When the Mayor and Council of Myrtle Beach couldn’t persuade the Horry County Commission to go along with its plan to shut down the motorcycle rallies, they decided to take a different approach. They decided to lie and say the rallies have been cancelled.
On a website set up specifically for the purpose to intimated and discourage any motorcyclists who would attend the event, Mayor John Rhodes writes, “After many years, our residents grew weary of three weeks of noise and traffic congestion each May, and they asked City Council to end the events. As a result, the Harley-Davidson Dealers Association Spring Rally and the Atlantic Beach Memorial Day Bikefest will not be held in Myrtle Beach.”
The Mayor insinuates that the City controls the dates and the decision to promote the rally but that is a bald face lie, according to Mike Shank, of Festival Promotions in Myrtle Beach. “we’re moving forward with the rally in May and just want to be clear no rally has been cancelled and that everybody who has come to Myrtle Beach in the past is certainly welcome again this May.”
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