I’m all for knowing where your teenagers are at night. I have two.
But I don’t think curfews for kids under 18 are a great way to keep the general public safe or any way to curb teenage boredom that so often sets in at night during these hot summer months.
So after the Myrtle Beach City Council voted Tuesday to move a citywide midnight curfew to 9 p.m. in the downtown area and on city parks and property, I have to admit I am skeptical, especially so because the council had told the public ahead of the meeting that the curfew would actually start at 10 p.m., an hour later, and made no mention of extending it beyond downtown until just before its vote…