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Family-friendly beach? What a joke

Mayor John Rhodes, I lived in Myrtle Beach for 35 years until about four years ago. I left the strip with my family just before midnight on Father's Day eve when this “now famous” shooting occurred.

Family-friendly beach? My rear end. Where has your head been? We've had enough of Myrtle Beach for this lifetime.

Barry S. Ross, Sevierville, Tennessee

This story was originally published June 23, 2017 at 9:56 AM with the headline "Family-friendly beach? What a joke."

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