http://pjmedia.com/trending/virginia-town-still-suffering-after-red-hen-kicked-sarah-huckabee-sanders-out/
Lexington, Virginia, is struggling to recover its image as a welcoming community after one of its restaurants famously refused to serve White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The whole town faced a backlash after The Red Hen, a restaurant in downtown Lexington, refused to serve Sanders and her family, forcing them into the street last June. ...
Over two months later tourism in the small town is still reportedly suffering.
The Roanoke Times reported on Sunday that the regional tourism board has been forced to use emergency funds to boost its digital marketing campaign. Officials said the funds were needed because "the region is in desperate need of positive coverage."
Local businesses were reportedly appalled by Wilkinson's "small-minded and intolerant" decision to boot Sanders from her restaurant and at the time, some called on her to step down from her position as executive director of the volunteer-based organization Main Street Lexington.
Wilkinson resigned from the position on June 26. ...
Wilkinson's restaurant closed for two weeks following the political firestorm and reopened for business on July 6. Unfortunately, her petty actions in June did lasting damage to the town's reputation. The incident prompted a barrage of angry phone calls and emails to the tourism office, and the negative feedback reportedly continues to come in. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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