Three years ago, I opposed the local initiatives to limit cruise ship traffic. On Sunday, I signed the petition that seeks to establish Saturdays as a day without any. While I expect to support if it’s on the ballot in October, I won’t decide until after the pros and cons have been thoroughly debated.
“What? Only one day a week ship-free? Can’t we have Sundays too?” “How about four days a week ship-free?” We signature gatherers are hearing those comments frequently from community members eager to sign the petitions to get the Ship-free Saturdays Initiative on the October municipal ballot.
JUNEAU (AP) — Supporters of efforts to limit cruise ship traffic in Juneau said they failed to gather enough signatures to qualify their proposals for a vote.
Proposals to limit cruise activity in Juneau falter
June 4, 2021
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Supporters of efforts to limit cruise ship traffic in Juneau said they failed to gather enough signatures to qualify their proposals for a vote.
A group of Juneau-area residents behind the effort needed to collect signatures from nearly 3,000 registered Juneau voters for each of the three proposed measures to qualify the questions for an Oct. 5 municipal election. Karla Hart, a leader of the group, said the group failed to do so.
She declined to say how many signatures were collected, KTOO Public Media reported. Wednesday was the deadline to turn in signatures.