A friend of mine here in Myrtle Beach used to close his restaurant for “vacation” during black bike week until he was sued by the NAACP. Then he opened it, with one cook, one waitress/waiter and it seems that they ran out of most food daily.....wink, wink. It is horrible during black bike week week. They walk out of restaurants and stores without paying and just cause overall havoc. I hate going out at all. They try to get you to hit their bikes.
It’s really amazing that for the week prior to black bike week we have Harley week and everyone has fun! The restaurants and stores make a ton of money and there’s almost no trouble. The difference is readily apparent.
I might suggest your friend and other businesses play classical music soundtracks, maybe tame the beasts eh?
The same rowdy crowd is a problem even in rural North Florida. Although this report about a “Crab Festival” from the Corrupt Liberal Media censors the race angle:
“The shootings occurred around 8 p.m. Saturday amid the huge crowd along the road also known as Northeast 40th Street.
Around 70 law enforcement and emergency medical personnel, including around 45 Levy County deputies and officers from other jurisdictions, were stationed at the event when the shooting occurred. Levy safety officials had pre-staged ambulances and a medical helicopter in the area for the festival.”
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130429/ARTICLES/130429549/1150/news09?p=1&tc=pg
My little hometown had both ABATE ( featuring H-Ds and lots of fancy tats) and RAGBRAI (featuring bicycles and lots of fancy shorts) stay overnight on the same evening, and regardless of what they had predicted going into it, the townspeople afterwards overwhelmingly agreed that the ABATE people were more courteous, had voluntarily preempted their rowdier elements from yahoo-ing the locals, and didn't swagger around expecting the town to give them everything gratis. RAGBRAI... not so much. Opened some eyes, it did.
Mr. niteowl77