When do you think Sarasota County will reopen? (Venice, Palm Beach: hair salon, house)

[graceC]

Originally Posted by blueherons

The only reason our beaches are closed is because the morons from out of town didn't practice social distancing. Just google Spring Break photos.

No one is ready for tourists to come back. We will be soon but not yet.

The bolded statement is not 100% true. The county decided to close our beaches because other beaches were already closed at the time, so they were afraid we would get an influx of people if we're the only ones open. If all the beaches in the areas are open, then people would just go to whichever beach they're close to, which means the crowd will be spread around just like usual.

The spring break photos were not even taken from our beaches, and I bet some of them were stock photos, just like that Twitter photo about a Jacksonville beach that's currently circulating.

Speaking of Jacksonville beaches, they were packed on opening day, but traffic went down after the novelty wore off.

You can't stop people from coming, look at the out of town license plates still driving all around town, road checkpoints or not. Some of these folks may be part time residents who probably didn't want to go through the hassle of changing license plates, so you're saying they have no rights to go to the beach although they pay local taxes just like full time residents? Last I checked, this is still a free country, no?

So rather then spend that money and energy trying to prevent people from going to the beach (of all things!), how about spending it on something else more urgent, like buying more testing kits that everyone is insisting on having?

[071402]

Originally Posted by blueherons

The only reason our beaches are closed is because the morons from out of town didn't practice social distancing. Just google Spring Break photos.

No one is ready for tourists to come back. We will be soon but not yet.

cept most were florida residents also - florida colleges

[beach43ofus]

Sarasota County Beaches opening Monday, with restrictions, and parking lots closed? That is how I read this article.

Venice beaches may remain closed...unsure. The bottom of the article says "still developing"

https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/2...h-restrictions

[blueherons]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

Here, most beach parking lots have multiple entrances, so they'd have to use barriers to seal all but 1 off, and place an officer at that entrance to check tags, and turn away non-Floridians. It could cause lines at peak times in the morning, but otherwise, it could work.

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The first day it will be like the Saturday of Easter trying to find a parking spot at the main beach.

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

Sarasota County Beaches opening Monday, with restrictions, and parking lots closed? That is how I read this article.

Venice beaches may remain closed...unsure. The bottom of the article says "still developing"

https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/2...h-restrictions

THIS IS AWESOME NEWS!!!

[newtovenice]

Originally Posted by graceC

The bolded statement is not 100% true. The county decided to close our beaches because other beaches were already closed at the time, so they were afraid we would get an influx of people if we're the only ones open. If all the beaches in the areas are open, then people would just go to whichever beach they're close to, which means the crowd will be spread around just like usual.

The spring break photos were not even taken from our beaches, and I bet some of them were stock photos, just like that Twitter photo about a Jacksonville beach that's currently circulating.

Speaking of Jacksonville beaches, they were packed on opening day, but traffic went down after the novelty wore off.

You can't stop people from coming, look at the out of town license plates still driving all around town, road checkpoints or not. Some of these folks may be part time residents who probably didn't want to go through the hassle of changing license plates, so you're saying they have no rights to go to the beach although they pay local taxes just like full time residents? Last I checked, this is still a free country, no?

So rather then spend that money and energy trying to prevent people from going to the beach (of all things!), how about spending it on something else more urgent, like buying more testing kits that everyone is insisting on having?

They closed the beaches because they did not want out of town people overcrowding the beaches. Authorities said that people HERE were practicing social distancing and that there were no issues HERE. Not sure why this is hard to understand. It's exactly what happened.

And no, it's NOT a free country. That's why we are stuck at home, schools and small businesses are closed, and WE CAN'T GO TO THE BEACH RIGHT NOW.

Sheesh.

[Frozen Tundra to FL]

Originally Posted by blueherons

They need to reopened to locals first.

No out of towners.

Any vacationers who fly into Florida and rent a car will have a Florida license plate so how will you determine the out of towners?

[graceC]

Originally Posted by newtovenice

They closed the beaches because they did not want out of town people overcrowding the beaches. Authorities said that people HERE were practicing social distancing and that there were no issues HERE. Not sure why this is hard to understand. It's exactly what happened.

And no, it's NOT a free country. That's why we are stuck at home, schools and small businesses are closed, and WE CAN'T GO TO THE BEACH RIGHT NOW.

Sheesh.

Oh, I understand just fine but I'm not going to continue this argument since they're not going to ban out of town visitors from going to the beach, so it's a moot point.

I find it ironic that you're complaining about freedom but you are ok putting restrictions on someone else's freedom.

[gypsychic]

I don't really call this "opening" the beaches. With restrictions and no place to park.... well how many are going to be there anyway? Ironically, the beach is one of the best places for one's health, physical and mental.

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by Frozen Tundra to FL

Any vacationers who fly into Florida and rent a car will have a Florida license plate so how will you determine the out of towners?

They'd have to show ID...drivers licenses.

[newtovenice]

Originally Posted by gypsychic

I don't really call this "opening" the beaches. With restrictions and no place to park.... well how many are going to be there anyway? Ironically, the beach is one of the best places for one's health, physical and mental.

I agree.