Submitted by: Patricia E Jackson
GIVING AMERICA TO FOREIGNERS!
I'm returning now from being in Gatlinburg. I was shocked to notice
that many of the shops are replaced by new ones. The owners have
foreign accents. I would guess 80% are now run by Indians, Pakistanis
and now Ukrainians! I asked one lady where she was from and she said
Ukraine . I asked 2 other shop owners where they were from: Ukraine .
I jokingly asked " did you folks buy up the whole left side of
Gatlinburg? She with barely veiled hatred and distain said" Yeah,
pretty much".
I tried to ask a vendor whom I asked first if he was American, about
what was happening with all the foreigners. He refused to even talk
about it. I asked another group and they seemed afraid but one woman
spoke up with an attitude of careless determination and told us that
the chamber of commerce was Iranians. That there was nothing they
could do but try to stand. The others looked at her and each other
nervously.
I spoke to a young lady in a in busy shop and she carefully began to
open up a little. She said the town was being bought up by a rich
lawyer called Joe Baker and that he is renting the shops out to
foreigners because they can afford higher rent since they don't have
to pay taxes for 5 years. She said the foreigners change the business
name and sell it to a relative and it continues tax free for 5 more
years.
It's destroying Gatlinburg. It feels creepy. I asked what the
religious affiliation of most of the foreigners was--they said:
MUSLIM!!!! A Muslim foothold in the mountains of Tennessee !
Very scary and poignant!
Goodbye America hello Afganistan east.
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