Camp Humphreys Update
It looks like things are calming down at Camp Humphreys:
The head of a group representing club owners outside Camp Humphreys said Tuesday he’s hoping to persuade base officials to quickly rescind an order that placed a dozen local businesses off-limits last week and touched off an outcry from the merchants.
Camp Humphreys commander Col. Michael J. Taliento Jr. last week put 11 of the businesses off-limits, alleging they were selling alcohol to underage servicemembers. He put a 12th business off-limits for an alleged instance of prostitution or human trafficking.
Kim Ki-ho, president of the Anjung-ri Merchants Association, said merchants were so angered they hung a banner Friday in the heart of the bar district to protest the move.
“Commander Michael J. Taliento Jr., You go back to Afghanistan again,†the banner read. Taliento served in Afghanistan before taking command of the Area III Support Activity at Camp Humphreys in June 2004.
But the merchants have since put aside their anger and on Sunday afternoon took down the banner, said Kim.
I’m sure they will work something out, the clubs will be on their best behavior, and this whole thing will blow over. Given time, things will eventually be back to business as usual.
Who cares they just want our money anyways…let them sweat for a while, they would be homeless if it wasn't for the
GI's……….put the hotels and motels off limits then you'll really see the juicy girls cry along with the "club owners" aka…dirtbags, you can have that place, its nothing but a three block whore house!