Pelham council candidate criticized for Facebook rant A Pelham city council candidate is coming under fire for comments made on Facebook after losing the race Tuesday night. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT 6:00, WHAT THIS MAN SAID TO THE PEOPLE OF PELHAM. >> DON'T BUY A HOUSE. DON'T SHOP -- >> SHARON YATES, OWNER, IS SHOCKED WHILE READING THE FACEBOOK POST OF A MAN WHO READ FOR CITY COUNCIL. I DON'T LIKE POLITICS. THIS IS WHY I DON'T LIKE POLITICS. THAT'S CRAZY. >> LUCAS BURGER LOST TO INCOME BENT RICK HAYES. HE WENT ON A Facebook RANT AFTER GETTING ONLY 8% SAYING "THE ONLY WAY TO BEAT THEM IS TO STOP SHOPPING IN PELHAM. DON'T BY A HOUSE IN PELHAM. DON'T SEND YOUR KIDS TO PELHAM CITY SCHOOLS." >> PELHAM IS GREAT. MY LIVELIHOOD IS IN PELHAM. >> HE ALSO WROTE ALL WE CAN DO NOW AND SIT BACK AND LAUGH AT THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAD THE SIGNS IN HER YARD AND LAUGH AT WHAT PELHAM HAS BECOME DESPITE ITS PRIME LOCATION. IF YOU ASK SHELBY COUNTY CHAMBER PRESIDENT BURGER IS WAY OFF WITH THAT COMMENT AND SAID PELHAM WAS RECENTLY NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 10 SUBURBS IN ALABAMA BY A COMPANY THAT RATES COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> I DON'T KNOW MR. BURGER AND HE'S ENTITLED TO HIS OPINION, BUT I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PELHAM AND EVEN THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING TO MOVE TO PELHAM, WOULD RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH HIS OPINION. >> AS FOR YATES, BUSINESS HAS BEEN GOOD SINCE HE OPENED UP NEARLY A YEAR AGO. >> AND SHE HOPES ONE PERSON'S OPINION WON'T RUIN ANY

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