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The Myrtle Beach Fall Bike Rally is in full swing. Meanwhile, Myrtle Beach business owners wait for a federal judges' decision on whether to halt enforcement of new city laws that pertain to bikers.
The attorney filed the lawsuit Friday. It's against three new laws in effect against nuisance and noise.
The fall bike rally is on even though bikers are ticked off.
"They're violating our civil liberties," says local biker Emmitt Jones.
Myrtle Beach City Council passed laws to get a handle on ever-expanding bike rallies.
"That's why city council stepped in, because residents said, 'help, we need some relief from these huge may rallies," says Mark Kruea, Myrtle Beach spokesperson.
Don Emery, owner of The Dog House Bar & Grill, says he doesn't understand why the city wants to damage rallies that bring a lot of money into town. Emery and other Myrtle Beach business owners filed a lawsuit against the city calling three ordinances against noise and nuisance unconstitutional.
"It's perception that the city doesn't want bikers," says Emery. "That's just not true. The city council may not want the bikers, but the businesses do, the employers do, and we're happy to have them here."
While some out-of-towners are here now, they say they won't be back.
"I'll spend all my money down in Murrells Inlet. I'll spend all my money where it's more biker friendly," says Wayne Arnold, an out of town biker.
Mike Wright, from Maryland, says he thinks the new laws should prompt every biker in the country to head to Myrtle Beach.
"Every biker. And bring their helmets, and obey their laws, and crush this place. Crush it. Just to make a point. You're not going to mess with our right to lawfully have a good time."
Kruea says the city doesn't comment on pending litigation, but it will defend it's ordinances.
