BAR HARBOR - The imbroglio over cruise ship visitation took on an entirely new dimension Tuesday night when lawyers who are suing the town over its ordinance to limit passenger visitation hijacked the Town Council meeting and turned it into a courtroom.
The council should adopt a three minute rule for public comment and have a clock the manager starts . We have done this in my township. It’s fair and efficient. I hope the council members reading this will consider this idea. Lawyers for opposing proposals have no right to monopolize the meetings.
These APPLL folks need to take their loss and move on. The citizens won, they lost, quit bringing your dogs to the council meetings and expecting something different to happen.
Now how about that gigantic Disney looking ship today, why was it parked on this side of Bar Island?
"Almost in the next breath, Hamilton said his clients would never adhere to any rule-making on the cruise ship ordinance no matter what the council did."
Hamilton said, “We're just not going to tolerate it. We're going to be a brick wall on this disembarkation ordinance.”
I can't help but feel a bit confused regarding the above two statements. I've been operating under the assumption that Judge Walker had made a ruling on this ordinance and that a judge in the Federal Court System had the final say in such legal matters. Now it would appear that Ocean Properties and their Bangor lawyer seems to be indicating that Judge Walker and the citizens of Bar Harbor can just take a hike because Ocean Properties and their lawyer are just going to ignore the judges ruling and continue right on disembarking as many passengers as they like.
Do I hear a TV voice in the background saying, "Cuff em Dano!" or was that Judge Walker himself? Going to be interesting to see who wins in this Ocean Properties vs Judge Walker standoff…
These APPLL people are a menace
The council should adopt a three minute rule for public comment and have a clock the manager starts . We have done this in my township. It’s fair and efficient. I hope the council members reading this will consider this idea. Lawyers for opposing proposals have no right to monopolize the meetings.
These APPLL folks need to take their loss and move on. The citizens won, they lost, quit bringing your dogs to the council meetings and expecting something different to happen.
Now how about that gigantic Disney looking ship today, why was it parked on this side of Bar Island?
"Almost in the next breath, Hamilton said his clients would never adhere to any rule-making on the cruise ship ordinance no matter what the council did."
Hamilton said, “We're just not going to tolerate it. We're going to be a brick wall on this disembarkation ordinance.”
I can't help but feel a bit confused regarding the above two statements. I've been operating under the assumption that Judge Walker had made a ruling on this ordinance and that a judge in the Federal Court System had the final say in such legal matters. Now it would appear that Ocean Properties and their Bangor lawyer seems to be indicating that Judge Walker and the citizens of Bar Harbor can just take a hike because Ocean Properties and their lawyer are just going to ignore the judges ruling and continue right on disembarking as many passengers as they like.
Do I hear a TV voice in the background saying, "Cuff em Dano!" or was that Judge Walker himself? Going to be interesting to see who wins in this Ocean Properties vs Judge Walker standoff…