Before the canceled the last event, they already had facebook groups dedicated to the clean-up after!!

So no, that is not a big concern because those types of things get taken care of by the community.

Oh and the most trash I've seen by far is west beach and east beach in downtown Santa Barbara. I lived in IV for years, still go there often and rarely ever see any trash around at all. Very pristine.