“Stand up for the people who live here. No group event should impact the town at the expense of the people who call it home,” Mancini said. “If the cruisers want to come to Ocean City and obey our laws, we should welcome them … in March or April.”

“Cruiser weekend has done a really good job in the past 24 years and has been a really successful event. A lot of people that come for the event are really here to show off their pride in their vehicles but unfortunately there are people that come who don’t necessarily have those intentions,” Waters said. “While they have been around for a long time, sometimes it might be time to make a change and what has worked in past years might not be working anymore. I would assume before next year’s event or before the fall event, there is going to be a conversation with the city manager and the Mayor and Council to determine how we are not going to run into those same problems, and how we are going to make changes to improve the quality of the event and the quality of Ocean City for our residents and our visitors.”

“May weekends, aside from Cruisin’ and Memorial Day, are not particularly strong from a business standpoint. Losing Cruisin’ would be disastrous to the business community. It’s as strong as Memorial Day weekend. Our season is short enough already and losing one of the prime weekends would be painful. Any event can be refined and improved and looking into how we can improve it for residents, participants and businesses is certainly a worthy effort,” Harrison said. “We are talking about killing a golden goose so we have to be really careful there.”

"The big trucks and the mustangs come on that weekend and they are not part of Cruisin’. "

Since the site won't let me post a comment, I'll vent here (PS we should go to Rehoboth Beach, DE or Virginia Beach, VA or find another event like one held in Crisfield, MD - anyone know of any?):

Dear Ocean City Resident Gabriel Mancini - I understand you live in a resort area and are unhappy. I may be interested in purchasing your home if you decide to put it on the market. This event is for families and friends with a passion for cars. Who are you to judge anyone or think you own city you live in? Do not stereotype car lovers that support your hometown as drunk law breaking trash throwing unacceptable people and I will do my best to believe you are not a selfish naive negative nasty person. You really think this event is going to get cancelled or change the dates to a colder month so less money can be made? More likely us law breakers may just ban your welcoming town and give a more appreciative area a turn to host this event and make our hard earn money. No worries, you can in turn complain about your property taxes being raised from lack of visitor revenue and lack of available businesses due to forced closures.

Dear OCPD - You may say safety is your number one priority (its everyone's priority by the way), but OCPD was extreme unprofessional bullies that took advantage of the good people who supported your town. I observed police harassment in 2013, but nothing like 2014 as the entire event on each block pulling cars over with no laws broken for financial gain. It appeared as corruption to steal "legally". It wouldn't have anything to do with balancing the county's budget would it? Last year with a $2.4 million budget shortfall to 2015 with just under $100,000. Had to pay for the boardwalk somehow...

Thanks Ocean City for the warm welcome, appreciation, and years of loyalty!

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