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No Carnival pier in the Riviera Maya
It appears that Carnival's attempt to destroy Xcaret and Playa Del Carmen by
building a cruise pier there is not going too well. The local residents, long time visitors and merchants, after seeing the damage Carnival has done to Cozumel, St. Thomas, Key West, Nassau, etc. have banded together to stop the project. A local government official, motivated by fears that Carnival cruisers would destroy the environment, denied Carnival a construction permit for the dock. Here is a link to the story http://tinyurl.com/pwrv I don't understand this. I mean what could possibly be better for the residents and longtime visitors to Xcaret that several thousand drunken Carnival passengers crawling all over their pristine coral reefs and small towns very day. Those of us that visit the Riviera Maya can think of nothing we'd rather have in Playa Del Carmen than a fleet of Carnival cruise ships. Think of it. We could replace all the quaint ethnic cantinas and shops with hair braiding stations, straw markets, tanzanite stores, discount cigarette and liquor stores and of course dozens of bars so the Carnival crowd can get stinking drunk and party. In the afternoons we could all sit on shore and watch the Carnival booze cruisers sail past and throw their beer cans and plastic drink glasses at the dolphins, fish, baby turtles and birds living at the wildlife refuge. If we're lucky, in no time at all we can transform the Riviera May into another Carnival tourist trap and have tens of thousands of losers trek ashore every day to drink and raise hell. Now what's wrong with that? Clearly this is an evil conspiracy. Carnival's reputation and that of the passengers they carry has nothing at all to do with it. |
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No Carnival pier in the Riviera Maya
The news according to the retard.
The word Cozumel does not appear in this story. St Thomas is not mentioned in this story. Key West does not appear in this story Nassau does not appear in this story There is no mention of any permit denied in the story at the stupid link you provided. Had you provided a link to the current story from this month, not one from January, people could have just read that Carnival and it's local partner already have permits from the federal government and the environmental authorities necessary to build the terminal. You forgot to mention that this same official would be more then willing to hand over the permit, and quoting, "municipal president Gabriel Mendicuti said he would only hand over the construction permit if Carnival agreed to pay a $30 tax for every person using the port". Carnival wouldn't pay the $30 per person, and they didn't get the permit. They will wait until he's out of office next year and do it then. Yup, sounds like this guy had real environmental concerns, and hey, they would all go away for $30 a person. Carnival wouldn't pay his demands for a bribe. the real story, not some stupid link from January: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...ss/6909870.htm There is no mention at all the local official was at all motivated by environmental concerns, he just wanted his $30 per person. And you complain when people add a telephone number to a press release, you totally try to change the news as it's reported. Duh. "Paul" wrote in message ... It appears that Carnival's attempt to destroy Xcaret and Playa Del Carmen by building a cruise pier there is not going too well. The local residents, long time visitors and merchants, after seeing the damage Carnival has done to Cozumel, St. Thomas, Key West, Nassau, etc. have banded together to stop the project. A local government official, motivated by fears that Carnival cruisers would destroy the environment, denied Carnival a construction permit for the dock. Here is a link to the story http://tinyurl.com/pwrv I don't understand this. I mean what could possibly be better for the residents and longtime visitors to Xcaret that several thousand drunken Carnival passengers crawling all over their pristine coral reefs and small towns very day. Those of us that visit the Riviera Maya can think of nothing we'd rather have in Playa Del Carmen than a fleet of Carnival cruise ships. Think of it. We could replace all the quaint ethnic cantinas and shops with hair braiding stations, straw markets, tanzanite stores, discount cigarette and liquor stores and of course dozens of bars so the Carnival crowd can get stinking drunk and party. In the afternoons we could all sit on shore and watch the Carnival booze cruisers sail past and throw their beer cans and plastic drink glasses at the dolphins, fish, baby turtles and birds living at the wildlife refuge. If we're lucky, in no time at all we can transform the Riviera May into another Carnival tourist trap and have tens of thousands of losers trek ashore every day to drink and raise hell. Now what's wrong with that? Clearly this is an evil conspiracy. Carnival's reputation and that of the passengers they carry has nothing at all to do with it. |
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No Carnival pier in the Riviera Maya
Cordelliisms
"...more then willing..." "...at all the local official was at all..." 2 points "Mike Cordelli" wrote in message . com... The news according to the retard. The word Cozumel does not appear in this story. St Thomas is not mentioned in this story. Key West does not appear in this story Nassau does not appear in this story There is no mention of any permit denied in the story at the stupid link you provided. Had you provided a link to the current story from this month, not one from January, people could have just read that Carnival and it's local partner already have permits from the federal government and the environmental authorities necessary to build the terminal. You forgot to mention that this same official would be more then willing to hand over the permit, and quoting, "municipal president Gabriel Mendicuti said he would only hand over the construction permit if Carnival agreed to pay a $30 tax for every person using the port". Carnival wouldn't pay the $30 per person, and they didn't get the permit. They will wait until he's out of office next year and do it then. Yup, sounds like this guy had real environmental concerns, and hey, they would all go away for $30 a person. Carnival wouldn't pay his demands for a bribe. the real story, not some stupid link from January: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...ss/6909870.htm There is no mention at all the local official was at all motivated by environmental concerns, he just wanted his $30 per person. And you complain when people add a telephone number to a press release, you totally try to change the news as it's reported. Duh. "Paul" wrote in message ... It appears that Carnival's attempt to destroy Xcaret and Playa Del Carmen by building a cruise pier there is not going too well. The local residents, long time visitors and merchants, after seeing the damage Carnival has done to Cozumel, St. Thomas, Key West, Nassau, etc. have banded together to stop the project. A local government official, motivated by fears that Carnival cruisers would destroy the environment, denied Carnival a construction permit for the dock. Here is a link to the story http://tinyurl.com/pwrv I don't understand this. I mean what could possibly be better for the residents and longtime visitors to Xcaret that several thousand drunken Carnival passengers crawling all over their pristine coral reefs and small towns very day. Those of us that visit the Riviera Maya can think of nothing we'd rather have in Playa Del Carmen than a fleet of Carnival cruise ships. Think of it. We could replace all the quaint ethnic cantinas and shops with hair braiding stations, straw markets, tanzanite stores, discount cigarette and liquor stores and of course dozens of bars so the Carnival crowd can get stinking drunk and party. In the afternoons we could all sit on shore and watch the Carnival booze cruisers sail past and throw their beer cans and plastic drink glasses at the dolphins, fish, baby turtles and birds living at the wildlife refuge. If we're lucky, in no time at all we can transform the Riviera May into another Carnival tourist trap and have tens of thousands of losers trek ashore every day to drink and raise hell. Now what's wrong with that? Clearly this is an evil conspiracy. Carnival's reputation and that of the passengers they carry has nothing at all to do with it. |
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