| I would like to discuss the issues concerning | | | | back to work at a fair wage to process. |
| Maine and it's economy. For this most | | | | Although there is another issue there due to |
| important discussion we are going to focus on | | | | the over fished ocean and the Boston globe |
| jobs and money flow. Well first we should | | | | and NY Times is making a bigger deal out of |
| discuss tourism in the coastal areas. They | | | | the issue than exists, although truly the |
| are not breaking any speed records in | | | | issue is real. Real enough to discuss and a |
| Kennebunkport or Bar Harbor, but things are | | | | little more real than the Global Warming |
| doing a lot better now that the late winter | | | | Issue.In the Georges Bank fishing area there |
| is over, that was a bad one, not the worst | | | | are issues with Natural Gas and fishing, |
| but relatively tough. If you check into the | | | | which are looking to be incompatible. Air |
| area around Cape Cod or Plymouth Rock, you | | | | guns for drilling are said in a study to hurt |
| will see a little better than last years | | | | the hearing of mammals and types of sea life, |
| numbers. But then again everyone in Boston | | | | this makes their auditory abilities week to |
| wants to ditch that traffic as downtown area | | | | find fish and communicate with one another. |
| is worse than Denver's Cluster Fustermuck. | | | | We are going to have a situation with natural |
| Also it is much closer to NYC or NJ for the | | | | gas coming soon, which will affect our |
| weekend.In Bar Harbor things are okay, ferry | | | | economy. Looks like a repeat case of the |
| has full loads to Nova Scotia as does | | | | Nixon era in Santa Barbara and the fight will |
| Portland Maine's ferry departure point. | | | | end up in court, so looks like no one will |
| Portland has much foot traffic down town and | | | | win, fishing or natural gas. Only the whale |
| around the port and boardwalk. Along the Hwy | | | | watchers may win while the court battle |
| 1 and the offshoot 1As we see good weekend | | | | continues until after the shortage predicted. |
| traffic, yet take your self off the main drag | | | | The environmentalists say that the dead sea |
| inland and within 5 miles you find all those | | | | life spots in the Gulf will also end up off |
| towns a little deprived of cash flow. Along | | | | the coast of Maine. But for now Maine is |
| the 95 we are seeing slow return to economic | | | | happy to have the undervalued dollar to |
| viability for many small businesses and basic | | | | promote the jobs. In NH across the boarder |
| industry, which have made it through the | | | | however manufacturing shrank in June but new |
| rain. The late Strawberry Crop was pushed | | | | construction was doing incredibly well |
| into summer harvest and causing increased | | | | similar to many other markets in the country. |
| water use, but they had a good snowmelt in | | | | Now the economic indicator was nearly 49.8 % |
| the region.Maine business community is strong | | | | but 50% is growth, so there was just the |
| hearted and even though much of the major | | | | slightest economic deceleration. Now one |
| purchases cause exported cash flow to Mass, | | | | might consider the harsh winter in the region |
| it comes back into the communities in | | | | and it's problems on the out come of the |
| tourism, seafood, farming and manufacturing. | | | | previous quarter. We are seeing a |
| As well as drawing in money from Europe for | | | | stabilization in manufacturing in NH while in |
| seafood packaging due to the 30% undervalued | | | | Maine with it's many mills, the growth has |
| dollar on the Euro. Kind of a good deal when | | | | been in only a few industries thanks to the |
| all of a sudden you automatically have a 30% | | | | better weather now.Lance Winslow - Online |
| discounted product against the European | | | | Think Tank forum board. |
| Countries. This helps as people get to go | | | | |