{"id":6625,"date":"2019-06-06T02:18:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T06:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=6625"},"modified":"2019-06-07T04:21:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T08:21:31","slug":"pot-activists-serenade-seaside-council-with-song-listing-all-n-j-towns-with-marijuana-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2019\/06\/pot-activists-serenade-seaside-council-with-song-listing-all-n-j-towns-with-marijuana-bans\/","title":{"rendered":"Pot Activists Serenade Seaside Council With Song Listing All N.J. Towns With Marijuana Bans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-YUqpzA0i-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/YUqpzA0i?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Armed with a guitar and a life-sized bong costume, two marijuana legalization activists debuted a song about the more than 50 New Jersey towns that have pre-emptive banned the sale of cannabis should it become legal.<\/p>\n<p>Edward &#8220;Lefty&#8221; Grimes and a fellow activist chose Wednesday night&#8217;s Seaside Heights borough council meeting to introduce their toe-tapper, which was taken in stride by officials and residents who smiled as the list of towns were rattled off in the duo&#8217;s cleverly-arranged lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>The concert didn&#8217;t go perfectly, however. The activist wearing the bong costume got stuck in the doorway to the council chamber on the way out and had to remove it before exiting.<\/p>\n<p>The song, &#8220;You Can&#8217;t Get No Weed Here,&#8221; also included some references to medical marijuana being used in the treatment of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>After the performance, the pair left the room, but officials were left wondering why they had come in the first place. Seaside Heights has, indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2019\/05\/seaside-heights-bans-marijuana-sales-as-legalization-prospects-dwindle\/\">passed an ordinance<\/a> that would prohibit the sale of recreational marijuana should it become legal, but the measure was passed (without any public comment) in April.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2019\/06\/pot-activists-serenade-seaside-council-with-song-listing-all-n-j-towns-with-marijuana-bans\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed with a guitar and a life-sized bong costume, two marijuana legalization activists debuted a song about the more than 50 New Jersey towns that have pre-emptive banned the sale of cannabis should it become legal. 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