Brickbat: No Summer Snakes

Officials in Atlantic City, New Jersey, have banned snakes and other reptiles from its iconic boardwalk from Memorial Day to Labor Day. For the past few summers, Jason Wilson has allowed visitors to the boardwalk to pet and hold his Burmese pythons, which he says has been educational for those people and helped some ease their fears of snakes. But some council members expressed concern about how safe it is to have snakes interacting with the public.