Posted on 07/02/2002 3:34:31 PM PDT by chance33_98
Comissioner Wants Black College Reunion Moved Spring Event Draws About 100,000 People To Daytona Beach Posted: 8:28 a.m. EDT July 2, 2002
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Daytona Beach city commissioner said that Black College Reunion visitors should consider taking their money someplace else. Commissioner Charles Cherry said that he's fed up with public resentment for the annual three-day spring event, which draws about 100,000 visitors to the area.
Community opposition to the reunion was strongest in 1998 when four law enforcement officers were shot and a visitor killed. One year later, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People sued to derail a city traffic plan that could have limited beach access.
Also that year, five visitors sued the Adam's Mark Daytona Beach Resort, charging discrimination . The hotel company agreed to a settlement in December without admitting guilt.
Cherry, 73, said Monday that he's not actively trying to move the event, but was acting out of frustration.
Cherry, now in his fourth two-year term, said he will not seek re-election in November 2003 because he wants to make way for younger people with new ideas.
That's easy to answer. The same place they are holding the White Miss America Pageant, the fundraiser for the White College Fund, etc, etc etc etc.
It's a one way street. period (Not racist, just factual)
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