Residents pack room for Atlantic Beach meeting
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Atlantic Beach community members came together at Nora Lener?s restaurant Thursday night to try to come up with ways on how they said they could better the image of their town.
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Mayor Retha Pierce at Thursday night’s ‘concerned citizens’ meeting
Atlantic Beach community members came together at Nora Lener’s restaurant Thursday night to try to come up with ways on how they said they could better the image of their town.
Among those who attended, was Mayor Retha Pierce who briefly talked about her recent arrest. Authorities arrested and booked Pierce last Thursday for DUI in Marion County.
Pierce told the packed room that she was innocent and that, “there are shadow people out to get her.“She also addressed comments made by representative Tracy Edge related to Pierce’s latest arrest.
She said that she found it rude when he said, “she needs to behave.“
She said she’s disappointed that the only time Atlantic Beach ever gets attention is when she has a run in with the law.
“When I think about how I have been depicted and how I know that there are shadow people who are working with town council people along with my own law enforcement folks here in Atlantic Beach to really help depict me as a criminal and the way I am showing up a lot in these last four cases I guess that just worked my emotions a little but ultimately I will remember that God is in control,“ said Pierce.
Last week a judge granted Pierce a personal recognizance but Pierce kept insisting that she hadn’t done anything wrong.
“I’m not guilty of what I was arrested for I don’t drink, I don’t take drugs I don’t use drugs, deal with drugs in any way so if you’re not guilty of any of that that’s what you would say is a false arrest,“ explained Pierce.
Tuesday night Atlantic Beach town council voted to send a resolution to Governor Sanford for him to remove the mayor from office, but that’s something only the governor can do in South Carolina.
Pierce’s DUI arrest last week was just the most-recent of a number of run-ins with the law.
Three other past incidents include charges of trespassing inside Atlantic Beach town hall, resisting arrest at a traffic stop and leaving the scene of a hit and run.
While Pierce has been arrested several times, she has not been convicted of any of the charges.
Community members also talked about creating educational programs for neighborhood children and electing new officials to take over town council in November.
Reader Reactions
“She said she’s disappointed that the only time Atlantic Beach ever gets attention is when she has a run in with the law” considering this disgrace is in the news so often she has no one to blame but herself.
It is about time the town council wakes up and realizes that this woman is making a mockery of the mayor’s office and herself. If she had any sense at all - she would be ashamed to show her face in Atlantic Beach again! I can’t believe the council has not taken any action before.
First it is the “shadow people” responsible for all her run ins with the law. Then when Rep. Edge calls for the governor to remove her he is called a “slave master”. Is this a case of paranoia or what??? She is a disgrace to the residents of Atlantic Beach and a negative role model for their youth.
What a bunch of bull coming from Mrs. Pierce! I think I’ll go take a Retha! My stomach hurts!
That’s usually what all criminals say when they get caught…“but their after me.“ And what is “shadow people”? Not to mention people in an elected position SHOULDN’T have run-ins with the law unless their being victimized and we don’t read too many cases about that. Clearly she’s not a victim and neither is Robinson in Florence. I do believe people like this think they are above the law and she should definitely be voted out. Kudos to the town council of Atlantic beach for finally taking action to defend their reputation.
I think this lady is an embarrasment to atlantic beach.How can you represent a town when you cant stay out of trouble yourself.What a great role model you are for the children there.Breathilizers dont lie lady.
That woman is CUH-razy.
Shadow people? Yeah, they used to chase me too - of course it was back when I was in college and had just ate a bunch of mushrooms, but still, they were very, very real.
Somebody needs to call Kellogg’s and tell them to bring the BIG nets to catch that fruit loop.
Let me see if i got this straight. It was a “Shadow person” who was arrested for trespassing? It was a “Shadow person” that was arrested for resisting arrest”. It was a shadow person that was arrested for hit and run. I would not even stop to use the restroom in Atlantic beach. Hopefully Sanford’s decision will not be persuaded by shadow people.
MAYBE THE SHADOW RAN IN FRONT OF HER CAR AND SHE SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING THE SHADOW AND THE OFFICER THOUGHT SHE WAS DUI…..
HEY WD4EDU WAS THAT SHADOW ALSO IN THE PAROL CAR IN MARION COUNTY WHEN THE MAYOR GOT PULLED OVER FOR DUI?...JUST CHECKING
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