The Red Hen owner resigns as executive director of Main Street Lexington

www.wsls.com ^ | 06/26/2018 | By Jeff Williamson

[Red Badger]

LEXINGTON, Va. - Stephanie Wilkinson has resigned from her role with Main Street Lexington, a volunteer-based organization.

Elizabeth Outland Branner, the president of the organization, accepted Wilkinson's resignation Tuesday morning.

[Lagmeister]

How many meals will the lib profs from W&L eat there upon return to classes in the fall? How many other libs in town will eat there several times a week?

Seems to me that even a concentrated effort to save 'lady Hen' might not be enough.

There are a lot of other eateries and even some lib folks are sure to be pissed about the bad reputation placed on the town.

[ScoochDude]

I live and own a restaurant/catering company 1/2 hour away from Lexington. I could’ve e written your post. My thoughts exactly.

I have been fascinated by this story. You should not be in this industry unless you truly have a servant’s heart. Your passion must be to serve people and give them an awesome experience, even though a customer may even “snap” for you or treat you like the help sometimes. She’s toast. Classic case of businescide.

[miserare]

Yay! Winning! Now IRS should go after her, her partner, and her cousin, Meryl Streep!

[\/\/ayne]

Main Street Lexington was a private tourist organization comprised of businesses on Main Street.

However, it's too late for Hate Monger Stephanie Wilkinson to resign. Since the Red Hen incident the Facebook review page for that group bore a steady stream of people saying if Wilkerson were not disavowed by the other businesses they would boycott Lexington altogether. Well, the other businesses shut down the review page but didn't disavow. By not doing so they agreed with the hate for a couple of days.

Stephanie Wilkinson and her Gang of Haters have destroyed the entire tourist industry of Lexington, VA forever. It's gone.

[miserare]

🤣🙀🍷

[dragnet2]

They’re leftist! You’d have as much luck getting those people to apologize to her as ya would riding a unicycle while juggling flaming chainsaws.

[AlaskaErik]

Get a burner phone with a Lexington number.

Or a spoofing app that makes it appear the number is coming locally.

[Eddie01]

lol - Ok, I’ll throw in 2 cats, she lets them lick the spoon.

[AndyJackson]

It is one thing to refuse service in her own restauarant. It is another to get together a band of thugs, chase the party down the street and harass them at someone else's place of business.

She better hope no one's business suffers as a consequence because that sounds like tortious interference with contract / prospective economic advantage to me.

[bray]

Too bad she is going to lose her restaurant over her hatred.

[sirchtruth]

Stephanie Wilkinson and her Gang of Haters have destroyed the entire tourist industry of Lexington, VA forever. It's gone.

Great!! This is exactly what should happen. If the town does not disavow the actions of Williams then they are showing they support those same actions and therefore approve of this loser's actions.

[outofsalt]

I live in Hampton Roads. Where is your eatery if we are ever visiting Stonewall’s memorial?

[VRWCarea51]

Fox is reporting that they have decided to stay closed until July 5th.

So not only is the Commie owner taking in the shorts, so are the employees who voted to kick Sarah out.

Enjoy your Independence day assholes...Broke!

[leaning conservative]

It’s great actually because she has embarrassed & shamed herself & probably ticked off a whole group of people. She looks like a complete buffoon & her restaurant will more than likely close.

“All in good time my pretty, all in good time.”

[taterjay]

Better yet, she did not decide, she let the employees vote.

[null and void]

They didn’t fire her? Too bad, so sad.

[null and void]

Plus convert the restaurant to a Chik-fil-A.

I do like the way you think.

It only costs $5,000 to open a Chick-fil-A. Any FReepers in Lexington?

[null and void]

From your keyboard...

[DoughtyOne]

Hmmm, I thought she was incredibly popular right about now.

Snarky grin...

[DoughtyOne]

The other founders, are hoping she’ll get lost.