Dear Editor: Today, I took a walk from my home on Maksoutoff Street to vote. I saw a couple looking a bit lost so I asked if I could help them find what they might be looking for.
They said they were trying find where lighter boats picked up passengers. I pointed out where to go for one under the bridge. They told me they visited Sitka a few years back so had seen lot of Sitka’s sights at that time. They had planned to do little shopping. They then said Sitka is now too crowded, so they are going go back to their ship. Everywhere they went here, they had to stand in line. They said that is bad enough on the ships.
They also said they won’t be back unless Sitka cuts down on visitor traffic. They asked about signs they’ve seen in town about Proposition 1. I told them Proposition 1 are efforts to thin down the number of ships coming on the same days. Today there were five ships.
They said they just hope Sitka has the sense to vote Yes on it! It is hard to disagree with what these cruise visitors said, which is: Vote Yes on Prop 1!
Kim Elliot,
Sitka resident since 1959
