East Hampton Town Trustee: If You See The Kardashians, Call The Police

Times have changed for beachgoers at Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett. Families have recently had to put up with boozing 21 year olds visiting from colleges on the East Coast—and now, the famed Kardashians have taken to the scene.

Last week, they were spotted with their film crew on the popular beach. However, if it were up to East Hampton Town Trustee Diane McNally, they’d be escorted off by police.

During a Town Board meeting last Thursday, June 19, Amagansett resident Joan Tulp, while expressing her support of a summer ban on alcohol on the beach, said a relaxing day at the beach had turned into a Kardashian calamity.

“Just yesterday at Indian Wells Beach, a beautiful and quiet day without any tourists, we were surrounded and our peace shattered by filmmakers and paparazzi accompanying the Kardashians,” she said as the audience started to murmur. “This weekend, we will no doubt have 200 to 300 party drinkers at Indian Wells, as we did every weekend last summer.”

A few minutes later, in the heat of debate over the alcohol ban, Ms. McNally, who is not in favor of the ban, called for rallying the troops, so to speak—not against those partying on the beach, but against the reality TV clan.

While discussing a need for more civility in town during the summer months, she ended her time at the lectern with this: “And, also, who gave the Kardashians permission to go on Indian Wells Beach to film anything? Because the Trustees certainly didn’t,” she said. “And if you see them on the beach, call the police, because they’re not there legally. Get ’em off. Get ’em outta here.”

Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian set up shop in Southampton Village for the summer with their pop-up boutique, DASH. Their presence has stirred a bit of excitement in the Hamptons, and continues to do so.

And it turns out East Hampton Town did, after all, gave the Kardashians permission to go on Indian Wells Beach on June 17 to film for an hour and a half, with 15 people and handheld equipment. According to Town Clerk Carole Brennan, their filming company obtained a permit for the day, but at the time town officials didn’t know it was for “Kourtney and Khloé Take the Hamptons.”

Neither the Kardashians nor their representatives could be reached on Tuesday for comment.