With the peak season of 2015 only eight months away – practically the blink of an eye in the legal world – the Town of Ocean City has committed to proceeding with a review of its embattled policies regarding Boardwalk street performers.
Last month, it became known that the city had interviewed and was considering two outside legal firms that specialize in constitutional law to review the city’s strategy regarding the sticky First Amendment issue.
“The council has now authorized me to retain the Venable Law Firm in Baltimore,” City Solicitor Guy Ayres said this week. “They’re working up a timetable now with the course of action they intend to follow. I expect to have something back shortly.”
Complaints from visitors and business owners about Boardwalk performers have risen steadily in over the past several years, and sharply over this past summer season, particularly with the addition of a pole dancer, albeit a clothed one.
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