Mayor Danny Jones, on the week-long shutdown of the Kanawha Boulevard for the 20th Annual Convention of the Chevrolet Nomad Association:

“It’s not a big car show,” Jones said. “It will take [the Boulevard] between Capitol and Court all next week. It’s the first time they’ve ever had a venue like this. I don’t know of a city in the country that will shut down a four-lane highway for a week.“

Emphasis Mine.

One has to wonder if Danny Jones ever considered why other cities don’t shut down one of their biggest roads for an entire week in order to accomodate conventions for obscure cars. This shutdown makes rush-hour traffic absolutely horrendous for anyone who has to get anywhere near the affected blocks, and it doesn’t help that the City of Charleston seems shut down the Boulevard every other week.

Of course, Mayor Jones has proven, time and again, that he doesn’t care what the residents (and workers) of the city of Charleston want or need. If they leave, why he’ll just expand the city limits to keep the population up!