Barnegat Township Mayor Alfonso Cirulli was all revved up to attend the recent state mayors association winter conference in Trenton. He was planning to use the occasion to voice his displeasure over the possibility of New Jersey legalizing marijuana.

However, he found that many officials didn’t seem to have the same passion. In fact, Cirulli recalled one speaker saying, “Well, Prohibition didn’t work.”

“I was really surprised,” said the mayor at the Feb. 5 township committee meeting.