Candidate Russell Fry online touts his association with the Grand Strand Business Alliance. He is highly connected and funded by a group of leaders who align themselves with the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.
The favorite sister PAC of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is the Grand Strand Business Alliance.
Tourists and locals have commonly used terms about the city that include: Murder Beach, Dirty Myrtle, and Myrtle Beach Mafia to describe the political climate concerning establishment insiders in the City of Myrtle Beach.
Who, in the Russell Fry campaign, approved this as the campaign’s anthem?
Was it a wise choice considering the recent history of the 10 mile small coastal town? As can be heard below, the anthem is not family friendly. It includes fowl language and derogatory statements about both women and blacks.
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Lyrics include: Damn it feels good to be a gangster. A real gangster A$$ N plays his cards right. A real gangster A$$ n never runs his F -ing mouth. Gangster A$$ n’s never start fights. A N’s always got a high cap. Showing all his boys how he shot him.
The song only goes downhill from there.
The Myrtle Beach Mafia is a 14 year old term used to describe the political authors and operatives who worked to bring about a tax known at the Tourism Development Fee (TDF). The TDF brings in over $24 million annually to the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.
Dirty Myrtle is often used to describe the city’s heavy handed, political climate.
There is also a local beer called the Dirty Myrtle.
Area leaders have recently worked to distance themselves from the term Dirty Myrtle.
In light of such, was the Fry For U.S. Congressional District 7th’s choice of this anthem a wise one?