Michael Moynihan: Close the beaches, or why the right decision has now been made

Larry Vaughn, you should be living at this hour.

LARRY VAUGHAN, you should be living at this hour.

Jaws fans will remember the name of the mayor of Amity, the man who wouldn’t close the beaches because the town depended on summer dollars, and who duly saw the Kintner boy eaten in front of the whole town.