Projected
Budget Deficits
Detail Year 2000 through 2020
Most Islanders Don't Want Expanded Service
Tax Bite is sponsored
by
Friends
of Guemes Island
Skagit County will lose over $15 million operating the Guemes ferry over the next fifteen years, even after doubling fares, according to the Public Works Department. [more]
Commissioners want to expand ferry service by extending weekday hours and buying a new ferry. [more]
Guemes Island has less than 600 year round residents, most of whom don’t want ferry expansion. [more]
Tell the County Commissioners to spend your money elsewhere, or better yet, tell them to let you keep it.