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5月28日 Council wants to be rid of rallies
Posted on Wed, May. 28, 2008
Council wants to be rid of ralliesMayor: We don't need themBy Lorena Andersonlanderson@thesunnews.com Furious and frustrated after the weekend shooting of a 20-year-old Coastal Carolina University student, Myrtle Beach City Council members said Tuesday that they do not want motorcycle rallies in the city any more. A group of local ministers and a bike-rally event promoter spoke to the council at a morning workshop Tuesday and implored the city to help them "do something" about the behavior they witnessed during the past weekend. Other groups have complained to city officials in previous years after the Atlantic Beach Bikefest biker rally and the Harley-Davidson spring rally. "I experienced something ... enough is enough," the Rev. Tim McCray told the council on Tuesday. He said he and others had not slept for the past four days during the Atlantic Beach Bikefest, staying up to get a firsthand look at the parties that have for years concerned residents and prompted complaints. "They were up there partying, doing things they shouldn't be doing." Grand Strand Connection is an umbrella group that is trying to help solve "issues that threaten the harmony of Myrtle Beach," said McCray, the group's founder. The group is bringing together local officials, clergy, hotel owners, restaurants and other groups that plan and hold events geared toward bikers to make the spring and fall bike rallies more organized. McCray said he witnessed public sex acts and other behavior, not among the sport bikers who traditionally have come to the area during Memorial Day weekend, but among the 16- to 20-year-olds who arrive by the carload to party during weekend rally. "We know the NAACP has you locked down," McCray told the council. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has sued the city and area businesses for what it has called racist behavior during the Atlantic Beach Bikefest, which is visited predominantly by blacks and happens around Memorial Day weekend. Others argue that those who come to the Atlantic Beach Bikefest - whatever their race - don't behave properly, don't respect the city and its residents and cause more trouble than they are worth financially. The NAACP has monitored the Bikefest and the Harley-Davidson spring rally to make sure people are treated fairly at both events. Myrtle Beach Councilman Mike Chestnut, who appeared visibly upset by the weekend shooting of CCU student Corey Brooks, asked McCray and the others what they expect the city to do to make bike rallies more successful. "Why should we invest in this event when we don't in any other?" Chestnut asked. "Let me tell you what's going to happen. The City Council is going to shut it down. We're not going to have a 20-year-old shot because someone is too cheap to pay for a $20 parking space." Police have not confirmed a motive in the shooting. Hakim Harrell, an event promoter, said he understands the city's concern, but hopes more organized activities scattered throughout the city would draw people away from Ocean Boulevard. "We don't care which rally it is, we'd just as soon stop them," Mayor John Rhodes told the group. "We don't need them," Rhodes said. "We can fill all the hotel rooms without bike weeks."
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Contact LORENA ANDERSON at 444-1722.© 2008 MyrtleBeachOnline.com and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved. http://www.myrtlebeachonline.comDHEC urges citizens to 'Drive Nowhere' May 30
E-mail – nanneyml@dhec.sc.gov or Clair Boatwright – (803) 898-4461 E-mail – boatwrc@dhec.sc.gov COLUMBIA – As part of the effort to improve air quality statewide, South Carolinians are urged to consider using mass transit instead of single-occupant vehicles on May 30 as part of "Drive Nowhere Day," the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today. "As summer heats up and ground-level ozone poses a bigger threat to public health, the 'Drive Nowhere' pledge sponsored by Environmental Action has state and local officials asking Americans to take a second look at mass transit," said Myra Reece, chief of DHEC's Bureau of Air Quality. "In early May, nearly 1,000 people took the 'Pledge to Drive Nowhere' on May 30. "During the summer months, ground-level ozone is the state’s most widespread air-quality concern,” Reece said. "High ground-level ozone concentrations generally occur on hot, sunny days when the air is stagnant. That can create breathing problems for anyone, but especially does so for children, people with asthma or other respiratory problems, as well as for adults who work or exercise outdoors. Ground-level ozone can also cause tree or crop damage." According to Reece, ground-level ozone forms when emissions from volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxide, which primarily come from tailpipe exhaust, react in the presence of sunlight. "Since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made the ground-level ozone standard more stringent in March, county and local governments have increased their support for use of mass transit as one of many ways to reduce emissions," Reece said. "For example, the Seneca City Council voted unanimously on April 24 to spend $48,550 for a transportation study aimed at expanding Clemson Area Transit bus routes to Walhalla and Westminster; the Charleston area is looking into ways to expand service for the growing number of commuters driving to the Super Kmart park-and-ride lot in North Charleston to pick up the CARTA Express buses to the peninsula; and the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority has lowered fares for its SMARTRIDE service for commuters from Newberry, Little Mountain and Chapin." Mass transit has many benefits:
Web pages for all South Carolina regional transportation authorities, with information on bus routes and fares, can be accessed at the Transportation Association of South Carolina Web site at: http://www.go-tasc.org/. Anyone interested in taking the pledge not to drive on May 30 may do so by logging on to the Environmental Action Web site at: http://www.environmental-action.org/enviroaction.asp?id=2623&id4=ES For more information about how to get involved with local efforts to improve air quality in South Carolina, please visit the DHEC Bureau of Air Quality Web page at: http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/baq/community.aspx, or call (803) 898-4123. 5月14日 Lets turn The Grand Strand of SC into the most environmentaly friendly placeGood Day,
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