I just read the Washington Post article cited above and the island of Santorini in Greece is swamped by up to 16,000 tourists per day! They are trying to impose a reduction of 50% or 8,000 tourists per day. I can hear that bell tolling for Bar Harbor if Ocean Properties gets their way.Try to imagine downtown Bar Harbor on an 8,000 tourist day! And for those who think that couldn't happen Norwegian Cruise Lines just launched a gigantic cruise ship that holds 3,850 passengers. Originally scheduled to service China and the far east NCL has recently decided to reroute her to the United States. Is that drool I see spilling out of the mouths of the little wigs at Ocean Properties? Let's see, the Town Council is currently proposing a limit of 3,200 passengers a day, how hard can it be to get them to up it to 3,850? Ask not for whom the bell tolls citizens of Bar Harbor it tolls for thee!
I'm guessing that with BH Town Council complicity, OPL is betting on a big payout.
Salvatore, thanks to years of BHTC perks, has deeper pockets than the town. Which willingly handed over the disembarkation operation to private interests. Now the town is at the mercy of Salvatore's unmitigated greed and lawlessness.
Let’s see if I got the Town’s Track 2 policy to rid/reduce litigation against the Town by the greedy APPYL and OPL corporate entities who claim they are our starving neighbors who live next to you….right: I thought the negotiations with APPYL and OPL and the cruise lines were intended to whomp up the passenger caps close to a fuzzy 4,000 per day in exchange for dropping lawsuits.
So now I am confused. OPL, known as Ocean Properties , managed by their loyal henchman, Eben Salvatore, is suing to preserve their cash cow disembarking pier, a lawsuit initiated after all the Town’s time and energy to negotiate in supposed good faith.
It seems that Ocean Properties have just thumbed their ever growing long noses at the Town , and will sue whenever they want in spite of the Town giving a generous deal to Ocean and their fellow downtown businesses.
It seems to me that there is only one thing to do since Ocean cares only about itself is to vote NO on this give away legislation that Ocean Properties will undermine and thwart at every turn.
I just read the Washington Post article cited above and the island of Santorini in Greece is swamped by up to 16,000 tourists per day! They are trying to impose a reduction of 50% or 8,000 tourists per day. I can hear that bell tolling for Bar Harbor if Ocean Properties gets their way.Try to imagine downtown Bar Harbor on an 8,000 tourist day! And for those who think that couldn't happen Norwegian Cruise Lines just launched a gigantic cruise ship that holds 3,850 passengers. Originally scheduled to service China and the far east NCL has recently decided to reroute her to the United States. Is that drool I see spilling out of the mouths of the little wigs at Ocean Properties? Let's see, the Town Council is currently proposing a limit of 3,200 passengers a day, how hard can it be to get them to up it to 3,850? Ask not for whom the bell tolls citizens of Bar Harbor it tolls for thee!
"It’s anyone’s guess how all this will play out."
I'm guessing that with BH Town Council complicity, OPL is betting on a big payout.
Salvatore, thanks to years of BHTC perks, has deeper pockets than the town. Which willingly handed over the disembarkation operation to private interests. Now the town is at the mercy of Salvatore's unmitigated greed and lawlessness.
Let’s see if I got the Town’s Track 2 policy to rid/reduce litigation against the Town by the greedy APPYL and OPL corporate entities who claim they are our starving neighbors who live next to you….right: I thought the negotiations with APPYL and OPL and the cruise lines were intended to whomp up the passenger caps close to a fuzzy 4,000 per day in exchange for dropping lawsuits.
So now I am confused. OPL, known as Ocean Properties , managed by their loyal henchman, Eben Salvatore, is suing to preserve their cash cow disembarking pier, a lawsuit initiated after all the Town’s time and energy to negotiate in supposed good faith.
It seems that Ocean Properties have just thumbed their ever growing long noses at the Town , and will sue whenever they want in spite of the Town giving a generous deal to Ocean and their fellow downtown businesses.
It seems to me that there is only one thing to do since Ocean cares only about itself is to vote NO on this give away legislation that Ocean Properties will undermine and thwart at every turn.
This might be behind a paywall, but today's Washington Post has an apt article about the world-wide reaction to "over tourism."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/09/21/europe-antitourism-barcelona-santorini-venice/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3f0f60e%2F66eee9d535be834cdfb0b416%2F64357f19373b0401cd8946bc%2F12%2F46%2F66eee9d535be834cdfb0b416