Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons Casco Bay Weekly (1991) Casco Bay Weekly 5-30-1991 Casco Bay Weekly : 30 May 1991 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1991 Recommended Citation "Casco Bay Weekly : 30 May 1991" (1991). Casco Bay Weekly (1991). 21. http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1991/21 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Casco Bay Weekly at Portland Public Library Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Casco Bay Weekly (1991) by an authorized administrator of Portland Public Library Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Getting "some excited" on Boulder Road Couple tests property rights against Peaks Island traditions • By Andy Newman by more than 170 island residents calling themselves were posted on the island store's bulletin board. PIGSEAR (Peaks Islanders Getting Some Excited About Undaunted, Eisenberg said she is stirred by an The dirt road that passes in front of Carol Eisenberg Rights-of-way). Robert Baker, who started PIGSEAR, older tradition, the tradition of private property rights. and David Simpson's front yard on Peaks Island looks said people are opposed to closing the road because "The American system, for good or ill, is firml y rooted like dozens of roads on the island, its soil compacted by they fear it would set a precedent. Informal roads are in private property rights and rights to property ought decades of islanders driving cars and trucks on it. prevalent on the island, and Baker said that if land­ to be respected," she said. But this road is different. owners started closing them, it would make getting On Peaks, residents pride themselves on resolving Eisenberg and Simpson have unearthed a deed which around more difficult and hamper fire trucks and their differences on their front stoops and in their Ii ving shows that the road, which connects Boulder Road to other emergency vehicles. rooms, but this dispute finds them erecting barriers Luther Street, is actually their property. In April, the Many islanders resent the couple, who are relative and slashing tires. - couple put boulders in the road to keep traffic out. But newcomers to the island, for trying to meddle with Robert "O.B." O'Brien, a boat builder who has lived on May 25, Portland City Manager Robert Ganley had island tradition. Some of the most angry reaction to on Peaks for 11 years, said he's found himself arguing municipal workers haul the rocks away. them has been anonymous: the couple's car tires were both sides of the dispute. O'Brien's analysis: "There Ganley's action was a response to a petition signed slashed and anti-Semitic comments about Eisenberg have been elements of bone-headedness on both sides." Continued on page 6 MAY 30,1991 FREE Greetings from Blow-yer­ moneyland • By w.o. Cutlip As every scientist knows, the best method of studying homo tourisma is to follow the tourist into the wild and observe its struggle for survival in its native habitat. We have done this. Between May 9 and May 21, 1991, photogra­ pher Tonee Harbert and I made a total of seven forays down Route 1 between Kittery and Freeport, running up a total of 941 miles on my charcoal-gray 1988 Dodge Omni. This 70 mile strip of con­ crete is known to touristologists as "Blow-yer-moneyland." The Omni is only half paid for. We witnessed the sleazy glory of Blow-yer-moneyland's gift shops and tourist traps firsthand. We beheld within those gift shops and tourist traps a myriad of common items -lamps and ash trays, combs and toilet roll holders - all rendered in the form of a lobster. We watched in stunned silence while otherwise intelligent tourists shelled out good money for molded plastic trinkets - and then patted themselves on the back, as if those purchases were the shrewdest deals to ever go down in the history of the free world. In short, we saw everything .. there was to see. The following is a .. .. • journal of that journey - we are, after all, journalists. It is our hope that, after reading it, you will .. understand tourists much better . ... -, ~ And, after you've acquired that understanding, we hope you will help us erect a 4O-foot wall along the Maine-New Hampshire border. Ida and Bob Huffman from Orillia, Ontario pose outside the Maine Outlet mall In Kittery. CBW{fonee Harbert Continued on page 8 May 30,1991 3 Fleet is currently operating the busted Boston bank and its subsidiaries, including II American Tree of Life Maine National, under an interim agreement. Renaissance An ancient symbol of Wessler filed comments producti veness, Theater last week on behalf of his APPROPRIATE II wisdom and life boss, Attorney General Michael Carpenter, urging presents that regulators force Fleet to for the 90's The War of the Roses sell Maine National branches pari I in five areas of the state, II I) including Portland, as a . , W '~II' " S"".I~ ' .~ . I The young citizen condition of the acquiSition. Saturday, June 1Sl at 5pm discount 10% off Sunday, June 2nd A review of the top news stories affecting But Wessler confirmed his dinner for through office can go to court if it is Wednesday, June 5th at 7pm Greater Portland: May 21 through 28, 1991. adults under 55 II at The Wherehouse abacus Di=te<lby not satisfied with the Fed's on Friday nights. lame.s Hoban 29 ForeslAvenue, Portland american crafts decision - and the call is admiss ion $7 44 Exchange Street Your turnpike tolls at work entirely up to Carpenter, a for information and reservations Portland, ME 04101 Democrat who does not 18 Ocean Street g please Ci-9325 Rings and pendants available in sterling silver, 14K and 18K gold 772-4880 Public pays for widening fight J report to Republican Gov. Opponents of the plan to widen the Maine Turnpike claim John McKernan. South Portland 799-2232 the Maine Turnpike Authority has improperly spent toll "If Fleet has too large a revenues to try to defeat the November referendum on the market share, they'll control project. the prices on the products A tI~~5~Nflr t«I,JI;~r SMII;N1 Ex~r;~N<.~ Purchase a The Campaign for Sensible Transportation, the political they sell, such as loans and action committee that opposes the widening, said the Turnpike deposi t interest, and there 3-Pack of Konica Film Authority has spent thousands of dollars in toll money on legal will be no competition 15r· for only advice and consulting fees to help defeat the referendum. driving service," Wessler Get int~ "It's our belief that the Turnpike Authority has been spend­ said. ing this money in an attempt to defeat the referendum," said Keenly interested in all • 6.99 Alan Caron, a consultant to the anti-widening group. "We are this is a group of Maine Spnng outraged about it and we want them to stop it. It's absolutely investors led by former ridiculous that they are spending our toll money promoting banker Marco DeSalle, whose of ThingS! their political agenda." bid to buy Maine National Caron said the Turnpike Authority should be using money the Fed rejected. The DeSalle from its privately-funded political action committee - The group wants the Fed to nix Coalition for Responsible Government - to finance the the Fleet takeover. "Obvi­ NEW ENGLAND SHORE DINNER Plus - Don't/orget... The Big Deal! authority's political battles. The consultant said the widening ously, we're not a disinter­ Free Film and $12.95 foes are looking into the legality of spending tolls money on ested party, but we've been includes Free 2nd Set of 4" Prints the campaign instead. pointing out all along that Every Day of the Week! Cup of Award Winning Clam Chowder "At this point we just aren't sure of the legality of the there are competitive prob­ Handmade, Vintage and Recycled wearables A lib. 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"The authority another statewide bank." has not spent any toll money to promote a political cause," ----------~~~~~~~--------~~ Violette said. - ACT-UP, HAGS "Part of our job is to provide information about what the upstage Sullivan : -TEES Turnpike Authority is doing and the referendum falls into that !IIIIIIIII! : GREAT FOR category," Violette said. Black robes and stirring $1.00 OFF-TRY OUR NEW !!I ! ! messages were the order of As of March 31, the authority has spent $595,469.03 on ~ ~ = : engineering, legal and consulting services relating to the the day as Louis Sullivan, the Explore proposed widening of the turnpike. Bush administration's health Whole Wheat Pizza • our special The November referendum will ask voters whether the and human services secre­ • gift collection turnpike should be widened from York to Scarborough at a cost tary, came to City Hall on with Alpine Lace 100% Fat Free Real Mozzarella • for the Graduate! of $100 million.