{"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&cover=1&loop=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&muted=0&controls=1&playsinline=0&useAverageColor=0&preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/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 \u201cLefty\u201d Grimes and a fellow activist chose Wednesday night\u2019s 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\u2019s cleverly-arranged lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>The concert didn\u2019t 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, \u201cYou Can\u2019t Get No Weed Here,\u201d 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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