Susan Young, one of the organizers of the [intlink id=”10919″ type=”post”]ferry service petition[/intlink] drive, says, “It’s not too late to make your voice heard regarding cuts in ferry services. An online version of the petitions that have been at various businesses around the island is now available at
www.petitiononline.com/sosferry/petition
“Virtual signatures will be accepted through January 10.”
More information about ferry issues in general is available on the San Juan Islands Ferry Group website.
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Do Not Cut Our Service!!!
please listen to the people for once and stop being so greedy!
Please find a way to keep my ferry service affordable without dramatic service cutsThank you
A poor ferry system will destroy tourism in the San Juan Islands. We waited 6 hours for the ferry to Orcas Island last Wednesday, it just doesn’t seem right!
Well, OK, I’ll sign the petition but isn’t it painfully obvious that whatever is being proposed regarding ferry service for the furure has already happened? For all the time we have been a resident in this glorious part of the world, that’s the way it works. They decide something, run it by the public enough times to satisfy the legal requirements of “open” deliberation and print it. Oh, sure every once in awhile they change what was originally an error or something that doesn’t really effect anything, but by and large, public opinion expressed by any numbers less than everybody has little effect.
What is really happening is that the Ferry Board is afraid to make or suggest the meaningful and major changes that need to be made in the operation of the system. For example, whay haven’t they adopted a reservation system? As it is now the first come first served system doesn’t work – regardless of the “party” line of reasons why it does. Why can’t they raise rates to pay for services and at same time give both preferential loading and pricing to “locals” defined as people who reside in a county contiguous to Puget Sound? Why haven’t they accepted “Ferry Partners”, B&B’s for one, who can purchase blocks of ferry tickets and provide them to their guests either as part of the rate or as an add on?
Continually saying we don’t like what you are doing, do something else, isn’t working. Let’s bombard them with ideas.
Hey, what’s wrong with thinking “outside the box”?