I traveled to New Jersey over the weekend for the Thanksgiving Holiday but we learned once we arrived that my father in-law had passed away the night we arrived. His passing was not unexpected he had been in the hospital for a long stretch and then came home briefly only to return a short while later. Everyone worked together to make the arrangements for a funeral only a few days later with a holiday in the middle.
A fascinating discussion has developed around tourism and it’s funding. It was all started with a proposal in a Brookings Institution study for GrowSmart Maine that suggested that a fund be developed to purchase more public land by increasing the tax on lodging to 10%.
I just noticed that I was quoted over on the Maine Web Report Lance Dutson has been very critical of the Maine Office of Tourism and their handling of the state internet marketing. Unfortunately I am not certain that it is just the state if our visitors are using the internet less than the national norm. Maybe they do not expect us to be connected. I did have clients this summer that were suprised at my web capability.
