Lowcountry SC Chamber War Heats Up
ACTIVIST THREATENS TO GO AFTER MEDIA … A battle is raging in the South Carolina Lowcountry beYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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“Anyway, one of Hoagland’s allies – independent journalist John Buchanan – is dropping some heated rhetoric in conjunction with this battle, which he says has already led to “preliminary inquiries” by law enforcement, inquiries which “will soon become full-blown investigations that lead to indictments.”
Gosh…this reminds me of this:
“Good morning everyone-it’s Elmer Fudd.
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce (MBACC) has more important things to worry about than me asking questions. I believe in our Constitution and our Freedom of Speech.
The real story- which is coming out- involves the court-ordered investigations of the MBACC and prominent business owner’s hard drives, email, etc. MBACC was in arbitration over these issues recently. They will have to explain their policies regarding the restrait of trade and fair competition.
This is the same group of people who orchestrated the $205 million 1% Ad TAX and “its passage through Myrtle Beach City Council.”
I’ll ask a few more questions. Is the press going to report what happened surrounding the deadline (Monday, Sept. 7th at 5:00 pm) to produce the court-ordered information to a local law firm? What was turned in? Hard drives? Emails? Phone logs?
Those wascally wabbits!
MBACC officials filed the defamation suit on Sept. 4, claiming Fudd publicly reflected the chamber in a bad light by posting false and inaccurate statements about the organization. They filed the motion Oct. 2 to compel the Sun News to reveal Fudd’s registration information.”
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/11627483/mark-mcbride-named-as-controversial-elmer-fudd
and this…..
By Tonya Root – troot@thesunnews.com troot@thesunnews.com
An Horry County jury ruled in favor of Myrtle Beach area lobbyist Mark Kelley against The Sun News and investigative reporter David Wren on claims Kelley was defamed in articles written in 2010 about campaign contributions made a year earlier.
The jury awarded $400,000 in actual damages and $250,000 in punitive damages against the newspaper and Wren. The jury deliberated for more than four hours before reaching unanimous verdicts on the two types of damages.
Kelley filed the suit in May 2012 against Wren and The Sun Publishing Co., seeking actual damages to compensate for “his loss of and/or damage to his good name, his personal and business reputation,” according to the suit.
Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article16666328.html#storylink=cpy
and the beat goes on….
” and the beat goes on….”
Stealing one of my bits. Dang you all to flippin’ heck, pogo!
o pogo, what are we going to do without you?
A reporter not doing the “right thing” is hardly grounds for a lawsuit. The Courts would be clogged from now till doomsday, if so.
Tell me about it.
What’s up with these loons crying about lawsuits that have zero merit?
Sad.
Does this guy know pogo?
Is there a sympathetic party in this?
What Will is not telling is that Hoagland in locked in a pitched battle right now with the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce, over several issues.
He’s right on the law, in most of what he’s doing and saying. The bit about suing the papers is more like political theatre than anything else. We shall see what issues therefrom.
The piece by Buchanan was too much like idol worship for my taste.