The wed holmdel show just reminded me why I avoid Jersey at all costs. The parking lot was a police state. I never saw anything more pathetic. Get a life Jersey. I hear Newark might need some extra cops but I guess kids smoking a joint at a tailgate is way more important. I wonder how much all those extra uniforms & undercovers cost you Jersey taxpayers in overtime?

Again NJ is a state to laugh at. The amount of police presence at these shows is just a waste. I cant tell you how much the police are needed on the streets of Newark, or Jersey City arresting the really bad people car jacking, murdering, and bullying kids in school, not smoking a bowl at a concert. NJ just needs to face the facts you love Phish coming to town because you can send in a 100 cops to arrest 20 people smoking the doobie. I wounder if Geprge Washington would have been arrested when he smoked hemp crossing the Delaware River???

So yet again, Phish comes through town and wows the crowds who are primarily a bunch of kids and young professionals and this is the reporting that comes out of it. Pathetic...

You can do better than that... Here's an interesting read that may be thought provoking to the reader: The presence of cops at the show was absolutely ridiculus. Our group all agreed that we could not help but feel on edge with the police activity everywhere even though no one in the group had drugs of any kind in their possession. The cops were literally walking up to cars and looking in car windows, walking through tailgate parties and waiting to pounce. And for what, to possibly find a couple of kids smoking a joint?!? Comon NJ!! Really?!? What a aggregious waste of public money. Are there simply too many State Cops in NJ? THIS is the priority? Really? How about the tax dollars that were allocated for the State Police task force are stripped from the State Police and are redistributed to New Jersey's diminishing after school program...namely the music program. That way, we can ensure that our children will grow up with current examples of great musicians like Phish. Our priorities are so backasswards!

So what's worst kids havin fun enjoyin themselves and the music and not hurting a soul or the crackheads that roam the streets stealin from people and killing people??? How bout u write about why they don't step up the police presence in camden and Newark. Come on people wake up and see where the real problems in this world are!