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"WE THINK OF GUIDOS AS KIND OF A RARE BIRD: THEY FLOCK TO OUR SHORE TOWNS DURING THE WARM MONTHS, AND ARE AS WELCOME AS, OH, CANADA GEESE,"
"THEY'RE ALWAYS TANNED TO THE COLOR OF COCONUT SHELLS, AND EASILY IDENTIFIED BY THEIR PLUMAGE: SATIN SHIRTS AND SHOR SKIRTS ON THE FEMALES; ARMANY EXCHANGE T-SHIRTS AND ARTFULLY DISTRESSED JEANS ON THE MALES."
"THE CALL OF THE QUIDO IS BELLOWING, AND FREQUENTLY SLURRED, INVARIABLE STARTING WITH THE SOUND, 'YO,' FOLLOWED ALL TOO OFTEN BY SOME CREATIVE VARIATION ON AN EXPLETIVE BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER 'F.' "
THOSE WERE JUST A FEW OF MAYOR KEN PRINGLE'S QUOTES IN AN FLYER HE PUBLISHES CALLED "BELMAR SUMMER RENTAL NEWS".
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS AN AMERICAN MAYOR TELLING FELLOW AMERICANS THEY’RE NOT WELCOME IN HIS MUNICIPALITY. IN DOING SO, HE FELT IT NECESSARY TO INSULT AN ETHNICITY WHICH HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO SOCIETY. MANY OF THESE DELINQUENTS ARE NOT, IN FACT, ITALIAN NOR FROM STATEN ISLAND. A STEREOTYPE HAS BEEN FORMED AND ANYONE WHO ACTS OUT IN THIS MANOR IS REFERRED TO AS… A STATEN ISLAND GUIDO.
AS OF THE 2000 CENSUS.. BELMAR’S POPULATION WAS 6, 045 PEOPLE. THE TOWN DEPENDS ON MONEY BROUGHT IN BY THE THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS AND OTHERS WHOM FREQUENT BELMAR DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. LEAVE MAYOR PRINGLE WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH BY NOT GOING TO BELMAR. IF YOU MUST VISIT, GO OUTSIDE THE BOROUGH’S BOUNDARY LINES TO SPEND YOUR HARD-EARNED MONEY.