From: gwelsh@spamcop.net   
      
   "JF Mezei"  wrote:   
   > Harper govt has decided that lighthouses are no longer needed and   
   > include the famous Peggy's Cover lighthouse in the list of "surplus"   
   > lighthouses.   
      
   In this day of GPS, ships are more likely to run aground due to idiot   
   captains than getting lost.  In other words, lighthouses might well be "no   
   longer needed."  And, if it costs to maintain them, then a government   
   decision not to spend public money on things we don't need is exactly the   
   correct one.   
      
   As for this "famous" lighthouse: if it is indeed visited by 500,000 tourists   
   a year (that's an *average* of over 1300 per day, can that be right?) then   
   surely the community and businesses that benefit from the tourism can cover   
   the costs.  I don't see why former auto workers flipping burgers on the   
   night shift in order not to lose their family home should see their tax   
   dollars spent on tourist attractions (at best) in other parts of the   
   country.   
      
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