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These towns got whacked much worse than Brigantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even so, most of these seaside governments still had a solid communication plan in place to inform the local public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But not the current Brigantine city government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have you seen the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigantinebeachnj.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brigantine City website<\/a>?<\/strong>&nbsp;NO news at all&#8230;on this crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, check out the local&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigantinetimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brigantine Times Newspaper website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compare Brigantine to these towns&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachtownship.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.longbeachtownship.<wbr>com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocnj.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.ocnj.us\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sea-isle-city.nj.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.sea-isle-city.nj.<wbr>us\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/margate-nj.com\/index.cfm\">http:\/\/margate-nj.com\/index.cfm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Brigantine city government &nbsp;&amp; the Chamber of Commerce were clearly negligent in their duties to inform.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank God we had the Brigantine Police, and Lt. 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