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The States: Where We Wish Texas Would Secede Already

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So Bar Harbor citizens have voted to restrict cruise visitors to 1000/day. Which is really small- a handful of specialized cruise companies.

Good for them. While I will miss going there again, I respect the reply to the major problems that cruise ship passengers bring for their shor time there. The amusing thing is that some cruisers are taking this really hard- they pretend that their money should overrule the vote and so many jobs are on the line. But when presented with a really hard but profitable job- they will decline that job- which is exactly the same thing.

Bar Harbor can focus on the real visitors that are spending multiple days at their national park. And I bet once the real visitors figure out that the crowd is a lot smaller, they will end up spending more money overall.
 
MichVandal said:
So Bar Harbor citizens have voted to restrict cruise visitors to 1000/day. Which is really small- a handful of specialized cruise companies.

Good for them. While I will miss going there again, I respect the reply to the major problems that cruise ship passengers bring for their shor time there. The amusing thing is that some cruisers are taking this really hard- they pretend that their money should overrule the vote and so many jobs are on the line. But when presented with a really hard but profitable job- they will decline that job- which is exactly the same thing.

Bar Harbor can focus on the real visitors that are spending multiple days at their national park. And I bet once the real visitors figure out that the crowd is a lot smaller, they will end up spending more money overall.
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More small ports need to do this, even if it forces the mega cruise lines out altogether. In addition to cutting down on crowds for locals and visitors who are committed to staying several days, boutique cruise lines with smaller boats are usually more expensive/luxurious and attract a more monied clientele. If I were the owner of an artisan shop, women's boutique, or upscale restaurant I'd rather have one of Crystal or Windstar's smaller boats come in with several hundred DINKs than have an NCL megaboat dump 4,000 Ma & Pa Kettles in for a day.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
More small ports need to do this, even if it forces the mega cruise lines out altogether. In addition to cutting down on crowds for locals and visitors who are committed to staying several days, boutique cruise lines with smaller boats are usually more expensive/luxurious and attract a more monied clientele. If I were the owner of an artisan shop, women's boutique, or upscale restaurant I'd rather have one of Crystal or Windstar's smaller boats come in with several hundred DINKs than have an NCL megaboat dump 4,000 Ma & Pa Kettles in for a day.
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There are not many small ports that have a second source of income like Bar Harbor does. Like most of the Alaska ports have no real road traffic for a source of tourist dollars, so they need ships to bring some money in.
 
Handyman said:
Walz said if he won he would fight for full legal weed and amnesty on past charges in line with Biden. With a Dem Leg he can also fix education finally which just might save education here!
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btw I meant to ask you what specifically needs to be saved (especially relative to most other states that have traditionally lagged behind public education in MN) and have the Dems actually spoken up regarding what they target? I know the MN Teachers' union has spoken up but have our elected officials?
 
The pensions are a serious issue that will be remedied. The big one though is that there is federal funding for Special Ed that has been screwed up causing districts to take funds from other parts of their budgets to cover it.

My GF could explain it better but i can tell you flipping the MN Senate will make every district better.
 
Handyman said:
The pensions are a serious issue that will be remedied. The big one though is that there is federal funding for Special Ed that has been screwed up causing districts to take funds from other parts of their budgets to cover it.

My GF could explain it better but i can tell you flipping the MN Senate will make every district better.
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That's in line with what I read here. Has anyone actually said they plan to do any of that? I hope you're right especially if things have fallen backwards that much. Public education in MN has always been a selling point and I'd hate to see that significantly diminished long term.
 
They campaigned on it that is all I know...and the people my gf knows in the union (pretty connected) are pretty confident about it so I dunno. The MNGOP were definitely the issue though.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
According to one story I read there’s a larger than normal percentage of home schoolers in that area and they would use the library often. So, they played themselves.
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Now their parents can curate them nice, safe libraries at home without those scaaaaaary books that have LGBTQ and minority protagonists.
 
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