22 Jul Docking fees

Docking fee: $150 if you’re from around here; $250 if you’re not.

So the summer residents who return year after year — buying goods in our stores, attending our concerts, paying property taxes for services they don’t use, spreading the word about Cape Breton to folks back home — let’s stick them for an extra 67%. Wouldn’t want them to think we’re neighbourly, or appreciative of their commitment to Cape Breton, now would we?

Mean-spirited. Dumb.