Alabama House approves boycott of Aruba

This isn't going to do anything to help.

Alabama House asks residents to boycott Aruba

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama House passed a resolution Friday asking Alabama residents to boycott travel to Aruba, where a teenager has been missing for more than seven weeks.

The resolution expresses concern that no one has been charged in the disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway of Mountain Brook, Ala.

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Since Holloway's disappearance, authorities in Aruba have detained seven people in the case, but only Joran van der Sloot, the 17-year-old son of a judge in training, remains in custody. Holloway was last seen in public leaving a nightclub with van der Sloot.

The resolution was sponsored by Rep. Leslie Vance, D-Phenix City, who said he hopes the threat of losing tourist dollars will encourage officials in Aruba to speed up the investigation.

to see that a democrat sponsored this bill. It's not that the Arubans don't want to find anyone, it's that they can't find anyone. The politicians, and sadly enough the public, would be happy with a scapegoat.

Brandon

That's why I haven't been on vacation in three years.

:shrug: