Ha! I have witnessed the shopping bags carried by over 20,000 passengers. Only 1 in 5 on average buy an inexpensive souvenir costing 50.00 or less. Appll and the Chamber claim 10’s of millions pour in yearly. That is totally dishonest. The net profit from 1 in 5 carrying a 50 dollar souvenir is only at most 250,000 per year. And not much more than 470,000 in net profit to the whole state of Maine.
"... chalking might do precisely what the First Amendment expects of the use of public property: it might talk to citizens about our most pressing problems and help citizens decide how they should use their fundamental rights for the betterment of our culture."
Ha! I have witnessed the shopping bags carried by over 20,000 passengers. Only 1 in 5 on average buy an inexpensive souvenir costing 50.00 or less. Appll and the Chamber claim 10’s of millions pour in yearly. That is totally dishonest. The net profit from 1 in 5 carrying a 50 dollar souvenir is only at most 250,000 per year. And not much more than 470,000 in net profit to the whole state of Maine.
Extraordinary investigative reporting. Essential reading. ThankYou.
Worth the slog to see how APPL operates.
Short version: specious rhetoric and scare tactics, hyperbole and distortions.
But very important to read to see through APPLs rhetoric and tactics. And to get a sense of the law.
Almost the same as sidewalk graffiti :)
"... chalking might do precisely what the First Amendment expects of the use of public property: it might talk to citizens about our most pressing problems and help citizens decide how they should use their fundamental rights for the betterment of our culture."
- M. Failinger
Legal scholar