"The Town Council remains committed to enforcing the will of the people, while working to bring forward the necessary policy tools for implementation. "
The Town Council remains committed to *obstructing* the will of the people, while working to bring forward the necessary policy tools for *non-implementation.*
The Council and their Manager talking out of both sides of their mouths while praying APPL wins on appeal.
I’m thinking the Council, concerned and tired of financing through taxpayers pocket book, endless litigation of what appears to be a poorly written attempt to ban cruise ships is looking for a compromise solution that satisfies no particular constituency fully and we all can grumble endlessly about yet ultimately live with.
I do not agree with any assessment that says the ordinance is poorly written. You are being duped. The ordinance is the compromise. A clear explanation was attached to every ballot just as Wagner stated.. The people knew what they voted on.
No passengers will be needed to be counted. No ship will come here if they have to deny their passengers from disembarking. They will be informed on how many PAX are already booked on the day they want to come by the Town. Case closed.
You’re welcome to any opinion you like. However I find your absolutism regarding anything having to do with cruise lines, ships and their passengers not only way out of line but preposterously eroneous economically and, importantly fundamentally un-American.
Oh, and if the ordinance was well written it would have been implemented by now.
The ordinance was implemented by the TC in November when 58% of the voted for it. The date should have been March 17th but the TC apparently cannot read. Like you. Un-American.
Your obsession with cruise lines, ships and passengers borders on the pathological. If I were you, which I grateful I’m not, I’d find another ax to grind.
I think loving an industry the spews pathogens all over the environment in order to operate and knowingly inviting it to park in your front yard is the sign of a pathologically disturbed person..
“It is hard to get someone to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it.”
A big to do about nothing. When a ship calls for a reservation it is informed as to how many passengers have already been okayed for the days they request. Obviously a cruise ship is not going to come here if they must deny their passengers the oppurtunity to come ashore. There would be a mutiny. No cruise ship companies are suing Bar Harbor over our Constitutional rights. It is
Ocean Properties that is thwarting the citizens desires. The cost of fighting fruitless appeals is nothing compared to the cost of winning on Home Rule principals. OP cannot legally add more evidence to that case.
They are NOT going to secretly invite ships on their own because only our Harbor Master under direction from our Town’s citizens can do that. The law is 1000 Max Pax. If a ship has to restrict disembarkations it will not come. That is a fact. It is simply OP fighting for over a million in fees that he is allowed to spend wherever he wants , as opposed to the restricted fees the town collects, that the TC and our new Town Manager are fighting for. It is pathetic to secretly meet with the multi billion dollar cruise industy. It is a smack in the face of the voters.
"The Town Council remains committed to enforcing the will of the people, while working to bring forward the necessary policy tools for implementation. "
The Town Council remains committed to *obstructing* the will of the people, while working to bring forward the necessary policy tools for *non-implementation.*
The Council and their Manager talking out of both sides of their mouths while praying APPL wins on appeal.
Your take anyway.
I’m thinking the Council, concerned and tired of financing through taxpayers pocket book, endless litigation of what appears to be a poorly written attempt to ban cruise ships is looking for a compromise solution that satisfies no particular constituency fully and we all can grumble endlessly about yet ultimately live with.
I say this is the wisest course of action.
I do not agree with any assessment that says the ordinance is poorly written. You are being duped. The ordinance is the compromise. A clear explanation was attached to every ballot just as Wagner stated.. The people knew what they voted on.
No passengers will be needed to be counted. No ship will come here if they have to deny their passengers from disembarking. They will be informed on how many PAX are already booked on the day they want to come by the Town. Case closed.
You’re welcome to any opinion you like. However I find your absolutism regarding anything having to do with cruise lines, ships and their passengers not only way out of line but preposterously eroneous economically and, importantly fundamentally un-American.
Oh, and if the ordinance was well written it would have been implemented by now.
The ordinance was implemented by the TC in November when 58% of the voted for it. The date should have been March 17th but the TC apparently cannot read. Like you. Un-American.
Your obsession with cruise lines, ships and passengers borders on the pathological. If I were you, which I grateful I’m not, I’d find another ax to grind.
I am grateful I’m not you too.
I think loving an industry the spews pathogens all over the environment in order to operate and knowingly inviting it to park in your front yard is the sign of a pathologically disturbed person..
“It is hard to get someone to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it.”
Sounds like an accurate assessment to me...
A big to do about nothing. When a ship calls for a reservation it is informed as to how many passengers have already been okayed for the days they request. Obviously a cruise ship is not going to come here if they must deny their passengers the oppurtunity to come ashore. There would be a mutiny. No cruise ship companies are suing Bar Harbor over our Constitutional rights. It is
Ocean Properties that is thwarting the citizens desires. The cost of fighting fruitless appeals is nothing compared to the cost of winning on Home Rule principals. OP cannot legally add more evidence to that case.
They are NOT going to secretly invite ships on their own because only our Harbor Master under direction from our Town’s citizens can do that. The law is 1000 Max Pax. If a ship has to restrict disembarkations it will not come. That is a fact. It is simply OP fighting for over a million in fees that he is allowed to spend wherever he wants , as opposed to the restricted fees the town collects, that the TC and our new Town Manager are fighting for. It is pathetic to secretly meet with the multi billion dollar cruise industy. It is a smack in the face of the voters.