Make your voice heard to tell Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes that his services are no longer needed and that he needs to resign effective immediately.
Mayor Rhodes has embarrassed this community. He has caved into pressure from groups with interests outside the City of Myrtle Beach. He stood by and watched the Atlantic Beach Bikefest overrun the City of Myrtle Beach every Memorial Day Weekend, including mass city wide rioting and 5 murders in 2014, yet he repeatedly fails to enact any legislation, ordinances or strategic plan to deal with this tragedy that adversely affects nearly all Grand Strand residents and businesses. Yet he has more than doubled his mayoral salary up to $50K per year and takes a two week trip to China on someone else’s dime, and for what. He has destroyed almost everything he has touched including businesses, Jackaroo’s Restaurant, and the Beach Ball Classic. When is the last time the Beach Ball Classic was rated in the top 10 of holiday basketball tournaments? The city even has an ordinance that requires businesses to police their own store fronts to disperse loitering people, even if they are all intoxicated, known as the vigilante law. Dozens of businesses were fined for this infraction in 2014.
Mr. Rhodes has failed to establish any working relationship or a framework of communication with Atlantic Beach, or the Governors office to remedy this crisis. There has been plenty of talk on his part, but absolutely no positive results. The city has enacted a 23 mile traffic merry-go-round for Memorial Day Weekend that has no possible way of working. They have also decided to throw 800 law enforcement officers in harms way. Just like the federal government. Got a problem, just throw money at it. In Myrtle Beach, got a problem, just throw money and 800 police officers at it. This is not leadership. He even wants taxpayers and residents to pay for all of this with a hike in taxes. He also wants to take money away from tourism marketing to pay for this. What will we have left after we are all sucked dry to pay for the Atlantic Beach Bike Fest Weekend?
Mr. Rhodes shelf life as mayor has expired. We need someone with common sense and at least half a brain to do much better. Please show your support and FIRE MAYOR JOHN RHODES.
