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To: joseffy who wrote (10751)6/4/2014 6:14:23 PM
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Hailey businesses feeling Bergdahl backlash
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idahostatesman.com ^ | June 4, 2014 | Zach Kyle


Controversy over the prisoner exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — and over allegations he abandoned his Afghanistan post — has brought blowback on businesses in Hailey, Bergdahl’s hometown.

The Hailey Chamber of Commerce has received hundreds of phone calls from people angry that the community had planned a June 28 “Bowe is Back” celebration for a possible deserter, Chamber Membership Director Kristy Heitzman said. The Chamber wasn’t organizing or sponsoring “Bowe is Back” but promoted the event on its Facebook page, she said.

Organizers cancelled the event midday Wednesday.

Some of the angry callers are veterans, Heitzman said. One angry caller said he was a trucker saying he would make sure to stop in Hailey to dump off his trash, she said.

“They say we’re kind of a disgrace, or what a shame it is to have a celebration for a traitor,” Heitzman said.

“They say they had planned on coming to the area to go fishing or camping, but now they won’t be coming to Idaho.”

(Excerpt) Read more at idahostatesman.com ...