National recession blamed for weak opening night biker rally
NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. Jennifer LLoyd, a bartender at Pub 44, pours a soda for one of her friends during the midnight hour Thursday, the opening night of Biketoberfest with a sparse crowd. In middle photo, Eddie and Linda Albertson of Chatsworth, Ga., and in right photo, Fred and Judy Weekly, of Rome Ga., leave Pub 44 to head back to their beachside timeshare.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Georgia resident Judy Weekly was blunt in her explanation for the poor showing on opening night of the Biketoberfest motorcycle rally as she hopped on board husband, Fred's Harley Davidson: "They elected the wrong (expletive) president."
