BOYCOTT MYRTLE BEACH CITY LIMITS

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LETS WATCH MURRELS INLET AND GARDEN CITY GROW!!!!

LOOKS LIKE RHODES HAS WON..DONT LET THIS GET THE BEST OF U FOLKS..STAY OUT OF THE CITY...LETS SEE WHERE THE LAWSUITS GO.STICK TOGETHER ON THIS LET MB HANG THEMSELVES.I ENJOYED THE HELL OUTTA THE FALL RALLY IN MURRELS INLET AND GARDEN CITY...I DONT NEED MYRTLE AND WILL NOT RETURN.

YEAH THE TRUTH AND FINAL WORD WILL BE IN TOMORROW LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS..IF WE CANT GET RID OF RHODES MAYBE THE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE HELMET LAWS WILL COME THRU....STAY OUT OF THE CITY AND DONT GIVE UP...

MB is always doing something to cause problems.......

KEEP US ALL INFORMED SHAG

The run off is this tues. its going to be close.I`ve never seen so many tv ads. I don`t know where he`s geting tht money from.Somebody really wants Roades back in bad.

Here's how the Myrtle Beach mayoral candidates responded to a series of questions about the city. Beatrice Catalano 1. What are your goals and priorities for the city? My main project for the city will be to bring tourists back to Myrtle Beach to support our businesses and put people back to work. 2. What about the city is working well? Nothing. Need drastic change to bring business back, bring back bikers, Shriners, church groups, shaggers, the Sun Fun and Pavilion. 3. What about the city is not working well, and how would you fix it? Marketing, tourism, jobs, taxes [the citizens' right to vote], crime, and the way to fix these issues would be marketing, bring back the magic, let the citizens have a say-so in their community. Bill Howard 1. What are your goals and priorities for the city? The re-establishment of small business as a jobs incubator for our economy is important. This will also address or help address other issues, such as unemployment, redevelopment of blighted or vacant areas, and security in surrounding neighborhoods. I would also strive for inclusion and empowerment to every area of our city and work to more equitably deliver governmental services such as public safety. To be a world-class resort, we must also be a world-class place to live. 2. What about the city is working well? Most of our city employees are dedicated and loyal public servants. Our emergency management system works extremely well, particularly the cleanup after a storm. The planning staff does a good job of guiding growth through the implementation of our comprehensive masterplan. As the current zoning re-write proceeds, care and monitoring of this process is critical from council's role as policymakers. 3. What about the city is not working well, and how would you fix it? One person, whether mayor or council member, is not capable of "fixing" anything alone. Moving forward in any direction or any issue will require a healing process to get beyond the wounds created by the last several administrations. A mayor or council willing to empower the residents, business owners, working public and taxpayers through inclusion, attitude and a simple willingness to listen will go along way. We have to find a more equitable way to serve the entire city with services and amenities. We should encourage, in whatever means possible, the creation of small business and entrepreneurship. I believe the City Council could benefit from a complete analysis of our public safety department from an efficiency and service delivery perspective. We must do everything possible to ensure a safe environment in our homes, businesses, neighborhoods and areas frequented by our visitors. And finally, a mayor should be able to build consensus among the electorate and among council. It is only then that Myrtle Beach can truly claim its rightful place on the stage with the premier cities in S.C. and the premier resorts in the U.S. Mark Struthers McBride 1. What are your goals and priorities for the city? A. Support tourism; B. no ad tax; C. reduce crime; D. unify the city, not just the City Council; E. Positively promote the city with a "friendly" environment 2. What about the city is working well? We still have visitors in spite of all the negative actions taken by the current mayor and council. 3. What about the city is not working well, and how would you fix it? The city has been divided with the current mayor and council. If this is what the citizens believe and disagree with it, then they must elect new leadership. Matthew McCarty 1. What are your goals and priorities for the city? I want to continue to strongly promote tourism. I want to help bring more year-round business to the area that offers full-time jobs to our residents. I want to see to it that the current 1 percent ad tax goes on a referendum. Our citizens deserve a chance to decide on that issue for themselves. I want to develop the downtown area and the old mall site into attractions that will draw more tourism and promo

WELL FRIENDS I WANTED TO PUT TOGETHER A RIDE AND BE IN THE CITY LIMITS PARKED NEAR ALL THE VOTING SPOTS.HOWEVER I AM HAVING SURGERY ON OCT 28 AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RIDE AT ALL FOR ATLEAST 6 WEEKS..I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE KINDA COOL TO BE THERE ON THE VOTING DAY...WE GOT IT LICKED THOUGH..CHANGE IS COMING FOR SURE..

THIS IS FROM WPDE.COM By Mola Lenghi Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 10:42 p.m. Several Myrtle Beach mayoral and city council candidates talked about biker's rights Saturday at Beer 30 Bar and Grill in Surfside Beach. The Horry County chapter of ABATE -- a biker's rights organization -- invited mayoral candidates Mark McBride and Bill Howard, as well as city council candidates Karen Mitchell and Don Emory. The candidates focused on bike rallies, stressing their views that the rallies need to return to the sizes of year's past -- before Myrtle Beach's new biker ordinances. Rebecca Rowan, the coordinator for the Horry County branch of ABATE, made her case for bikers. "We don't just stand out there and ride bikes. We work, we have our families that we have to feed. I happen to work in the city of Myrtle Beach and I know how bad Myrtle Beach is suffering," said Rowan. For more information on the Horry County ABATE group, visit www.horryabate.com

There's no shortage of differing opinions, especially when it comes to the motorcycle rallies. Among the 12 candidates for Myrtle Beach City Council, it's no different. Some say if elected, they would actively court biker groups, hoping they come back. Others say May has finally become manageable again, and some don't take a hard-and-fast stand. "To me, it's not about bike weeks, it's about tourism," said Karon Mitchell, local motel owner and downtown redevelopment corporation board member. "I don't believe you should ever run off any source of revenue that so many people in the service industry depend on." Mitchell said she wishes the city had conducted economic studies and made plans to replace the lost revenue. . Don Emery, local bar owner, got into the race because of the city's stand on the rallies, among other reasons. "The city should have found a way to find an equitable solution," he said. "We need to apologize not only to the bikers, but to all the tourists we've offended. This isn't unique. Daytona Beach tried to get rid of the rallies, too. But with a change in leadership and an apology, I think the bikers will come back." Several of the candidates feel an apology is in order: Emery, Pete Lusardi, Terry Mitchem, Mike Lowder and C.D. Rosza each said the city should say "sorry" or "we were too hasty," or "please come back." "I know there are a lot of residents who don't appreciate what goes on, but this is a tourist destination," said Lowder, a local businessman who's making his third run at a council seat. "My stance is the same as it has been for the last two races. We cannot pick and choose our tourists." "As long as we set the rules and keep everything under control, I would want the rallies back," said Rosza, a mechanic who owns a shop in Surfside Beach. Mitchem said the city could organize events and welcome the rallies to town. "We do it for events like the Beach Barbecue Boogie, why not for the rallies?" Mitchem said. Lusardi said the city has given the impression that it's not a welcoming place anymore. "It was a mistake to push away a whole segment of people," Lusardi said. "How do you separate the rallies from the bikers?" Others, however, say they can make the distinction. They are against the rallies and the way they have impacted the city. "They overwhelmed us and our infrastructure," said contractor Keith Compton. "We have no other weeks of the year where we have to call in hundreds of extra police officers and have city crews working untold hours of overtime to clean up after events." The incumbents, all of whom voted for all or parts of the ordinances, say they haven't changed their minds. "If I have any regrets, it's that some of the bikers I've met as I've gone door-to-door think the city looks down on them or thinks they are trashy," Councilman Randal Wallace said. "That's just not true. I did my best to go after the cause of the problems, not the rights of individuals." Martino said that since the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce began spending more money on marketing the city to potential visitors within driving distance, occupancy numbers have been up over last year, and last weekend's Oktoberfest downtown shows there are alternatives to bike rallies. Most candidates said there are events the city and chamber can promote that will draw people to the area in the shoulder months, not just May. Emery suggested a Native American festival, Gray wants to push sports tourism, and events like a Carolinas weekend and Mothers' Day celebrations, as well as expanding on last year's Military Appreciation Days festival; Compton and Lowder said the city needs to think outside the box and come up with events that can grow over the years; Martino said he advocates the city hiring a festival organizer to make sure there are events and festivals as often as feasible and relooking at the ordinance that prohibits events in May because "we've got a handle on May now - we should at least be able to do some organized activities;" and Joanne Vogelsong s

THIS IS FROM THESUNNEWS.COM LOCAL MB NEWS...ITS THE BEGINING OF CHANGE TRUST ME ITS COMING... Biker rallies drive mayoral race in Myrtle Beach Candidates defend, criticize city's attempts to cut down on chaos Beach City Council is destined to be linked with motorcycle rallies forever. Even though the council's 14 rally-quelling ordinances passed more than a year ago - and four rallies have come and gone since - the controversy hasn't died down at all. It's the reason some of the people running for city office this year got into the race. Even those who have other reasons for wanting seats on the council have strong opinions about the city's actions and the rallies themselves. Some would have taken no steps at all, some would have taken different steps, and one wouldn't change his vote. Mayor John Rhodes, who seeks re-election this fall, said the timing of the city's actions might not have been good because the efforts to control the rallies dovetailed with the economic downturn. But he thinks the issue still would have generated controversy because, "It's change. Change frightens people because it means dealing with the unknown." He and the council have been criticized for bowing to "a small group of people with a lot of money," but Rhodes said when he looked at the people complaining about the rallies year after year, "I saw the people who built Myrtle Beach, the people who have helped it grow into what it has become, and I saw them being unable to enjoy their quality of life." For Rhodes, it's time to move forward. "It's not about whether we, the council, could have done things differently, it's about whether we the city, the bikers, the business community - everyone - could have done things differently. But we're working with the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce to come up with ways to replace that business and enhance all the shoulder months," Rhodes said. Some candidates think the city needs to reverse its stance, apologize to bikers and invite them back. "I'm for the rallies," said candidate Matthew McCarty. "I understand that some families felt overwhelmed, and I respect that, but I think it's a horrible, horrible idea to ever tell any group of people they aren't welcome here. ... The council didn't do anything wrong - it did what was right for the residents. But there's more to the city than just residents." He said he thinks a good portion of the bikers who avoided the Grand Strand this year would come back "if the city would admit this wasn't the best idea, say 'we're sorry, please come back, we need you.'" Candidate Bea Catalano also thinks the city owes an apology. "I think we should invite them back and give them the keys to the city," she said. "A lot of businesses lost a lot of money, and so did I. Some of the bikers bought houses from me. I think we could plan a way to do this that would bring them back and try to please everyone." Catalano said she would pull together a task force from the north and south ends of the city, from the business community and residents, and "have a meeting of the minds. We've got to bring back the magic. We're a resort." Businessman Bill Howard, also a challenger for the mayor's seat, said he wants to know what the council was thinking when it took a stance against the rallies. "They created a tidal wave. The message 'we don't want you' spread like wildfire across the Southeast," he said. "Most of the laws were on the books already. They could have quietly passed a few more, enforced them slowly over the years, and no one would have ever known what was happening. We wouldn't have lost quality tourists, and we could have controlled the rallies. Howard said he doesn't think the city "meant to run off all the tourists," but now it's too late. "We're going to have to try to build up quality tourism again. That's why we need a quality mayor and a quality council with business sense." Former Mayor Mark McBride, who wants to regain the seat he lost to Rhodes in 2005, said he supports a five-day, city-sponsored rally.

congrats friends your vow to boycott is making a difference read my next comment from thesunnews .com

They all brought it on themselves. If the business spoke up the rules might not have been put in place. I just go around MB into the inlet. Those businesses are laughing at it all

The Mayor, and council members need to be replaced with people that believe in FREEDOM!

Thank God I live in TEXAS!!!

whats up people it was great seeing alot of you at the rally...what a turnout..WASNT IT GREAT.I HAVE NOTICED ON THE LOCAL NEWS STATIONS THAT THE NEWS CREWS ONLY WENT TO THE DEAD SPOTS LIKE THE RAT HOLE AND BROKEN SPOKES AND JAMIN LEATHER...IT IS MY OPINION THAT THEY DID THAT TOO DETER OTHER BIKERS WHO KEEP UP WITH THE RALLIES ONLINE FRONM COMING NEXT SPRING.THE RAT HOLE WAS DEAD ...YPU KNOW WHY???IT WAS 10 DOLLARS A HEAD TO GET IN THAT PLACE.I TURNED AROUND AND LEFT AS QUICK AS I GOT THERE..WHAT A DUMBASS..HE LOST A SHITLOAD OF MONEY AND THEN COMPLAINED ABOUT IT ON THE NEWS...(IVE NEVER SEEN IT THIS BAD)WHAT A IDIOT..YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE SBB AND THE BEAVER BAR NEW AND OLD..THEY WHERE SLAMMED WE AHD A BLAST...YOU BET YOUR ASS WE WILL RETURN..I NEVER MADE IT OVER TO N MYRTLE BEACH..I HEARD THAT THEY WHERE REALLY DOWN BUT ILL TELL YOU ONE THING MURRELS INLET WAS FREAKIN ROCKING...CHECK MY PAGE FOR PICS,,,

i stay out of myrtle beach all year long. donot want me there during the rallys so stay out all year.

Way to go BUXXXIE !!!!!! you got that right ~!

I decided when this BS first started that I would never spend 1 cent in the city of Myrtle Beach ever again. I've been going there since the 70's and was always made to feel unwelcome and harassed by the local law enforcement.There has always been a double standard in Myrtle Beach. One set of rules for Bikers,and another for everyone else. I don't miss Myrtle Beach one bit.....just my 2 cents

LISKIN...BARE WITH ME HERE BECAUSE YOUVE GOT A POINT AND THIS IS A VERY TOUCHY SUBJECT...IM NOT TRYING TO STEP ON ANYONE TOES HERE.WE ALL HAVE OUR OPINIONS AND THATS WHATS GREAT ABOUT AMERICA..FREEDOM TO SHARE THEM AND MAKE OUR ON CHOICES...MY FAVORITE PLACES TO GO ARE IN THE CITY..I LOVE TAKING MY KIDS TO BROADWAY AT THE BEACH.DONE IT FOR YEARS.I LOVE GOING TO OCEAN BLVD AND CRUISING THE STRIP.I USUALLY STAY AT THE CARRIBEAN RESORT IN MB BEEN STAYING IN THE CITY FOR 28 YEARS.SINCE I WAS GIVEN BIRTH TO.WE ARE ALL JUST TRYING TO MAKE A IMPACT THIS SEASON KNOWING THAT THE ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP IN NOVEMBER AND THE BUSINESS'S THAT DO FEEL THE IMPACT OF US NOT THERE WILL BE INLINE BRIGHT AND EARLY TO VOTE THOSE BASTARDS OUT.I HAVE MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT FOR ALOT OF BUSINESSES IN MB AND I KNOW THE NEW LAWS ARE NOT WHAT THEY WANT.HOWEVER I FEEL THAT IF WE ARE SEEN VISITING INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS HELMETS ON.PIPES QUIET THAT PEOPLE THAT WOULD VOTE AGAINST THE IDIOTS THAT PUT THIS IN PLACE WOULD SEE US THERE AND THINK WOW IT WORKED.WE CURTAILED THE RALLIES,WE WANTED THEM SMALLER AND MORE PLEASENT,WE DID IT.. IM NOT GOING FOR THAT.THEY ARE BREAKING A STATE STATUE THAT WILL BE REMOVED TRUST ME.THE STATE SAYS NO HELMET THE CITY OF MB WILL LOSE THAT BATTLE.IM NOT SURE IF ANYONE KNOWS THE REAL RESON BIKE WEEK WAS SHUT DOWN IN MB..HERE IT IS COPY AND PASTE... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023747/posts SEEMS LIKE ONE ASSHOLE RUINED IT FOR US ALL.1 JERK 1 DUDE LOSES HIS MIND AND DOES SOMETHING THAT RIDICULOUS AND EVERY1 GETS PUNISHED.YOU CAN GOOGLE MORE ABOUT IT BUT THE MAN SHOT THE KID OVER A PARKING SPACE.AND SINCE HE MADE THAT CHOICE WE ALL GET SPANKED..ITS WRONG AND I WILL NOT GIVE IN TO THIS CRAP NOR WILL I STEP FOOT IN THE CITY LIMITS.HOPE TO SEE YA OUT THERE .HOPE YOU HAVE NO HARD FEELINGS TOWARDS US WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUT HERE.MUCH LOVE YOUR WAY..TTYL

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT BUXIE..IF I GO DOWN WHILE IM THERE DONT EVEN TAKE ME TO THE MB HOSPITAL......LISTEN UP FRIENDS THERE ARE 2 MEET AND GREETS THAT I KNOW OF RIGHT NOW OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS..CAUSEWAY BAR AND GRILL 10/3/09 AT 1PM AND ALSO THE NEW BEVER BAR OCT 2 AT 8PM...TRY AND MAKE THESE IF YOU CAN FOLKS....SURE THEY WILL BE FUN....

Liskin, dont get me wrong I feel bad for the business's in the city of MB. but at the same time, They had voices! and tax dollars. Hopefully come NOV. and the assholes running the city are outsted things will change for the better for everyone. Until then.. sorry just cant support the town or places in it . They dont want my biker ass in town, then I wont take my biker ass in there. Lots cooler places to hang out south of town anyhow! and ya dont have to pay no stinkin cover to get into them either!!

I have a home in Myrtle Beach proper. I will not be boycotting MB. My favorite places to go are The Beach Wagon, Noisey Oyster, and Murphys Law. They need our business and I will be there.

HEY PEOPLE I WANTED TO TELL EVERYONE THAT I GOT A GOOD DEAL FROM WATERSEDGE RESORT IN GARDEN CITY...CALL DONT RESERVE ONLINE.ASK FOR JAY TELL HIM JARRETT SENT YOU TO HIM AND HE WILL HOOK U UP.... 800-255-5554 SEE YOU ALL THERE...CHICKEN WING BNA JOKER

see yall at the beaver bar, rebel son playing during bike week..but no m.b.. garden city all the way.......

5 weeks till the rally starts...i can smell it now...i can smell the burnt rubber from me doing a burnout across the courthouse sidewalk...lol just a thought just a thought...but im thinking hard..

A FEW YEARS AGO ...A FRIEND OF MINE WAS HIT AND KILLED IN MYRTLE BEACH.TWO DRUNK YOUNGSTERS LEFT THE SCENE...LEFT THE STATE...WENT HOME.TAG# WAS TRACED AND THEY WERE BROUGHT BACK FOR THEIR ACTIONS.BAIL WAS SET (COURT WAS WATCHED BY JAY'S FRIENDS). LOOKED LIKE JUSTACE WAS SERVED...THEN WHEN JAY'S FRIENDS,FAMILY,AND CO-WORKERS HAD LEFT..BAIL WAS DROPPED AND DEFENDANTS TURNED LOSE...MOST OF JAY'S FRIENDS HAS BOYCOTTED MURDER BEACH SINCE...IT'S WRITTEN IN BIG LETTERS..BIKERS ARE NOT WANTED OR CARED ABOUT..JUST OUR $...WHINE ALL YA WANT...IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE...HAS BEEN A $ PIT FOR YEARS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A $ PIT(WHY DO MOTEL RATES RISE N FALL BEFOR AND AFTER M/C RALLYS?...I WAS DONE WITH THIS RALLY LONG B4 THE CITY COUNCIL SHOWED THEIR TRUE COLORS...KIFFIN J. DURHAM

THEM JACKASSES IN THE COUCIL ARE PUTTING ADS ON THE TV AND RADIO STATEING THERE IS NO RALLY IN MB.THATS FALSE AND TRUE.THE TRUTH IS THERE IS NO MB FALL RALLY IN MYRTLE BEACH..IT NEVER WAS IN THE CITY..THE RALLY IS IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS MURRELS INLET,GARDEN CITY,SURFSIDE AND NORTH MYRTLE BEACH.DONT LET THOSE ASSHOLES THAT WANT TO RUIN OUR FUN STOP YOU FROM GOING PEOPLE...IF WE DO THAT THEN MAYOR JOHM RHODES WILL WIN..THATS WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO...LETS GO DOWN THERE AND HAVE A BLAST..I STARTED THE BOYCOTT PAGE.JUST LIKE I VOWED TO DO ON THAT PAGE I WILL NOT SET MY FAT FOOT IN THE CITY LIMITS.I WILL NOT SPEND A DIME IN THE CITY LIMITS..THE CITY CAN GO TO HELL UNTIL ITS LEADERS ARE OUSTED.TRUST ME,LET THE CITY FOLK SEE US SPENDING OUR MONEY OUTSIDE OF HTE CITY AND THERE WILL BE A CHANGE COMING IN NOV AT REELECTION TIME..I LOOK FOWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL DOWN THERE AND IF YOU SEE ME SPEAK AND LETS GRAB A BEER.WE NEED A GOOD TURNOUT TO MAKE A IMPACT..LETS DO IT PEOPLE.

ok they are just opened for bike week...i learn some thing new everyday

Waiting to hear more Joker!

HELLO I JUST HEARD FROM A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS IN MYRTLE BEACH FOR THE WEEKEND THAT THE SUCK BANG BLOW FOUR CORNERS HAS SHUT DOWN..IM NOT TO SURE IF THEY COMPLETELY CLOSED OR IF MAYBE THEY MOVED.HAS ANYONE HEARD ANYTHING ON THAT?????

HEY PEOPLE I WANTED TO TELL EVERYONE THAT I GOT A GOOD DEAL FROM WATERSEDGE RESORT IN GARDEN CITY...CALL DONT RESERVE ONLINE.ASK FOR JAY TELL HIM JARRETT SENT YOU TO HIM AND HE WILL HOOK U UP.... 800-255-5554 SEE YOU ALL THERE...CHICKEN WING BNA JOKER

fuck mb i wont even stop there to piss!!!!

HEY FRIENDS HEAR ME OUT ..IM NOT LETTING THOSE ASSHOLE CITY COUNCILMEN AND MAYOR STOP SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDNT CREATE.IM HEARING ALOT OF PEOPLE SAYING SCREW THE MB RALLIES.IF WE ALL DRAG UP AND QUIT GOING THEN THEY WIN.THEN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT ?THATS ONE LESS BIKER PARTY AND RALLY.THEN THEY WILL SPREAD THE WORD...(IF YOU EVER WANNA GET RID OF THE BIKERS MAKE THESE ORDINANCES).THEN WE MOVE AND THEN THERE GOES ANOTHER RALLY..IM NOT GOING FOR IT.WE NEED EVERYONES SUPPORT..IF YOU DONT AGREE WITH THE NEW ORDINANCES BRING YOUR ASSES DOWN TO THE RALLY AND STAY OUT OF THE CITY ..SHOW THEM THEY CANT STOP US FROM COMING..WE STARTED THIS RALLY THEY DIDNT..BY NOT GOING AND CONVINCING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME WE WOULD BE LETTING THEM WIN...I WILL NOT DO IT..WE NEED TO HIT THIS RALLY STRONG PROUD AND LOUD.IT WILL SEND A DIRECT MESSAGE .IT WILL BE LIKE SAYING FUCK YOU SUCK MY ASS CITY COUNCIL...SPREAD THE WORD PEOPLE CHICKEN WING WILL BE THERE FOR SURE ..THOSE DUMBASSES IN THE COUNCIL WONT SPOIL MY FUN. LETS DO THIS LETS HAVE SOME FUN..THE HEL WITH THEM WE CANT LET THEM WIN ...

i totally agree

REAAAAALLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY THATS INTERESTING...THATS A DOUBLE STANDARD ..IF THE RIGHT LAWYERS GET AHOLD OF THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US..JUST LIKE THE MUSTANG WEEK..IF THEY WROTE HARDLY NO TICKETS THEN WE COULD DEFINETLY BUST THIER ASSES....

Every day I see people riding down highway 17 bypass with no helmets on and they never get pulled. I bet if it were bike week the cops would be all over them like flies on shit!

OH ILL BET THEY GIVE OUT NO NOISE ORDINANCE TIKETS AT ALL./..IF SOMEONE DOWN THERE COULD PROVE THAT IN COURT WE COULD HAVE THAT LAW DONE AWAY WITH ..REAL QUICK LIKW

chicken wing.. and here we are with yet another gathering in town ..the " Mustang" club is in town this week.. I dont see any roadblocks , check points and I wonder just how many tickets are being handed out for LOUD PIPES? Also wonder how many tickets are being handed out for " gathering" ? I'll say it again! CITY OF MYRTLE BEACH HAS DOUBLE STANDARDS AND ARE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST BIKERS! WE CANNOT LET THEM RUN US AWAY!

HELL MYRTLE BEACH WAS LIKE THAT IN THE SEVENTYS.I WORKED THERE AND GOT PULLED OVER ALL THE TIME. IT FINALLY STOPPED WHEN ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS BROTHERS DECIDED TO WORK FOR ME. THAT TOWN HAS ALWAYS BEEN AGINST ANY BODY FROM OUT OF TOWN.YOU KNOW THE PAY AS YOU GO TICKET STATE.WHEN I MOVED BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA,I CALLED THE DMV IN SOUTH CAROLINA,GUESS WHAT I NEVER HAD ANY TICKETS WHILE I LIVED THERE.SHOWED ME ALLOT ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT THERE.BUT WAS GLAD ABOUT NO TICKETS.NEVER DID LIKE MYRTLE BEACH.I LIVED IN CHERAW, IT WAS LIKE ANOTHER STATE THERE.IF YOU EVER NOTICED THE LAW THERE HAVE VERY NICE HOUSES,WONDER WHY. MAYBE THAT HAS CHANGED HOW YOU PAY TICKETS THERE NOW,BUT THE MENTALTY IS STILL THERE.

I was at the spring rally...I go with a group of friends every year...and every chance we got we'd ride right up to the city line...and flip off MB! LOL. We planned the entire week around AVOIDING going into MB...and will continue to do so as long as those laws are in place

Chicken Wing.. what about the car show?? they had that here and right in the newspaper it showed ppl gathered on the sidwalks watchin the cars go down Ocean Blvd. yet during the bike rallys, that was one of the things that was bitched bout, also during the car show.. over here by me at the old pottery where the cars were gathered there were over 70 vendors set up! WHAT ABOUT THE RESTRICTION ON VENDORS SET UP FOR RALLY? DONT RULES APPLY FOR EVERYONE OR JUST FOR THE BIKERS???? IF THATS THE CASE.. THERES A BIG DOUBLE STANDARD WHICH THERE WAS ANDDDDDDD.. THE CITY OF MYRTLE BEACH AND HORRY COUNTY ARE DISCRIMINATING [ WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW ] AGAINST THE BIKERS! MAYBE THAT SHOULD ALSO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS ACTION THATS GOING TO THE SUPREME COURT! ALSO.. I'VE NOTICED.. WHERE ARE THE TRAFFIC STOPS???? THEY MADE SURE THERE WERE PLENTY 4-5 DURING THE BIKE RALLY..HOW COME THERE ARE NONE NOW?? ALSO HOW BOUT THE RULES ABOUT NOBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18 RENTING HOTEL ROOMS?? YET THERE SURE WERE ALOT OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HERE JUST A COUPLE WKS AGO.. AND IM SURE THEY WEREN'T IN THEIR HOTEL ROOMS AT 11 PM. JUST GOES TO SHOW YA.. HOW MUCH A DOUBLE STANDARD IS GOING ON IN THIS TOWN.. I WORK IN THE CITY.. AND I REFUSE TO RIDE MY BIKE OR SHOP OR EAT IN THE CITY. I'LL DRIVE A FEW EXTRA MILES AND SPEND MY MONEY OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

I'll be there this fall and with as many of my friends as I can get to go. Garden City Baby!!!! FMBCC

hey chicken wing, i thank you for your hard work, people i have talked to have seen this online and by mouth. and they are totally behind any effort that is going to stop this profiling and non sense.. thanks again for your posting, me and my friends are in for this great cause.. RIDE SAFE AND PEACE TO ALL..

I'd love to join you for the ride if I have my bike or I'll try to hitch a ride thanks for being the leader of a great cause...

guys im going to delete some of my comments so the page will load faster...sorry.

I just hope that all this bs from the city hasnt damaged the Rally so bad and put such a bad tasted in peoples mouths that they wont come back. They have to understand,We DONT NEED THE CITY OF MYRTLE BEACH TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND A GOOD RALLY! AGAIN.. ALL THE GOOD PLACES ARE SOUTH/NORTH/ OR WEST OF THE CITY! SINCE WHEN DO BIKERS LET GOVERNMENT TELL THEM WHAT OR WHERE THEY CAN GO? LETS P A R T Y!!! FCK EM IN MYRTLE BEACH!!!

HOT OFF THE PRESS.... MYRTLE BEACH HELMET LAW TO BE HEARD BY THE SC SUPREME COURT!!!!

I'll be there again this fall, in Garden City. I go to the coast at least 15 times a year. Fishing and Riding. Not a dime for the rest of 09.

I own a house in Little River, SC and I will NOT spend one penny in MB until things are changed and the mayor is history!! Maybe NMB can get back to the way it used to be a long time ago; always full and booming!!!

SCREW Myrtle Beach and there city council! Not a dime until they get rid of those trumped up laws!

So.... Just gonna throw this out there... Any locals that are against the Mayor want to join me on Wednesday and show up out there riding our motorcycles and wearing the shirts that I am selling... Hit me up!

Come on Brenda .... let's all show the Mayor how we really feel about him!

hahahaha Terry... I think we all should show up! just like the city council meetings.. held at 2 pm so the ppl that have to work cant attend, thats how they get away with the horse shit.. no pun intended.. lmao

My intentions are to show up at that luncheon next Wednesday along with some people from H.E.L.P. wearing the shirt you see in the picture!

What does it tell you when they hold a thank you luncheon from 11:30am - 2pm on a Wednesday??? It's obvious, the average working man/biker is too busy busting there ass to make a living and cannot afford to take time off in the middle of the week to go and protest against Rhodes and his little nose sniffers and that is why they chose to do it then. I am going to try my best to get down there and take a look at how many people actually show up for this and hopefully I will see more people protesting against these idiots!!

Hey Chicken - I got the following email about that support party: From: Mike McDonald To: Mike McDonald Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:51 AM Subject: Non Support Party To All If you believe that MB is in good shape with the new taxes and laws which have prompted 4 law suits against the City and 1 against the Chamber then do nothing. The residents and locals, the businesses, the tourists all have a stake in and own part of MB. If however you believe the many taxes passed put you at a competitive disadvantage, if you believe the laws passed have decimated your customer base then I would suggest you attend this function and let these people know where you stand. Ask yourself this question. What is more important then our future here with is what is at stake. Together we can get ride of the people that are ruining MB and take back our City. We can be the Pride of the Mid Atlantic. Go BOOST...Go HELP....GO regular people the backbone of society. IT IS TIME TO STAND... Be well and hope to see you there Bird YOU ARE INVITED!!! In recognition of their extraordinary efforts to: - improve the QUALITY OF LIFE of the citizens of Myrtle Beach during the month of May, and to - restore the reputation of Myrtle Beach as a FAMILY VACATION DESTINATION The TAKE BACK MAY committee is sponsoring a FREE BARBEQUE LUNCH and THANK YOU RALLY for our: Mayor JOHN RHODES and City Council Members Michael Chestnut Wayne Gray Chuck Martino Susan Grissom Means Phil Render Randall Wallace Where: Myrtle Beach Train Depot When: Wednesday, June 10 Time: 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Cost: FREE!!! Our city leadership took a bold stand to reclaim our reputation and quality of life. For that they have been assailed by the press and by the few that profit from "tourism at any cost". If you believe that: We can do better than "tourism at any cost." We should not tolerate events that dramatically degrade our quality of life. Our reputation as a FAMILY BEACH is important and should be preserved. Then you are invited!!! Please come and bring your family. Let's show our leaders that we the citizens are behind them!!! Also please be sure to forward this invitation to all of your like minded friends!!!

Hey Crypt... I have been looking around and haven't found much to back that stuff up but it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Also, apparently his daughter struck again last weekend at Pier 14.... there is lots of talk about her going around the local businesses inside city limits. LOL

Hey HarleyGirl. I got that same email about the Mayor's week from another source. Has anyone actually been able to substantiate those things happening to the Mayor last week?

Y'all do what you want but I'll be spending my vacation money in North Carolina this year.

Myrtle Beach T-Shirts for sale... check out the pic!

Changes will be coming to Myrtle Beach soon and everyones support is needed. We really need to get these idiots out of here. Hopefully, since the Mayor won't step down he'll be thrown out of office. I understand that 4 of the city councilmen are up for relection this year, guaranteed not to win. With everyone's support especially from the people that live inside Myrtle Beach city limits they can force the other council members to step down. Myrtle Beach is a ghost town compared to a year ago, it use to take almost an hour to get down 501 from Conway to Myrtle Beach ... now you can do it within 15 minutes.

With any luck Don, the owner of The Dog House will get on BON soon and tell all you bikers his plans in Myrtle Beach. In the mean while check this out! HELP Is On The Way HELP Is On The Way, is a program designed to aid Myrtle Beach businesses who have been affected by the recent tourist reduction. We understand the pressure the lack of revenue has placed on our service industry and local business owners. In order to HELP we will select three locations each week to patronize breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We will leave flyers and post the valuable information on our web site. We are asking our members and guests to join us there and HELP support our community. We will have voter registration forms available and encourage new members to join. Breakfast: Sunday May 31st at 10am International Omelet and Pancake House, 12th Ave. South and 17 Bus. Lunch: Tuesday June 2nd at 12 noon Dirty Don's, 21st Ave North Dinner: Thursday June 4th, 6pm Thorny's Steakhouse, 6th Ave. South and 17 Bus. To request HELP Is On The Way at your location please contact us @ www.helpformyrtlebeach.com WE WILL HAVE PETITIONS FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS

that was to funny , MB must be proud of the mayor and his foul mouth daughter

i kept getting an error also

No... I didn't have any problem with it...I'll double check and send you an e-mail. The video is appauling!

Here is something just sent to me by a local BONer that I thought was very interesting and I think many of you would as well. Everyone's pretty well aware of all the anti-biker ordinances set forth in M= yrtle Beach now - helmet law inside city limits is the big one - city law ov= erridng a state law which is unconstitutional.=A0 This past spring rally had= bikers completely avoiding the city limits all together, causing local busi= nesses to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in revue. =A0 So Mayor Rhodes has had an interesting week - have a couple of buddies with=20= the beach Sheriff's Dept (we covered their charity poker run every year) - t= hey just called and shared some info with me: =A0 Tuesday morning - the Mayor woke up to 2 huge gallon drums of horse shit dum= ped on his lawn. =A0 Wednesday night - an angry motel owner entered a restaurant where the mayor=20= and his wife were having dinner and threw his empty registry book at the may= or's plate, knocking it to the floor, while loudly telling everyone in the p= lace that the motel that's been in his family for 30 years will now probably= have to close, thanks to the Mayor and the City Council. =A0 Friday night - the Mayor and his wife attempted to have dinner at Pier 14 -=20= the owner came out, refused them service, and asked them to leave his restau= rant. =A0 This past Monday - the Mayor has now hired a full-time bodyguard...at the ci= ty's expense, of course. =A0 And now for the cherry on top of the sundae - check out the video below of t= he Mayor's daughter drunk & fighting in Charleston....there's a comment belo= w supposedly from someone in the Mayor's office that the girl in the video i= s not his daughter, but according to my sources, it most certainly is >;-) a= nd she's had issues with local police in MB too - always adding the line "do= n't you know who i am?" =A0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DsuG-sXPaJT0

The whole area down here is on our side. If you had read what Chicken Wing has put up or seen the news you would see that they are. The businesses in and around Myrtle Beach have all suffered tremendously and are fighting to have the Mayor and City Council removed.

I'm saying that if you want to to win this battle then you need to get all the area around the city on your side and the way you do that is not spend any money in or around MB. Then and only then will the whole area work with you to get things back to normal. Money talks and bull shit walks.

Just so you know Chicken Wing... my last comment on here was directed to a certain person and he knows who he is. I know where you stand on this subject, he just wants people to stay away from here completely!

There is a BIG difference in abondoning the rally and boycotting the city!!! We want people to still come down for the rallies and support the other towns that support us bikers and the rallies just boycott Myrtle Beach until they get rid of Rhodes and the city council.

The City of Myrtle Beach has just announced a 1% sales tax hike to "Promote Tourism". If they wanted tourism, they should have been behind the rally.

i just moved here and I am not happy about all of this BS in MB. I do all of my shopping outside of the city limits, I live on the Surfside line and looking to move out of the city limits b/c of this BS. I didn't realize how bad it was until I moved here! I am disgusted with all of this!

I heard that during the so called Urban Rider's Bike Week that WARNING TICKET"S were givin out. As for me i rode to the Iron Gate and Suck Bang Blow and said FUCK MYRTLE BEACH CITY LIMIT"S. I' d much rather go to Daytona Beach where i know i'm WELCOME!!!!!!

A few months ago I got bashed for trying to keep everyone from going to myrtle Beach. Not just the rally but all year and when the merchants missed our money they be begging the bikers to return. We must stick together.... Ain't that righy harley girl!!!

The cops gave tickets for people not having their insurance cards on them... that was a direct order from Rhodes for them to give out as many tickets as they could for whatever reason they could come up with and now the radio stations are giving the cops grief over it!

Sorry I will not be able to make it. I am a chief engineer at 2 huge resorts on Hilton Head Island. I took my vacation this year during the second week of bike week in Murrells Inlet. Screw Myrtle Bitch. I hope they have to start selling sweet grass baskets to make ends meet. My wife and I were offered a place to stay during Biktoberfest so we will be returning that weekend. I do not se us going to Bike Week at all next year. It seemed shittier this year with all the Bull MB was putting everyone through. So Rhodes and his couch potato buddies have won as far as I am concearned. I hear the Dragons Tail is awesome in May. I will be going there next year during Bike Weeks!

I WAS THERE MY SELF LAW WAS EVER WHERE .. MADE ME FEEL LIKE GO HOME BUT I HAD A GREAT TIME .. COUNT ME IN // NOT A DIME IN 09 .. AND I LIVE 30 MINUTES FROM THERE .. GESSHH ITS A CROCK ..

I find it odd too that some of the council members are not even residents of MB city limits. Or so I've heard. Correct me if I'm wrong. Many jurisdictions require you to be a resident of the area you represent. As I'm not a resident I can't vote for the council members or mayor, but I sure as hell support any effort to vote those boneheads out!

I'll be right there with you Chicken Wing!!

Rhodes stated yesterday in a news conference that he would not resign from his position, he won't have to, he will get thrown out of it!

Just a heads up... the Atlantic Beach Bike Fest aka Black Bike Week begins today. Myrtle Beach City Council had a meeting the other night and has advised local authorities to close down all side roads through the city of Myrtle Beach and only allow those bikers to us Kings Hwy. I forsee this turning into major chaos!!!

thats what i say spend ur money else where there is always a good place to have fun we dont have to put up with their shit

I say SHUT MB DOWN. Let them think golfers and couples are gonna replace the $ we spent there. I don't think they should be allowed to sell vendor permits and THEN ticket someone for selling there merchandise. They are just tryin any way they can to drum up extra cash, without admittin they screwed up. Goodbye MB, we will rally where our $ is appreciated.

I haven't spent 1 cent in the MB city limits since all this BS started. I feel bad for the businesses there but I cannot support a city that let's this happen. Maybe all those council members and the mayor will be voted out and things will change. I talked to a vendor in NMB who sell Big Dog Choppers. All the bike venders were gettin ticketed if the sold a bike after paying $15,000 for the vender fee. Apparently it's always been a law that only bike manufacturers can sell bikes on site, not local vendors. But it was never enforced. This year it was. Bike venders were packing up and going home and will not be returning next year.

well when the ppl who moved here from the northern states because of the low taxes, start getting their taxes raised even more than they got last fall when all this bs started, maybe then they will cry and beg the Harley Riders to come back to their town and maybe then they will help get rid of the idiots MB has in office, I work in the city and other than going to and from work, I dont spend $$ or ride my bike in there. I feel bad for the business's but until they all get together and STOP and oust the current Mayor and Council, they and the citizens have nobody to blame but themselves. For those of Ya'll who stayed away You missed a good time, You didnt have to go into the city to party! WE HAD A HELL OF A GOOD TIME , SCREW THE CITY OF MB, HOPE TO SEE YA'LL IN THE FALL!!

Today I wore a t-shirt that says .... Myrtle Beach, SC: WHERE ANY IGNORANT, RACIST REDNECK CAN BECOME MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL. Walked in the grocery store and you should have seen the response that I got from the senior citizens of Horry County, it was great! We live outside city limits and have not spent a dime in city limits since the bullshit started!

Never again will I go to MB as long as the laws are in effect.

i will never go to mb again there doing the same thing they did in maggie valley that now is cherokee rally take it where u are wanted and let mb suffer ill never spend a dime in mb or maggie valley again and i would suggest u do the same fk mb and maggie valley just because i went to fla. for two weeks out of each year when i was younger doesnt mean i have to go all my life y can make a change go somewhere else and have a better time knowing u won by not falling into there politics

u knew that police were going to right tickets when u went so y subject ur self to that punishment when u dont have to just let it go the city of mb will get what it deserves it will get nothing no biker money they said they didnt need it so dont give it to them spend it somewhere that will welcome u there and ur money let mb suffer

I agree with the assessment about the second week being the final straw. But, if it was just the second bike week why have the last 6 years been hell on us during the first bike week? Loud pipe ticket fines went through the roof, check points next to hotels, being pulled for no reason other than looking too biker or in the federal database for visiting a certain hotel or two. All of this has happened to me only in Myrtle Beach. The second week was just a convenient way for Rhodes to get rid of all bikers. If it was just the second week none of these towns would let them do it. Atlantic Beach welcomes them (why I don't know) every year. I agree about the violence and stupidity and the drug wars are too much to deal with in any setting but we (first week bikers) were singled out way before those stupid fucking kids started to act up. The second week stupidity just gave them the ammo they needed to get rid of all bikers. Those who live in the area need to do all they can to help get rid of the that POS mayor. The rest of us will do our part and only visit those towns that welcome us. That said why did the counties impose restrictions on vendors? Are they sympathetic to Myrtle Beach?

Friend of mine who lives in MB told me Mayor Rhodes was asked to leave a MB restaurant Sunday by the owner. Looks like he will be getting what he deserves.

I go to MB several times a year and i always take my Harley. Now i'm never going back. I'll take my biker money to places that want it.

I agree as I usually go to MB 4-6 times a year. To be honest with you according to the people I have talked with at MB it is not the first week of bike week they have a problem with...it's the second week.

I AGREE BEV.I LIVED AT MYRTLE 2 YEARS GOT BUSTED BY A INFORMER AND 2 S.L.E.D.AGENTS BUT IVE BEEN 16 YEARS TO MB RALLY THINGS HAS GOTTEN SHITTIER WITH THE LAWS...HELL I HAD TO PAY TO PARK AT A PLACE DOWN ON 25 AVE.JUST TO EAT BREAKFAST....A PUBLIC ROAD AND A BUSINESS....I ALWAYS STAY AT COURT CAPRI,BUT THEY EVEN WAS COMPLAINING SO IM WITH U ON BOYCOTTING HORRY COUNTY!!!