Originally Posted By: SoccerinLC

They haven’t lied or misled their membership as you’d like to suggest.

USAMP misled/misleads its members. As they have misled the Town of Mount Pleasant. As they have misled the County of Charleston. Saying they haven't is at best... misleading.

Here's the facts & timeline on the example given in the prior post:

At the March 4th, 2019 Charleston County Zoning Board meeting, the County denied the variance to remove the Grand Trees that the USAMP executive director said was required for the Awendaw complex to proceed. To view the denial, as some already have, click this link:

https://www.charlestoncounty.org/departments/zoning-planning/bza.php

then scroll down to the drop-down box below "Meeting Minutes" and select "March 2019". Then scroll down to “CASE# is BZA-01-19-00308”. The final sentence is the denial.

Just two weeks later, on March 20th, the club put out an update to their field plans in which they told members:

"We are pleased to announce that our Club cleared its final hurdles with the Charleston County Board of Zoning Appeals last week to allow us to break ground on our field complex at Guerin’s Bridge Road, and we are excited to move forward with a planned opening of fall 2019!"

The link to that update is on their site, here:

http://www.usamountpleasant.com/new-field-development-expansion-update-march-20-2019

Judge for yourselves parents/coaches if you think that equates to misleading members. Were “final hurdles” cleared? What was “pleasing” about an outcome that denied the variance request to remove the trees when this meant, according to the executive director "the project would not be able to proceed, leaving USA-MP without fields to continue practice and competition"? They even put their field update under a picture of the denied field plans.

There are plenty of great parents and kids at all the local clubs, including USAMP. We are all 1 or 2 degrees of separation in this small community. Don't be afraid to stand up and ask questions of your club directors. If you are ignored, then ask parents at your club and other clubs about their experiences. You can still choose to stay at your club without fear of reprisal. Or you can just move to another club among the many local options.

Best of luck!