Possible Ferry Cancellations - Alaska
If you have a reservation for an Alaska Ferry for this summer, you might want to read this: http://www.ktoo.org/2015/04/10/travelers-not-told-ferries-may-canceled/
Forum Discussion
joe b. wrote:
[1] A large number of folks have always lived out of state, worked for an out of state company, and commuted to work in Alaska. Usually these companies had contracts with the federal government so the state never knew they were working in Alaska. . . .
[2] The fishing fleet is much the same but many of the cannery employees are foreign citizens, brought over just to work the summer and the go back home.
[3] Unless new revenue sources develop, such as a new oil field or two, a natural gas pipeline south to the Lower 48, within just a few short years, Alaska is going to be in a world of hurt.
[1] Yep, that was me for 3 decades.
[2] Yep, many years ago I flew from Seattle to Anchorage on an Alaska Airlines redeye where I was the only American onboard besides the crew. Everyone else was from Mexico, the Philippines, or Taiwan and headed to the canneries . . . . in JANUARY!
[3] And that, folks, is why Alaska politicians will never stop trying to get oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
