Mayor’s monthly address
Provided by Mayor Carl Beckmann-
Folly Beach, SC
The City needs your help once again. We have several Boards and Commissions where seats are vacant and really need to be filled. This is an excellent opportunity for you to assist the City in moving forward. Please send your resume’/CV and your interest to our Municipal Clerk, Mary Cunningham. Mary will have a list of the seats available during the first weeks of July.
It appears, from what I’m told, that the Citizens of Folly Beach feel they are exempt from all laws we have in place. In particular is the leash law and dogs on the beach! I will tell you, you are not exempt from prosecution. You above all should be setting the example for our visitors and guests. Please do not become a casualty.
There is not much we can do about the heavy traffic on the weekends so I’m asking each of you to be patient and understanding. If you must leave the Beach on the weekend, time your travel so you can return in the mid to late afternoon. We are a public beach and unfortunately we have to endure the hordes that invade each weekend. I met with the mayors from IOP and Sullivan’s Island recently and we are not alone. They have the exact same traffic problems. We discussed this subject at some length but did not come up with any untried solutions. We plan to meet on an on-going basis and try to come up with ideas to resolve some of our mutual problems like traffic.
Its turtle season so please remember to turn off your outside lights after dusk. If you see any houses on the front beach that have their outside lights on please ask them to turn them off.
