I’ll say this about some of the restaurants in town — the reason they need an endless stream of new tourists is because most people won’t bother to go back a second time. You don’t need quality if you don’t need repeat customers.
The Bonds "not being able to feed their kids or pay their taxes" is quite disingenuous to say the least. Sure , paying the country club fees may be a little harder but starving kids? Give me a break. Then attacking the Jax lab(non profit) while saying we support local non profits???
And if you think the Bonds are up against it look at the St Germains...poor NINA was forced to illegally rent rooms in her home to be able to pay her salary as a "stay at home Mom!!!!" And there was of course that huge bill for the hundreds of NINA signs she had printed for her town council run.
I wrote a letter to the editor a couple of years ago arguing that the come from aways are not always the villains. Tom St Germain and others (who may not be locals by true local standards) are the ones cashing in just as the Hopkins tried to do in Tremont with the RV park. Everyone wants their piece of the pie.
When Art and I so happily lived on Devon Road in Bar Harbor, one of our big treats was to finish up our bike rides by picking up some great seafood at Debbie Parson’s place. We also liked all the treats made by Debbie’s sister. The fun of it was also having a chance to talk with our hardworking, down to earth neighbor, Debbie. Just like with the mega substation that the Town Fathers, aka, the Town Council were going along without asking any resident, no matter how close their home and family were to it, Debbie saw right through the crappola. She knows who is just out for themselves entirely, and could care less about how other people are affected.
Debbie added her powerful voice to get the mega substation to be modified into a safe, quiet mostly underground and tastefully housed structure on Prospect Street, a win win for all.
And guess what the Chamber , and the downtown businesses did in the mega substation issue? They wanted it to continue to be built as a half acre power right in the backyards of the Woodbury low income housing, home to many children and adults with disabilities. Debbie knew this was so wrong. Well, for once, this powerful cabal of business and Town officials were thwarted by a powerful group of everyday residents who worked for two long years with the electric company to come up with a brilliant solution.
Now Debbie is letting us know that the foxes are trying to take over this chicken coop known as Bar Harbor and the chickens should clearly vote NO on the repeal of the Cruise ship ordinance to be replaced by a Town Council only control over passenger caps.
Methinks there are no longer calmer heads to let prevail.
Some days ago as I stood up on the Bluffs watching exhaust spewing from an enormous cruise barge and listening to its engine noise, almost equal to that of the Hulls Cove traffic, I wondered if Bar Harbor will ever lay this battle to rest...or recover from the effects it. If ever there was a no-win situation...
In 1989, I told my good man of the era that the cruise ship business would ruin this town. Social media jumping in on an already out-of-control political muddle is not what the Bar Harbor community needs presently.
Hats off to Robert Burns for writing, "The best-laid plans of mice and men oft' go awry." Yes, indeed.
As naturalist/author Edward Abbey once wrote, "We had a good thing in America (Bar Harbor) but got carried away...in a nation devoted to the concept that too much is not enough!" He also wrote "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell."
I’ll say this about some of the restaurants in town — the reason they need an endless stream of new tourists is because most people won’t bother to go back a second time. You don’t need quality if you don’t need repeat customers.
Jalapeños was the worst and on top of the terrible food one of the guys from the kitchen was showing off his knife skills at the bar...
The Bonds "not being able to feed their kids or pay their taxes" is quite disingenuous to say the least. Sure , paying the country club fees may be a little harder but starving kids? Give me a break. Then attacking the Jax lab(non profit) while saying we support local non profits???
I’d be shocked if cruise ships were the only thing separating the Bond family from starvation…
Maybe the kids would need to drive a used Corolla to school instead of a luxury brand
And if you think the Bonds are up against it look at the St Germains...poor NINA was forced to illegally rent rooms in her home to be able to pay her salary as a "stay at home Mom!!!!" And there was of course that huge bill for the hundreds of NINA signs she had printed for her town council run.
I wrote a letter to the editor a couple of years ago arguing that the come from aways are not always the villains. Tom St Germain and others (who may not be locals by true local standards) are the ones cashing in just as the Hopkins tried to do in Tremont with the RV park. Everyone wants their piece of the pie.
I agree, ma'am.
When Art and I so happily lived on Devon Road in Bar Harbor, one of our big treats was to finish up our bike rides by picking up some great seafood at Debbie Parson’s place. We also liked all the treats made by Debbie’s sister. The fun of it was also having a chance to talk with our hardworking, down to earth neighbor, Debbie. Just like with the mega substation that the Town Fathers, aka, the Town Council were going along without asking any resident, no matter how close their home and family were to it, Debbie saw right through the crappola. She knows who is just out for themselves entirely, and could care less about how other people are affected.
Debbie added her powerful voice to get the mega substation to be modified into a safe, quiet mostly underground and tastefully housed structure on Prospect Street, a win win for all.
And guess what the Chamber , and the downtown businesses did in the mega substation issue? They wanted it to continue to be built as a half acre power right in the backyards of the Woodbury low income housing, home to many children and adults with disabilities. Debbie knew this was so wrong. Well, for once, this powerful cabal of business and Town officials were thwarted by a powerful group of everyday residents who worked for two long years with the electric company to come up with a brilliant solution.
Now Debbie is letting us know that the foxes are trying to take over this chicken coop known as Bar Harbor and the chickens should clearly vote NO on the repeal of the Cruise ship ordinance to be replaced by a Town Council only control over passenger caps.
You bet.
Methinks there are no longer calmer heads to let prevail.
Some days ago as I stood up on the Bluffs watching exhaust spewing from an enormous cruise barge and listening to its engine noise, almost equal to that of the Hulls Cove traffic, I wondered if Bar Harbor will ever lay this battle to rest...or recover from the effects it. If ever there was a no-win situation...
In 1989, I told my good man of the era that the cruise ship business would ruin this town. Social media jumping in on an already out-of-control political muddle is not what the Bar Harbor community needs presently.
Hats off to Robert Burns for writing, "The best-laid plans of mice and men oft' go awry." Yes, indeed.
We live in a place of great natural beauty.
It's pathetic, in this setting, to witness the some of the worst of human nature.
Instead of APPL they should call themselves
SwinishNabobsAboutKleptocraticExcess.
I think our place of great natural beauty is getting considerably frayed around the edges. You are correct...it is pathetic.
As naturalist/author Edward Abbey once wrote, "We had a good thing in America (Bar Harbor) but got carried away...in a nation devoted to the concept that too much is not enough!" He also wrote "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell."
*Kool-Aid, and if you start with the Oxford comma you should stick with it throughout.
Now the Greeks are following Bar Harbor's example and talking about restricting cruise ship disembarkations: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/08/world/europe/greece-cruise-ships-tourists-islands.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JU4.foyY.Bz-M1ZYkAIuY&smid=url-share