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Disorderly conduct

I would like to respond to Pat Bradford’s “My Thoughts” Editorial in the September 4th Lumina News. In it she made several good points about some of the etiquette problems in Wrightsville Beach. However, I would like to correct and add to some of her comments.

As a full time resident living near the downtown WB district, I disagree with her statements “Post Labor Day…Wrightsville Beachers reclaim the town” and “post Labor Day the town grows progressively quieter with each passing week.” This might be the case during the day, but come to downtown WB on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday night and you will see and hear a different town. The college students are back.

Sure, we had traffic and noise during the days of summer. However, most of the tourists we had were far more respectful than our group of college kids.They spent money downtown, went back to their rental units and for the most part caused few problems.

I have personally had more beer cans, bottles and cups tossed in my yard and nearby street in the past three weeks since the students came back than the three months during the summer when we had all the tourists. Stand on any street corner from 12AM to 2AM and watch the students walk to the bars in town and toss their cans,bottles, and cups of drinks in the yards. Mind you, there are trash cans on the corners and they should not be carrying alcohol anyway. Then on the way home after closing time, these same kids leave the bars with drinks and walk back yelling at each other and tossing their empty cans where ever they want. After that, many of them take the time to pee in your driveway or on your shrubs in the yard.

I would like to add that this is not all of the local students, but a good part of them who live in WB. Hey guys, while in school study, have fun, be safe, and RESPECT the law and the town that you are residing in and the residents who live here.

In Ms. Bradford’s Editorial, she also talked about “Loop Etiquette” for walkers. I would like to write about the bikers who ride past the WB signs that say “NO Bikes on Sidewalks” as they ride on the sidewalk. They go between people walking, mothers with baby strollers, and dogs on leashes without saying a word or getting off the sidewalk and on the road. If you say “NO bikes on the sidewalk” they either ignore you or give you the finger. What is up with that?

So I would like to say, bikers, you also need to show respect for the law and other people.

 

Tim Taylor

Wrightsville Beach, N.C.

 

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