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I just re-read John Kiser’s opinion letter in the April 16 edition in which he expressed a somewhat rigid and fervent opposition to tourism. In it, he listed some of the fine local businesses that have succeeded over the years. (It reminded me of the old bit about the pluck of the Irish immigrants when they first arrived through Ellis Island. It was said that “they made a tenuous living taking in each other’s laundry.” Now that is what I call a true “service economy”)
John is right that our successful businesses are well run and serve a needed purpose, but I’ll bet you that all of them would like a fuller cash register when they ring out at closing time. People with payrolls to meet don’t complain if the person buying a ham sandwich is a tourist. They tend to like tourists.
John Kiser is a likable and truly talented fellow and he does a lot of good around here. But the arguments in his letter are specious at best, and he goes of] on several tangents that make very little sense in the real world where folks are scufflin’ to make ends meet.
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