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