Anti-war veterans urge boycott of Newport
When two anti-war groups showed up to take part in the annual Loyalty Day Parade in Newport, organizers sent them marching — in the other direction.
Now two weeks later, as high season on the Oregon coast heats up, Newport finds itself at the heart of a boycott that has tourists pledging to take their loyalty elsewhere.
So far more than 400 people have signed an Internet petition protesting how parade organizers handled the confrontation and promising to bypass Newport merchants.
Shop owners haven’t felt the effect yet, but the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce has been hearing from critics as far away as Denver, said executive director Susan Huntington.
“The Chamber of Commerce is where all the people are registering their dismay,” Huntington said. “We get all the e-mails and phone calls from people who are very angry about it.”
Of course the CoC is getting all the calls; that is where the VFP organizers are telling their drones to call and complain. And never mind the “400 People” petition, they first have to prove that they were going to actually show up before their threats to “boycott’ the town can be taken seriously.
My guess is that they won’t notice it a bit.
If the VFP moonbats would have just followed the rules and filled out a float applicaiton and actually brought a float instead of their stinky bus (for 5 whole members, mind you) maybe they wouldn’t have anything to bitch about?
Oh wait, nevermind. They’ll always find something to bitch about.