I know that many locals here in Myrtle Beach don’t like the annual bike rallies and have chosen to roll up welcome mat. With this said, I believe the reason the city chose to end these annual gatherings is because of the NAACP. If the city told the black rallies only to go away the NAACP would have drug our city through legal battles that it simply wanted to avoid.
I say the hell with the NAACP and bring back the rallies, and in doing so deal with each rally based on its own merits. If you disobey our rules and laws we will simply deal with each group in the manor by which it is warranted. And if you continue to misbehave then you as a group are no longer welcomed. If the NAACP wants to yell discrimination then let them! Myrtle Beach is our city not the NAACP’s and we citizens should be the ones to decide who we want or not want to visit us … not based on the color of ones skin, but based on behavior alone.
Now after the fact, is Rep. Wilson a liability to South Carolina, more specifically Myrtle Beach where we depend heavily on tourist dollars? Here’s what’s being reported on the McCalchy website.
State and local tourism officials are being flooded by emails and calls from people across the country, saying they won't vacation in South Carolina because they're upset by GOP Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst at President Barack Obama.
The officials said that a number of the out-of-state e-mailers have said they've taken beach trips for years in Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head and other South Carolina resort areas, but don't plan to return.
"It was a breach of conduct that brought discredit to the House," said Kristie Greco …
The resolution being drafted cites a clause of the "House Rules and Manual," which governs members' conduct. The clause specifically prohibits calling the president a liar.
In a new USA Today/Gallup poll, 68 percent of Americans said they "oppose what Joe Wilson did during the speech." Twenty-one percent said they support Wilson's behavior.
South Carolina's $1 billion-plus tourism industry, centered around its beaches, had already been hit by the recession as Americans postpone vacations or cancel travel altogether. The state's 11.8 percent unemployment rate is among the highest in the country.
Marion Edmonds, a spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, said his agency had received 147 emails from people who cited Wilson by name and expressed displeasure with his remark.
"Some of them have been specific and said they won't be coming to the beach this summer for their family vacation," Edmonds said. –McClatchy
Those of us who live and work here in Myrtle Beach depend heavily on tourism. Our money making period is between April and September after which our livelihood depends solely on savings and unemployment. Therefore, any negativity can have substantial financial consequences.
Already we have the NAACP who is boycotting South Carolina over the Confederate Flag, Governor Sanford and his infidelity and misuse of tax dollars, and now we have Representative Wilson who blurted “you lie” in a joint session of congress. But should these left wing organization and politicians deeds have such an influence on our tourism. I think not!
Just because the buffoons who don’t like us Carolinian's over a historic flag or our politicians who act like idiots isn’t reason enough to punish the rest of us. Myrtle Beach is a wonderful vacation destination and all of us who live and work here are happy for all who visit our area. Naturally, we’re also happy when you all go home which gives us time to rest and ready ourselves for the following season. Nonetheless, please don’t allow the NAACP or our politicians to influence your visit to our city.
Atlantic Beach's mayor, Retha Pierce, was charged Wednesday with DUI. Talk about someone that should be FIRED, IMPEACHED, or whatever it takes to get this disgrace of a mayor out of office. Pierce is our local pain in the ass who is disruptive, has little regard for local laws, disrespects fellow officials and needs to be on a medication regiment of Prozac. Simply put, Pierce is just down right mentally unstable for her office and a black eye to our area. Now that she was arrested for DUI maybe this will seal her fate and she’ll go to jail which will certainly remove her from office and hopefully for FOREVER.
I say the hell with the NAACP and bring back the rallies, and in doing so deal with each rally based on its own merits. If you disobey our rules and laws we will simply deal with each group in the manor by which it is warranted. And if you continue to misbehave then you as a group are no longer welcomed. If the NAACP wants to yell discrimination then let them! Myrtle Beach is our city not the NAACP’s and we citizens should be the ones to decide who we want or not want to visit us … not based on the color of ones skin, but based on behavior alone.
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Now after the fact, is Rep. Wilson a liability to South Carolina, more specifically Myrtle Beach where we depend heavily on tourist dollars? Here’s what’s being reported on the McCalchy website.
State and local tourism officials are being flooded by emails and calls from people across the country, saying they won't vacation in South Carolina because they're upset by GOP Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst at President Barack Obama.
The officials said that a number of the out-of-state e-mailers have said they've taken beach trips for years in Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head and other South Carolina resort areas, but don't plan to return.
"It was a breach of conduct that brought discredit to the House," said Kristie Greco …
The resolution being drafted cites a clause of the "House Rules and Manual," which governs members' conduct. The clause specifically prohibits calling the president a liar.
In a new USA Today/Gallup poll, 68 percent of Americans said they "oppose what Joe Wilson did during the speech." Twenty-one percent said they support Wilson's behavior.
South Carolina's $1 billion-plus tourism industry, centered around its beaches, had already been hit by the recession as Americans postpone vacations or cancel travel altogether. The state's 11.8 percent unemployment rate is among the highest in the country.
Marion Edmonds, a spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, said his agency had received 147 emails from people who cited Wilson by name and expressed displeasure with his remark.
"Some of them have been specific and said they won't be coming to the beach this summer for their family vacation," Edmonds said. –McClatchy
Those of us who live and work here in Myrtle Beach depend heavily on tourism. Our money making period is between April and September after which our livelihood depends solely on savings and unemployment. Therefore, any negativity can have substantial financial consequences.
Already we have the NAACP who is boycotting South Carolina over the Confederate Flag, Governor Sanford and his infidelity and misuse of tax dollars, and now we have Representative Wilson who blurted “you lie” in a joint session of congress. But should these left wing organization and politicians deeds have such an influence on our tourism. I think not!
Just because the buffoons who don’t like us Carolinian's over a historic flag or our politicians who act like idiots isn’t reason enough to punish the rest of us. Myrtle Beach is a wonderful vacation destination and all of us who live and work here are happy for all who visit our area. Naturally, we’re also happy when you all go home which gives us time to rest and ready ourselves for the following season. Nonetheless, please don’t allow the NAACP or our politicians to influence your visit to our city.
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Atlantic Beach's mayor, Retha Pierce, was charged Wednesday with DUI. Talk about someone that should be FIRED, IMPEACHED, or whatever it takes to get this disgrace of a mayor out of office. Pierce is our local pain in the ass who is disruptive, has little regard for local laws, disrespects fellow officials and needs to be on a medication regiment of Prozac. Simply put, Pierce is just down right mentally unstable for her office and a black eye to our area. Now that she was arrested for DUI maybe this will seal her fate and she’ll go to jail which will certainly remove her from office and hopefully for FOREVER.
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