Former NBA star Charles Barkley, now a basketball analyst on television, criticized Galveston and its beaches, referring to its water as "dirty" during Saturday's playoff postgame show on TNT in response to a lackluster performance by the New Orleans Pelicans in their 106-85 loss at home against the Oklahoma City Thunder. "We're not giving them no plane ticket to the beach. Send they @*%* to Galveston, Texas, right where that dirty water washed up on the beach. They can't even get in no water." Galveston city council member David Collins responded to Charles Barkley’s comments. "If anyone understands being washed up, it would be Mr. Barkley," Collins said in an email to Houston Public Media. The Galveston Park Board, which cleans and maintains 32 miles of beachfront, said in a statement "Galveston is much more than a beach town. Galveston is a family-friendly and cost-friendly destination, and we think the Pelicans would find well-deserved R&R here in the offseason." Read the Galve...